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Wow Kevin, what a haul!! It does make you wonder what they already sent to the scrapper (and hope it was mostly modern stuff...)

That Whirlpool dryer is a real beauty! I have an ad in an old McCalls magazine that boasted it was 'a very good dryer'. Love the glass door - all dryers should have them. LOL

One of these days, I have a door from a similar dryer that I hope to install on a rebuilt 'Ing-Pool Mark XIII Sterling Supreme' that is still stiing in several hundred pieces in the garage...

That Kenmore dishwasher is nice too - I had forgotten that Kenmore still had dishwashers with just one wash arm like this.
 
Oh. So. Close.

You're probably right about the date, on the Whirlpool. I grew up with the next model up from it. Ours had variable speed (and a satisfying "whump" when you changed speeds) and almost the same control panel.

I believe you'll find two fluorescent tubes behind the glass.

Wow, it's the same age as me. Too cool.
 
Human Nature

Love to know what was lost in the toss. See if your work friend has "Washer Memory."

Bliss in the kitchen with Aunt Margaret's gas version of the mod-sixties Whirlpool. If the blowers are the same, the sounds are mesmerizing, alluring enough to keep it in the bedroom. Only dryer that ever won my heart.

Intrigued also by the Amana fill. Could this be the Amana tweak of the Speed Queen fill, like Hotpoint's tweak of GE's recirculation?
 
Match All-Kenmore dryers

These "All American" models seem to have been quite popular.

I never paid attention to when they first started, but I do remember the ones that John mentions with the metal consoles and hidden timers. They had a somewhat "Jetsons" looking console.

In the catalogs, these machines are usually either in the front or the end of the laundry section, same page with the accessories, hoses, parts, etc, and for a while, the one or two 18lb. washers, and the 24-inch machines --- in other words where all the specialty non-paired equipment was shown. Occasionally these dryers would have a page to themselves.

Furthest back that I seem to remember this particular style dryer is 1967 or 1968. I'd have to get the catalogs out and look to see what year models they belonged to. As a kid, I never understood these dryers because they had those sloped panels with the integrated filters, that seemed to match nothing else, along with the non indented Whirlpool style top. I remember the first one I saw, as I studied it intensely for a few minutes trying to sum-up if it was truly a Kenmore because the console was so odd.

I used to think there was one or two of these dryer models, but I've noticed quite a number now, with varying colors of the console, varying doors (plug and full-width) and some with timed only cycles and others with automatic and timed both. There was at least five or six models between 1968 and 1972, and they lasted long enough to get 1972's plastic door handles.

The final version of this match-all dryer, with a console that matched no washer, was a 1973 model I think, but it had a more upright console. It had the integrated filter handle and a concealed timer knob/dial, but it looked more "mainstream" like most washers. The final match-all, the 1975 model that has been discussed on another current thread, used a common console that some washers shared, and was a nice mish-mash of features not found on any other KM dryer in the exact mix.

Gordon
 
My sister had one of those match-all dryers at her house in Berkeley.  As I recall, it did have the auto-dry option.  I can remember once when I was there the timer didn't move off of "More Dry" because the dial was set on the cusp of the "Off" setting (as in More More Dry) and didn't advance.

 

That dryer was paired up with a Whirlpool washer of similar vintage.  It was a cheaper model with controls grouped on a box.
 
Wow, Kevin! Great job saving the Whirlpool!

It looks even better in the detail shots than it did in the Craigslist ad. It should clean up very nicely, but for some odd reason, whenever I look at the pictures of it, I hear the sound of George Jetson flying around in that little car of his. Strange.
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That WP is SNAZZY! Love it.

Gordon, Why was the KM model called a Match-All? It doesn't seem to match anything...
 
Kenmore Match-All Dryers

Were called this because they could be paired with Any Washer model, brand or even a wringer washer. This was clever marking by Sears to sell clothes dryers to resistant 1st time dryer buyers. One often heard excuses like [ I will probably buy a dryer when the washer breaks so they will both match ].

 

It is funny how many consumers want two completely different function appliances to match. I had a couple that I was working for a few years ago and they were going to replace their old WP DD TL washer and had decided to get a new SQ FL washer from us to sit in an unfinished basement. The women was arguing to get a new dryer as well [ which I would have been perfectly willing to sell them ] but they also were already debating the expensive SQ FL washer purchase, so to her complaints that they will not match the husband said, well the water heater and the furnace don't match either honey, anyway they now have a SQFL washer and a 20+ YO 29" WP Gas dryer and all four appliances seem to be getting along well, LOL.

 

Gordon the KM Match-All dryers diffidently were around here in large numbers by 1964-5, I rebuilt and sold lots of both gas and electric ones, and these had the belt driven blowers.
 
 

 

Thank you all!   This is the era of Whirlpool I like a lot!   Normally I would (almost) never buy a dryer without having the matching washer, but this is the exception.   This dryer is VERY cool!

 

WOW David, what an AWESOME drawing!  Love the Jetsons "car"!   You are SO talented!

 

I'll post more photos if / when the control panel lights up!

 

Kevin

 
 
WP Dryer

This WP dryer is fairly simple electrically, it has a thermostatic auto dry at either hi or low heat determined by which timer cycle is used. It also has a WnW cycle that is just timed and uses Hi Heat, the small knob to the left is just a heat on or off control. this dryer has just a one level single heater element. Only about two WP dryers ever had a modulated heating system, this is a system that WP used on their TOL dryers for just one or two years and then it was only on KM dryers there after till it disappeared around 1970.
 
UPDATE on the Kenmore dishwasher

 

 

Today I wheeled it over to the utility sink (filled it manually), plugged it in and gave it a whirl.

 

It works GREAT, sounds perfect, has no leaks, nothing.  

 

The wood(?) top is in like new condition! 

 

The hoses on the pull out connector are soft and supple.

 

The interior is PERFECT like it's either had A: Very little use, or B: never been used at all!

 

it has one cycle with 2 washes and 4 rinses.

 

It's ugly on the outside, but it's a shining star on the inside!  (for a D&M that is - LOL)

 

Kevin
 
Kevin -

Nate is well practiced at re-painting appliances that have been outside and are "earthy" (re: the evil Kenmore). We all may as well simply plan on it that this dishwasher will eventually reside in Tucson, that is if you don't want it yourself.

VERY cool though that underneath a ragedy shell, is a GEM!

Gordon
 

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