A frog comes home: 110.533565.8261

[in2itdood]

Brought this pretty lady home today in a snow storm today. The seller said she agitates and spins just fine! I am going to bring her into the house tonight let her warm up a bit, give her a bath and then maybe some juice in the morning and see what we got!

 

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Close up!

 

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Interior $

 

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Frog's eye .... Note she's a sudsy!

 

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The push button's

 

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Frog's Eye: Note she's a sudsy!

 

[d-jones]

Excellent find!

I like the look of these old Kenmore frog eyes. Is the paint on the lid and body supposed to be a different shade than the top? It looks kind of nice that way.

 

[rickr]

That must be a 1953 model. Very cool! I just love the 1950's and early 1960's Kenmores and Whirlpools. Congratulations!

 

[wayupnorth]

I always loved the older machines that were labeled on the dial Damp Dry instead of just spin. And a real Roto Swirl with the big K on top. Thats a real good find!

 

[wireman]

Congrats! Looks to be in decent shape. Where were you lucky enough to find it?

 

[frigilux]

Interesting to see a Kenmore with a back-opening lid---and a wide, large lid at that. I've always been a fan of those fatty / preggers Roto-Swirl agitators, too. Our 1960 Model 80 had one. A great find! Congratulations, and hope we get to see some video of it in action when you get a chance.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Ugh, that is such a beautiful find Scott, congratulations!

The reason for the differences in the color on top is the top area is porcelain and the lid and cabinet are baked enamel painted.

The lid opens back on all Kenmores until 1956 when they introduced the left opening lid on the TOL model. In '57 they used the new lid design on all models all the way into the 21st century when it changed again.

 

[lebron]

Great looking Kenmore!! Hope it runs well

 

[in2itdood]

Thanks all. I am excited!

Yes ... she is from 1953!

I just happened to find this gal on CL in Battle Creek (Home of Cereal products). I'm not a big fan of CL ...so to find something there was a big surprise for me! Bought it from a really nice guy.

I gave her a quick Windex bath tonight ... which took off a lot of the surface grime. I'll probably do a bit more around the controls with a q-tip and some
light soft scrub. I have some CLR for the hard water spots.

I'm quite happy with her ... Love the 50's design stuff for sure!

 

[combo52]

TOL 1953 KENMORE SUDS-SAVER WASHER

WOW Scott that is a cool find, I am in the process of restoring a 1954 TOL KM pair, the biggest difference is the 54s have colored push=buttons that light up. This is an interesting dual water pump washer and like all WP built automatics up to and including this washer it still uses a float to control the water fill level. Yours was probably the first model to give a 2nd lower water level by means of a dual water level switch. Give me a call when you fire it up if you get a chance, John.

 

[revvinkevin]

YAY Scott!!!

Wow Scott, great find CONGRATS! I hope it functions just the way it's supposed to!

Can't wait to see it cleaned up and washing something!

Kevin

 

[toploader55]

I Love that machine.

That is one of my Favorite Kenmores. Love the Fat RotoSwirl.

Best of Luck with that beauty.

 

[northwesty]

Gosh it has been a long time since one of those popped up. Hope it fires up without too much work. Congratulations on such a great find. Hope the matching dryer shows up too they make such a nice pair.

 

[oldskool]

Similar Dryer

There was a gas dryer that was available locally, thread #37868, perhaps not a match, but close. After looking at the picture, if you like, I can track down the owner, to see if he still has the dryer. It had been listed several times on CL but wasn't selling. A possibility.
John