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Post# 642117   11/27/2012 at 16:08 (4,167 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 642192 , Reply# 1   11/27/2012 at 22:34 (4,167 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.))   |   | |
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Post# 642218 , Reply# 2   11/28/2012 at 02:05 (4,167 days old) by applianceguy47 ()   |   | |
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Is it white or gray. The lite gray color would certainly make it rare. |
Post# 642258 , Reply# 3   11/28/2012 at 08:02 (4,167 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 642260 , Reply# 4   11/28/2012 at 08:05 (4,167 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 642280 , Reply# 5   11/28/2012 at 09:04 (4,167 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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I wondered the same thing regarding whether the machine is Platinum in color, or just what color.
The first picture looks a bit more almond than gray. I have a Platinum Kenmore and when photographed with a lousy camera, it looks darker than this machine does. I have also photographed almond machines with the same lousy camera and they come out resembling this one, color-wise. This happens most when in a dark garage or room and using a flash. I know the machine is not white, because the money shot picture shows the difference between the tub ring and the machine's top. When white, the shades between the various white parts isn't much different, even in bad lighting. Also, when white, the plastic lid over the triple dispenser usually yellows, and looks much different than the rest of the top. Almond ones don't seem to change color as much, or they just make themselves more "almonder". The machine surely does look platinum gray, but I would bet, just from my experience in taking pics of these in bad lighting with a not-so-great camera, that this machine is Almond. Sandy - believe it or not, there are people who like these machines, and some who grew up using these as kids, and have fond memories of them like many do of older belt-drives. I will agree however that this is not the most attractive of the black panel models, or of BD Kenmores in general. The 1976-1980 layout was less 'harsh' than this one, for sure, which was in use 1981-1986, though this to me is not the ugliest Lady K. Gordon |
Post# 642282 , Reply# 6   11/28/2012 at 09:20 (4,167 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Post# 642283 , Reply# 7   11/28/2012 at 09:22 (4,167 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Post# 642285 , Reply# 8   11/28/2012 at 09:25 (4,167 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 642286 , Reply# 9   11/28/2012 at 09:30 (4,167 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Post# 642292 , Reply# 10   11/28/2012 at 10:04 (4,167 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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I guess it is indeed all in what you grew up with.
You see, I grew up with stuff like the '65-'66 keyboard Lady K's and Maytag 906's, and when console styling became nothing more than screen-printing on a black background, it felt to me like an era had passed, which indeed it had. I miss the glamour of '60s appliance styling; very little that has come since can equal it. |
Post# 642342 , Reply# 11   11/28/2012 at 15:34 (4,166 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 642349 , Reply# 12   11/28/2012 at 16:11 (4,166 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 642357 , Reply# 13   11/28/2012 at 17:25 (4,166 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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I suppose I have room, but I really don't need these. The seller is currently still using the dryer. They replaced the washer because their son brought over another washer with an electronic board that was bad. The seller fixed the board, but the son never came and got it, and they began using the repaired machine instead of the Lady K. The displaced Lady K has been sitting for 7 or 8 months they say.
To get the set, their dryer would have to be replaced. They're willing to sell the dryer for $75 as well, but I don't know about all that. I don't quite get how they're willing to sell the dryer for $75 when they have to replace it. I could probably get these sent to CLT in the New Year, but I certainly don't need them, and we don't need Charlotte falling into the abyss due to excess weight either... |
Post# 642362 , Reply# 14   11/28/2012 at 17:40 (4,166 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 642603 , Reply# 16   11/29/2012 at 13:24 (4,166 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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