centralny
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I e-mailed the webmaster and accordingly he posted this in the members only section. I am unfamiliar with the site and can't seem to find the posting or figure out how I would have been notified if someone was interested, so posting it here. Here is what I sent the webmaster:
We have what I believe to be a late 60's portable Kenmore washer. I appreciate old things enough to realize that it shouldn't be discarded without at least an effort at finding a home for it.
This was owned by someone in my wife's family. It was stored by her parents until we got a house together in 2000, and we did successfully use it for a short time at that point. Since then it's been stored in a dry unfinished basement. I am not sure what it would need now to function, but it "ran when parked" and hasn't been stored in poor conditions since then.
We're located in Remsen, NY, roughly in the center of the state.
It has the lever on the back that raises the machine slightly on wheels so that it could have been rolled back and forth between a storage place and a sink connection on "laundry day". Most of what you see on it is dog hair, lint and some kind of greasy substance that I think was on it when we got it. No, it has not been cleaned up, this is the no BS, honest representation of what it is. I honestly do not have time to clean this or make it look better but I think that it would probably take minimal effort for someone interested in restoration. Some of the grime looks like rust but isn't. There are a couple tiny spots that are actually rust, especially underneath.
We're not looking to get rich off of anything but would like to negotiate a fair price if possible... we realize that's not any significant amount of money. Worst case I'd like to just get this to someone who'd appreciate it instead of throw it out. I have too many projects and not enough interest for this.
We have what I believe to be a late 60's portable Kenmore washer. I appreciate old things enough to realize that it shouldn't be discarded without at least an effort at finding a home for it.
This was owned by someone in my wife's family. It was stored by her parents until we got a house together in 2000, and we did successfully use it for a short time at that point. Since then it's been stored in a dry unfinished basement. I am not sure what it would need now to function, but it "ran when parked" and hasn't been stored in poor conditions since then.
We're located in Remsen, NY, roughly in the center of the state.
It has the lever on the back that raises the machine slightly on wheels so that it could have been rolled back and forth between a storage place and a sink connection on "laundry day". Most of what you see on it is dog hair, lint and some kind of greasy substance that I think was on it when we got it. No, it has not been cleaned up, this is the no BS, honest representation of what it is. I honestly do not have time to clean this or make it look better but I think that it would probably take minimal effort for someone interested in restoration. Some of the grime looks like rust but isn't. There are a couple tiny spots that are actually rust, especially underneath.
We're not looking to get rich off of anything but would like to negotiate a fair price if possible... we realize that's not any significant amount of money. Worst case I'd like to just get this to someone who'd appreciate it instead of throw it out. I have too many projects and not enough interest for this.
