Early 60's Lady K pair in Chicago $100

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OMG!!!

They are beautiful!!!

But Humboldt Park???? Yikes I'd need an armed escort to to in there!!!
 
Oh Jeff......RISK IT!!!!

Jeff,

When I moved to Dimondale/Holt with idiot Corey back in 2000, this is the exact set that I had in white. They came in to the store as a "trade" with literally NOTHING wrong with them. I had to replace the belt, the hoses, the lamps on the washer, and a new belt and cord on the dryer, and later still all the lamps got done as well.

I traded these around 2002 ( READ: STUPIDLY) for a set of Maytag 806's that weren't nearly as cool because they had a larger capacity, and yet again idiot talked me out of them, because the dryer started taking a little longer than it did previously to dry.

Jeff, you and Michael should run to get them...I know were not as close as we used to be...but I can promise that you will NEVER regret EVER getting them, as they are IMHO the living end of 1960's Kenmore-Whirlpool ingenuity....

Go man.....

Chad
 
Agitator orig?

I do have one minor thing....to add...

Is that agitator original to the machine? Maybe It's been that long but I remember the agitator being white...???

Wait, never mind... on further thought in the "wayback machine"...the original was a squash orange color, and I changed it to a newer white Surgilator because I thought that it made it wash better. And It gave me two different kinds of agitators to play with...

yeesh I'm only 30....is my memory "that" bad?

Chad
 
Look like 1965's to me. Just need a scrubber cap for that agitator and take care not to break those (by now very brittle) option buttons!. They look to be in great condition and are easy machines to restore anyway. IMO those were the very best dryers ever.
 
You guys are a little paranoid - trust me you wont be needin' heet to pick up the set. I got you're email and stumbled upon the boards here (obviously). There are some really great vintage machines here and from what I've read a pretty tight community. If you have any questions about the set, please go ahead and post them or reply to the ad and I'll be happy to answer them for you. I wasn't sure of the year - it's interesting to learn a little more about them before I sell them off. The washer is working perfectly - I just used it to do a few loads, however a few months ago the dryer started acting up. The drum spins (I thought it was the belt, so I replaced it and figured out it had nothing to do with the motor) and it lights up - however it doesn't stay lit (it must be the thermostat?).

My family had an extra washer and dryer that they weren't using, so, even though they are nice machines, decided not to have the dryer repaired. They're both in pretty good shape for being so old, and as I'm sure you're aware of - they're solid, quality made machines. I've posted another pic of the washer to give you a better idea of the controls. I figured they would probably be easier to sell as set - and since I have another pair, they should stay together.

Later on

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i made a mistake of telling an asian lady about this website when i saw a green 1-18 by her garbage.i rang the doorbell and asked if i could push it into her yard until i brought back my friends truck to pick it up,needless to say when i went back she wanted to sell me the broken washer for $200,i told her to go f_ _ k herself.
 
Honestly... Such paranoia

Just go get these, if someone is close to this location and has a home for them! If you show respect to the people that live around there, they will show you respect in return. If you act afraid of the people there, it will piss them off. And rightly so.

I would go for these myself, but I own them in the 800 Series. I bought these for $10.00 at a church sale and spent close to $1000.00 on the restorations in 2003.

The Lady K's will make someone a nice set.

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Nice set of 65 Lady Ks. It looks like the scrubber on the Rotoflex agitator was replaced with a standard black cap. They look to be in perfect condition. Whoever had them, took care of them.

Have a good one,
James
 
Yup

This seems to happen everytime I find a machine on Craigslist. There's another person on here who did the same thing. He posted two never-used Kenmores on Craigslist. I posted about it on here and, all of the sudden, they want at least $1,000 for something that had little worth to them before. I noticed they are back on Craigslist again too several months later. Really too bad.

Jon
 
Hey Jon keep up the good work with these posts, I for one am happy someone is on top of this. About half of the machines I own came from other states and involved shipping but it was worth it.
 
Situation 1: Person is trying to sell a machine on Craigslist for $50. Someone (possibly from this site) emails him and says "Wow, that's a great machine. You should check out automaticwasher.org. Someone there would LOVE to get their hands on that one! Seller checks out website and suddenly decides he should raise his price to $500.

Situation 2: An auction on eBay is offering some pastel colored washer/dryer set. People start emailing seller about auction, claiming that is their "dream set", and "what I wouldn't give to have that". Of course these comments show up at the bottom of the auction and anyone that reads them now thinks there's a goldmine in their basement. Remember the $2K Maytag set? All this attention given the sellers only makes them think they have something that is worth more than it is. There's nothing wrong with alerting us when there's something interesting on Craigslist or eBay that one of us may be interested in. The issue is when people start emailing the sellers, drooling all over the place, even if you have no intention of buying it anyway. Just leave the sellers alone and let the person who is serious about the purchase deal with them.
 
Well, whatever the case

I doubt these machines will be out in the alley like the ad said...

Still I wonder about the email he got and how he found this place. There's been some strange goings on over on the vacuum site with regards to certain individuals stalking it, the same thing could be happening here.
Some people ain't happy until they make everyone else miserable.
 
Keith~

"then why are you posting machines from different states on here,are you that bored?"

I don't think it is a factor of Jon being bored Keith. I just think he is trying to be helpful to other club members who may have an interest in these machines. I think that is very considerate of Jon to do that.
Thats what we all try to do on AW.Org, help each other.
 
Sudsshane

You're exactly right. That's why I do it. If it's something that I can't have then I at least feel good knowing someone from here could have it. I'm a rather busy person so I'm hardly bored. That was a pretty mean way of putting it I think.

Jon
 

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