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Post# 73148 7/11/2005 at 17:49 (6,861 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Went to an esate sale on Saturday and saw this washer that I looked over but talked myself out of at the time - who needs another Kenmore anyway?? The condition of the machine (MINT!) haunted me the rest of the day. We just happened to be in the area on Sunday and it was still there so I left a 1/2 price bid despite my resolution not to bring home another washer. I picked the machine up today and it really is mint, I don't think I've ever seen a Kenmore from a basement in this nice of shape. The lady still had her Speed Queen wringer washer next to the KM so I'm sure it hasn't seen a lot of use.
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Post# 73149 , Reply# 1 7/11/2005 at 17:51 (6,861 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 73150 , Reply# 2 7/11/2005 at 17:51 (6,861 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 73152 , Reply# 3 7/11/2005 at 17:52 (6,861 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 73153 , Reply# 4 7/11/2005 at 17:54 (6,861 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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This was quite a common model, this one is a 1963 but I think it was around for a few years. I've seen quite a few over the years, Sears must have sold BILLIONS of them! I wouldn't normally go to the trouble of dragging a MOL machine like this home, but it was just too nice to leave there. Part of the "sickness" I guess.
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Post# 73154 , Reply# 5 7/11/2005 at 17:55 (6,861 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 73156 , Reply# 7 7/11/2005 at 18:03 (6,861 days old) by drmitch () | ||
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Beautiful! You lucky guy! | ||
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Post# 73157 , Reply# 8 7/11/2005 at 18:03 (6,861 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 73159 , Reply# 9 7/11/2005 at 18:16 (6,861 days old) by fnelson487 (Palm Springs, CA) |
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It is a sickness, isn't it!
I am sure the vision of it was haunting you all day before you went back. Boy that's a beauty. It was around the same time as my mom's Lady Kenmore with the colored letters across the front (not the buttons) and the waterfall filter. She bought the matching dryer the next year. I was in seventh heaven. I just received two boxes from Roger Lequea. When he heard at the convention (at your house!) that I was looking for a Hoover 64 and a 150 he offered his to me. Just what I need, two more vacuums, but what vacuums! I am sure I will live out my old age surrounded by lovely vacuum cleaners in a cold water flat eating cat food. Oh well, what a way to go. Congratulations again! Fred | ||
| Post# 73162 , Reply# 10 7/11/2005 at 18:28 (6,861 days old) by agiflow () | ||
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The control panel looks almost exactly like the Kenmore i remeber as a young child. The only two differences is my mother's machine didn't have the self cleaning lint filter light and had a black straight vane with waterfall filter. Pat | ||
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Post# 73173 , Reply# 11 7/11/2005 at 19:19 (6,861 days old) by Pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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This one is identical to the one my parents bought in the spring of 1964. And you're correct when you say that Sears sold billions of them! Must have represented a great value to middle class moms. It was about the same time that my parents bought a BOL Whilrpool dryer at Davidson's "scratch and dent" sale in Atlanta.
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Post# 73174 , Reply# 12 7/11/2005 at 19:29 (6,861 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Greg, another find of machines in my childhood. My oldest sister dated a guy while in high school whose parents lived in a very nice beach house near NASA. Had that exact same washer. (KItchen had I guess sunny yellow GE appliances). I did MANY a load in that washer and dryer the two summers they were dating. We'd go down and spend weekends there. And yes, that was somewaht of a universal control panel design. Neighbors down the street replaced a Control Tower with a Model 60 that looked like this---agiflow that's what your mom's washer was--a model 60. I loved this machine you found today. Very flexible. I would have drug it home in a heaert beat and kick that late 1964 Norge out the back door for this machine. Bob
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Post# 73189 , Reply# 14 7/11/2005 at 20:03 (6,861 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Kenmores | ||
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Post# 73200 , Reply# 16 7/11/2005 at 21:08 (6,861 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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| Post# 73205 , Reply# 17 7/11/2005 at 21:21 (6,861 days old) by rchris () | ||
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You did the right thing saving her, Greg. Man! This has been your summer: first the Maytag set, and less than one month later, here comes this beauty. | ||
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Post# 73219 , Reply# 18 7/11/2005 at 22:26 (6,861 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 73236 , Reply# 19 7/11/2005 at 23:11 (6,861 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
Really nice looking machine Greg! Nice catch for sure. I know you will find a good home for it. I had a great aunt who kept her wringer washer also. I remember her saying,"I use the wringer washer for my heavy stuff" She was an old maid and lived in a tiny two bedroom house with her cat. What heavy stuff???? I don't remember what her automatic was,although I did see it a few times as a child. It always looked brand new,I remember that. I bet this Kenmore was the same situation as my Great Aunt Ruth's machine. Saving the automatic via the wringer washer! | ||
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Post# 73237 , Reply# 20 7/11/2005 at 23:13 (6,861 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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AAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is the washer my mom bought in October 1963 as a newlywed for her and dads new house in Ravensworth Farm in Springfield Va. She also got the matching Soft Heat Gas Dryer. We had the dryer until 1979 (it followed us to the house on Lakevale Drive in Vienna in 1976) and the washer survived at our lake house from 1972 to 1989. Greg If you ever decide to sell that machine please give me first choice ok??? PLEASE!!!!!!! PAT COFFEY | ||
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Post# 73245 , Reply# 21 7/12/2005 at 00:23 (6,861 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Even though it's "only a Kenmore", it is fun to play with. There aren't enough spaces for everything though so it will live in the garage for while. I have spots downstairs for the 1960 Maytags and 50 Kenmores, with some shuffling about of course, and plans for the Westy combo, but that's it for downstairs! The self cleaning lint filter is the marbles/balls in a metal housing (64 LK is plastic housing) and you can really HEAR the marbles moving around at the start of agitate for a second and then churning around, crashing into the metal walls of the container during drain. Amazing sound! I thought something was busted at first ;-) | ||
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Post# 73253 , Reply# 22 7/12/2005 at 01:28 (6,861 days old) by Jetaction (Minneapolis) |
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Gotta love those Kenmore Pastels
Great find Greg, Yeah! That's a great addition to your collection, even if it is only for a while. Being "only a Kenmore" might surprise you, my LK got out stains that the Frigidaire didn't after I spilled dressing on them in Omaha. Maybe you could figure out how to make it spin faster, what a machine that would be!
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| Post# 73264 , Reply# 23 7/12/2005 at 06:25 (6,860 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
haappy girls | ||
| Post# 73271 , Reply# 25 7/12/2005 at 08:22 (6,860 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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This machine looks like it's been maintained and service throughout the years. Very cool when you come across one with low mileage. | ||
| Post# 73277 , Reply# 26 7/12/2005 at 09:26 (6,860 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 73294 , Reply# 30 7/12/2005 at 11:00 (6,860 days old) by lesto (Atlanta) | ||
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Greg, I love those Kenmores with the pastel colors on the dials. It's been along time since I've seen a Kenmore with a pink wash n wear cycle. I wish you had found it before the convention. I would have loved to do a load in it. | ||
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Post# 73295 , Reply# 31 7/12/2005 at 11:36 (6,860 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho) |
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Can almost hear the buzz, click, snap, and the kiwwwwwwwwwww of the wig-wag starting the spin cycle and the clutch engaging. Beautiful machine! | ||
| Post# 73314 , Reply# 32 7/12/2005 at 13:44 (6,860 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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Cool Down care I think on my grandma's it just filled and did partial drain. Again, we thought it was broke so I put it back on the Normal cycle. I didn't realize it was supposed to do that. Peter's right, one can never have too many Kenmores. | ||
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Post# 73320 , Reply# 33 7/12/2005 at 15:26 (6,860 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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When it rains it pours! | ||
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Post# 73327 , Reply# 34 7/12/2005 at 16:26 (6,860 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 73366 , Reply# 35 7/12/2005 at 19:58 (6,860 days old) by KENMORE62 () | ||
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KENMORE WASHER My grandmother had this washer,the only difference was hers had a manual lint filter. I think she bought it in 1962 
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Post# 73378 , Reply# 36 7/12/2005 at 21:29 (6,860 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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| Post# 73437 , Reply# 37 7/13/2005 at 09:22 (6,859 days old) by westyslantfront () | ||
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Roto Swirl Hi Greg. Nate just left for 1 week's vacation. He could not get his Kenmore to spin and was getting frustrated so he decided to leave it till he gets back. I am sure he would have liked his machine to be in this condition. | ||
| Post# 73439 , Reply# 38 7/13/2005 at 09:28 (6,859 days old) by lightedcontrols () | ||
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Now here's my idea! Greg, since your space is limited, you need to give ME the 906 Maytag, and put this lovely Kenmore in it's space! See, problem solved!!! (LOL!!!) Mark | ||
| Post# 73442 , Reply# 39 7/13/2005 at 09:34 (6,859 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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Let me storage your Kenmores for you, Greg. Ship them to Groton, MA and don't worry. They will be loved and used on a weekly basis. | ||
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Post# 73493 , Reply# 40 7/13/2005 at 18:07 (6,859 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Thanks for the offer guys, we'll consider all options for making more space around here! "Curiosity once killed a cat..." I used the W-N-W cycle today with a load of rags. Sequence is: Wash - normal speed, drain 30 sec. - slow speed, fill, drain - slow speed, fill, drain - normal speed, slow spin & sprays, then into rinse. There was no agitation during cool-down fills, just fill and then right back into drain. Seems like the only things that would get cooled down are the inlet flume and top edge of the spin basket. Just as I suspected, waste of time and water! | ||
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Post# 73503 , Reply# 41 7/13/2005 at 19:44 (6,859 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 73507 , Reply# 42 7/13/2005 at 20:05 (6,859 days old) by rchris () | ||
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It surprised me when I saw the '64 LK in action, because I thought the agifill method didnt come into play until the '65 redesign. | ||
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