Pink Lady Kenmore 800 Dryer in Chicago
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1963 through 65 lady Kenmore gas dryer
Wow, that’s a nice example of a used but decent condition machine that could be restored, the only thing I see wrong with it is when they unscrewed the gas line from it and it looks like they took the 3/8 inch gas pipe with the fitting, but that’s easy enough to replace.
My best friend‘s mother had one of these in white down the street when we were kids she used to claim she could try a load of sheets in like seven minutes. I think she was exaggerating a little bit, but it was a very good fast dryer.
This one was built the middle of 1964, so it may have the DSI or direct spark recognition ignition system. The earlier versions used a little platinum 2 1/2 V glow coil to light a pilot which then heated up mercury pilot safety switch to turn on the main gas burner.
My business partner Jason has the turquoise 66 lady Kenmore and we added the extra felt seal behind though dryer drum so that the heat doesn’t bypass the drum and it’s by far the fastest dryer He has out of his four gas dryers. He really likes that dryer, the drum design of these Whirlpool also didn’t allow sheets to ball up because it was large in diameter and not real deep, the only downfall of this dryer is it not a huge drum but it was typical of dryers in the 60s.
I remember working for the Maytag dealer in the early 70s when we would occasionally replace a dryer like this with a new halo of heat gas dryer how disappointed the customers were and we always got a complaint. We had to tell him when we installed it that it was not gonna be nearly as fast.
It was kind of like whenever we pulled out a Frigidaire top load washer and put in either a new Whirlpool or Maytag top load washer we always had to warn the customer that their clothing would no longer be spun very dry.
Hope somebody gets this. This would be a great project to restore.
John L
Wow, that’s a nice example of a used but decent condition machine that could be restored, the only thing I see wrong with it is when they unscrewed the gas line from it and it looks like they took the 3/8 inch gas pipe with the fitting, but that’s easy enough to replace.
My best friend‘s mother had one of these in white down the street when we were kids she used to claim she could try a load of sheets in like seven minutes. I think she was exaggerating a little bit, but it was a very good fast dryer.
This one was built the middle of 1964, so it may have the DSI or direct spark recognition ignition system. The earlier versions used a little platinum 2 1/2 V glow coil to light a pilot which then heated up mercury pilot safety switch to turn on the main gas burner.
My business partner Jason has the turquoise 66 lady Kenmore and we added the extra felt seal behind though dryer drum so that the heat doesn’t bypass the drum and it’s by far the fastest dryer He has out of his four gas dryers. He really likes that dryer, the drum design of these Whirlpool also didn’t allow sheets to ball up because it was large in diameter and not real deep, the only downfall of this dryer is it not a huge drum but it was typical of dryers in the 60s.
I remember working for the Maytag dealer in the early 70s when we would occasionally replace a dryer like this with a new halo of heat gas dryer how disappointed the customers were and we always got a complaint. We had to tell him when we installed it that it was not gonna be nearly as fast.
It was kind of like whenever we pulled out a Frigidaire top load washer and put in either a new Whirlpool or Maytag top load washer we always had to warn the customer that their clothing would no longer be spun very dry.
Hope somebody gets this. This would be a great project to restore.
John L
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Does the Falcon or Ranchero come with?
That’s the thing I like about mine, it doesn’t really ball up anything at all. Sometimes it will, but since I use the slower ‘tumble speed’ which drops the wattage down therefore it ‘tumbles’ longer, blankets and sheets are dried to completion without being balled or tangled up which will require more drying time.
I can see where Tom and John are coming from where some of the incoming heat bypasses the drum, but since these have much drier air coming out of the exhaust, can exhaust them inside to help warm up the area they are in. Currently have mine exhausting inside and warms up the laundry/kitchen area a bit. The temperature on the thermostat will go up by a degree or two a little after the dryer is done running.
Might look into adding some felt around the exhaust outlet to help speed things up in the near future.
I can see where Tom and John are coming from where some of the incoming heat bypasses the drum, but since these have much drier air coming out of the exhaust, can exhaust them inside to help warm up the area they are in. Currently have mine exhausting inside and warms up the laundry/kitchen area a bit. The temperature on the thermostat will go up by a degree or two a little after the dryer is done running.
Might look into adding some felt around the exhaust outlet to help speed things up in the near future.
These older format dryers do provide a lot of nice heat because they’re using about a third more electricity or gas because of the inefficient airflow design but of course if you drive the same load of clothes, it’s gonna put off the same amount of moisture into the room.
There’s no difference in the tumble speed of these machines. They always tumble at the same roughly 50 to 52 RPMs on any setting.
There’s no difference in the tumble speed of these machines. They always tumble at the same roughly 50 to 52 RPMs on any setting.
I had reached out to the seller about this dryer. I'm hoping I can get it. I currently have this dryer in Coppertone (also gas) and in Turquoise (electric) as well as the washer in Turquoise.
I did get a little backstory on the dryer though. According to her, this is a family's estate cleanout. According to her, the matching washer was there, but another family member junked it before she (seller) got there. She wanted to save the dryer at least.
I did get a little backstory on the dryer though. According to her, this is a family's estate cleanout. According to her, the matching washer was there, but another family member junked it before she (seller) got there. She wanted to save the dryer at least.
There isn’t a difference in the tumble speed, just have it operate with a lower 4500 watt output on the ‘special drying setting’ to keep things such as bedding and sheets in the air stream a bit longer so they’ll dry to completion.
John wasn't the seven minute sheet drying also because they were spun in their Unimatic washer?
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