A Lady emerges from The Pile

[kenmoreguy64]

While I was snapping the agitator pic, I thought I'd snap a shot of a 1983 model Lady and show the two main differences between the '83 and '85 versions.

You can clearly see the white basket and the porcelain lid and how they compare to what is used in the '85. Oddly, this machine was built in 1986, so whatever the reason for the creation of the 1985 model apparently did not warrant a permanent switch from one model to the other.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

When did the "Lady Kenmore" badge officially disappear? Were there Lady K direct drives?

RCD

 

[mickeyd]

And when did the woo woo woo go away?

Andy, your baby does not sing the woo woo lullaby.

 

[mickeyd]

PS: PENTAVANE

What with Robert calling it infamous, and Gordon saying its too much of too much... now, "Everybody wants one." That's a great last line from a cool song which now escapes me, but I can hear it humming in my head" EHHHHHverybody wants one," in stacato beat, boom boom.

 

[mtn1584]

She's a lady!!!!!!......................................

Well she's all you'll ever want, she's the kind I'd like to flaunt and take to dinnner......she's got style , she's got grace.........she's a winner, she's a lady!!!!!!!!!!! Lady Kenmore that is!!!!LOL

 

[cphifer5115]

It just makes me want to round up all the clothes in the house and do laundry. lol

 

[strongenough78]

LOL

You go Tom Jones!!

 

[goatfarmer]

Thanks for the clarification, Gordon.
I'm betting North Carolina is starting to lean, with all those BD's heading that way! Good luck with your new machine!

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Hey Kenny - No, NC isn't leaning south with all the belt-drives, it's just sinking back to where it was when we had that many in service a few years ago!!!!

I am rapidly approaching purge mode here - I have about three machines that I know others want, and that's cool, but I will be looking for loving homes for some of these before too long. Chris Pfiffer gets one particular one....

Andy - The Lady K badge went on well into the 90s from what I'm told here, 1997 or 1998 maybe? Yes indeed, there were DD Ladies. The 1986 Lady was very much equivalent to this machine in a number of ways. I don't know if it offered an automatic advance from soak into Normal/Cotton Sturdy, but it had the DD version of the flushed dispenser, all porcelain top/lid, etc. WAY over-priced for a DD at least in my book, but they seemed to sell. I saw two in a junk yard down the street last year in fact.

Gordon

 

[cphifer5115]

Thanks Gordon.

 

[cfz2882]

woo woo sound

woo woo sound lasted through the fullsize BD era,my two model
70s,'81 and '86 woo woo very well-actually two "woo woo"tones;
the resonant woowoowoo that i beleve is at least partly from
the drivebelt and a fainter,more drawn out woooo woooo from
the tranny during agitation.
my '77 24"BD with it's polygroove style belt only has the
tranny generated "woo woo"(i think the polygroove belt was on
'74 up 24"machines,earlier 24s i think still use the v-belt.
BTW if anyone is not familiar with the woowoo sound,just go
to the videos and play the '64 kenmore-BD sounds captured
perfect in that video!

 

[appnut]

Yes, Gordon, my Lady Shredmore had the auto pre/wash/soak advance to cotton/Sturdy (heavy soil) the deterrgent dispenser had one timer increment at the very beginning oof the 3 major wash cycles. It flushed for two minutes and then the timer advanced to the first increment of the cycle and while it was advancing, the motor was run just enough to get the agitator "locked" so that when it started washing it dind't lose even a pittance of water being discharged out the drain pipe. I initially used that fature for my whites as I pre-soaked the, but when I saw the damage of 145 minutes intense agitation did on jockeys, T-shirts, and dish towels, I cut it wayy down in time.

 

[appnut]

if the truth be told, when the designers at Sears (and it was done to reduce costs during a recession in the early to mid 1970s), decided to go to the uniform-look, center dial and do away with all the buttons and lights on Lady Kenmores, they should have done away with the name. Yes the above machine is nice, but it sure wasn't nearly as elegant nor as fun (push the button, turn the dial uintil it stops) to use either. I immediately reduced the above LK panel style to nothing more than a glorrified alphabet machine, say a 1970 Kenmore 700. Now I"m not really knocking that 700, because it was a very elegant panel too. But to me, Sears was now saying the new LK looked like a plain ol' simple alphabet washer.

 

[spinmon]

007 would cringe...

...if he ran across the wrath of the mighty LK! Sean Connery in a wetsuit swirling about the massive fins & menacing screw,fighting for his life after his scuba gear was ripped apart from a too close fin spank. LOVE the underwater vid!!!!

 

[laundryshark]

Two More KM Vids to My Collection!

Many thanks for sharing those demos. They are added to my collection of Kenmore and Whirlpool files.--Laundry Shark