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Thread Number: 39477
Hey Up Lads! Vintage Kenmore "Visimatic" Wringer In West London |
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Post# 585023 3/25/2012 at 16:25 (4,411 days old) by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Just the thing for doing the washing at Wembley Stadium!
*LOL* CLICK HERE TO GO TO Launderess's LINK on eBay | ||
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Post# 585025 , Reply# 1 3/25/2012 at 16:37 (4,411 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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How Did They Run The Thing? | ||
| Post# 585028 , Reply# 2 3/25/2012 at 17:01 (4,411 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
How Did They Run The Thing? | ||
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Post# 585029 , Reply# 3 3/25/2012 at 17:20 (4,411 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Well yes, that could be an idea; thank you very much. | ||
| Post# 585038 , Reply# 4 3/25/2012 at 19:47 (4,411 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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"yank tank" wow,that would be a real score for one of our british friends!Looks a little newer than my '59 visimatic. | ||
| Post# 585045 , Reply# 5 3/25/2012 at 20:47 (4,411 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm) | ||
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It's 1965 , I think Probly didn't get much use; better get on it, "Lads" ! | ||
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Post# 585049 , Reply# 6 3/25/2012 at 21:28 (4,411 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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The turcoise color and condition really looks great. It looks alot like the one in the beginning of the aisle of wringer washers at my local Sears when I was a kid, about that time, that had the top plexiglass? tub above the skirt, and the poker chips going around in it. I would go by it and switch it from slow to fast and run to the color tv aisle and laugh at the salesmen wondering how it switched itself.
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| Post# 585052 , Reply# 7 3/25/2012 at 21:49 (4,411 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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| Post# 585149 , Reply# 8 3/26/2012 at 12:07 (4,410 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Maybe they didn't run it at all Look at the close up of "Visi-matic," pic 11, and click to blow it up. See the lettering on the release bar. It's perfect. Every other machine I've seen had fading. My 66, a year younger than this beauty was a lightly used machine and its lettering was faded. The only way the release bar could avoid contact with hot sudsy water is if you didn't use the machine.
This is the most beaufiful Visi, I've even seen, and the Turquoise is spectacular.
Mikey and friends, this is the find of a lifetime. Why is it so quiet over there? Hope you're all canoodling to get it. | ||
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Post# 585158 , Reply# 9 3/26/2012 at 12:35 (4,410 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 585219 , Reply# 10 3/26/2012 at 16:31 (4,410 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Thing Was Either Never Used Or Used With Some Sort Of Adapte
Which would mean also a transformer.
Look at the electric plug, it is still the original 120v three prong grounded standard for USA. No way that thing was used in the UK as it stands currently. My guess it was either brought over by an American family stationed overseas, or otherwise imported by someone from this side of the pond. If Sears were selling or at least producing appliances for sale in the UK it would have converted the plug and electrics to work on 220v/50hz. Indeed appliance makers such as Whirlpool do the same today with top loading washing machines that are meant for the export market. With nearly 300 views, someone is looking at that machine and no doubt plotting. Again due to the rather "low" power draw it could be used with a step-down transformer one should think. However considering how much water splashes about on wash day with such machines the cords would have to be very long to prevent any chance of electrocution or water damage. | ||
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Post# 587192 , Reply# 11 4/4/2012 at 16:57 (4,401 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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No Takers, Oh Well | ||
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Post# 587325 , Reply# 12 4/5/2012 at 03:05 (4,401 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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No takers? | ||
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