It's Raining Kenmores!

[rickr]

Really nice looking machine Greg! Nice catch for sure. I know you will find a good home for it.

I had a great aunt who kept her wringer washer also. I remember her saying,"I use the wringer washer for my heavy stuff" She was an old maid and lived in a tiny two bedroom house with her cat. What heavy stuff???? I don't remember what her automatic was,although I did see it a few times as a child. It always looked brand new,I remember that.
I bet this Kenmore was the same situation as my Great Aunt Ruth's machine. Saving the automatic via the wringer washer!

 

[appliguy]

AAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is the washer my mom bought in October 1963 as a newlywed for her and dads new house in Ravensworth Farm in Springfield Va. She also got the matching Soft Heat Gas Dryer. We had the dryer until 1979 (it followed us to the house on Lakevale Drive in Vienna in 1976) and the washer survived at our lake house from 1972 to 1989. Greg If you ever decide to sell that machine please give me first choice ok??? PLEASE!!!!!!!
PAT COFFEY

 

[gansky1]

Even though it's "only a Kenmore", it is fun to play with. There aren't enough spaces for everything though so it will live in the garage for while. I have spots downstairs for the 1960 Maytags and 50 Kenmores, with some shuffling about of course, and plans for the Westy combo, but that's it for downstairs!

The self cleaning lint filter is the marbles/balls in a metal housing (64 LK is plastic housing) and you can really HEAR the marbles moving around at the start of agitate for a second and then churning around, crashing into the metal walls of the container during drain. Amazing sound! I thought something was busted at first ;-)

 

[jetaction]

Gotta love those Kenmore Pastels

Great find Greg, Yeah! That's a great addition to your collection, even if it is only for a while. Being "only a Kenmore" might surprise you, my LK got out stains that the Frigidaire didn't after I spilled dressing on them in Omaha. Maybe you could figure out how to make it spin faster, what a machine that would be!

 

[christfr]

haappy girls

hey greg.. another cool find..you kill me.. glad to see the new girl has a new friend..looks like they are both happy..

 

[jasonl]

ALMOST my grandma's

OMG! Does that bring tears to my eyes!

My grandma's washer was just like that only hers had 3 water levels, no "filtering" light and the regular Rotoswirl without the scrubber.

Wow! I'm beside myself.

These are not "just a Kenmore". These are washing machines that belong in the hearts of the people that grew up with and loved them. Ok, so they do neutral drains and mediocre spins and they make weird noises... WHO CARES... Damn if I lived any closer to you Greg, I'd help you with storing those beautiful Kenmores.

Boring? I think not.

 

[jasonl]

This machine looks like it's been maintained and service throughout the years. Very cool when you come across one with low mileage.

 

[peterh770]

Great find! One can never have too many Kenmores!

What is the cool-down sequence in this baby?

 

[agiflow]

Jason,..i am in total agreement with you. That is the first washer i ever laid my very young eyes on . Even their BOL machines then had great control panels.

Now to find that machine with the straight vane agi and waterfall filter. The one that started it all.

Pat

 

[agiflow]

Sorry to ramble

Bob (Appnut), my mom's machine had a green background where the water level and water temperature knobs are with three choices for water level and temp i believe from what i can remember. It may have been 4 temps, but i can't really remember that far back exactly.

I asked my mother if she remembered the year she purchased it, but doesn't seem to recall, so i am figuring early sixties to mid at most from what has been said. Those early KM machines made the coolest noises. What a cool find this is Greg.

Pat

 

[geoffdelp]

Greg ... that's a beautiful machine!! The agitator looks brand new!! Isn't it amazing when you find a machine in such pristine condition? You wonder why people never used the machine!!!!

Brand new bakelite is fun; I love the one on my 1964 Maytag N2LP. I'm very careful with it; no bleach in the wash water. They can be quite fragile and I dry it on a towel where it won't get knocked off the counter in my laundry room.

I dropped a very used and brittle one once on the garage floor and it just shattered like glass.

 

[lesto]

Greg, I love those Kenmores with the pastel colors on the dials. It's been along time since I've seen a Kenmore with a pink wash n wear cycle. I wish you had found it before the convention. I would have loved to do a load in it.

 

[rinso]

Can almost hear the buzz, click, snap, and the kiwwwwwwwwwww of the wig-wag starting the spin cycle and the clutch engaging. Beautiful machine!

 

[jasonl]

Cool Down care

I think on my grandma's it just filled and did partial drain. Again, we thought it was broke so I put it back on the Normal cycle. I didn't realize it was supposed to do that.

Peter's right, one can never have too many Kenmores.

 

[foraloysius]

When it rains it pours!

Wow Greg, another nice estate sale find! You lucky devil! I can't believe how new and shiny it looks for a 1963 machine!

 

[gansky1]

Cool Down?? Wash-N-Wear?? Whatever in the world would all that be needed for? It sounds like a waste of water to me!

 

[Kenmore62]

KENMORE WASHER

My grandmother had this washer,the only difference was hers
had a manual lint filter. I think she bought it in 1962

View attachment 7-12-2005-19-58-2--KENMORE62.jpg

 

[toggleswitch]

way cool.

There is just something about ovals and contours that just looks so cozy!

Love the styling! is it 29" wide?

 

[westyslantfront]

Roto Swirl

Hi Greg. Nate just left for 1 week's vacation. He could not get his Kenmore to spin and was getting frustrated so he decided to leave it till he gets back. I am sure he would have liked his machine to be in this condition.

 

[lightedcontrols]

Now here's my idea!

Greg, since your space is limited, you need to give ME the 906 Maytag, and put this lovely Kenmore in it's space! See, problem solved!!! (LOL!!!) Mark