Leaving Seattle

[Dick_S.]

AND THEN..............

.....the fabulous 53 (that's what I was told but I think it's a 54) that friends of mine went and picked up and stored in their garage until I could make the trip up.

This is the machine I spent most time on today. Yes, I had doubts that the tub and other areas would clean up nicely BUT THE DID and I just got excited and kept cleaning and cleaning losing track of time alloted for other machines.

It also is a suds saver and I think the start switch in the motor is stuck. It just humms a bit so........that's high on the list of things to get going! I want so to hook that puppy up.

I think that my feathers got a bit too puffed up when I gutted the 56 cycla fabric and put it back together piece by piece. The guts of these machines are a little different and I just hope I can figure everything out.

Well, I went up with 3 of my machines picking up two more along the way and came home from Seattle with four. But what a four!

I picked a pic showing the tub which I really thought wouldn't come clean. Look at it now.

 

[Dick_S.]

I'm so excited....

...I had to post a few more pix. This is of the cycle timer of the bolt down.

 

[Dick_S.]

Then..

....the cycle timer for the 53? And there are lights behind the dial on each side and also lights behind the temp and water level control modifier push buttons.

 

[Dick_S.]

Just one more

and this one is a full shot of the 53. Oh, and that spot on the front is a fly....not a nich. I tried to shooosh it away but it just wouldn't budge.

The trip which totaled a little over 2900 miles was well worth it plus I made some wonderful new friends. ((--::

 

[gansky1]

You have some very nice looking Kenmores, Dick! Those "frog-eye" machines are beautiful and so "fifties" looking.

 

[mayken4now]

Beautiful machine, Wow, what a long drive.

Steve

 

[westyslantfront]

hi dick....beautiful machines...love the frog eye....congratulations.......ross

 

[northwesty]

Those really are some beautiful machines

What a wonderful collection. Hope you update your "Photos of Collections" to include these new ones. It is like a progression of the history of Kenmore.

Brian

 

[Dick_S.]

Thanks Brian and that is exactly what I'm trying to do--recapture the exact machines that produced every vivid memory of Kenmores from the 50s that I remember and played with and listened to for hours on end when I was a kid. As I've mentioned before and I'm sure you all are tired of hearing over and over--I have two more to find and my collection of Sears "Fabulous 50s" will be complete. Thank God because I'm almost out of room!!!!!!!!!!!!! ((--::

Oh and certainly not to pass over the wonderful 56 Whirpool that Tommy Storelli's mom had which used to rock the second floor flat they live in when it went into spin.

 

[appnut]

Beautimous Dick!!!!

 

[mickeyd]

so happy for you

love how the first dial reads "Suds return" not just suds. always thought they should ALL SAY SUDS RETURN, DAMNIT !!!

they're just so beautiful

love how the wash cycle counts down to zero "0" --wish they all did

love the 24 minute wash; that will really clean white sox and shorts.

and the visamatic--how perfect. I have the Norge version, but the poor old gal is really dying.

What great treats. What fun you'll have.

I suffered from acute and chronic Kenmore/Whirlpool Envy throughout my entire childhood because all of the Danieu's would only buy Frigidaires. Thank God for my mother's sisters who had Easies and neighbor Tom G.who had a Whirlpool; otherwise I probably would have jumped off the Peace Bridge. chuckle chuckle

 

[swestoyz]

Wow - what a great set of washers! The Whirlpool looks wonderful, along with a wonderful representation of the "Frog Eye!" What a great looking washer from the early part of the decade.

Ben

 

[rickr]

Looks like you have been busy detailing those wonderful Kenmores. And it has paid off,as they all look minty fresh!
Thanks for sharing the photos, and your WP pump is now safe in my trunk, awaiting your address.

 

[toggleswitch]

Love the 24 minute wash; that will really clean white sox and shorts.

Well, I hate to pee in your Cheerios, but doesn't detergent generally only hold soils in suspension for 30 minutes maximum?

To me that is cutting it too close!

 

[rickr]

Well Steve, some of us like to live dangerously... lol!!

 

[washertalk]

well, there goes my love of breakfast food out the window. I guess i didn't need to be eating a bowl of chex while reading this.

but you just have a wonderful day!! (snarf, snarf)

 

[washertalk]

LOLOLO !!!!

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[gansky1]

The long, long wash

My grandmother would drop in a bar of homemade lye soap with dirty coveralls and reset the Highlander for more than 30 minutes total. Real soap, still commonly used in the early 50's, was a whole different animal (pig, in my grandmother's case ;-) so clothes could be, or perhaps needed to be washed longer than with a syndet. I've always wondered if the fat in the soap was gentler to fibers than syndets, thus causing less wear during washing/rinsing and by extension, the need for filtering contraptions on washing machines when syndets & lint collecting man-made fibers became popular.