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Found and bought off C/L: Coppertone 1971 Kenmore 800 dryer...
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Post# 420823   3/5/2010 at 22:35 (5,136 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        

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I found this on Craig's List in Truckee and couldn't resist it. The price was very reasonable and I knew it's history. Winner! Made the drive up the hill and met the seller. I think it was his Mother In Law's. I asked the seller on the odd chance if the matching washer existed. Bummer, He said it died about 4-5 years ago and was replaced with a run of the mill W/P Direct Drive. Even bigger bummer: He remembered that the washer was an exact match to the dryer and he also remembered that it had >two< drain hoses! AARRGGHH! A Sud Saver! That sucks!


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Post# 420824 , Reply# 1   3/5/2010 at 22:38 (5,136 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        

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The console... A single heat dryer with the P/P pulser motor . I ran it and she tumbles nice and quiet with the heat temp on the money. Some pitting on the chrome but no dings/dents and the paint is in excellent shape.

Post# 420825 , Reply# 2   3/5/2010 at 22:39 (5,136 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        

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There is a normal amount of wear on the bulkhead for almost 40 years of usage. The drum light works.

Post# 420827 , Reply# 3   3/5/2010 at 22:41 (5,136 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
Oh, did I mention lights? Well now...

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The console light works as well. Starts right up. She also came with the Parts List...

Post# 420828 , Reply# 4   3/5/2010 at 22:41 (5,136 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        

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Another shot...

Post# 420830 , Reply# 5   3/5/2010 at 22:42 (5,136 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        
The drum light works.

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Oh... yeah.. the drum light works AFTER you changed the bulb!


Post# 420831 , Reply# 6   3/5/2010 at 22:43 (5,136 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        
By the way.......

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It SURE is pretty!!!

:-)


Post# 420834 , Reply# 7   3/5/2010 at 22:45 (5,136 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
A sight for the darkened laundry room...

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Nice dryer. I actually picked her up as a surprise for a good friend in mind so we'll see if he wants her. (Yeah, 'if...' Funny!) Otherwise, I'll have to find a mate for her. Add that to the list of stag dryers I have like the Maytag 641c and CDE906... sigh...

RCD


Post# 420835 , Reply# 8   3/5/2010 at 22:47 (5,136 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
Oh... yeah.. the drum light works AFTER you changed the bulb

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I won't even charge him a service call...

Now, YOU however... LOL

RCD


Post# 420840 , Reply# 9   3/5/2010 at 23:00 (5,136 days old) by A440 ()        

Awesome find!
In great shape!


Post# 420842 , Reply# 10   3/5/2010 at 23:08 (5,136 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Andy, that's the matching dryer to the childhood washer JasonL and I both had. I am wondering if these 800 dryers had a "variation" in their seeries. The last one I saw like this had a knits setting. However, it still was a Soft Heat dryer just like this one. Does the electronic sensor still work? The Wrinkle Guard tumbled every 5 minutse for 2.5 hours. That console is almost perfict. I always referred to that color around the dials as some kind of greenish gold.

Post# 420843 , Reply# 11   3/5/2010 at 23:11 (5,136 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Personally, and I'm biased, this was the last of the great non-LK washer/dryer pairs before they started taking away all the chrome, silver, lights, and big knobs.

Post# 420845 , Reply# 12   3/5/2010 at 23:14 (5,136 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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I'd forgotten about this until now, but our washer arrived in February or March of 1971. My mom had a parakeet named Roberta whose cage hung in the breakfast room next to the laundry room. She'd start chirping and singing away when the Kenmore finished draining the tub of water and also while it was spinning. I guess that famous Kenmore pitch just got her to singing. It was kinda funny.

Post# 420847 , Reply# 13   3/5/2010 at 23:30 (5,136 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)        

One of my neighbors up the street had the 800 set in Avocado. They got this in 1972; was her first automatic. Previous to this she used a Maytag wringer and a late 50's Kenmore dryer. I believe it had the Roto-Swirl agitator. They replaced them sometime in the mid 80's with another Kenmore set in Almond. I remember she didn't like the Dual-Action agitator in the new machine, and had it replaced with a Super Surgilator. I think she still has this Almond set.

Post# 420855 , Reply# 14   3/6/2010 at 00:01 (5,136 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
Sears

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What a beautiful dryer

Post# 420875 , Reply# 15   3/6/2010 at 04:43 (5,136 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)        

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What a beautiful Dryer!!!!
I'm happy for you!!!


Post# 420877 , Reply# 16   3/6/2010 at 04:45 (5,136 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)        

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P.S
Hope you'll be able to find the matching washer!!


Post# 420892 , Reply# 17   3/6/2010 at 08:24 (5,136 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)        
WOW!

That is a beauty and the match to my childhood washer.

Post# 420897 , Reply# 18   3/6/2010 at 08:54 (5,135 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
Drum finishes

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Are the finishes of these KM/WP dryers baked on or is it just paint? If it is paint do you guys know what kind of paint and can you repaint it?

Post# 420912 , Reply# 19   3/6/2010 at 10:11 (5,135 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)        
Drum finish.....

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It's either baked enamel or acrylic. Later machines had powder coated drums from 1984 or so. The enamel or acrylic finishes can be repained with spray cans of FSP drum paint, but I've heard of mixed results with it.

Gordon


Post# 420913 , Reply# 20   3/6/2010 at 10:19 (5,135 days old) by bendix5 (Central Point, Oregon)        

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This is a very nice machine Drew. I saw it on CL as well. Can the bulkhead on these machines be repainted with a paint that won't chip off. Epoxy?? This has a beautiful control panel. I remember these machines and more of that era well. They were very quiet and had a nice soft heat. We had a 1972 Whirlpool dryer with the variable speed tumbling. It had a lever that you moved up and down on the right side of the control panel. It was a great dryer. Thanks again for everything. Dan

Post# 420922 , Reply# 21   3/6/2010 at 10:52 (5,135 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
>two< drain hoses! AARRGGHH! A Sud Saver! That sucks!

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Indeed it does. Cryin' in my coffee for you, Drew.

Fear not, though, another one will come along, even if it takes a while.


Post# 420927 , Reply# 22   3/6/2010 at 11:25 (5,135 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
another one will come along, even if it takes a while.

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Sooner than later, if I'm any judge of Gordon's persistance. He'll be the proud papa of this one, too. If this keeps up, I'll have to look into one of those air powered delivery systems between Reno and Charlotte kinda like the one at the drive thru window at the bank. Just drop an appliance into the cartridge and push the 'send' button...

RCD


Post# 420933 , Reply# 23   3/6/2010 at 11:56 (5,135 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
air powered delivery systems between Reno and Charlotte kind

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I hear ya. I keep waiting for that super fax machine in the Chrighon novel and film, Timeline, where you can basically fax yourself--or a washing machine (yuk yuk)--back and forth thru time. Imagine how easy wash-in travel would be: we'd all just fax ourselves. We could have them all the time. Come to Buffalo for a couple hours this afternoon. I've got ten loads to do. Okay I'm free. RHEEEEEEEEEEE. Here I am. YAY

Post# 420934 , Reply# 24   3/6/2010 at 11:57 (5,135 days old) by ingliscanada ()        
Appnut re: Roberta

"I'd forgotten about this until now, but our washer arrived in February or March of 1971. My mom had a parakeet named Roberta whose cage hung in the breakfast room next to the laundry room. She'd start chirping and singing away when the Kenmore finished draining the tub of water and also while it was spinning. I guess that famous Kenmore pitch just got her to singing. It was kinda funny."

I wonder if maybe the sound of the pump after the tub was drained made Roberta sing. WP/KM machines from that time had pumps that were well-heard when starved for water. According to Gordon (KenmoreGuy), WP made numerous different pumps through the years, some louder than others. I recall some non-suds-saver Inglis/KM washers made in the early 70's with pumps that made a rhythmic noise (glurrrk-glurrrk-glurrrk) that would definately get a parakeet's attention.

Gary "InglisCanada"



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