1959 Kenmore Eighty - long road to Iowa

[harvestgold]

Kenmore washer

Ben ; Wow awesome machine what a beauty i just love all the chrome trim on kenmore machines thanks for sharing John

 

[gyrafoam]

Beautiful, classic machine. The "pregnant" Roto-Swirl was the best Roto-Swirl (IMO) and I'm sure you will have great results washing in this machine. Of course, it is always good to have a Unimatic close by (such as you do) to provide that extra water extraction!

Have fun Ben!

 

[pdub]

Ben,

That video was great. I'm very impressed with your talent.

Beautiful washer too that would be great fun to play with.

thanks, Patrick

 

[DADoES]

Gorgeous machine! When I saw one (for the first time) at John Lefever's warehouse, it took me a couple minutes to figure out the dial, LOL.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Fabulous video Ben! Congrats on another beautiful machine.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Way neat-o!

Never seen anything like it! Watching machines do their thing is really quite mesmerizing!

~Fred

 

[rickr]

Beautiful machine Ben! Now you know how I love the classic belt drives from the 1950's...... <:

Loved the video! And the music was perfect! <:

 

[sdlee]

I hadnt seen this modle either. Its way cool. Wish you would have left the lid alone ( just a personal preference, not trying to tell you what you should or shouldnt do) but it was the first unique thing i noticed about it. Congrats tho, really awesome

 

[tomturbomatic]

I remember seeing the dryer at an estate sale in College Park, MD years ago. It was all auto dry, but you just turned the dial to the proper letter like a regular timer dial.

 

[mickeyd]

HI Ben--I asked Geoff to give you my best

Isn't it neat the way modern dials turn every which way, but with the old ones--big No No, except for the R.'s 47 GE, and now your beautiful Kenmore.

Gasping over the Suds, and surprised at another little twist in that machine: the lever for suds return or save --a feature so common in GE's , but not in Kenmores--hmmmm, that's two GE KM commonalities. Makes you wonder.

Give your baby more credit when comparing to the Lady. You have to turn a wheel, turn a dial; the Lady press a button, turn a dial. We have to read for both of them, then start.

What a great flick that was to watch during breakfast. Wonderful. Thank you.

 

[lightedcontrols]

WOW!

Ben, The timer reminds me of the Hotpoint ''Wonder Dial'' that Robert demonstrated. Really beautiful machine. Congratulations!!! Mark

 

[abcomatic]

Ben, Great find and wonderful video. How is your house coming? Gary

 

[Dick_S.]

Ben-Just a quick line to say your 59 Kenmore is fabulous! Congratulations guy, and enjoy many happy washes.

Dick S.

 

[frigilux]

Great video! Interesting to learn how the control dial works. I had a '59 Sears catalog for years and always wondered about that dial.