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Post# 1099432   12/5/2020 at 17:18 (1,209 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)        

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I really like that Kenmore 80 set. Does anyone have these in their collection?




Post# 1099438 , Reply# 1   12/5/2020 at 17:50 (1,209 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Don’t have the set now, but grew up with it in our household. Parents bought it when I was a year old. I didn’t appreciate it much at the time due to a severe case of Frigidaire envy, but now I realize it was an awesome washer with interior and console lights, as well as timed bleach and fabric softener dispensers.

Ours was white with a suds saver.

Can still hear the wonderful, polyrhythmic, clickety-clacking of the rapid advance timer setting up the cycle when one of the colorful buttons was pressed.

Truly a gem!

I think someone in the AW family has the very similar 1959 Lady Kenmore, but don’t recall anyone with this 1960 Model 80.




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Post# 1099459 , Reply# 2   12/5/2020 at 19:53 (1,209 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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The LK would have Super Wash options and reservoir dispensers with dosage controls for softener and liquid detergent.


Post# 1099611 , Reply# 3   12/6/2020 at 17:43 (1,208 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Photo 1: 1959 Lady Kenmore washer. As you see, the cycle selection buttons are the same style as the 1960 Model 80 pictured in the 12/05/20 POD.

Photo 2: This is a 1960 Lady Kenmore dryer. Didn't find a photo of the matching washer, but it's the one that shows up as a POD every now and again. They changed the look of the cycle selectors by adding a protruding fin to them that you'd move either up or down to select the cycle. For instance, you'd toggle up for Cottons & Linens White Light Soil; down for Cottons & Linens White Heavy Soil.

The 1960 Lady K washer had a liquid detergent dispenser mounted just to the right of the lid, as well as the Super Wash options you mentioned. The 1959 Lady K did not sport those features.

The '59 did have a reservoir--oddly, the fill spout was located inside the console if I recall correctly--for fabric softener. The control for the amount of softener to be dispensed is the left-right sliding control off to the right on the lower part of the console (Photo 1).



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Post# 1099624 , Reply# 4   12/6/2020 at 18:56 (1,208 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)        

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Thanks for all the information. I’d like to find a set of these some day but shipping is getting expensive these days and people don’t seem to be willing as much as they used to be. I don’t need any more projects either. Lol!


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