Kenmore Dryer for sale

[yogitunes]

an older model.....don't see too many around anymore, but just seemed like everyone around us had this one model, like it was a standard....

was this a budget version with no matching washer?

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/app/2660532108.html

 

[chaskelljr2]

1969-71 Sears Kenmore Dryer....

@yogitunes:

Actually, this dryer is more like 42 years old. This dryer came out in 1969, and it was nicely featured. Solid-State Sensor, Wrinkle-Guard, Full-Width Door and a Lighted Drum.

This is the earlier version of the dryer I grew up with. My childhood dryer was the 1975 version without the drum light.

--Charles--

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Martin -

To add a little more to Charles' info, Sears called these "All American" dryers, and they were intended to go with whatever washer was already there. There was no mathcing washer, not even something remotely similar.

There were several versions of this dryer, this one seems the most common, but there was one with a plug door, Fabric Master thermostatic termination instead of Solid-State sensors, and a darker control panel. These were always interesting to me because they had Whirlpool tops on them without the trademark Kenmore indent.

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[arbilab]

Como decimos en Espanol, el precio es justo.

 

[tomturbomatic]

It is ironic that the later match-all control panel design with the sliding cover to conceal the controls became so popular that a washer control panel was created to go with the dryer.

 

[searsbest]

My aunt and uncle had that very same dryer...I thought the control panel was sooo cool! way better than moms 78' 70series

 

[appliguy]

there was one with a plug door, Fabric Master thermostatic t

and a darker control panel...........and that was the version the neighbors that lived next door and behind my family when I was growing up had. Mrs Catchings next door had the gas version  and Mrs Sample behind us had the electric version and both were paired with the same plastic consoled Kenmore Washer....PAT COFFEY

 

[70series]

My friend growing up had a similar version to the 1969 All American except the console on his was upright, and there was a plastic hood that would conceal the controls when flipped down. Two cousins of mine also had almost the same model as my friend's but perhaps different versions than his because those two dryers had the same panel as his, but no hood.

An aunt of mine had the 1975 All American like Charles had in gas. It was paired with a 1973/74 plastic top 600 series washer with the console that bumped up where the controls were.

Have a good one,
James

 

[chaskelljr2]

@ James:

So, your aunt had the exact same dryer that my mom had??? That was cool then, that was one sweeet dryer. Your aunt's was gas??? Ours was electric.

It was first paired with a 1967 BOL Kenmore 24" 1-Speed/1-Knob/1-Cycle Washer with a Dark Blue Tub(I actually thought it was black, though), a Black Bakelite Straight-Vane Agitator and a Gold Colored Waterfall Lint Filter. We got our dryer in January 1976.

More than two-and-a-half years later, the 1967 Kenmore gave out, and it was replaced with a 1978 Kenmore Large Capacity Model 70 with Sud Saver (2-Speeds, 4-Cycles (Normal, Permanent-Press, Knit-Delicate and Pre Wash), White Tub, White Penta-Swirl Agitator with a Fabric Softener Dispenser mounted on the top of it, and an Off-Balance Switch/Buzzer..... all on one of those match all consoles that debuted back in 1976).

A neighbor down the street from me @ the time actually had a dryer that was better than ours. They had the late 1960's Model (I think it was 1968, I believe) that had the Concealed Controls, Solid-State Sensor, Full-Width Door and a Lighted Drum. Theirs was paired with an upper MOL Whirlpool Washer (2-Speeds, 8 Cycles with a Lighted Dial). Way cool if you ask me.

Too bad mom didn't need or want a dryer back then, because if that was the case, I would've hope that she would've made a play for that one if we couldn't get a Lady Kenmore or Kenmore Model 800/900.

The Kenmore "All-American" Dryer was "waaaaay" cool, if you ask me. Especially the earlier models.

--Charles--

 

[chaskelljr2]

@ Tom Turbomatic:

Yep.... and I thought the Washer's Control Panel was more of an afterthought, because in one of the pictures that is posted here in the club, I saw an Avacodo set where the Washer's Panel was taller than the Dryer's was. If they would've designed the Washer's Panel and the Dryer's Panel at the same time, then that would've been a true matching set then.

Oddly speaking, there is a set that is actually pictured in my 1968 Sears Catalogs. It was positioned at #3 in the line-up that year. Two positions below the Tall-Consoled Lady K's.

--Charles--

 

[yogitunes]

From what I remember of seeing these machines, it had timed air, a time cycle and an all-fabric automatic cycle, one heat level, the buzzer control was under the lint filter handle/lid, WrinkleGuard I- operated by a seperate timer hidden in the upper right rear panel.....

but for the people I have known to have a dryer back then, it was this model, like it was the only one Sears made......

The Woodwards
The Carters
2 Aunts
3 cousins
1 brother
and a buddy.........all had the same dryer.......like a conspiracy!

does anyone remember the first dryer sheet?......I think it was Bounce.....ClingFree came as little sponge type sheets.....and remember the spray.... think it was 3 pumps into the dryer before you loaded your clothes to prevent static....

or how about when the Downy Ball was introduced

 

[70series]

@ Charles:

I agree the All Americans were way cool. I remember my aunt's running with such a quiet hum. You could barely hear it if the washer was running at the same time. Originally I thought they were a pair, since they both had the wood grain on the blank part of the panel. The earlier models that my two cousins, and friend had were cool too. I thought it was neat how the surfaces on the earlier All Americans did not have the Kenmore indent. The first time I really took notice of the console on my friend's dryer when the hood was flapped down over the controls. I was wondering how they turned the dryer on with no knobs. Silly me.

My friend's folks got their 1969 Match All dryer in October of 1969 when they moved to the neighborhood. It was paired up with a 1970 model 70. If you check the 1970 catalogue, it is the one that looks almost identical to the 1967 model 70 series. As for the two 1969 All Americans each of my cousins owned...one was paired up with a BOL 1973/74 model that had the console type that was like my aunt's washer described above. My other cousin's dryer was matched up with what must have been a 400 model from 1968, 69, or 70. It had the white console, center dial, water temp control, manual filter that was dark in color, and I think plastic or metal. It also had the blue/black tub and gold straight vane with a cone cap. Personally I think the pairing of my aunt's 1973/74 600 alongside the 1975 All American was the closest to a matched set between all the ones I have mentioned. The washer was ultimately replaced by a 1991/2 MOL DD, and the dryer by a 1992/3 Whirlpool lower end model. My friend's parent's replaced their washer in 1983 with a brand and model that is unknown to me. It did not even last ten years before it was replaced by a 1992 Kitchenaid DD. The dryer was still there when I was last at their house in December 1992. My cousin who's Match All was paired with the center dial BOL of the same vintage moved in 1995 and left the washer and dryer behind. My other cousin who had the same vintage Match All dryer but with the BOL 1974 washer replaced them in 1985 with none other than the black electronic Kenmore Limited Edition set that was to die for. I had a chance to see the new washer run once. I could not get over how whisper quiet it was.

I could go on and on.

Have a good one,
James