Early 50s Kenmore automatic
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A rusted hulk? For $100? No thanks I'll pass.
A rusted hulk? For $100? No thanks I'll pass.
arbilab
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I'm tempted to write seller, "Don't pay $100, I'll haul it away for $75."
Don't we call this ebay-itis? Where seller looks at sales prices and thinks "old" is all there is to it?
Don't we call this ebay-itis? Where seller looks at sales prices and thinks "old" is all there is to it?
Playing devils advocate, I remember pictures of some of the Aberdeen machines looking worse than that.
kenmoreguy89
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arbilab
LOL Would be nice to do that!
Ahahahah! Yes you're totally right, unfortunately looks like people like that are much more than before!
LOL Would be nice to do that!
Ahahahah! Yes you're totally right, unfortunately looks like people like that are much more than before!
You're WHAT?
Tin Roof Rusted!
Tin Roof Rusted!
Rusty early 1950s KM washer
This is just light surface rust from from exposure to the sun, this machine appears to be out west and because there is little plastic to have been degraded by the sun may actually be in better shape that some of the recent finds in the northeast. It could be very restore able.
I would buy it in a minute if I wanted to restore another one of these or needed parts for $100. Even though some of the recent similar finds look better, NONE has been in fully working condition and even if it did work it will not for long. Machines like these need often need a hundred hours of time and hundreds of dollars in parts.
My partner just bought a 1950 Hudson and while it will run and has NO rust and only 49,000 miles on it there is no way in hell that you could start driving this car to work everyday for even a month without all sorts of problems.
This is just light surface rust from from exposure to the sun, this machine appears to be out west and because there is little plastic to have been degraded by the sun may actually be in better shape that some of the recent finds in the northeast. It could be very restore able.
I would buy it in a minute if I wanted to restore another one of these or needed parts for $100. Even though some of the recent similar finds look better, NONE has been in fully working condition and even if it did work it will not for long. Machines like these need often need a hundred hours of time and hundreds of dollars in parts.
My partner just bought a 1950 Hudson and while it will run and has NO rust and only 49,000 miles on it there is no way in hell that you could start driving this car to work everyday for even a month without all sorts of problems.
Ken
Do you know where this machine is? C.L lists near by cities, but cant tell if it's in Southern CA, or in AZ ?
Do you know where this machine is? C.L lists near by cities, but cant tell if it's in Southern CA, or in AZ ?
looks like
the 928 area code, is AZ.
the 928 area code, is AZ.
northwesty
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Anyone in Arizona interested in a random act of appliance kindness? I would be interested in this machine for some of it's parts. I am up in Washington. (I bet the seller would take $50) Brian
Yeah Arizona.
Prescott is approx 100 miles North of Phoenix.
Kevin
Old WP/Kenmore
That is a true classic, If someone could clean it up and get it to work that would be one hell of a feat.
WK78
That is a true classic, If someone could clean it up and get it to work that would be one hell of a feat.
WK78
arbilab
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Ugly as it looks it's still nostalgic. I remember neighbors with this machine in their garage. Around 5yo I literally cruised the neighborhood for women doing laundry. Not for the women, you understand, but for the machines.
I agree with Combo/John - having brought in several dozen machines from Arizona, I can say from experience that they are a delight in many ways, mostly because of the lack of serious rust and corrosion in areas that kills these machines on the east coast and other more moist areas.
The light surface rust on this machine could be removed and the cabinet repainted without a great degree of difficulty. Since these machines are of such an age, and their tops and lids were not porcelainized, the parts are often well beyond their prime by now anyway, rusty or not. A restoration of one of these machines may require repainting the cabinet regardless, so I wouldn't let the appearance deter you too much.
I would want to see underneath and inside....if the parts are as un-spoiled as many I've seen from Arizona, then I would be encouraged by this machine either as as a restoration candidate or as a parts donor.
Having this freshly painted would really make it stand-out!
Gordon
The light surface rust on this machine could be removed and the cabinet repainted without a great degree of difficulty. Since these machines are of such an age, and their tops and lids were not porcelainized, the parts are often well beyond their prime by now anyway, rusty or not. A restoration of one of these machines may require repainting the cabinet regardless, so I wouldn't let the appearance deter you too much.
I would want to see underneath and inside....if the parts are as un-spoiled as many I've seen from Arizona, then I would be encouraged by this machine either as as a restoration candidate or as a parts donor.
Having this freshly painted would really make it stand-out!
Gordon
