trainguy
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More pics for collectors of other brands forthcoming. Found (and left) these today and thought of you.
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Inside shot
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What have we here?
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Open Sesame!
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great color!
scott55405
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The one with the control panel cover has always been one of my very favorite Sears machines. Notice how much newer almost everything is that is surrounding these units? LOL
Nice finds!
I saw a similar Kenmore flip front,but a dryer,in coppertone,in a scrapyard last week. It had the flip top front,but didn't have all the buttons.Also had a coppertone 800 series washer next to it.They wanted waaaayyy too much for them.
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I saw a similar Kenmore flip front,but a dryer,in coppertone,in a scrapyard last week. It had the flip top front,but didn't have all the buttons.Also had a coppertone 800 series washer next to it.They wanted waaaayyy too much for them.
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That Thin Twin still has the protective film over the control panel.
cny4
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What years are the Kenmore's? How long was the veriflex agitator made I don't remember it? Didn't these machines have a white agitator in'73 or so with a triple dispensor? What was that agitator?
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The first one above is from the late 60s, which I think is about when the "Vari Flex" agitator appeared, the control panel pic below that is from 70 or 71. There was one final design of these in 73-74. The control dial was printed on the machine and there was a pointer, rather than the entire dial that turned like above. Maybe that one had the penta-swirl agitator by then?
nel is the same machine as shown in the first pic.
Oops, wrong
I forgot about the very first pic, only looked at the LK.
I forgot about the very first pic, only looked at the LK.
peterh770
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These keyboard Kenmores are so classy!
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KeyKens
YES!!!!! Very snooty machines indeed! With some work and love, they can look and run like new. Thanks for the pix!
Kenmores are the VW Beetles of laundry. They're not the fastest things in the world but they're fun as hell, and they sold millions of them.
YES!!!!! Very snooty machines indeed! With some work and love, they can look and run like new. Thanks for the pix!
Kenmores are the VW Beetles of laundry. They're not the fastest things in the world but they're fun as hell, and they sold millions of them.
jasonl
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There's no simpler pleasure...
Than Tide Original Scent and Downy April Fresh in a belt-drive KM
Than Tide Original Scent and Downy April Fresh in a belt-drive KM
danemodsandy
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Mem-oh-rees, Mem-oh-rees, Kenmores Oh, So True...
My keyboard Kennie was like the first one at the top, only maybe a year or two older. Mine had pushbuttons in a lighter gold, and the dispenser cover was brushed pot metal instead of plastic.
My keyboard Kennie was like the first one at the top, only maybe a year or two older. Mine had pushbuttons in a lighter gold, and the dispenser cover was brushed pot metal instead of plastic.
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Lady Kenmores
I love the ones with the garage doors, they are SO cool!
I love the ones with the garage doors, they are SO cool!
cny4
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Does anyone have a pic of the pentaswirl agitator? That is the one I was thinking about, I believe that they were white.
These LK's are one of my most favorite washers of all time, I used to love going into Sears as a boy and looking at them, the triple dispenser was awesome!
These LK's are one of my most favorite washers of all time, I used to love going into Sears as a boy and looking at them, the triple dispenser was awesome!
I believe Austin could provide a picture of a PentaSwirl.
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Penta-Swirl
I'm currently using one in my 24" from 1981. This agitator was originally designed for large-capacity machines (such as the Lady Kenmore before the Dual-Action was introduced), so it provides LOTS of action in that small tub.
I'm currently using one in my 24" from 1981. This agitator was originally designed for large-capacity machines (such as the Lady Kenmore before the Dual-Action was introduced), so it provides LOTS of action in that small tub.
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That's it!!!! I have never heard anyone on the board talk about this agitator before. Any video????
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Pushbutton / hidden console model
Cool design! How well I recall my mother's cousin, who worked for Sears, Roebuck, at the time, having the matched pair of these beauties in he and his wife's kitchen in Southern California when I lived with them for a short time in about 1975 while contemplating moving there myself. If I remember right, one was to press the appropriate button and the timer dial would then stop in the right place for that particular fabric type. Great find. Congrats!
Cool design! How well I recall my mother's cousin, who worked for Sears, Roebuck, at the time, having the matched pair of these beauties in he and his wife's kitchen in Southern California when I lived with them for a short time in about 1975 while contemplating moving there myself. If I remember right, one was to press the appropriate button and the timer dial would then stop in the right place for that particular fabric type. Great find. Congrats!
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