I'm stumped!

[Dick_S.]

A friend called me the other day and asked me if I was still collecting old automatics and if so, would I like a few more. Well, what do you think I said to him? He said he guessed these were quite old and that he was sure I would like them.

Imagine my surprise when his truck pulled up and I spotted the Kenmore bolt down! Lordy me, I now have a parts donor for the identical bolt down I drove up to Seattle and I got from Kelly back in 2006!!!!!!! I've almost had it running over the last couple of years but not totally. Now I've got something to work with and get that little bolty bolted down and running. I'm excited.

 

[Dick_S.]

Now the other machine.....

....has me totally stumped! It's an ABCOMATIC but it's a wringer model with traces of a semi automatic.

 

[Dick_S.]

It's got a wringer but the clothes seem to disapper for about 15 inches and then come thru another wringer on the back end of the machine.

 

[Dick_S.]

and here's a shot of the back of the machine.

 

[Dick_S.]

Now here's what everybody calls "the money shot". I'd sure like to find out someday why it's called that. I do like that agitator.

 

[Dick_S.]

It's got controls on both sides of the tub. The left side.....

 

[Dick_S.]

..and the right side I'm still wondering where and what happens to the clothes once they go thru the first wringer. The machines has got me baffled.

 

[mickeyd]

Interesting.

If those are hoses on the side and water temps, you may have a "Rinser" on your hands. The clothes are rinsed in the 15 inch space after the first set of rolls and then wrung again.

 

EDIT: Wrote and posted before your last pic. Indeed a Rinser. Amazing.

 

[Dick_S.]

I'd have to be down on my hands and knees to run it ((--::

 

[Dick_S.]

The "money shot" (for what it is worth) of the bolt down

 

[Unimatic1140]

Wow Dick, looks like this is what you found, I'm not sure but I don't remember anyone else posting that they had one of these very rare machines!

 

[Dick_S.]

the bolt down looks like it could be made into a resonably decent machine although the lid is bent. Don't ask me why the lid is bent! And the dials are missing (proably broke off) on the control knobs.

 

[Dick_S.]

I don't know if I'll put the ABC on my list of priorities at this point but I'm sure curious about it.
AND within the next couple of days I'll post about another auto that has been recently brought back to life.

 

[Dick_S.]

Wow Robert!

Thanks for the quick reply and information. That's kind of neat. Now I wished I could find out how that "rinser" works. Hmmmmmm......

 

[arbilab]

OHH EMM GEE! A ROUND TUB KENMORE! I've only ever seen one in my whole dam life. At a neighbor's circa 1950 when I cruised the neighborhood for housewives doing laundry in the garage where most washers were. About half the time I got cookies too. How different a world was it back then?

 

[badgerdx]

Cool Post! I love learning this stuff.

 

[mrb627]

Because U Asked

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[bajaespuma]

Aferim!

What a great find! I love those agitators.

 

Malcolm, thanks for research! Go Porn!

 

Did somebody here call for a washer repairman? (Makes me wonder if Ol' Lonely ever starred in his own film).

 

[combo52]

COOL KM BOLT DOWN AUTOMATIC WASHER

Hi Dick your new KM BD is about the oldest model of these interesting washers, it was a standard feature of these washers to include the Suds-Saver. I have the same machine awaiting restoration that I have had for many years. One interesting feature of these earliest bolt downs was that they used an electric pump with a universal brush type motor for the suds return pump instead of the separate belt driven pump that appeared by 1950 on all other WP built AWs from that point onward till 1954. From 1954 to the end of BD washer production WP always used one pump on its washers to but discharge the waste water and return the suds water for reuse.

 

I am curious Dick if your washer still has this electric suds return pump. It looks like your new machine sat out in the sun for many years which destroyed the few plastic parts that this machine used, hopefully between the two machines you now have you can complete one. This may inspire me to get mine done, I already sent the dials from mine to my great friend John who is restoring them. Before you get rid of what you will not use Dick we should talk as we may be able to help each other with parts.