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Post# 491452   1/25/2011 at 16:15 (4,811 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        

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Hands down one of the most gorgeous wringer washing machines I've seen to date.

A beautiful "Lady Kenmore", with enough bells and whistles for a parade!

Excuse me whilst I go loosen my stays and take a whiff of smelling salts!


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Post# 491453 , Reply# 1   1/25/2011 at 16:18 (4,811 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        

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I saw one just like that at Salvation Army a while back, in two-tone beige.  It had the owners manual but wasn't in as nice of shape as the subject machine.  They wanted way too much for it.  Over $200 IIRC, in the Boutique section.


Post# 491462 , Reply# 2   1/25/2011 at 16:54 (4,811 days old) by washernoob ()        

Whoa! That is quite neat! Very modern in design for a wringer. I cant say Im much of a fan of the open roller design, but with something like that I think I could get used to it!


I spy a vintage dishwasher!


Post# 491491 , Reply# 3   1/25/2011 at 18:33 (4,811 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
LKM WRINGER WASHER

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Some one painted that machine otherwise it is an ordinary LKM wringer from the late 1960s A very good machine and easily the best performing and safest wringer washer ever built.

Post# 491546 , Reply# 4   1/25/2011 at 22:57 (4,811 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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It's a beauty, and even has 2 speeds--awesome. Every once in a while, I think it would be fun to have a wringer washer for the occasional hands-on load. When I was a year old, in 1960, my dad bought my mom our Kenmore Model 80 pair, but they kept the '59 Kenmore wringer washer. I recall my mom using it when the automatic would break down. It sat in our laundry room covered with a big plastic washer cozy.

My sister told me that when she first got the automatic washer, my mom would still wash the clothes in the wringer machine, then transfer them to the automatic after wringing, at which point she'd run a Rinse and Spin cycle. My dad finally convinced her to trust the automatic and put the clothes in there from the start. Italian war brides were funny people.

Surprisingly, she took to the '56 Westinghouse pull-out style dishwasher immediately.


Post# 491550 , Reply# 5   1/25/2011 at 23:10 (4,811 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
I never knew

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someone made a 2 speed wringer! Those rollers look extra sized to me. Gigunda Rollers. They look like they are made out of bowling ball material.


Post# 491551 , Reply# 6   1/25/2011 at 23:14 (4,811 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
Speed Queen

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Towards the end of production offered two speed wringer washing machines. Have seen several pop up on fleaBay in the past.

Post# 491554 , Reply# 7   1/25/2011 at 23:28 (4,811 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        

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Those rollers are weird for sure.  I thought there was something wrong with them when I first saw the Salvation Army machine.

 

Oh, and interestingly, that LK wringer was gone on my next visit to the store about a week or so later.  I doubt it went for $200+ but even for half that amount the buyer had to want it pretty bad.


Post# 491616 , Reply# 8   1/26/2011 at 10:12 (4,810 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
LKM WRINGER WASHER

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The rollers had a marbled pattern for safety so you could see at a glance that they were turning, they like other brands were made of hard rubber, also the larger diameter rolls were less likely to break buttons. And with two motor speeds beginners could wring at the lower speed LOL.

Post# 491620 , Reply# 9   1/26/2011 at 10:36 (4,810 days old) by sudslock1 (St Louis)        
Well.......

That is some color. I'm not sure what they would call that color. Carmel or Sassy gold or something. Kenmore must have paid a Las Vegas pit boss and a couple hookers to sit and think of some fun new colors for there machines.

Post# 491683 , Reply# 10   1/26/2011 at 17:05 (4,810 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
Since "Lady Kenmore"

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Is only a brand name, one wonders whom built these washers for Sears.

Here's a link to a local auction with better pictures. However the price is still up there, which considering the condition of this machine makes the OP look like a deal.


CLICK HERE TO GO TO Launderess's LINK on Cnj Craigslist


Post# 491690 , Reply# 11   1/26/2011 at 17:26 (4,810 days old) by repair-man (Pittsburgh PA)        
who built the LK wringers ?

None other than Whirlpool! The gearcase has a similar shape as a belt drive automatic except it's not. It was direct drive. In good working order the machine was silent except when pumping. I had two through the years. A regular non Lady model (no chrome, single speed, gold ramp agitator) and a Whirlpool model with black Surgilator.

Post# 493505 , Reply# 12   2/2/2011 at 19:37 (4,803 days old) by sudslock1 (St Louis)        
Mine!




Did I need it? No. Did I want it? Yes............so it is mine!


Post# 493534 , Reply# 13   2/2/2011 at 20:30 (4,803 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
Atta Boy!

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Congrats!

When will you go fetch your new "toy" home?

L.



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