cycla-fabric
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Kenmore 800
I hope you enjoyed the pictures! Sorry no video's as of yet.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures! Sorry no video's as of yet.
My Kenmore 800 is Completed
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Wow!
That is beautiful! I guess the can match any paint color! Congrats to you because it's just perfect!
Jon
That is beautiful! I guess the can match any paint color! Congrats to you because it's just perfect!
Jon
Great looking machine!!!
Great find!!! It looks great. I'm really glad you were able to restore it. I found one a couple of years ago just like it, same model same color. However it was in horrible shape, the cabinet had rusted to the point the front of it was literally crumbling. The backing behind the timer was literally gone. I thought about restoring it, but after tearing it down, I found there was not much left of the centerpost either. So I decided to take it for parts, just in case I ever found another. Before I did though, I was able to run one more cycle on it before it literally fell to pieces. I absolutely loved the detergent dispenser.
Up until this, I had never seen one one on a Kenmore before.
Dennis
Great find!!! It looks great. I'm really glad you were able to restore it. I found one a couple of years ago just like it, same model same color. However it was in horrible shape, the cabinet had rusted to the point the front of it was literally crumbling. The backing behind the timer was literally gone. I thought about restoring it, but after tearing it down, I found there was not much left of the centerpost either. So I decided to take it for parts, just in case I ever found another. Before I did though, I was able to run one more cycle on it before it literally fell to pieces. I absolutely loved the detergent dispenser.
Up until this, I had never seen one one on a Kenmore before.
Dennis
mickeyd
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13, 17,&18 really bring on the tears
What an absolutely beautiful washing machine, and SOAK N' WASH is simply to die for. How wonderful to have so magnificent a Christmas present. Love how you have gold clothes in the load to match the gift of the Magi gold restoration.
Your praise of Sears parts has me wondering if they still might stock the Visimatic Wringer with the spray rinse. Hee-Haw ;'D
PS Your photography is fabulous.
What an absolutely beautiful washing machine, and SOAK N' WASH is simply to die for. How wonderful to have so magnificent a Christmas present. Love how you have gold clothes in the load to match the gift of the Magi gold restoration.
Your praise of Sears parts has me wondering if they still might stock the Visimatic Wringer with the spray rinse. Hee-Haw ;'D
PS Your photography is fabulous.
frontaloadotmy
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Very Nice Doug!!!
It looks beautiful!!!
It looks beautiful!!!
I must say - you did a wonderful job! You've got a nice Kenmore there - enjoy.
Ben
Ben
Kenmore!
Hi Doug!
Real awsome restore. The photos are real great.
Best Of Luck with it.
Peter
Hi Doug!
Real awsome restore. The photos are real great.
Best Of Luck with it.
Peter
70series
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Congrats on getting your Kenmore up and running. I love these 800 models more and more. Love the Gold Roto Swirl, and the console light. Makes her gleam like a queen.
Have a good one,
James
Have a good one,
James
Beautiful! Love all those timed dispensers. I loathe fabric softener dispensers mounted on agitators and bleach dispensers that send the product immediately into the wash water, neutralizing the enzyme effect of many detergents. A great machine!!
cycla-fabric
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Thanks Guys, I appreciate your comments, It was interesting and fun doing the restoration work. I just realized that I double posted some photos by mistake, sorry about that!
Doug
Doug
jasonl
New member
Like being a kid again
Awesome resto and that gives me hope for when I pick up my 800. Nothing less than a childhood machine will do.
Awesome resto and that gives me hope for when I pick up my 800. Nothing less than a childhood machine will do.
Just beautiful.
Do us a favor and add it to the Restoration section so we can always find it and enjoy it. I am very impressed. We had this machine briefly in my late childhood, I loved the detergent dispenser and the fact that you could actually use bleach without ruining your clothes.
How did they get the color to match that well?
Thanks for sharing!
Do us a favor and add it to the Restoration section so we can always find it and enjoy it. I am very impressed. We had this machine briefly in my late childhood, I loved the detergent dispenser and the fact that you could actually use bleach without ruining your clothes.
How did they get the color to match that well?
Thanks for sharing!
This will be you very soon Jason!!
Very nice work on the 800, Doug - it looks spectacular.
Very nice work on the 800, Doug - it looks spectacular.
OMG she's beautiful! I love the lighted dashboard. When did Kenmore stop using the chrome lid handles?
70series
Well-known member
Chrome handles
The last year of the chrome handles for Kenmores was 1971. From 1972 to present they have had the notched handles.
Whirlpool stopped using them in 1977, or 1978. I remember going to the local appliance store as a kid at that time, and witnessing the gradual insurgence of the plastic handled models, while the last of the chrome handled Whirlpools were out on the floor.
Have a good one,
James
The last year of the chrome handles for Kenmores was 1971. From 1972 to present they have had the notched handles.
Whirlpool stopped using them in 1977, or 1978. I remember going to the local appliance store as a kid at that time, and witnessing the gradual insurgence of the plastic handled models, while the last of the chrome handled Whirlpools were out on the floor.
Have a good one,
James
jasonl
New member
The 800 I grew up with had the metal handle and the mercury lid switch.
