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Thread Number: 91116
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Kenmore washer / Whirlpool dryer in avocado green, early 70's? |
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Post# 1156212 , Reply# 1 8/6/2022 at 23:15 (629 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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Fabrric softener disperser is missing on top of the agitator.
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| Post# 1156218 , Reply# 2 8/6/2022 at 23:46 (629 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
I am willing to bet that Whirlpool dryer is late 60’s. People always assume avocado green is from the 70’s but debuted around 1965 in the Lady Kenmore washer since it was offered in avocado green and Maytag one year later introduced avocado green on their appliances. By the mid and late 60’s, it was all about the earth tones while earlier in the 60’s it was all about the doo-wop pink and turquoise even sunny yellow colors around that time.
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Post# 1156224 , Reply# 3 8/7/2022 at 00:49 (628 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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yes
"By the mid and late 60’s, it was all about the earth tones while earlier in the 60’s it was all about the doo-wop pink and turquoise even sunny yellow colors around that time." very true.
In the early 80s when I started my repair business (as a young teen) I got 4 of these Kenmore washers at different times. Two were white and two were avocado and some had sudsavers. That dryer is unique in that it doesn't have a press to start button. I never had that dryer but I had a coffee color matching washer once that needed a minor repair like a water valve. I ended up pairing it with a coffee color electric GE dryer and sold the pair to a young woman who thought she was a good business person because she talked me down to $285 for the pair. lol. Like it just happened yesterday when it was about 40 years ago exact. I wish I had that coffee GE dryer back. That's the only coffee color GE washer or dryer I ever found. CLICK HERE TO GO TO bradfordwhite's LINK | ||
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Post# 1156227 , Reply# 4 8/7/2022 at 01:40 (628 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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To the best of my knowledge, Avocado was introduced in 1966 by General Electric. That same year Frigidaire came out with their version, called Tahitian Green. The first appearance of Avocado on Sears Kenmore appliances was in the Fall & Winter 1967 catalog. | ||
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Post# 1156231 , Reply# 5 8/7/2022 at 03:08 (628 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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#4 Yes 66 seems to be the year for avocado.
Sears Spring Summer is the first catalog with anything avocado and that was ONLY a few of their TOL refrigerators. They also intro a black color as well.
Interestingly enough one could also still buy a turquoise TOL Sears Best Kenmore washer dryer in the spring of 1967. They were also still offering a few models of refrigerators in both DoeSkin and Coppertone.
I thought Doeskin and turquoise were done around 1965.
So the color line up was primarily white and Coppertone. Add to that doeskin, torquiose, black, and avocado for Sears Spring Summer 1967
I also learned their best refrigerator weighed almost 500 lbs. uggg. You could still buy a variety of stoves that ran on "alternative" fuels like coal and kerosene. Plus one could buy a coppertone chest freezer that was self defrost AND had an ice maker. This is just masugana.
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Post# 1156238 , Reply# 6 8/7/2022 at 08:57 (628 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 1156242 , Reply# 7 8/7/2022 at 09:25 (628 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
Congrats on a great find! The washer is a 1968 year model built in 1969 as Glenn stated. If you want to use this washer as a daily driver I would recommend replacing the tub gasket. Oiling the top center post bearing is a must as well as the top agitator shaft bearing. This is assuming that the bearings are still good. Those respective seals probably need to be replaced as well. Did you get a story with these machines?
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| Post# 1156244 , Reply# 8 8/7/2022 at 09:29 (628 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1156256 , Reply# 9 8/7/2022 at 13:16 (628 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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| Post# 1156271 , Reply# 10 8/7/2022 at 16:51 (628 days old) by Adam61 (Phoenix, AZ) | ||
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All I know about the history of these machines is that the guy I bought them from brought them to Arizona from Montana, and before that another guy brought them to Montana from Wisconsin, where they were sitting in the back of an appliance shop for many years. | ||
| Post# 1156280 , Reply# 12 8/7/2022 at 19:23 (628 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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I find most parts on eBay as New Old Stock(NOS). Most of these parts were discontinued quite some time ago since the last belt drive rolled off of the line in 1986. Luckily for us there was a lot of inventory of parts for these machines and when the inventories were bought probably for pennies on the dollar they were listed on eBay.
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| Post# 1156281 , Reply# 13 8/7/2022 at 19:24 (628 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1156284 , Reply# 14 8/7/2022 at 20:44 (628 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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You appear to have good taste. And don't worry about finding an avocado dw. if needed it's very easy to paint the front panel(s) in avocado for any model you choose, old or new.
When you mention '83 Continental, are we talking about a rare, 4-door, Mark VI by chance?
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| Post# 1156289 , Reply# 15 8/7/2022 at 21:30 (628 days old) by Adam61 (Phoenix, AZ) | ||
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Nice Lincoln! Yes, here's a pic, I also have a Mark VIII. | ||
| Post# 1156291 , Reply# 16 8/7/2022 at 21:35 (628 days old) by Adam61 (Phoenix, AZ) | ||
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Nice Lincoln! Yes, here's a pic, I also have a Mark VIII. | ||
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Post# 1156295 , Reply# 17 8/7/2022 at 21:50 (628 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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I see a '72 Ford Ranchero, too. I've always liked the '72 - '76 Gran Torino series. | ||
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Post# 1156296 , Reply# 18 8/7/2022 at 21:54 (628 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1156297 , Reply# 19 8/7/2022 at 21:55 (628 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Post# 1157480 , Reply# 21 8/20/2022 at 22:04 (615 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Congratulations.
Yep, I've been there a few times with a stuck on agitator. Back in those days I didn't have the internet to lend me advice.
I had Liquid wrench and a rubber mallet. The few times I couldn't get action with that I just took a hammer to it or a recip saw and pulverized it into many pieces then bought a new agitator because back then they were still readily available stocked items. You're showing you have patience and thats good. You need that when working with such things. | ||
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Post# 1157482 , Reply# 22 8/20/2022 at 22:17 (615 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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