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Thread Number: 34892
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| Post# 522522 , Reply# 1 6/4/2011 at 20:31 (4,703 days old) by retropia () | ||
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They appear to be as if just delivered by Sears! | ||
Post# 522525 , Reply# 2 6/4/2011 at 20:42 (4,703 days old) by bajaespuma  (Connecticut) |
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Aferim! | ||
| Post# 522526 , Reply# 3 6/4/2011 at 20:46 (4,703 days old) by captainmoody () | ||
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LOL! Maybe the owner did their wash elsewhere? Or never dirtied their clothes.. | ||
| Post# 522531 , Reply# 4 6/4/2011 at 21:28 (4,703 days old) by AutowasherFreak () | ||
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Very nice! | ||
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Post# 522541 , Reply# 5 6/4/2011 at 22:44 (4,703 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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Post# 522562 , Reply# 6 6/5/2011 at 02:18 (4,703 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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will get to see how well the "vari-flex" agitator w Woaaaahh Dwuight!!! This washer has a Vari-flex in it? Hmm, I feel gipped, cheated I tell ya!!! OK gordon I need your expertise. This looks just like the Kenmore 800 got around 1970 or 1971 EXCEPT there doesn't appear to be a rocker switch on the right hand side under the water temp knob like there is on the left-hand side under the water level knob (the 2-nd rinse switch). If there is a rocker switch on the right-hand side, it's being reflected out of the picture. If there ISN"T, then that is the major difference between this machine and the one my parents go. the switch on the right was for auto soak-to-wash on or off. Without that feature, seems rather useless to have the detergent dispenser. Anyway, our 800 had the super swirl agitator and not the vari-flex. I would have preferred the variflex. I feel cheated and jipped. Yes Jason is gonna have a stroke when he sees this and my comment because he'll think I"m being sacrilige, but now I feel like I got a cheapened Kenmore 800 in my childhood.
Dwight, I look forward to additional photos when you can please of both the machines. | ||
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Post# 522606 , Reply# 8 6/5/2011 at 08:55 (4,702 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Very nice indeed!!!
I enjoy restoring a machine from an ugly duckling to a swan, but it's great to have some that have always remained swans!!! What a great looking pair.
Yes, the dryer is a '66, and Kenmore commonly kept models in production for several years if they were good sellers. I believe the record I've seen is four years. Probably the best example of that is the entire line of belt-drives that were available in 1986 - they were largely all 1982 and 1983 models with one '85 model in there for good measure. Close relatives to this model dryer were available into 1973 at least, from what started as a 1966 Lady K model. Bob - I don't see the soak selector switch either. There was a bunch of these models in a hierarchy or family. The one I had was a '73 model (it got stolen with the theft of the trailer contents a while back), and it did have the soak selector and a Roto-Swirl. I'll post a picture of the '73 below for comparison, but so far I've seen these machines with a burlwood type surround around the controls, I've seen the 1972 era dots and dashes, and I've seen a solid copper-ish background too. I think there have been other models that had a detergent dispenser and no auto-soak. As well, I think there was a version of this 800 that did not have a detergent dispenser at all. The timers with the complicated cams that accomodate auto-soak were generally all the quick-disconnect varieties. These became commonplace in the early 70s. Not many 1960s models had this type of timer yet, and those that did may not have had the complex cams yet. These were the cams that had to undergo some developmental growing pains before they were widely successful, as some were prone to jam and break teeth on the cam. As to feeling slighted on the model you grew up with, don't. These were neat machines either way, and I personally would have preferred the Roto-Swirl any day of the week (I have always thought the Vari' looked ugly and is awkward to operate, though I can see how it would have been fascinating to play with as a kid). Gordon | ||
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Post# 522607 , Reply# 9 6/5/2011 at 08:58 (4,702 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Here's my '73 model - slightly altered in trim, etc.
This one did have the soak selector, and was a Roto-Swirl model also. Notice the different background around the controls.
This post was last edited 06/05/2011 at 10:40 | ||
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Post# 522646 , Reply# 11 6/5/2011 at 13:20 (4,702 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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James, now that I've seen this model Dwight got, I would imagine this was the very first of this "new style" panel and feature set for the Kenmore 800 line. Vari-Flex but no soak-to-wash selection. I guess you could consider ours to be the middle child of the incarnations. It had the soak selector, a copperish background around the dials/knobs, rotoswirl, and mercury switch. The version Gordon showed above (which is like what Jaosn got form LightedControls) I considered the end series and also kind of bastardized. The facia was complete different, there were no little plastic dials for the water level or temperature, just painted on the panel, the notched lid replacing the timeless chrome handle, mercury switch was replaced with a lid switch, and it had the quiet pak which removed most of the woo-oohh. I'd kinda forgotten about the following scenario. We no doubt got our machine in spring of 1971. My dad gave my mom a canary or parakeet for Valentine's day that year who my mom named Roberta. The bird was pretty much a quiet creature, occassionally making oralnoises. The bird cage hung in the corner of the entrance to the breakfast room/kitchen that was right next to the Nuton intercom system, which was 3 feet away from the laundry room door. After the Kenmore arrived, Roberta's quiet demeanor changed. It didn't happen during agitation (because apparently the pitch of the woo--oooh was different. but, when the machine finshed draining or was in spin, Roberta would chirp and sing along with that famous Kenmore pitch/noise. | ||
| Post# 522682 , Reply# 12 6/5/2011 at 15:22 (4,702 days old) by captainmoody () | ||
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Thanks for the info! Yes, it only has the second rinse switch. Plus, it's also a suds saver model! | ||
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Post# 522683 , Reply# 13 6/5/2011 at 15:28 (4,702 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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1966 LKM DRYER This dryer had only electronic dry settings, no timed dry options and was gone by 1970. They did make similar looking machines through 1973 but they didn't have the all electronic control. But in 1975-6 the LKM dryers brought back the all electronic control dryer with pre-set timed cycles if you wanted.
Are we sure that this washer came with the Vari-Flex agitator ? it could have been added I never saw this model machine with this agitator but anything is possible. If you give us the model # we can look it up. Great looking machines by the way. | ||
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Post# 522712 , Reply# 14 6/5/2011 at 17:33 (4,702 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Kenmore 800 Suds Saver Dwight, I think ya hit the jackpot!!! I vaguely remember comments here over the yearss that there was like a 1969 Kenmore 800 model that had the VariFlex agitator. I assumed it lookedmore like the 1966 or 1967 Kenmore 800 rather than the Kenmore 800 like what my parents had. I'm just flabbergasted still. If it is indeed what was std. issue for this early new control panel style Kenore 800, then that's all the better. | ||
| Post# 522714 , Reply# 15 6/5/2011 at 17:41 (4,702 days old) by captainmoody () | ||
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No problem! Model number: 110.S6905800C00 Serial number: 04476 C902 | ||
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Post# 522720 , Reply# 16 6/5/2011 at 18:21 (4,702 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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| Post# 522725 , Reply# 17 6/5/2011 at 18:36 (4,702 days old) by captainmoody () | ||
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Thanks for the info Gordon! I am truly thankful to have you (and all the other talented people on here!) help me learn more about the history of these faithful old machines. | ||
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Post# 522766 , Reply# 18 6/5/2011 at 22:38 (4,702 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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gordopn, thanks I was right | ||
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Post# 522786 , Reply# 19 6/5/2011 at 23:35 (4,702 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 522823 , Reply# 20 6/6/2011 at 07:06 (4,701 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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Captain! That coppertone set: Is that cool or what?!!! | ||
| Post# 522862 , Reply# 21 6/6/2011 at 12:13 (4,701 days old) by captainmoody () | ||
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Here's a tub shot right after I brought it in on Saturday. 
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Post# 522991 , Reply# 22 6/6/2011 at 21:02 (4,701 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 523009 , Reply# 23 6/6/2011 at 21:37 (4,701 days old) by danelto (State College, PA) | ||
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Uncanny Luck Dwight: I think you should go out right now and buy a lottery ticket. | ||
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Post# 523010 , Reply# 24 6/6/2011 at 21:44 (4,701 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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I think you should go out right now and buy a lottery ticket | ||
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