| Thread Number: 33078
What year did Sears lose the "Lady" from Kenmore ??? |
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Post# 498010 2/20/2011 at 16:58 (850 days old) by verizonbear  (Columba, MD) |
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Post# 498012 , Reply# 1 2/20/2011 at 17:04 (850 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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 Others may know the exact year.......
but Lady "K" was still being used just about till 2000..... My first new set from Sears was the Lady "K" in 1986.....and these were TOL (non-digital)...... the Digital sets were called LIMITED's after the Ladies and the Limiteds came the "ELITEs".......which I am not impressed with.... | ||
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Post# 498030 , Reply# 3 2/20/2011 at 18:40 (850 days old) by combo52 (Beltsville,Md) |
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Post# 498039 , Reply# 4 2/20/2011 at 19:31 (850 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Also what about "COLDSPOT" for refrigerators.......when did that stop, a shame though....these were their trademarks.....
Lady K Coldspot Craftsman LXI all known names that meant it came from Sears/Roebuck, another one that got dropped, well not really dropped, but for years thats how you refered to them... | ||
| Post# 498041 , Reply# 5 2/20/2011 at 19:40 (850 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
 I remember cold spot fridges my mother use to own one that was harvest gold the freezer was on top but it was a great fridge
and my question is around what time of year did they stop using real wood tops on portable dishwashers like this one particular model? i had that particular model of a portable dishwasher in harvest gold as a kid as well as my godmother har a similar model portable as well that she converted to built in a couple of years later but her model had the push to start button. 
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Post# 498047 , Reply# 6 2/20/2011 at 20:15 (850 days old) by westie2 (Siloam Springs, Arkansas) |
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Post# 498048 , Reply# 7 2/20/2011 at 20:17 (850 days old) by westie2 (Siloam Springs, Arkansas) |
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Post# 498081 , Reply# 8 2/20/2011 at 21:21 (850 days old) by rp2813 (SF Bay Area) |
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 My mom's BOL side-by-side must have been among the last of the Coldspots.
It arrived in 1975 and remained in the same place for the next 33 years. I let them take it away when our new KA Architect side-by-side was delivered. I already had a '70 Whirlpool party fridge with a wide door, something I prefer over a side-by-side in order to accommodate large trays and/or cake boxes, so I had no reason to hang onto the Coldspot even though it looked good as new and ran that way too. Nobody I knew wanted it, so off it went. I felt reasonably confident that the delivery men would have a way of re-routing it to a new home if they saw fit, since this was well prior to any cash-for-clunkers program and related verification systems. | ||
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Post# 498091 , Reply# 9 2/20/2011 at 21:30 (850 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Another Sears "brand" that vanished was HOMEART. It was on water heaters, furnaces and steel kitchen cabinets and probably other things I don't know about. Our HOMEART water heater had a beautiful square escutcheon that was in pale shades of gold and turquoise. We got it in the late 50s. | ||
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Post# 498095 , Reply# 10 2/20/2011 at 21:38 (850 days old) by qsd-dan (Pleasanton Ca (Bay Area) |
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Post# 498099 , Reply# 11 2/20/2011 at 21:42 (850 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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| Post# 498105 , Reply# 12 2/20/2011 at 22:05 (850 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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| Post# 498107 , Reply# 13 2/20/2011 at 22:06 (850 days old) by sears9000 (Pensacola, Florida.) | ||
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For many years,electronics sold at Sears & Roebuck were known as Silvertone before they were changed to LXI. | ||
| Post# 498108 , Reply# 14 2/20/2011 at 22:10 (850 days old) by A440 (Georgia) | ||
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Post# 498145 , Reply# 15 2/21/2011 at 04:01 (849 days old) by combo52 (Beltsville,Md) |
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Post# 498151 , Reply# 16 2/21/2011 at 05:34 (849 days old) by kenmore58 (Rhode Island) |
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Post# 498171 , Reply# 17 2/21/2011 at 08:21 (849 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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Dura-Start car batteries. | ||
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Post# 498195 , Reply# 18 2/21/2011 at 10:03 (849 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 498230 , Reply# 19 2/21/2011 at 12:54 (849 days old) by wiskybill (Canton, Ohio) |
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David Bradley Lawn and garden power equipment | ||
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Post# 498237 , Reply# 20 2/21/2011 at 13:27 (849 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Harmony House - draperies, bedding, light fixtures, etc. Ted Williams - sporting goods Toughskins - children's jeans | ||
| Post# 498255 , Reply# 21 2/21/2011 at 14:16 (849 days old) by wringersteve (Indiana) | ||
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Post# 498267 , Reply# 23 2/21/2011 at 15:09 (849 days old) by moparwash (Pittsburgh,PA ) |
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Post# 498272 , Reply# 24 2/21/2011 at 15:22 (849 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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I stand corrected Martin, tyvm. | ||
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Post# 498277 , Reply# 25 2/21/2011 at 15:49 (849 days old) by nanook (Seattle) |
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Post# 498281 , Reply# 26 2/21/2011 at 16:21 (849 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 498358 , Reply# 28 2/21/2011 at 18:45 (849 days old) by retromania (Anderson, SC ) |
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I have a Maid of Honor pressure cooker. | ||
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Post# 498364 , Reply# 29 2/21/2011 at 19:03 (849 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 498366 , Reply# 30 2/21/2011 at 19:04 (849 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 498371 , Reply# 31 2/21/2011 at 19:15 (849 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 498372 , Reply# 32 2/21/2011 at 19:20 (849 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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| Post# 498379 , Reply# 33 2/21/2011 at 19:35 (849 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA) | ||
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My dad still has a Tower 8mm movie camera. | ||
| Post# 498429 , Reply# 34 2/21/2011 at 21:57 (849 days old) by gr81nknox (Tennessee, USA) | ||
 I worked at Sears in the mid 90s and at that point they had gone to using 90 series for all of their top end washers and dryers I believe. The top end electronic machine was "90 series electronic" if I recall correctly. In 2002 when I was in the market for my own laundry pair(I was long gone from working at Sears by then), the Elites were their top end. I had always wanted a top end electronic pair ever since I was kid(remember how Sears used to always put the black electronic pair on the end cap?) however, by 2002 their high end elites were Calypsos and the Salesperson quickly steered me away from them.
As a youngster, we had a Coldspot upright freezer and a coldspot window AC unit in our house. I remember running into the house and cooling off in front of that thing after playing in the yard on a hot TN summer day. While they are branded Kenmores, both my parent's old side by side refrigerator(circa 1987) as well as mine(2005) still say "Kenmore Coldspot" on the model number plate. I always wondered why Sears still put that on after all the years. | ||
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Post# 498512 , Reply# 35 2/22/2011 at 11:05 (848 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Haledon, NJ) |
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Nobody mentioned J.C. Higgins Bicycles and BB guns. Ken D. | ||
| Post# 498529 , Reply# 36 2/22/2011 at 12:25 (848 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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| Post# 498622 , Reply# 37 2/22/2011 at 20:05 (848 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) | ||
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Post# 498634 , Reply# 38 2/22/2011 at 20:44 (848 days old) by washerlover (Original Wine Country of California: Lake County) |
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Post# 498646 , Reply# 39 2/22/2011 at 21:13 (848 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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My Aunt Doris had that Coldspot refrigerator pictured above with the freezer open; it was white. She got it sometime around '74 to replace her '50 Frigidaire. She had it until it went out about 5 years ago. | ||
| Post# 498661 , Reply# 40 2/22/2011 at 23:11 (848 days old) by A440 (Georgia) | ||
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Tom, | ||
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Post# 498666 , Reply# 41 2/22/2011 at 23:53 (848 days old) by petek (Sarnia Ontario) |
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Post# 498764 , Reply# 43 2/23/2011 at 14:01 (847 days old) by WESTIE2 (Siloam Springs, Arkansas) |
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Post# 498848 , Reply# 44 2/23/2011 at 19:06 (847 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) |
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 And of course the inevitable "Sears has everything!"
Homart was also used on Sears pool equipment too. My parents had a 66' Coldspot refrigerator. My Mom used to brag about how reliable it was. Funny thing, when I was in high school they opened a Sears nearby. A bunch of us friends applied to Sears for part time jobs. Everyone got hired but me. It really ticked me off. So I boycotted Sears for many, many years. I wouldn't even step foot in a Sears store. One year my mother bought me a plaid shirt for Christmas. It had a Sears lablel on it. I refused to wear it. I just got so used to not going into Sears I forgot that I was boycotting them and just second nature kept me out of their stores. But about 10 years ago I bought some Craftsman tools. And I am happy with them. But I just feel that on a lot of things Sears sells, I can buy better elsewhere. So you can imagine my horror when we bought this house and it had all Kenmore appliances! But they all broke down ove an 7 year period and are now all gone. | ||
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Post# 498878 , Reply# 45 2/23/2011 at 20:31 (847 days old) by washerlover (Original Wine Country of California: Lake County) |
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| Post# 498880 , Reply# 46 2/23/2011 at 20:41 (847 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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Post# 499076 , Reply# 47 2/24/2011 at 17:38 (846 days old) by retromania (Anderson, SC ) |
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Washerlover: You're out in redwood country. I've heard it's gaw-jus! | ||
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Post# 499102 , Reply# 48 2/24/2011 at 19:19 (846 days old) by washerlover (Original Wine Country of California: Lake County) |
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Retromania: yep, I'm in one of the most beautiful places on earth. Hope to host a wash-in soon to show off this gorgeous part of the world, but am a bit embarrassed of my small collection of Norge, Wards, Whirlpool and Kenmores. Hope to add a GE Filter-Flo and a Frigidaire this year and then will send out the invite.
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Post# 499938 , Reply# 49 2/27/2011 at 21:03 (843 days old) by moparguy (Virginia) |
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Good, Better, Best lines! Allstate (didn't they own the insurance company, as well as they sold Allstate (Kaiser Henry J) cars in the early 50s) And Maid O'Matic stoves! | ||
| Post# 500216 , Reply# 50 3/1/2011 at 01:26 (842 days old) by magnumopus (USA) | ||
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Sears also sold "Happi-Time" toy-train sets, made by Marx. | ||
| Post# 500651 , Reply# 51 3/2/2011 at 14:47 (840 days old) by ingliscanada (Oakville, ON) | ||
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I may be wrong, but I understood that Kelvinator made Coldspot fridges. Gary | ||
| Post# 500675 , Reply# 52 3/2/2011 at 16:07 (840 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) | ||
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