ovrphil
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..didn't see a previous post, but a bit late...maybe still there?
Collectible Lady Kenmore Washer/Dryer - $50 (Ferndale,MI)
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Oh, I swear that the next time I see a 'washer/dryer' listing on craigslist that turns out to be a wringer washer, I will explode....
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I'm with you, Paul! And, right behind THAT one, is "ringer washer". Makes me want to grind my teeth and spew obscenities.
LK Wringer
Does this green dress make me look fat?
Nope. Your head does.
I wonder if a lot of these plastic wringer shrouds were broken over the years?
Does this green dress make me look fat?
Nope. Your head does.
I wonder if a lot of these plastic wringer shrouds were broken over the years?
LKM Wringer Washer
I am also with you Paul, but at least they didn't call it a Combination Washer-Dryer, LOL.
This would be among the last WWs built by WP for Sears 1966-71, these were very good machines and the fiber-glass wringer shroud was a good thing, never saw a problem with one, this was also a much safer and easier to use wringer than Maytag's or Speed Queens.
I am also with you Paul, but at least they didn't call it a Combination Washer-Dryer, LOL.
This would be among the last WWs built by WP for Sears 1966-71, these were very good machines and the fiber-glass wringer shroud was a good thing, never saw a problem with one, this was also a much safer and easier to use wringer than Maytag's or Speed Queens.
ovrphil
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Loss leader
they're tossing in the clotheslines and a new bag of clothespins
they're tossing in the clotheslines and a new bag of clothespins
mickeyd
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Wouldn't it be something if that "dryer" could in fact dry, rather than, unfortunately, only wring.
I saw one of these in the flesh at Walt's of Gasport about 5 years ago. It is Lady Chrome's less pretty and chunkier sister, but DRAT, I never thought to check the model number to learn her DOB.
So, JOHN JOHN JOHN, I would have bet the farm that the longer horizontal panel came before the shorter vertical panel. Are you sure this is the latest and last iteration of the Visimatic?
I will yield, but can we get a model number on this big Olive Girl, so I can put my finger in the wound before I believe?
Doubting Thomas
PS: If you're right, I will have learned something amazing. Is the machine above, therefore, made after the machine below?
I saw one of these in the flesh at Walt's of Gasport about 5 years ago. It is Lady Chrome's less pretty and chunkier sister, but DRAT, I never thought to check the model number to learn her DOB.
So, JOHN JOHN JOHN, I would have bet the farm that the longer horizontal panel came before the shorter vertical panel. Are you sure this is the latest and last iteration of the Visimatic?
I will yield, but can we get a model number on this big Olive Girl, so I can put my finger in the wound before I believe?
Doubting Thomas
PS: If you're right, I will have learned something amazing. Is the machine above, therefore, made after the machine below?
LKM Wringer Washer
Hi Michael, Yes the chrome wringer is older than the Fiber-Glass plastic shrouded machine. They also removed the release bars to give the user a better view of clothing going through the wringer. On this wringer design you merely had to push or pull on any part of the wringer housing or even pull back on the clothing [ or your hand ] as it was going through the wringer to release the tension and STOP the rolls from turning. WP built WWs also had a marbled pattern so you could see at a glance that the rolls were moving for better safety.
Hi Michael, Yes the chrome wringer is older than the Fiber-Glass plastic shrouded machine. They also removed the release bars to give the user a better view of clothing going through the wringer. On this wringer design you merely had to push or pull on any part of the wringer housing or even pull back on the clothing [ or your hand ] as it was going through the wringer to release the tension and STOP the rolls from turning. WP built WWs also had a marbled pattern so you could see at a glance that the rolls were moving for better safety.
polkanut
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I would so love to acquire a Lady K wringer for that price, and I like the color too.
mickeyd
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THANK THANK THANK YOU, JOHN!
On my way to sleep, I figured you had to be right, and then slowly my dimmer brain started to perceive that the Fiber-Glass LOOKS more modern and stream-lined, even if a bit gaudy. LOL.
On my way to sleep, I figured you had to be right, and then slowly my dimmer brain started to perceive that the Fiber-Glass LOOKS more modern and stream-lined, even if a bit gaudy. LOL.
ovrphil
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I would have guessed that green LK was newer. To me, it's unfortunately less pleasing to look at, above the shoulders, than the chrome model posted above, but looks aren't everything.
I would have guessed that green LK was newer. To me, it's unfortunately less pleasing to look at, above the shoulders, than the chrome model posted above, but looks aren't everything.
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