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Thread Number: 43835
VERY early Visimatic - my next find? |
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| Post# 644399 12/6/2012 at 01:53 (4,158 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
Got this picture from someone I know nearby. I was looking for the wringer head until John (Combo52) gave me some info. It appears to be a very early bolt down Visimatic. Very rare. Now the gentle email inquiries begin. Johns only seen one other. It's in his collection but doesn't look this good.
We'll see... RCD 
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Post# 644402 , Reply# 1 12/6/2012 at 01:55 (4,158 days old) by rp2813  (Sannazay) |
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Why I love my job, the sequel. | ||
| Post# 644448 , Reply# 2 12/6/2012 at 07:20 (4,157 days old) by westie2 () | ||
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I saw one like this in Sears late 70's early 80's on display as first Sears Automatic washer and was next to the current Lady Kenmore set. Was at the Sears at Clearview Mall Metairie, LA. | ||
| Post# 644450 , Reply# 3 12/6/2012 at 07:39 (4,157 days old) by westie2 () | ||
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I remember seeing one of theses in Sears late 70's early 80's was display that after so many years was still working and was next to the current Lady K. Had both hookd up to run. The big prego agitator in it. This was in the Sears at Clearview Mall Metairie, LA | ||
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Post# 644452 , Reply# 4 12/6/2012 at 07:41 (4,157 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Bolt-Down Automatic
That looks very nice!
Ross, westyslantfront, has one in AZ, Robert at one time had one in the attic (maybe the one John has now?) and I saw a Whirlpool version at an appliance store in Des Moines, IA 8-10 years ago. Ross' is the only one I've seen running, it's so Kenmore -- without the "D" shape opening, so strange... | ||
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Post# 644461 , Reply# 5 12/6/2012 at 08:34 (4,157 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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| Post# 644496 , Reply# 6 12/6/2012 at 10:13 (4,157 days old) by westingman123 () | ||
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Oh! I'd never seen one of these. So handsome. | ||
| Post# 644499 , Reply# 7 12/6/2012 at 10:17 (4,157 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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| Post# 644508 , Reply# 8 12/6/2012 at 11:09 (4,157 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Agree, best one we've seen. Looks NEW! | ||
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Post# 644567 , Reply# 9 12/6/2012 at 16:12 (4,157 days old) by bendix5 (Central Point, Oregon) |
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Our neighbors had one of these on the back porch when I was a kid. One of my fun things to do when I heard it running was take off the lid and watch. My friends mom didn't care if I stood there all day and watched it. They used this machine way in to the 60's then came along a nice coppertone Kenmore with a nice lighted control panel. Those were the days...Dano
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| Post# 644591 , Reply# 10 12/6/2012 at 18:33 (4,157 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
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Post# 644598 , Reply# 11 12/6/2012 at 18:53 (4,157 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Yay Drew! | ||
| Post# 644622 , Reply# 12 12/6/2012 at 20:17 (4,157 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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Post# 644651 , Reply# 13 12/6/2012 at 22:13 (4,157 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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RCD | ||
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Post# 644707 , Reply# 16 12/7/2012 at 07:46 (4,156 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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First Kenmore automatic Washer Great find Andy hope you can get it, I have this same washer but it needs total restoration, the knobs are currently at my friend John E being restored. Hopefully if you get this one Andy it will inspire me to get mine painted and restored, keep us posted. The suds return pump on these washers was a small electrically driven pump where the motor even was a brush type motor. | ||
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Post# 644791 , Reply# 17 12/7/2012 at 16:43 (4,156 days old) by kenmore58 (Rhode Island) |
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A few years ago, a mint condition machine exactly like this turned up here in Rhode Island, about five minutes away from me. I tried, unsuccessfully, to negotiate with the owner. She was insisting on at least $1,000 for the machine, which was in the basement when she purchased the house.
Needless to say, the discussions didn't go well. Always wondered if someone from the site was able to purchase it, as she did get several responses from people here. Who knows? Maybe she still has it. Ron Kenmore58 | ||
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Post# 644947 , Reply# 19 12/8/2012 at 08:21 (4,155 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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First Kenmore automatic Washer These were also installed on wooden floors, our neighbor when we were growing up in Greenbelt Md. had one of these installed in her kitchen. They had to use really long pieces of threaded rod and add a 2nd section of floor joice or steel angle iron spanning below and across the regular floor joices and bolt it all together and bolt the washer down, the installation manual describes how this can be done if anyone is thing of doing this.
I always remember our neighbor Valerie Holton she was a early liberated house wife and when a useful work saving product came out she would get it pretty quickly. I remember doing a service call to her house years ago because she said that the clock died on her late 60s Modern Maid electric range, and I told her that you can use the oven without the clock-timer. She responded that she almost always used the time bake function as she usually made dinner in advance and froze it so it could be placed in the oven when she went to work and dinner would be nearly ready when she arrived home, so I ordered a new clock and replaced it. | ||
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