Thread Number: 69002
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
i wonder why canadien kenmore washers where diffrent from the us models? |
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Post# 917932   1/28/2017 at 07:58 (2,644 days old) by Pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)   |   | |
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hello to all kenmore expert of aw,
I wonder why where canadien kenmore of vintage era 1976 kenmore washers and 1988 kenmore washers models where diffrent then the us models until the direct drive models where made i think the only kenmore brand appliance that where the same for canada and the us where the dm dishwashers so the question is where these washers made in the us but with a particular design exclusif to canada or did kenmore made these models only in canada for the canadien market? Thank you for any answers Credit to some members who picture i am using that i have saved on my pc |
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Post# 917937 , Reply# 1   1/28/2017 at 08:37 (2,644 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
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maybe Simpson Sears designed the consoles, or Inglis designers? Those chromed knobs are identical to American Kenmore from that era. |
Post# 918684 , Reply# 3   2/1/2017 at 20:48 (2,640 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.))   |   | |
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By separate entities. In the US Kenmore was made by Whirlpool Corp. and sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co. In Canada Kenmore was built by Inglis and sold by Simpsons/Sears. I believe there were some made by GE as well. While the machines were the same mechanically(save for the GEs) this could account for the cosmetic differences. WK78 |
Post# 918771 , Reply# 5   2/2/2017 at 12:36 (2,639 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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I believe most of the Kenmore vacuums sold in Canada were US built from the get go in 1955 when Sears arrived in Canada partnering with Simpsons. While there were numerous Canadian firms already producing laundry equipment prior to that there weren't many vacuum cleaner makers probably of the size to handle retooling etc to make them. There was a company called Switson Industries who made vacuums for Eatons and possibly others etc.. but I'm at a loss right this moment to think if they made Eureka clones etc. and if they did that might have prevented them from making Kenmore clones. With the inability to find a Canadian manufacturer to build them may have relieved them of having to pay a tariff on those US imports or at least not as big a one.
As well since the Canadian market was and is vastly smaller we never and still don't always get the full US model line up. Instead, rather than say the 5 available US models of a dishwasher we only got 3,, the basic, the middle of the line and the top of the line.. However they would often and still do add somethings from the tol model to the middle of the line model sold in Canada You find it still happening in cars today. The standard features in the Canadian version can be quite different than the US model.. sometimes we get the better deal, sometimes not. |