1963 Kenmore 80 automatic washer
I always thought this one year machine was a pretty model, the first Kenmore washer that I did a major repair on in the customer‘s home was one of these. Sears had given the customer an estimate of nearly $100 to put a basket drive in this machine Back around 1969. I went down to the local appliance dealer and on the throwaway pile there was a 61 or two whirlpool washer in excellent shape and I took the basket drive out of it and I had my mother drive me over to this lady‘s house with the Kenmore and spent an hour or two my brother Jeff helped And we fixed this washer and she used it for many years. She was so grateful that she gave my name to at least two dozen people in the neighborhood over the years which helped to build our business, I charged her $22 to fix the washer.
Finally, when the bearings started to fail on the machine in the later 70s, somebody gave her a 74 Kenmore 70 which we kept going for many years, it was amazing how much service older washing machines needed. You only needed a small number of customers today, we have thousands of customers to keep us busy because appliances are so much more reliable. You seldom have problems with them.
But just like automobiles appliances will always break at some point and you will need expert help, appliances today are so easy to fix that you can often go online and figure out how to do it.
John L