Belt-Drive Kenmores everywhere.....

[dynaflow]

wanna get my name in the pot

Gordon,
email me [email protected]
sent u a email
Id sell my 1st child if I was gonna ahve children for a Lady Kenmore, if the coppertones arent spoken for thats my choice let me know
Ron

 

[davek]

Well, the headlight buckets are similar to a LeBaron. I had a similar car, which I loved.

The eighties Mustangs are incredibly fun to hoon around in, easy to lay rubber and sound nice. They're also incredibly uncomfortable-the layout is in no way the right proportion for my reach. I love them too, but my pony car guilty pleasure will always be the same vintage Trans Am. So redneck in an appealing way.

 

[vintagesearch]

wow nice car its funny how when i was a kid about 3 people i knew had that car in the same color!!! it looks intact!

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Does that Whirlpool Supreme 70 have a console light?

 

[norgeway]

great stuff

Hey Gordon ,I knew you liked W-Pool and K-More ...but had no idea how much!!!!I still need to bring that 65 800 washer down and get it repaired,also got a whirlpool 70 the other day that works but the panel looks rough, I think it is one of the last of the belt drives it has the new surgilator with wings,any way ,hope to talk soon, im getting sick of this miserable maytag,I still have fond memories of my neighbors 63 Lady Kenmore,seeing all these brings back good memories, Hans Craig

 

[norfolksouthern]

I have a control panel..

It came off a later model belt-drive Whirlpool. It has almost no blemishes and should polish up nicely. If anybody is interested, then drop me an email.

NorfolkSouthern

 

[revvinkevin]

Gordon, great job moving everything around! It's great to see better photos of many of them, you've some VERY nice ones there, YAY!

So what's the total count up to now… 250, 275?? KIDDING! LOL

Also the '86 LX looks GREAT! I don't remember seeing this one before (well, with so many it would be easy to miss, LOL)

(Yes this is not the right forum for this, but) Tim, macboy91si. I have a 1991 Mustang LX 5.0 and am the original owner. It has just over 62K miles, but has been "modified" just a little bit. Send me an e-mail if you'd like to know more. (Also, looking at your screen name, are you into Mac's?)

Best of luck on moving your excess machines Gordon, I hope a large number of people here "step up" and offer them new homes!

Kevin

 

[jasonl]

Green 800

Beautiful. Just absolutely breathtaking!

My 800 with my other washers are still in storage. I didn't even get to redo my garage like I wanted to thanks to bills and other shit. Things move very slowly here.

 

[appnut]

Jason when I saw all those Kenmores, especial the avocado version of the 800 you got from Mark, I figured you were gonna need several blue towels just from the sight of all these Kenmores!!! (To tell ya the truth, I needed one or two towels myself).

 

[70series]

Can't get enough of those photos.

I am bouncing back and forth between those of the 1970 500 interior shot, and the 1964 Model 70 console shot. I think those are my two favorites of your vast collection. While I am at it, the 1980 Model 80 in your laundry room looks so pristine it is hard to believe it is a 29 year old washer. Those black paneled models look eternally new when taken care of properly, and you sure do a good job of that.

Jason, I agree 100%, that 800 is breathtaking, and those of that style really do offer a lot. My favorite versions of this 800 are the 1969-71 versions with the chrome handle. I hope you get to put your into use soon, as I know you waited a long time for it.

Have a good one,
James

 

[jasonl]

Blue towels hell

I need a cigarette. And I don't even smoke.

(amazed Bob remembers the 'infamous' blue towels OMG)

James, the 1969-71 Kenmore 800 is the EXACT machine I grew up with. There was one time in my whole life I've ever seen a 1970 Kenmore 800 set in person. It was an epiphany.

 

[alr2903]

#361857, we must of had a model or 2 down, ours had brushed chrome where the woodgrain is. Hope you get to that one, the parents had a drilled well and were frugal with water. My Mom put in everything that could possibly fit in every load. It always got everything Clean. Kenmore had "oooomph" back then. alr2903

 

[jasonl]

Gotta love the old washers that did hot/warm in the rinse cycle.

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Jason & Appnut - I know nothing about a blue-towel deal, must pre-date me on here, which may be a good thing? I'm all for making laundry, and if it's done by having that much fun, GREAT. But with washers, especially mine? hmmm..... LOL

SupremeWhirlpool - I would have said recently that this Green machine had a console light, but after that white large capacity machine that was featured here a few weeks back that had the same lense, I don't want to say for sure. I have not taken the console apart to look.

Kevin - thanks for the note about the car - no, you hadn't seen pics of this one. I have been putzing around so much in the '92 that this one has been in its storage place. It's time to swap the two. As to the washer count? IDK and don't wanna....

alr2903 - My mom had a 1974 60-series - here's a pic attached of one I saved. Was it like this one? From what I know or can tell, there were four models similar to this, a standard cap. model that was all woodgrain, and four various 24-inch machines. These were not in production long as compared to other Kenmore designs before the venerable black panel models came into the showrooms and took over.

 

[jasonl]

The 'blue towels' was an inside joke from the now defunct chatroom lol.

Even though I grew up with a white 69-71 model 800 with the metal door handle and mercury lid switch, that green one just beats all. And my white 1972 is a dream machine found and cherished. It's the Apex Wash-A-Matic of Kenmores.

 

[autowasherfreak]

A ratty and very well used 1965 Kenmore 800 that was actuall

The lady that I used to clean house for in the mid 80's had a Kenmore 800. It was a great machine, but she had a problem of overloading the washer so she could get her laundry done quicker. She complained that her clothes were getting clean; I told her to quit overloading it and they might come clean. When I told her husband about it, he said that's why I won't buy her a brand new machine.