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Thread Number: 32453
1963 Lady Kenmore Dryer for sale |
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Post# 489597 1/17/2011 at 16:05 (4,841 days old) by countryford  (Austin, MN) |
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Just seen this ad on craigslist in the Los Angeles area. Looks to be a 1963 Lady Kenmore dryer in pink. A bit pricy. Hope someone can save it though.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO countryford's LINK on Los Angeles Craigslist | ||
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Post# 489828 , Reply# 1 1/18/2011 at 09:57 (4,840 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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That is not the original dryer door  | ||
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Post# 489849 , Reply# 3 1/18/2011 at 12:19 (4,840 days old) by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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1963 LKM DRYER | ||
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Post# 490016 , Reply# 4 1/19/2011 at 03:42 (4,840 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Fascinating!
While I wouldn't go so far as saying these dryers are plentiful, there sure are some left out there, even in 2011. There was a sunny yellow one in Stockton, CA last summer/fall on Craigslist.
The '65 door handle on this model is a first for me on a '63 model, but it stands to reason. I had previously learned that the '63, '64, and '65 LK models seem to have remained available for sale new concurrently, so now we know that this went on long enough into 1965 to make the handle switch mid-year. The '65 Lady Ks seem to have been common with both handle designs. To see if this was a factory configuration, I went to the Sears website and looked at parts schematics. The starting or entry model number for this dryer should be something like 110.6308800 (the first one on the list is 110.6308801 on the site). If you enter an asterisk in the last field, Sears will show you all the applicable models, which come up 110.6308801 to 110.6308807. This means that after the original, the dryer was revised 6 times after the first issue. These revisions could be as simple as changing one cosmetic handle, to more relevant changes such as different heating elements, which also changed during the production run. The '807 machine sure enough shows having the bigger, textured handle! Cool tidbit of trivia! I'm going to twist Kevin's arm to go acquire this baby! Gordon | ||
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Post# 490036 , Reply# 5 1/19/2011 at 07:01 (4,840 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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WOW!!!!!! | ||
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Post# 490040 , Reply# 6 1/19/2011 at 07:33 (4,840 days old) by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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1963 LKMs
I believe these may have been the most popular [ till maybe the 1980s ] LKMs ever made for a number of reasons. 1 these were the only model kept in production for nearly three years 2 the 1963s were more sensible and less expensive than the 1958-1962 LKMs and after 1963 they started to load up the newer LKMs with more and more features and many people went down a model or two in the line. I consider the really great Lady Kenmores to be the 1957- 1975 models once they went to the plain black face machines they lost that over the top styling and just didn't do much for me. They did have a bit of a revivable with the electronic Limited Edition series on the last BDs and the beautiful DDs like Jamie just got.
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Post# 490094 , Reply# 7 1/19/2011 at 11:00 (4,839 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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I agree with John, though the '72 Lady Ks seem to have been pretty prolific as well, being available from late 1971 until early 1974, when replaced by the large capacity 1974 model. The 1966 Lady may hold the record for having the most "offspring" or similar but not exact models that came around from 1967 to 1971.
I may be one of the most fervent 1970s/1980s Kenmore black panel fans on this site, but I can see John's point about the Lady K no longer capturing the glamour and pizzaz if you will, that they once had. The black panel Ladies offered a lot of stuff that I would never use. Yes indeed, the electronic machines were cool in their own right, but I am more of a BOL fan than TOL. I think the 1963 Lady K, just as John said, wasn't overloaded with features, it was, in my opinion, incredibly attractive, and functional. Some of the future models, though full of interesting features, would have gone largely unappreciated in my house because we have always been happy with two speeds, more than 3 water levels, and a normal and delicate cycle. That's all I ever use, and I don't use the low speed very often. I just took delivery today of a 1963 Lady K washer in Coppertone. It came out of its original installation from a Philadelphia home. Since I have a matching dryer, this could be cool! The washer needs some work, so I'll be enjoying that this year. Gordon | ||
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Post# 490105 , Reply# 8 1/19/2011 at 11:41 (4,839 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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FYI... I contacted the seller... | ||
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Post# 490110 , Reply# 9 1/19/2011 at 12:04 (4,839 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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White, not Pink That's the problem with a photograph. It is subject to the lighting conditions, surroundings and camera variations. Then add in monitor settings, and it's not surprising we can't tell White from Pink or Doeskin. I've even see pics that items appeared Avocado, but were Harvest Gold. | ||
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Post# 490152 , Reply# 10 1/19/2011 at 13:58 (4,839 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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