Thread Number: 2895
Kenmore Wringer Washing Machine Mystery |
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Post# 76992 , Reply# 2   8/7/2005 at 12:40 (6,833 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)   |   | |
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Hi Bev, Scott is correct. Wringers were produced for alot longer here in Canada. I will include a picture of a Beatty wringer of mine which is mid 80's vintage. What type of agitator does yours have, the roto-swirl? This one has the "Easy" style spiralator. We know Maytag produced wringer washers until 1983, but I remember seeing Kenmore wringers offered in the Sears catalogues in the early 90's!
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Post# 76993 , Reply# 3   8/7/2005 at 13:31 (6,833 days old) by programcomputer (Ann Arbor Michigan, USA)   |   | |
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Speed Queen.... Speed Queen was the only manufacturer that I know of that was still in the 90's producing wringers, and still does make a wringer here in the states now being built by Amana or at least that's the brand that it's built for. Their (Sears)built machine was VERY expensive, costing upwards of I beleive $349.95 or something in that area. I do not have my catalouges here at this point to verify this. I do remember one year them being listed on the smae page as the Commercial washers also sold thru the catalog...but later featured along with the "compact" auto washers..then never seen again. It was your standard fare Speed Queen with little or no special features: straight vane agitator, pump model or gravity drain version...very sad considering the old Kenmore and "Lady Kenmore" "Visi-Matic" style machines from the 50's and 60's. Heck after Sears stopped their catalog, I actually lost track of what Sears was offering the public, unitl I made that once yearly trip to see what they were doing...and by the time I would do this to buy something from there..late 1990's...the wrigers were long gone. Im suprised that wringers lost touch with many. they cleaned well,washed as long as you like, dried your clothes bone dry..at least my Grandmothers Maytag Wrigner did..and saved massive quantities of water. JUst the manual labor and loss of time aspect did them in. People after the automatics wer on the scene...just diddn't care fro them anymore. That's my two cents worth.... Chad |