1963 Kenmores - now I have MORE turquoise in the house!

[revvinkevin]

But I have a question...

Hi Jonathan!

That was a good question, I actually had to go look at the machine! But sorry the answer is no. The wash/rinse temps are in black/red.

The wash/rinse temps, from left around to the right are....

H/C

H/W

C/C

W/W

and

W/C

 

[countryford]

Envy

Hey Kevin, Those look great. Would go even better with my 63 lady kenmore set in turquoise. J/k Congratulations on the find.

 

[jons1077]

Oh I get it...

ok...I didn't catch on to the color coding. Very cool!

 

[circlew]

Very nice set of '63 Kenmores. Also noticed the variation in the shades of turquoise as compared to the Maytags. Actually like the slightly bluer color use by Kenmore and Whirlpool better. Seems to me that even within the same brand, that as time went on changes were made to colors, with turquoise becoming slightly more blue. Have noticed this with GE, Frigidaire and Maytag. Seems like coppertone also got darker, even before it was renamed "coffee".

 

[gansky1]

Wow - very pretty!! The Whirlpool/Kenmore turquoise was a very rich, deep color (like Maytag) - -- Just stunning!!

 

[aldspinboy]

Kevin, you're really lighting up! I love this pair.
I always liked the color-coded dials. There was one in white that my neighbor had in the 70's, but a lower end version with a speckled basket & straight vane agitator. I used to make her do low water washes in it and get very wet. lol.
Lucky man! Beautiful machines.

Darren k

 

[appliguy]

Hey Kevin my mom got this same set when she married my dad i

but hers were white and the dryer was gas. We had the dryer until 1979 when it was repalced b a Whirlpool Imperial 70 and the washer lasted until 1989 at our lake house. The only difference between your washer and my moms was that my moms washer ahd the pregnant Roto Swirl like the one in your Pushbuton '59. As a matter of fact if you go to the collection page you will see an exact duplicate of my moms machine (right down to the pregnant Roto Swirl) in Gyrafoam's collection. His came from Gansky1 in Nebraska who found it at an estate sale house. Can we see a video of both the washer and dryer in action? PAT COFFEY

 

[appliguy]

Oh and by the way......

If you turn the timer dial to the blank spot between the off setting after the W&W cycle and the 12 minute mark in the Normal cycle and then turn the machine on, the washer will agitate without any water as this is where the suds return mark would be on the dial if your machine was a suds saver. I used to do that with my mom's as a kid and it would drive her nuts...LOL...PAT COFFEY