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Post# 159290   10/7/2006 at 14:33 (6,382 days old) by mixfinder ()        

The automatic bolt down with sudsaver is older than the Visa matic. Leaving Kelly's old condo for ????
Kelly





Post# 159294 , Reply# 1   10/7/2006 at 14:37 (6,382 days old) by westytoploader ()        

YAY!!! And that is a very familiar pickup as well, I wonder where the machines are going? ;-)

Post# 159300 , Reply# 2   10/7/2006 at 15:05 (6,382 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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to austin's house!!!

Post# 159305 , Reply# 3   10/7/2006 at 15:44 (6,382 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Really?! Congratulations, Austin! Your Kenmore collection continues to grow...

Drive carefully!


Post# 159306 , Reply# 4   10/7/2006 at 16:24 (6,382 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)        
OMG!

For real????????

Congrats!!!


Post# 159322 , Reply# 5   10/7/2006 at 20:02 (6,382 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Glendora isn't in Texas. It's in California.

Post# 159409 , Reply# 6   10/8/2006 at 13:00 (6,381 days old) by golittlesport (California)        

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Who's going to Glendora?

Post# 159717 , Reply# 7   10/10/2006 at 20:54 (6,379 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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No update? Our first cliffhager!

To whom did these beauties go?


Post# 159758 , Reply# 8   10/11/2006 at 00:09 (6,379 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon)        
such a mystery...

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Look what I spotted. I think this is the same truck and now it has even more machines in it. Who is the mystery driver and where is he headed? Inquiring minds want to know...

Post# 159762 , Reply# 9   10/11/2006 at 01:01 (6,378 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)        
I could swear I had a skanky

old egg crate foam pad just like the one protecting the
Vis-A-Matic from the corner of that World Pool. What's that bungee hooked too? That tailgate better not be down, mister.
You'll be one plucked Roadrunner if it is!! :>) Four Star,
Four Star; where fore art thou???????????


Post# 159891 , Reply# 10   10/11/2006 at 20:10 (6,378 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)        
I thought I was in the loop

But where is the whirlpool going?

Post# 159921 , Reply# 11   10/12/2006 at 00:20 (6,378 days old) by mixfinder ()        
In the loop

You should have stayed for the Leg of Pork and then you'd have known it all.
Kelly


Post# 159966 , Reply# 12   10/12/2006 at 08:54 (6,377 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)        
WOW!

Someone's hauling home a truck full of Kenmore!

Post# 160119 , Reply# 13   10/12/2006 at 20:58 (6,377 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)        
from post #8451

Doesn't this look like the matching dryer?

Post# 160224 , Reply# 14   10/13/2006 at 14:03 (6,376 days old) by mixfinder ()        
Matched Set

The dryer in the picture is a 1952, with blue accents and a white plastic knob with a silver pointer.
The Kenmore on the truck is a 53 with black and silver accents. The next year's model was black with gold accent and more heavily laden in geegaws. I love the old lid on this Kenmore which reminds me of the lid on the Atlantis set I owned.
Kelly


Post# 160260 , Reply# 15   10/13/2006 at 20:41 (6,376 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )        

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Those are like the set mom had back in the early 50's and I remember playing with, ours had the suds saver, the big K on top of the agitator as well.

Post# 160518 , Reply# 16   10/15/2006 at 20:27 (6,374 days old) by dick_s. ()        
Well, by now....

...you all must know who is the Kenmore crazy wacko in So. Cal! I made it home with 4 wonderful, beautiful machines thanks to Kelly in Seattle for all his help in not only getting them for me but also storing them for a good two months before I was able to make the journey north.

I came home with a beautiful bolt down with suds saver and I believe one of Sears first VisaMatic wringer machines. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I love the style (fatness) of the wringer. It's all together minus a motor which I will start looking for.

I started cleaning up the bolt down this afternoon but alas I had spent too much time on another machine and I had to stop but took a pic of it. It runs beautifully but haven't hooked up hoses to it as yet. Also have to make a cement pad for it but in the meantime will sit on it if I have to!

I love it! And a tremendous thanks to you Kelly for your warm hospitality, your help and efforts extended on my behalf, and just being a great guy. I'm sending off a note in the mail to you the first part of next week.

Dick S.


Post# 160519 , Reply# 17   10/15/2006 at 20:35 (6,374 days old) by dick_s. ()        
And then.....

...thanks to Patrick, a member in Portland and another great guy, he and I were both able to get some machines we really wanted and reduce our collections of some we weren't that interested in. I had a bunch of 118's that he wanted and he had a certain 56 Whirlpool that I wanted. Well..........he's happy and I'm happy!

It works just fine but might need a pump down the road.


Post# 160523 , Reply# 18   10/15/2006 at 20:49 (6,374 days old) by rickr (.)        

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Congratulations Dick! Can't wait to see some more photos of your new found treasures.

56WP's Rock! And that one looks minty fresh. I have a pump that would fit that machine. You can have it if you want it. Almost threw it out this weekend. Let me know if you want it.


Post# 160525 , Reply# 19   10/15/2006 at 20:57 (6,374 days old) by mixfinder ()        
Dick S

Dick,
It was a thrill for me to actually connect with another member of the group. Even though it took your drive from Palm Desert to Seattle, to make that happen, we got to have a taste of what Perc-o-Prince and the Eastern Washer Mafia get to revel in.
I look forward to lots of time in Souther Cal, high in the mountains, watching susdy whites do their tantalizing dance!
Ya'll come back, Hear?
Kelly


Post# 160531 , Reply# 20   10/15/2006 at 21:30 (6,374 days old) by dick_s. ()        
AND THEN..............

.....the fabulous 53 (that's what I was told but I think it's a 54) that friends of mine went and picked up and stored in their garage until I could make the trip up.

This is the machine I spent most time on today. Yes, I had doubts that the tub and other areas would clean up nicely BUT THE DID and I just got excited and kept cleaning and cleaning losing track of time alloted for other machines.

It also is a suds saver and I think the start switch in the motor is stuck. It just humms a bit so........that's high on the list of things to get going! I want so to hook that puppy up.

I think that my feathers got a bit too puffed up when I gutted the 56 cycla fabric and put it back together piece by piece. The guts of these machines are a little different and I just hope I can figure everything out.

Well, I went up with 3 of my machines picking up two more along the way and came home from Seattle with four. But what a four!

I picked a pic showing the tub which I really thought wouldn't come clean. Look at it now.


Post# 160533 , Reply# 21   10/15/2006 at 21:35 (6,374 days old) by dick_s. ()        
I'm so excited....

...I had to post a few more pix. This is of the cycle timer of the bolt down.

Post# 160534 , Reply# 22   10/15/2006 at 21:39 (6,374 days old) by dick_s. ()        
Then..

....the cycle timer for the 53? And there are lights behind the dial on each side and also lights behind the temp and water level control modifier push buttons.

Post# 160535 , Reply# 23   10/15/2006 at 21:42 (6,374 days old) by dick_s. ()        
Just one more

and this one is a full shot of the 53. Oh, and that spot on the front is a fly....not a nich. I tried to shooosh it away but it just wouldn't budge.

The trip which totaled a little over 2900 miles was well worth it plus I made some wonderful new friends. ((--::


Post# 160579 , Reply# 24   10/16/2006 at 07:33 (6,373 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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You have some very nice looking Kenmores, Dick! Those "frog-eye" machines are beautiful and so "fifties" looking.

Post# 160584 , Reply# 25   10/16/2006 at 08:06 (6,373 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        

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Beautiful machine, Wow, what a long drive.

Steve


Post# 160594 , Reply# 26   10/16/2006 at 08:39 (6,373 days old) by westyslantfront ()        

hi dick....beautiful machines...love the frog eye....congratulations.......ross

Post# 160595 , Reply# 27   10/16/2006 at 08:40 (6,373 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)        
Those really are some beautiful machines

What a wonderful collection. Hope you update your "Photos of Collections" to include these new ones. It is like a progression of the history of Kenmore.

Brian


Post# 160616 , Reply# 28   10/16/2006 at 10:52 (6,373 days old) by dick_s. ()        

Thanks Brian and that is exactly what I'm trying to do--recapture the exact machines that produced every vivid memory of Kenmores from the 50s that I remember and played with and listened to for hours on end when I was a kid. As I've mentioned before and I'm sure you all are tired of hearing over and over--I have two more to find and my collection of Sears "Fabulous 50s" will be complete. Thank God because I'm almost out of room!!!!!!!!!!!!! ((--::

Oh and certainly not to pass over the wonderful 56 Whirpool that Tommy Storelli's mom had which used to rock the second floor flat they live in when it went into spin.





Post# 160713 , Reply# 29   10/16/2006 at 18:26 (6,373 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Beautimous Dick!!!!

Post# 160732 , Reply# 30   10/16/2006 at 19:13 (6,373 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
so happy for you

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love how the first dial reads "Suds return" not just suds. always thought they should ALL SAY SUDS RETURN, DAMNIT !!!

they're just so beautiful

love how the wash cycle counts down to zero "0" --wish they all did

love the 24 minute wash; that will really clean white sox and shorts.

and the visamatic--how perfect. I have the Norge version, but the poor old gal is really dying.

What great treats. What fun you'll have.

I suffered from acute and chronic Kenmore/Whirlpool Envy throughout my entire childhood because all of the Danieu's would only buy Frigidaires. Thank God for my mother's sisters who had Easies and neighbor Tom G.who had a Whirlpool; otherwise I probably would have jumped off the Peace Bridge. chuckle chuckle


Post# 160745 , Reply# 31   10/16/2006 at 20:18 (6,373 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Wow - what a great set of washers! The Whirlpool looks wonderful, along with a wonderful representation of the "Frog Eye!" What a great looking washer from the early part of the decade.

Ben


Post# 160773 , Reply# 32   10/16/2006 at 21:25 (6,373 days old) by rickr (.)        

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Looks like you have been busy detailing those wonderful Kenmores. And it has paid off,as they all look minty fresh!
Thanks for sharing the photos, and your WP pump is now safe in my trunk, awaiting your address.



Post# 160786 , Reply# 33   10/16/2006 at 22:10 (6,373 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Love the 24 minute wash; that will really clean white sox and shorts.

Well, I hate to pee in your Cheerios, but doesn't detergent generally only hold soils in suspension for 30 minutes maximum?

To me that is cutting it too close! :-)


Post# 160791 , Reply# 34   10/16/2006 at 22:22 (6,373 days old) by rickr (.)        

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Well Steve, some of us like to live dangerously... lol!!

Post# 160793 , Reply# 35   10/16/2006 at 22:37 (6,373 days old) by washertalk ()        

well, there goes my love of breakfast food out the window. I guess i didn't need to be eating a bowl of chex while reading this.

but you just have a wonderful day!! (snarf, snarf)


Post# 160794 , Reply# 36   10/16/2006 at 22:38 (6,373 days old) by washertalk ()        
LOLOLO !!!!

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Post# 160795 , Reply# 37   10/16/2006 at 22:46 (6,373 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
The long, long wash

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My grandmother would drop in a bar of homemade lye soap with dirty coveralls and reset the Highlander for more than 30 minutes total. Real soap, still commonly used in the early 50's, was a whole different animal (pig, in my grandmother's case ;-) so clothes could be, or perhaps needed to be washed longer than with a syndet. I've always wondered if the fat in the soap was gentler to fibers than syndets, thus causing less wear during washing/rinsing and by extension, the need for filtering contraptions on washing machines when syndets & lint collecting man-made fibers became popular.


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