Thread Number: 59465
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YET ANOTHER EXPENSIVE PINK MACHINE........KENMORE DRYER |
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Post# 820592   4/23/2015 at 12:13 (3,262 days old) by agitatorboogie (Denver)   |   | |
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Gorgeous styling......but yowzaaaaah...i have to give a NENE LEAKES laugh....
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Post# 820593 , Reply# 1   4/23/2015 at 12:15 (3,262 days old) by bluejay (Havre de Grace, MD)   |   | |
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Post# 820598 , Reply# 2   4/23/2015 at 12:24 (3,262 days old) by oldskool (Kansas City, MO)   |   | |
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...is outrageous IMHO, I find the styling, details, and ornamentation of the older appliances (especially Kenmore), very attractive and appealing. Most newer appliances, seem so bland, except the truly TOL products. Anyone else think similarly? John |
Post# 820615 , Reply# 3   4/23/2015 at 13:52 (3,262 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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Post# 820630 , Reply# 4   4/23/2015 at 15:00 (3,262 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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I'm not a Kenmore expert, but I've never seen one that looks anything like this machine. Again, it's what the market will bear and I believe that people who have the good sense NOT to just throw beauties like this in the trash deserve to be rewarded...maybe not excessively, but hey, what if the shoe's on the other foot? |
Post# 820678 , Reply# 5   4/23/2015 at 19:25 (3,262 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Very cool, this was only one of three years that WP built an all porcelain cabinet and dryer drum and the were only sold as Sears LKMs . [ 57-58-and 59 ] These were nice fast dryers in Gas as they had a 37,000 BTU burner, the largest ever used in a home clothes dryer.
You could probably buy this dryer for around $200, but if you had the matching pink washer it sure could be worth $800, We have certainly paid more for appliances we really wanted and were this rare.
Can you imagine the drying speed with a nice new fast spinning Washer, WOW
John L. |
Post# 820687 , Reply# 6   4/23/2015 at 20:57 (3,262 days old) by scoots (Chattanooga TN)   |   | |
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Post# 820724 , Reply# 7   4/24/2015 at 05:00 (3,261 days old) by washdaddy (Baltimore)   |   | |
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that's a nice looking dryer but it isn't $800. nice! |
Post# 820728 , Reply# 8   4/24/2015 at 05:38 (3,261 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 820736 , Reply# 9   4/24/2015 at 06:44 (3,261 days old) by retro-man (- boston,ma)   |   | |
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So would this be the pre piano key lady Kenmore of the early 60's? Very nice condition. Be even better if it was a matched set. |
Post# 820740 , Reply# 10   4/24/2015 at 06:59 (3,261 days old) by Gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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While in Palm Springs last month, Fred N and I drive up to see our own Dick S and part of his collection at his 'new' house (with the beautiful Flair range and Philco refrigerator). We had a really nice visit and enjoyed seeing his 58 Kenmore washer and dryer.
The black lever on the left is the room heater - opens a trap door in the exhaust stream and directs it into the room. I think 58 was the only year they did this? Beautiful machines!
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Post# 820747 , Reply# 11   4/24/2015 at 07:45 (3,261 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 820751 , Reply# 12   4/24/2015 at 08:01 (3,261 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 821201 , Reply# 13   4/27/2015 at 19:14 (3,258 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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I can't say anything fresh, not said before or in this thread. What a universe apart is this design and appeal from today's machines. I don't know if I can hang my head any lower, many more times, after I find yet another appliance that reminds me of the schlock we get today, for design.
Thanks for finding and posting it. Yeah, $800 bucks is alot, but then, I consider it art…and good art is never inexpensive. Not that I can afford $800. It would be so much more enjoyable to have the matching washer! So, this one is worth…an encore in photo.
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