Interesting 1995 "Kenmore"

[kenmoreguy64]

Here's an interesting Charlotte Craigslist ad.

I've seen a number of ads from this guy, where he insists you have a "broke washer" for him to take back. Can't blame him in times when the availability of used appliances is a little tighter than it used to be, along with a healthy market of buyers. What about someone who doesn't have a broke washer to give him?

A few things in this ad bug me. He says this is an older washer, ok. But it works better than his new one...my question is why keep the new one then, or why sell the old one?

Look at the washer - its one of those hybrids that some used appliance jockeys are so commonly known for creating. This is a 1995 machine, but it has a much newer white basket. A whirlpool agitator too. There's no telling, besides the model number serial plate, how much if anything is original. I'm not saying that's bad, its just interesting to see. I never did that. If I didn't have the right agitator for a machine, especially if I had to break one out to remove it, I'd go find a used one of the same design. But for me that's how it made the work fun.

I used to see machines like this 12 years or more ago on the floors of used appliance stores, but there were belt-drives commonly for sale - and they'd have Roto-Swirls and Vari-Flexes in large capacity models, Whirlpool tops and lids with Kenmore consoles, all kinds of mix and match combinations.

I thought this was worth posting for discussion.

Gordon

http://charlotte.craigslist.org/app/3747074726.html

 

[kenmoreguy64]

I have always liked this panel styling

Especially the red

 

[kenmoreguy64]

The parts jumble

 

[jaxsunst]

I had the older version of that machine. Same panel, but woodgrain.

 

[whirlcool]

Maybe the guy who is making these washers has the "must have old washer" as a way of keeping his workshop stocked. That agitator is very similar to the two part agitator in our 1993 TOL Whirlpool set. But I think the one in the example here is only one piece.

Maybe he feels his parts exchange will make for a better washer. And the part about bringing the washer to your home to test it for you is a lot of work and should be commended for it. I think his visit to your home may even include some "tips" about how a washer is to be used.

 

[gansky1]

I did this quite a few times when I was able to get "gently used" machines from Lowes. Sometimes a cabinet or control panel was bad (tossed from the truck, etc.) but the machine itself was good - TaaDaa! A Whirl-More was born! Selling them was just as easy as anything else, I found most people wanting a used washer could care less what it looked like as long as it was working and clean. I never mis-matched knobs, etc. but had a few rear-opening lid Kenmores make a financially strapped family very happy.

Now for my own use... That's a whole different story. Sometimes fun parts from other models ended up in my KitchenAid washer, I still like that stainless steel basket from the Maytag Centennial DD washers and it was really pretty in the machine with a blue agitator.

 

[tolivac]

"Franken-more",Franken-pool",Franken-Aid"like what some vacuum shops do with Kirby parts-make up a "franken-Kirby" to use the parts to make up a working machine.