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look at the gleam in that dryer drum, and no scorching on the heater. For dryer 40 years old, WOW.

What is it about that new appliance smell?
I remember getting the last of the belt drive LK in 1986 in Black.
The dryer was new and it just had this smell of newness.
 
Oh Greg this is an awesome find for you!
I love the dryer. I think this the best dryer for drying accuracy that Kenmore ever had! Gas or Electric! Fast, and gentle on clothes. I never see this vintage!
How long did they make this drying system. I know some of the dryers, the sensor "moved" around the drum and even baffles at one point.
Awesome set!
Fun!
Thanks.
Brent
 
Interesting finds. That washer was the identical washer our next door neighbor got in 69-70. And that dryer was our first dryer that my parents bought at the Sears Scratch & Dent outlet in West Haven in 1969. It was obviously two years old, but clearly never used. The electronic sensor dried flawlessly and it was a very quiet machine. I do miss that bubble gum smell of the air freshener.....
 
Hee Hee Hee!

Do you pull your racks out of your KDS-18 so they can dry on the deck to save? Well if you do, do they dry completely?
I need to follow in your footsteps, but I don't have a line up in the yard yet.
Love the set! Keep looking at them. Hope you don't mind.
Brent
 
That classy looking washer will last a good 30 years or more with only minor repairs if that. That plastic filter thing in the rear corner developed a leak on my mom's machine and the replacement part was entirely re-designed, but I suspect you've got 10-15 years at least before you'd have to worry about that. Glad it ended up in a loving home, and the dryer is a beauty too.
 
Good gawd Man - bottle that new washer smell before it goes away! I'm sure if you could replicate it you could sell it by the hundreds - that new washer fragrance!

This is VERY cool Greg. More action shots, STAT!

Ben
 
Oh my, they do take your breath away!!! Awesome Greg, what a beautiful washer and dryer!! I love the lights on both of these units. Glad to see that the dryer has the freshener!! Why with this dryer you won't need that clothesline!! Just wondering if there was a new bottle of that with the machine? Can't wait to see these in person!!!!
 
WOW Greg!! So these are the ones you told me about awhile back! Both brand new. That is something, that people purchase these things and let them sit around for 40-50+ years. Just makes no sense to me, but it sure is nice to be able to see them as they were brand new, back in the day.

The new washer smell is something that one can only hope to experience. Wonder if I will ever get my turn to hit that?? <:
 
send me some new machine smell

Greg, that's just awesome! What's with these vintage Kenmores just off the assembly line? I'm trying to find a vintage unused wringer washer. Think that will ever happen? Probably not.
 
Greg,

Glad you ended up with these beauties. How exciting to be the first one to hook them up and run them for the first time.

And you are right when you say these don't come along just everyday. I'm happy for you and that they ended up with a great person in a great home.

Patrick
 
CONGRATS GREG!

On nabbing that beautiful set. This is indeed a happy ending to the mystery of whether it would find a home. This is the set that was bought by the seller's grandmother, unbeknownst to the grandfather. When they were delivered he "flipped out", and would not allow her to use them. They sat for 40 years unused until you got them.

The seller had been pricing them too high, and reposted them several times on Craigslist. In addition there were several threads about them here over the last year.

They look great lit up, and standing next to each other. You have GOT to post videos.

Have a good one,
James
 
We must have been scanning that pamphlet at the same time! Over in the Piano Key Lady Kenmore thread several people had asked me for a scan of the manual. I scanned it last night along with the how to install pamphlet, mine is the same part number for it's Revision S, and the parts breakdown.

I would have posted it but the scan was too big. At what resolution did you scan those? I did B&W Photo 72 dpi, and the files cam out at about 470k, over the limit here. I tried lower resolution, and switching to copy and fax but the quality was too poor to be usable.
 
I found the original thread on this set. It was originally posted in April, 2007. According to this the dryer is a 1966 LK. The seller joined the group temporarily to post the story of this set.

He mentions that there was a mystery bag that was packaged with everything. What was in that bag? Was it the box of Tide? This inquiring mind wants to know. :)

Have a good one,
James

http://www.automaticwasher.org/TD/ARCHIVE/VINTAGE/2007/11181x61.htm
 
thanks everyone - it's fun to have people to share them

Thanks for the link to the original story on these - good to know. I'd forgotten that the seller had posted that, there are more of these out in the world - we just haven't found them yet. It was a bit extravagant, but we have only one life to live and as Roger always says, I won't spend my dying breath worried about money already spent!

Inside the little brown bag that was stapled shut was the 2 prong plug adapter, grounding wire and clips and the front legs for the washer. I didn't use the grounding wire as I'm using a grounded outlet so I'll keep the bag and shipping bolts and foam blocks safely tucked away.

I'll try my hand at video(s) this week and see what I can come up with...
 
Ah good things from Long Island, "New Yawk". How GAWGEOUS!

You-Crate. For the must-haves You-Crave!

In good health my dear. They are fabulous!

Saw some nice vintage machines on Long Island yesterday at an estate sale. The prices were astronomical. Glad you were able to get those!
 
Oh Greg...

Lucky you! They're stunning. I wish you could bottle and ship that new appliance smell from the '60's.

M.
 
Wow Greg, that is the EXACT washer I grew up with from 1969-1978. I remember going to Sears with my dad to pick out a new washer and (I was five) and this was the machine he picked. I remember him saying to my mom that it was on sale. It was delivered on a morning in December 1968. I still remember the new washer smell in the basement for weeks after it was delivered.

I was so excited to see a low water level wash, our old Kenmore didn't have a water level selector, so this was exciting. Unfortunately the first time my mother did a small load using low I was being punished (can't remember what I did this time) and I wasn't allowed in the basement lol. Oh the torture!
 
Greg---Wow, what a haul! I can't believe all the new old machines that are popping up. Thank god for people who buy appliances and never use them. Little did they know how much a particular subset of the population would appreciate that decades into the future. Congrats!

Robert--- I had to laugh, because when I was little, the only punishment that really worked on me was being banned from the laundry room so I couldn't play with the washer. Our poor parents! Can you imagine what they must have thought, knowing that little Johnny next door responded to not being able to go out to play baseball, while we were crushed if we couldn't play with the appliances.
 

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