So is anyone going after these beauties?
HOLY GRAIL.......1950'S KENMORE W&D IN RENO!!!
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Only If Buck Winston Comes With Them!
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Oh l'amour! How can let you down, but how it can pick you up again!
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Oh l'amour! How can let you down, but how it can pick you up again!
fnelson487
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L'amour L'amour
Tu jours l'amour.
Tu jours l'amour.
redcarpetdrew
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One last hurrah...
I'm trying one more time to see if an agreement can be reached. I have email into the ad as I'm not 100% sure this is the same owner. I'm trying to reach the owner of the business where I first saw them and see if this person is one and the same...
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I'm trying one more time to see if an agreement can be reached. I have email into the ad as I'm not 100% sure this is the same owner. I'm trying to reach the owner of the business where I first saw them and see if this person is one and the same...
RCD
whirlaway
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Frogeyes
Ive been using the same exact dryer for 30 years everyday,and now I have the 1955 set they have black and gold dials,the other dryer I have is a 57with the copper,no lint filter though,but the 55 has one under a door on top,its a little basket,Its labeled on the front as a high speed dryer and the washer is a CyclaFabric model with suds saver,They all light up nicely.The 57 dryer usually takes 45min to dry on med,I never set either one past med.The only trouble is sometimes the washer will try to spin at a low speed while its washing,The are my everyday machines,I wish they were closer I would like a complete spare set.
Ive been using the same exact dryer for 30 years everyday,and now I have the 1955 set they have black and gold dials,the other dryer I have is a 57with the copper,no lint filter though,but the 55 has one under a door on top,its a little basket,Its labeled on the front as a high speed dryer and the washer is a CyclaFabric model with suds saver,They all light up nicely.The 57 dryer usually takes 45min to dry on med,I never set either one past med.The only trouble is sometimes the washer will try to spin at a low speed while its washing,The are my everyday machines,I wish they were closer I would like a complete spare set.
Mom and dad bought the washer with suds-saver somewhere around when I was born in 56 and near when the Simpson-Sears store opened. She said she was the first on the block to get an automatic washer and all the neighbor ladies came over to see it. When I was little I used to like pressing the palm of my hand down on the agitators big K when it was washing because it tickled. I was little, gimmie a break LOL
First Dryer I Ever Used
My father bought the bugeye dryer (gas) after I complained about the clothesline and the lugging back and forth. It worked very well (only $25 back in the early 1970's) and while I had to lug wash from the house to the garage where the dryer was located, it was still a major improvement. We got a few good years out of the Kenmore when my mom bought a new slant-console model on clearance at Sears. That machine was also great.
Kenmores in those days could really take a beating!
My father bought the bugeye dryer (gas) after I complained about the clothesline and the lugging back and forth. It worked very well (only $25 back in the early 1970's) and while I had to lug wash from the house to the garage where the dryer was located, it was still a major improvement. We got a few good years out of the Kenmore when my mom bought a new slant-console model on clearance at Sears. That machine was also great.
Kenmores in those days could really take a beating!
Frog-eye Hi-Speed Electric Dryer
Hi Bobby, do you have your KM FE dryer connected to the 50 amp line so both electric heaters are being used? These Hi Speed dryers could actually dry many loads in about 30 minutes if connected to a 50 Amp line and as these dryers were designed for 230 volts back in the 1950s they really dry fast on the 240 power that is supplied today, John.
Hi Bobby, do you have your KM FE dryer connected to the 50 amp line so both electric heaters are being used? These Hi Speed dryers could actually dry many loads in about 30 minutes if connected to a 50 Amp line and as these dryers were designed for 230 volts back in the 1950s they really dry fast on the 240 power that is supplied today, John.
<a name="start_44647.655915">"When I was little I used to like pressing the palm of my hand down on the agitators big K when it was washing because it tickled"</a>
Petek, I used to do the same thing when my mom washed in her '59 Kenmore.
Petek, I used to do the same thing when my mom washed in her '59 Kenmore.
whirlaway
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I will check!
Gee John,Im not sure,it is on a 220 line though.The same circuit the 57 was plugged in,it also dryed rather quickly.I paid 35 dollars at Goodwill in 80,and got 30 good years out of it,it just needs a blower bearing,so I had this extra set so I put these in,I just luv a frogeye, I think its because my Grandmother had 54 fancy one with push buttons that would lite in different colors.That machine lasted forever.
Gee John,Im not sure,it is on a 220 line though.The same circuit the 57 was plugged in,it also dryed rather quickly.I paid 35 dollars at Goodwill in 80,and got 30 good years out of it,it just needs a blower bearing,so I had this extra set so I put these in,I just luv a frogeye, I think its because my Grandmother had 54 fancy one with push buttons that would lite in different colors.That machine lasted forever.
whirlaway
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Hi-Speed Frogeye
John,I checked its wired on a 60amp circuit,Thats alot isnt it,this house was built in38 and the original fuse box was wired for 100amp service that was quite abit in those days,this house even came with 3telephone hookups with the original twisted wire.Oh the fuse box had been added on in the fifties,each window unit is seperatly wired.Still have that Americana for you,Thanks Bobby
John,I checked its wired on a 60amp circuit,Thats alot isnt it,this house was built in38 and the original fuse box was wired for 100amp service that was quite abit in those days,this house even came with 3telephone hookups with the original twisted wire.Oh the fuse box had been added on in the fifties,each window unit is seperatly wired.Still have that Americana for you,Thanks Bobby
mixguy
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First Automatic Washer
This was the first automatic washer I got to "play with" as a kid! My aunt down the street had this same washer. I was allowed to set the washer temps, clean and replace the lint filter while on a step stool to reach everything. This was the first washer I had seen having 4 wash temp. settings, hot, medium, warm and cold. Can't recall if there were two or three rinse temp. choices. It was a two speed washer having the normal cycle above and the slower "Modern Fabrics" cycle below on the timer. The timer "dial" was a lever that was unique. Don't remember if it was push or pull to set or to start. Her neighbor across the street had the same model.
Very few people in my neigborhood could afford or would consider getting an automatic washer before 1955. The nearest Sears retail store was 25 miles away and the first catalog store did not open in town until around 1965. While Sears offered great prices compared to local stores, people were most concerned about getting service it their machine ever needed it. For that reason, the local Maytag store did well until Sears came to town. He did well until his retirement and no one wanted to buy his store. Also fascinating to see products advertised and then to see them in people's houses.
This was the first automatic washer I got to "play with" as a kid! My aunt down the street had this same washer. I was allowed to set the washer temps, clean and replace the lint filter while on a step stool to reach everything. This was the first washer I had seen having 4 wash temp. settings, hot, medium, warm and cold. Can't recall if there were two or three rinse temp. choices. It was a two speed washer having the normal cycle above and the slower "Modern Fabrics" cycle below on the timer. The timer "dial" was a lever that was unique. Don't remember if it was push or pull to set or to start. Her neighbor across the street had the same model.
Very few people in my neigborhood could afford or would consider getting an automatic washer before 1955. The nearest Sears retail store was 25 miles away and the first catalog store did not open in town until around 1965. While Sears offered great prices compared to local stores, people were most concerned about getting service it their machine ever needed it. For that reason, the local Maytag store did well until Sears came to town. He did well until his retirement and no one wanted to buy his store. Also fascinating to see products advertised and then to see them in people's houses.
