Thread Number: 44647
HOLY GRAIL.......1950'S KENMORE W&D IN RENO!!! |
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Post# 655311   1/23/2013 at 09:43 (4,082 days old) by agitatorboogie (Denver)   |   | |
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Post# 655312 , Reply# 1   1/23/2013 at 09:44 (4,082 days old) by agitatorboogie (Denver)   |   | |
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Post# 655313 , Reply# 2   1/23/2013 at 09:45 (4,082 days old) by agitatorboogie (Denver)   |   | |
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Post# 655315 , Reply# 3   1/23/2013 at 09:46 (4,082 days old) by agitatorboogie (Denver)   |   | |
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Post# 655316 , Reply# 4   1/23/2013 at 09:47 (4,082 days old) by agitatorboogie (Denver)   |   | |
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Post# 655317 , Reply# 5   1/23/2013 at 09:49 (4,082 days old) by agitatorboogie (Denver)   |   | |
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Post# 655318 , Reply# 6   1/23/2013 at 09:51 (4,082 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 655319 , Reply# 7   1/23/2013 at 10:00 (4,082 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 655327 , Reply# 8   1/23/2013 at 10:51 (4,082 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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These are sitting in an appliance store our own Andy (RCD) knows of and he had been in talks with the owner about them. He said these are in excellent / mint condition cosmetically, but have been sitting in the showroom for many, many years.
I will leave it up to Andy if he wants to share the details, but I believe, the "talks" have unfortunately run out of wind. |
Post# 655329 , Reply# 9   1/23/2013 at 11:25 (4,082 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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I believe that these could be 1956 machines, 1956 is the first year that the water fall lint filter was installed on WP built washers. 1956 was also the first year that WP switched to a water pump that could reverse pumping direction without the washers motor reversing, they did this with an internal flapper valve that was controlled by the transmissions agitate control cam bar. This style pump was used on most WP BD washers ever built and to the very end of production of BD machines that were either Suds-Saver models or all commercial machines. |
Post# 655331 , Reply# 10   1/23/2013 at 11:45 (4,082 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 655338 , Reply# 11   1/23/2013 at 12:03 (4,082 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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If these are the same ones, the seller wanted to trade them for my vintage O'Keefe & Merritt gas stove and $400. Sorry, but I'm having a hard time with that. I think that stove, which I've posted pictures of when I got her, is worth more than $100. Still deciding if they are worth $500 or not.
I've seen them in person (and posted a thread of them with more pics) and they are just beautiful cosmetically but have not run in many years. This may be why seller is not stating that they work. He's a used appliance/furniture dealer (if these are the same machines and the same seller...) and doesn't want to get stuck stating they work and end up not... RCD |
Post# 655340 , Reply# 12   1/23/2013 at 12:22 (4,082 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 655342 , Reply# 13   1/23/2013 at 12:33 (4,082 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 655346 , Reply# 14   1/23/2013 at 12:52 (4,082 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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Back when I was working after school at Western Appliance in SJ there were always a lot of these Kenmores out back in the trade-in "pile." Sears must have sold a ton of them. I kind of recall the timer and in some cases the control area being lighted on some models (???). Unlike all the flashy Lady Kenmores these machines with their simple timers and dependable "guts" were fine to recondition and clean-up for the resale floor. I've always wanted a set like these. Too bad that appears to be an electric dryer. Although I have 220 in the laundry room I need to conserve electricity for my greedy air conditioners. Thanks for posting.
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Post# 655438 , Reply# 16   1/23/2013 at 20:22 (4,081 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 655495 , Reply# 17   1/24/2013 at 03:20 (4,081 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 655637 , Reply# 19   1/24/2013 at 20:14 (4,080 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 655640 , Reply# 20   1/24/2013 at 20:17 (4,080 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 655650 , Reply# 21   1/24/2013 at 20:51 (4,080 days old) by fnelson487 (Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 655662 , Reply# 22   1/24/2013 at 21:38 (4,080 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 655904 , Reply# 24   1/25/2013 at 23:55 (4,079 days old) by badgerdx ()   |   | |
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The styling on these are just beautiful. Clean, simple, far more classic yet modern than the contemporary plastic swoopy fake pseudo waves and crap one sees nowadays. Industrial design masterpieces. |
Post# 655915 , Reply# 25   1/26/2013 at 01:24 (4,079 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Mom and dad bought the washer with suds-saver somewhere around when I was born in 56 and near when the Simpson-Sears store opened. She said she was the first on the block to get an automatic washer and all the neighbor ladies came over to see it. When I was little I used to like pressing the palm of my hand down on the agitators big K when it was washing because it tickled. I was little, gimmie a break LOL
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Post# 655966 , Reply# 27   1/26/2013 at 09:38 (4,079 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Hi Bobby, do you have your KM FE dryer connected to the 50 amp line so both electric heaters are being used? These Hi Speed dryers could actually dry many loads in about 30 minutes if connected to a 50 Amp line and as these dryers were designed for 230 volts back in the 1950s they really dry fast on the 240 power that is supplied today, John. |
Post# 655988 , Reply# 28   1/26/2013 at 10:58 (4,079 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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