Entire PINK kitchen and washer dryer looking for a new home!

[mrb627]

Whomever...

Well, whomever becomes the proud parent of the laundry pair, I hope you can take some HD videos for youtube.

Malcolm

 

[combo52]

WP MARK 12 WASHER & DRYER

These are 1964-1965 models Ken and yes they do have timed bleach and softener dispensers. The agitator would be a bakelite Surgulator with a full chrome dicast metal cap.

 

[combo52]

WP MARK 12 WASHER & DRYER

These are 1964-1965 models Ken and yes they do have timed bleach and softener dispensers. The agitator would be a bakelite Surgulator with a full chrome dicast metal cap.

 

[tomturbomatic]

I have the dishwasher. I first saw it in a friend's kitchen in the late 50s, operating, and the light behind the dial glowing.

 

[thaomein]

Inside of washer.

 

[thaomein]

The lid.

 

[thaomein]

Running.

 

[lebron]

Great action shots!

Although the original agitator is MIA, that looks like a Kenmo!

 

[revvinkevin]

Hmm....

Is that a Kenmore straight vane agitator in there??

VERY, VERY Beautiful set though... I would absolutely LOVE to have them!

Kevin

 

[circlew]

Dryer doors

I was thinking the TOL models would have had the hamper type door by '64. I know I've seen them on even earlier Kenmore models; were they a Sears exclusive at first?

 

[kenmoreguy64]

That's odd about the agitator, not so much because it has a Kenmore transplant, but because it's the second WP I've seen with that same transplant in less than a week. I got a 1973 TOL Whirlpool from Arizona with a gold straight-vane in it recently (Anyone interested in that machine?)

In the case of this washer, it is very possible that the transmission has been replaced. To power that gold agitator, a splined agitator shaft is required. My earliest recollection of that being used was in the 1965 Lady Ks with the gold Roto-Flex. Everything else prior to that had been equipped with either the Surgilator, the 6-Vane (straight vane) and Roto-Swirl/Super Roto-Swirl, all in black bakelite. I don't know if machines prior to the 65s had splined agitator shafts for a couple years, but to my knowledge, machines prior to the development of the plastic agitators REQUIRED a drive block agitator and had a single-groove agitator shaft, and if these are 1964 models, they should have as well.

So, I'm guessing that the transmission was replaced at some point, OR if it already had splines, then at least the agitator was swapped.

NEAT washer though - love the pink. funny that I've already had several folks telling me to go after these machines. I do't plan to however.

Gordon

 

[norgeway]

I Want that!!!!

Westinghouse!!!!!

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Oh - two things I forgot.....

Our house in Denver had those same 'bath tub' faucets for the water supply in the laundry room, and it was built in 1977. I think that's a Denver code if not just a regional builder's tradition of sorts.

Our house had extreme water PSI - nearly at the max (80-some PSI at one time), to the point that if I turned the faucet on even half-way in the powder room, the shallow cultured marble vanity sink would cause ALL the water to fly out of sink and all over me and the walls. So, we were told to use the faucets in the laundry room to turn the water off to the washer after each day's use to prevent the rubber hoses (this was before braided hoses I believe) from burting. I think that's why the valves were made so easily accessible.

About the full-width door on WP dryers - I don't believe they were a WP feature yet in 1964, though I could easily stand corrected. I know they were available on the 1962 Kenmore 800 dryer and the 63 Lady K, but beyond that, I don't recall seeing one on a Whirlpool until later in the 1960s models.

Gordon

 

[thaomein]

Dryer open. I'm having a great time reading all your comments!

 

[thaomein]

ALso, I thought this might be interesting for you all to see, my basement boiler.

 

[thaomein]

Another angle

 

[norgeway]

Dont Even Think!!!

About replacing that boiler!!!! It will be running trouble free when all those so called " ENERGY EFFICIENT" models are in the dump,and in all truth, wont cost that much more to operate, simpler is ALWAYS better,and cast iron ALWAYS outlsts steel!!! Take it from someone who worked for a heating contractor for several years,and has serviced them all.

 

[rp2813]

The pilot light alone on that boiler must run you a quite a few bucks a month.

Nice array of vintage stuff. Good job trying to find homes for them instead of sending it all to the crusher.

 

[washerlover]

In order for the dryer door to swing in the "right" direction, all one has to do is flip-flop the placement of the machines (washer on left, dryer on right) and then the controls will line up better and the door will open in a more logical manner. That's what I do with my '66 turquoise Whirlpool set.

 

[norgeway]

boiler....

True, a pilot light does use some fuel, but you more than make up for it when you have to call for service on a new system ,and the computer board is fried,and you end up spending 500.00 or more,while that old Crane just works year after year!