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Post# 181105   1/6/2007 at 13:27 (6,313 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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More pics for collectors of other brands forthcoming. Found (and left) these today and thought of you.




Post# 181106 , Reply# 1   1/6/2007 at 13:28 (6,313 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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Inside shot

Post# 181107 , Reply# 2   1/6/2007 at 13:29 (6,313 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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What have we here?

Post# 181108 , Reply# 3   1/6/2007 at 13:30 (6,313 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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Open Sesame!

Post# 181118 , Reply# 4   1/6/2007 at 13:41 (6,313 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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great color!

Post# 181122 , Reply# 5   1/6/2007 at 13:45 (6,313 days old) by scott55405 ()        

The one with the control panel cover has always been one of my very favorite Sears machines. Notice how much newer almost everything is that is surrounding these units? LOL

Post# 181124 , Reply# 6   1/6/2007 at 13:47 (6,313 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Nice finds!
I saw a similar Kenmore flip front,but a dryer,in coppertone,in a scrapyard last week. It had the flip top front,but didn't have all the buttons.Also had a coppertone 800 series washer next to it.They wanted waaaayyy too much for them.

kennyGF


Post# 181155 , Reply# 7   1/6/2007 at 16:04 (6,313 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

That Thin Twin still has the protective film over the control panel.

Post# 181279 , Reply# 8   1/7/2007 at 06:09 (6,312 days old) by cny4 (Central New York)        

What years are the Kenmore's? How long was the veriflex agitator made I don't remember it? Didn't these machines have a white agitator in'73 or so with a triple dispensor? What was that agitator?

Post# 181301 , Reply# 9   1/7/2007 at 12:12 (6,312 days old) by scott55405 ()        

The first one above is from the late 60s, which I think is about when the "Vari Flex" agitator appeared, the control panel pic below that is from 70 or 71. There was one final design of these in 73-74. The control dial was printed on the machine and there was a pointer, rather than the entire dial that turned like above. Maybe that one had the penta-swirl agitator by then?

Post# 181304 , Reply# 10   1/7/2007 at 12:21 (6,312 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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nel is the same machine as shown in the first pic.

Post# 181305 , Reply# 11   1/7/2007 at 12:22 (6,312 days old) by appnut (TX)        
Oops, wrong

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I forgot about the very first pic, only looked at the LK.

Post# 181344 , Reply# 12   1/7/2007 at 14:12 (6,312 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)        

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These keyboard Kenmores are so classy!

Post# 181359 , Reply# 13   1/7/2007 at 16:05 (6,312 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)        
KeyKens

YES!!!!! Very snooty machines indeed! With some work and love, they can look and run like new. Thanks for the pix!

Kenmores are the VW Beetles of laundry. They're not the fastest things in the world but they're fun as hell, and they sold millions of them.


Post# 181360 , Reply# 14   1/7/2007 at 16:20 (6,312 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)        
There's no simpler pleasure...

Than Tide Original Scent and Downy April Fresh in a belt-drive KM

Post# 181364 , Reply# 15   1/7/2007 at 16:43 (6,312 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)        
Mem-oh-rees, Mem-oh-rees, Kenmores Oh, So True...

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My keyboard Kennie was like the first one at the top, only maybe a year or two older. Mine had pushbuttons in a lighter gold, and the dispenser cover was brushed pot metal instead of plastic.



Post# 181372 , Reply# 16   1/7/2007 at 17:56 (6,312 days old) by hoover1060 ()        
Lady Kenmores

I love the ones with the garage doors, they are SO cool!

Post# 181425 , Reply# 17   1/7/2007 at 20:23 (6,311 days old) by cny4 (Central New York)        

Does anyone have a pic of the pentaswirl agitator? That is the one I was thinking about, I believe that they were white.

These LK's are one of my most favorite washers of all time, I used to love going into Sears as a boy and looking at them, the triple dispenser was awesome!


Post# 181523 , Reply# 18   1/8/2007 at 00:29 (6,311 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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I believe Austin could provide a picture of a PentaSwirl.

Post# 181582 , Reply# 19   1/8/2007 at 10:39 (6,311 days old) by westytoploader ()        
Penta-Swirl

I'm currently using one in my 24" from 1981. This agitator was originally designed for large-capacity machines (such as the Lady Kenmore before the Dual-Action was introduced), so it provides LOTS of action in that small tub.

Post# 181652 , Reply# 20   1/8/2007 at 17:46 (6,311 days old) by cny4 (Central New York)        

That's it!!!! I have never heard anyone on the board talk about this agitator before. Any video????

Post# 181654 , Reply# 21   1/8/2007 at 17:53 (6,311 days old) by manoravenue ()        
Pushbutton / hidden console model

Cool design! How well I recall my mother's cousin, who worked for Sears, Roebuck, at the time, having the matched pair of these beauties in he and his wife's kitchen in Southern California when I lived with them for a short time in about 1975 while contemplating moving there myself. If I remember right, one was to press the appropriate button and the timer dial would then stop in the right place for that particular fabric type. Great find. Congrats!


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