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Thread Number: 5365
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| Post# 114777 , Reply# 1 3/12/2006 at 20:14 (6,618 days old) by spinout (Phoenix) | ||
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A closer look... The 1963 Kenmore dryer controls 
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| Post# 114778 , Reply# 2 3/12/2006 at 20:19 (6,618 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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Very nice!!!! Those are awesome machines...would love to know more about these and see pictures of the others!! I'm guessing the Penncrest is early-1970's, and the Kenmore dryer is a '63? Is the washer a Speed Queen or GE-design machine? | ||
| Post# 114779 , Reply# 3 3/12/2006 at 20:20 (6,618 days old) by spinout (Phoenix) | ||
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A rinse fill You're paying attention here! Hmmm... what could be wrong with this pic? 
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| Post# 114781 , Reply# 4 3/12/2006 at 20:22 (6,618 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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WOW...a Hotpoint Silhouette design, but with an SS tub!! Never would have imagined! Did you take the lint filter out? ;-) | ||
| Post# 114783 , Reply# 5 3/12/2006 at 20:25 (6,618 days old) by spinout (Phoenix) | ||
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And finally... ...A little rinse action. See, burpilation really is entertaining AND useful! 
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| Post# 114784 , Reply# 6 3/12/2006 at 20:26 (6,618 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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Great pics...thanks for posting. That Fountain Filter really looks like it does an awesome job! --Austin | ||
| Post# 114785 , Reply# 7 3/12/2006 at 20:29 (6,618 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Post# 114798 , Reply# 9 3/12/2006 at 21:09 (6,618 days old) by frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 114808 , Reply# 10 3/12/2006 at 22:14 (6,618 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 114823 , Reply# 11 3/13/2006 at 00:19 (6,618 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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My daily laundry pair | ||
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Post# 114824 , Reply# 12 3/13/2006 at 00:20 (6,618 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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my mom got the next step up from that dryer and its matching
According to my 1963 Sears Summer catalog, the next step up was the model 70 Soft Heat Dryer (1963 was the inaugural year for Soft Heat). It looked identical to your dryer with a few exceptions. 1. The control panel ovals as well as the timer were back lit 2. the was only a heat cycle and an air cycle on the timer. 3. The glass oval on the left side of the timer says Soft Heat (Soft Heat started the heat on high when the clothes were wet and as the clothes got drier Soft Heat lowered the heat to keep from baking in wrinkles and over drying the clothes). 4. the # 70 was plastered across the design on the left side of the control panel instead of under the Kenmore name. The differences between the washer that matches your 600 dryer and the washer that matches the 70 Soft Heat dryer are as follows: The 70 has a self cleaning lint filter with an orange indicator light on the right edge of the control panel. The 600 has a manual clean lint filter. The 70 has an infinite water level control. The 600 has three water levels. The 70 has a Roto Swirl agitator with a scrubber cap and detergent cup cover. The 600 has a straight vain agitator. THe 70 has a back lit control panel just like the matching dryer. The 600 does not have a back lit control panel, just like the matching dryer. When my mom was married in 1963 she got the model 70 washer and matching gas Soft Heat dryer. We ahd the dryer until 1979 and the washer survived at our summer cottage until 1989 (if I only knew then what I know now it would still be there). PATRICK COFFEY | ||
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Post# 114832 , Reply# 13 3/13/2006 at 02:29 (6,617 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York) |
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| Post# 114840 , Reply# 15 3/13/2006 at 03:57 (6,617 days old) by spinout (Phoenix) | ||
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another shot The mighty Hotpoint spirolator! Perhaps one of the most underated agitators of all time... but don't be fooled by its diminutive width, this puppy can turn the heaviest loads. 
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| Post# 114852 , Reply# 16 3/13/2006 at 07:36 (6,617 days old) by the7 () | ||
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Where have all the "Holes" gone (in the inner tub)? Long time passing! | ||
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Post# 114854 , Reply# 17 3/13/2006 at 07:44 (6,617 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 114857 , Reply# 18 3/13/2006 at 08:01 (6,617 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 114858 , Reply# 19 3/13/2006 at 08:02 (6,617 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 114861 , Reply# 20 3/13/2006 at 08:12 (6,617 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 114866 , Reply# 21 3/13/2006 at 08:20 (6,617 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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That is the first example of a Hotpoint/Penncrest I have ever seen with a Stainless Steel tub and it looks great. I especially enjoy the sound those make when "throwing" out the water against the inner cabinet. Is the sediment ejector system still in place or have you had to "neuter" it yet? Very kool pair. | ||
| Post# 114868 , Reply# 22 3/13/2006 at 08:34 (6,617 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!) | ||
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Post# 114873 , Reply# 23 3/13/2006 at 08:45 (6,617 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York) |
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You know? I just had a flashback and I remember seeing one of those machine with an similar control panel in the street 30 something years ago and I stuck my hand inside the tub to see what type of agitator it had and I cut my right hand because of a broken glass! I needed stitches but didn't go to the hospital because I couldn't tell mom how I've cut myself...... And If I see another one in the street I will snatch it up! | ||
| Post# 114878 , Reply# 24 3/13/2006 at 08:59 (6,617 days old) by lightedcontrols () | ||
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Hi spinout! Glad you found us!!! Your machines are no less than W O N D E R F U L ! ! ! Mark | ||
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Post# 114879 , Reply# 25 3/13/2006 at 09:03 (6,617 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 114930 , Reply# 26 3/13/2006 at 12:14 (6,617 days old) by agiflow () | ||
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Very nice washer there Spinout. My mother had the matching washer to that Kenmore dryer. BTW appliguy, thanks for clarifying the 600 and 70 models :-) | ||
| Post# 114940 , Reply# 28 3/13/2006 at 12:50 (6,617 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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Dryer The 63 Dryer is the match for my Grandma's washer. What a neat laundry set. | ||
| Post# 114958 , Reply# 29 3/13/2006 at 14:32 (6,617 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Hi Joe, Fabulous Pencrest/Hotpoint. Glad you are saving these AND using them too. I have a similar Hotpoint from about the same era, not hooked up at the moment but will be soon. Thanks for posting the pics of these. Jimmy | ||
| Post# 114980 , Reply# 30 3/13/2006 at 16:28 (6,617 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
You're in for a wild ride | ||
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Post# 114986 , Reply# 31 3/13/2006 at 16:41 (6,617 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Welcome new member........
Nice machines! Do tell us and show us MORE! Interesting to me too is that there is an outlet for an electrical dryer not three feet /one meter from a gas source......... What's with the piping on the hot water heater? Is that a return loop going in under ht eburner port, and a circlator in the line to keep the water in the pipes hot at all times? | ||
| Post# 115016 , Reply# 32 3/13/2006 at 18:39 (6,617 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV) | ||
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extra piping Toggle, it looks like the pressure relief valve is hooked to that piece of pipe...just my opinion.... Chuck | ||
| Post# 115017 , Reply# 33 3/13/2006 at 18:41 (6,617 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV) | ||
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oops sorry..i looked at the wrong piece of pipe... | ||
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Post# 115216 , Reply# 34 3/14/2006 at 13:32 (6,616 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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