A toast to my completed kenmore set!

[searsbest]

After picking up my Kenmore 80 washer in January, I was on the hunt for the matching dryer. Yogitunes (martin) found the matching dryer on craigslist in NJ..... New Jersey as you know is quite a distance from Massachusetts....What is a girl to do...?? lol. Well, seeing as Martin was having his annual wash-in, he came up with a brilliant plan...He would pick up the dryer and I could come get it and attend my first wash-in. I rented a van and hit the road on a snowy march 21st at 5:00am. Had an AWESOME time at the wash-in, met a lot of great people, and picked up my dryer. scrubbed, fluffed, buffed, vac'd, lubed, new rollers,idler pulley, and a new cord. Went on ebay right after Martin had picked it up and was very lucky to find all the manuals for both machines...how crazy is that? Here they are pretty sexy if you ask me

 

[stricklybojack]

Snazzy..

That color works well on that vintage, and even matches the paneling. Dare i say, "really ties the room together!"

 

[circlew]

Those look "just out of the carton" new! I've always liked the Toast color; my neighbors across the street had a set.

 

[toploader55]

Beautiful Set

Love that Color.

 

[pulltostart]

Those are beautiful!  Congratulations on being able to assemble the whole collection.

 

lawrence

 

[jetaction]

Stunning

Congrats, what a great story!

 

[yogitunes]

Holy Cow Scott, those look brand new, you did an excellent job on that dryer....

here's to many more years of laundry bliss.....

those are gorgeous....

brings joy to know many members offered help in obtaining a dream set, this is what AWO is all about....I was more than glad to help.....hope to see you attend future events...

a 'toast' to many years of great service from them...which shouldn't be a problem from a past sears tech....

 

[lebron]

Congratulations on completing the matching set! Could you please post a pic of the washer interior?

 

[washerlover]

Cheers! I'm partial to matched sets, or "twins" as I like to call them! Great job and thanks for sharing!

 

[cadman]

Very Nice!

It's funny, I don't care for almond but I do like toast and those look great in your laundry room. Very warm and inviting! -C

 

[kenmore700bill]

SCOTT,
Congrats on the Matched set looks Great!
Bill

 

[gansky1]

They look like new!  Congrats on a great set, Toast was always striking with these black-panel machines.  

 

[Ultramatic]

Yay!

 

 

Sweet looking set Scott! You have the same washer my folks have at their vacation home. Only theirs is in pewter. Congratulations!

 

[washdaddy]

Scott-

That's a great looking set. I can't get over the difference a little hard work makes from when I saw the dryer on Saturday. Your machines look like they just came out of the box.

My grandmother had that same washer. My brother and I each got several more years use from it after she passed away.

Those machines will last for years. Sadly, they don't make them like that anymore.

 

[hippiedoll]

CONGRATULATIONS!!

How cool that everything seemed to fall in place! I love that color against the light blue wall, it looks really good!
And you did an amazing job of spiffing up your pair of kenmores. They look "OUTTA SIGHT"!
Once again, CONGRATULATIONS on your beautiful toasty pair!
Is the washer a belt-drive or direct-drive?

 

[searsbest]

Lebron, here is the money shot of the washer, and hippiedoll that is a belt-drive from the 80's. Thank you all for the feedback!!!

 

[turquoisedude]

Congratulations, Scott!  They look gorgeous.  I hope you have many happy wash loads!!!

 

[mrb627]

Diagram

I love the diagram on the manual that shows the lid laying open almost as flat as it possible can. Guess most owners would bend it back that far eventually.

Malcolm

 

[zipdang]

Searsbest that washer was practically the official washer of the neighborhood I grew up in. Nearly every other house had that model washer. It's great to see one looking like it was just delivered new! Nice job.