What. A. Beauty!
Great catch, and enjoy <br <br <br
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Great catch, and enjoy <br <br <br
Lawrence/Maytagbear
NEVER USED 1957 Kenmore washer-- HEADS UP!
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golittlesport
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The score of the year
...or maybe the century! Congratulations. It is just stunning! I can only imagine the wonderful scent of that new washer. Does the Tide have any scent left? I love the smell of vintage detergents.
...or maybe the century! Congratulations. It is just stunning! I can only imagine the wonderful scent of that new washer. Does the Tide have any scent left? I love the smell of vintage detergents.
Oh my goodness!
I didn't know what the braces were on the bottom, until I realized that they were THE SHIPPING BRACES, and OF COURSE I would never have seen those before <br
*faints*
I didn't know what the braces were on the bottom, until I realized that they were THE SHIPPING BRACES, and OF COURSE I would never have seen those before <br
*faints*
I'm so happy this machine ended up in such trusting hands. I can't imagine! Absolutely fabulous for you! Here in damp northwestern California, nothing would have been so rust-free after all those years!
seamusuk
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WOW!
Hey Rober <br
As I said in my Mail she couldnt have gone to a better home : <br
I trust she will be fitted with a new grounded cord tho??? ; <br
Seamus
Hey Rober <br
As I said in my Mail she couldnt have gone to a better home : <br
I trust she will be fitted with a new grounded cord tho??? ; <br
Seamus
that KN washer so looks like the one my Grandmother Had-loved to watch its big "roto-Swirl" agitator in it doing its thing.Besides washing our clothes-she washed plastic bags she had and had them hanging on towel dryers in the kitchen.That machine looks so prestine!!!Like it just rolled out of the factory-must have been stored under"human" conditions.the rubber parts don't look cracked and dried out-and so little corrosion.you won't find 'em like that in my area!Here that machine would have been a pile of rust.Looks like that machine so wants to do some loads!!That is a real washer "time capsule" find"!ENJOY!!Could just hear the "slurp-slush" of that RS agitator!
classiccaprice
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Congratulations! I'm so glad that it went to someone who appreciates it's greatness <br
I was wondering if you were going back for the matching dryer? Just curious.
I was wondering if you were going back for the matching dryer? Just curious.
Thanks...
- for women who cared so much about their laundry NOT to trust any machine to do it on its own <br
- for washing machines being the center of many a lovers' quarrel and being cast aside never to be thought of again <br
- for members who scour the internet on a daily basis to come up with that ever-so-rare find (MachineHead <br
- THANK FRICKEN GOD FOR CRAIGSLIST!! <br
- for women who cared so much about their laundry NOT to trust any machine to do it on its own <br
- for washing machines being the center of many a lovers' quarrel and being cast aside never to be thought of again <br
- for members who scour the internet on a daily basis to come up with that ever-so-rare find (MachineHead <br
- THANK FRICKEN GOD FOR CRAIGSLIST!! <br
seamusuk
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Good Point..
Hey Rober <br
I to hope you have 1st refusal on the dryer if they decide to part with it <br
Hey Rober <br
I to hope you have 1st refusal on the dryer if they decide to part with it <br
norgenocker
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I am weeping, I am pea-green with envy--
so many overwhelming emotions. It is just too much. I swear I could sit on that agitator, but I'm not even sure that water or Tide or clothes should ever even touch it, or that it should even Roto-Swirl an inch. Congratulations, Robert--who better to have it now? The washer-passion I first read about in A Passion to Preserve has been justly rewarded!
so many overwhelming emotions. It is just too much. I swear I could sit on that agitator, but I'm not even sure that water or Tide or clothes should ever even touch it, or that it should even Roto-Swirl an inch. Congratulations, Robert--who better to have it now? The washer-passion I first read about in A Passion to Preserve has been justly rewarded!
westyslantfront
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Hi Robert. That is a beautiful machine. The bake lite agitator is shiny and new. Enjoy the machine <br <br
Ross
Ross
Aferim!
Never wanted a Kenmore until I saw these pictures. Enough said.
Never wanted a Kenmore until I saw these pictures. Enough said.
The Lady Kenmore!!
Wow, Robert what a find, you can almost smell the newness!!! a sleepless night was had by you last night I guess!!! isnt it strange how the lady owner wouldnt use it, the thought of it sitting next to the dryer & wringer all these years..amazin <br
AND, you have definately have redeemed yourself after the "RETIREMENT" of said previous model!!!! I have to say, this is my favourite TL model having been the first ever US top load machine I used myself at the convention in 2001...ohhh & those ozone lights and that waterfall...purfect!!! <br
Looks like you`ll be needing more powder then !!!enjoy, Mike
Wow, Robert what a find, you can almost smell the newness!!! a sleepless night was had by you last night I guess!!! isnt it strange how the lady owner wouldnt use it, the thought of it sitting next to the dryer & wringer all these years..amazin <br
AND, you have definately have redeemed yourself after the "RETIREMENT" of said previous model!!!! I have to say, this is my favourite TL model having been the first ever US top load machine I used myself at the convention in 2001...ohhh & those ozone lights and that waterfall...purfect!!! <br
Looks like you`ll be needing more powder then !!!enjoy, Mike
Hi Everyone, just a bit of background, this machine is the 800 series with is the step down model from the 900 series Lady Kenmore. The only extra features I see that the LK has over this machine are the following <br
All Porcelain Cabinet, Ozone bulb, End of Cycle Bell, Lighted Control panel, Lady Kenmore script on the front chrome piece, otherwise the machine is exactly the same <br
As I suspected you couldn’t just bring the machine home, hook it up and start a wash load. You would be very disappointed when the motor just hums. After years of the belt sitting in the same three pulleys the belt has molded itself to the pulleys. I had to gently rock the belt back and for to loosen it and get it unlocked. I should add some grease to the wig wag sliders and prime the pump with hot water. Otherwise it should probably work fine now unless there is a leak somewhere. I’ll know this weekend and will keep everyone posted <br
<I>Let us know when the Frigidaire's are on Craigs List.</I
Craigslist, eh no time for that, its just easier to put them in the alley for trash collection. ; <br
<I>Is this a keeper for you?</I
You might say tha <br
<I>But you've gotta give her some use; she has waited long enough.</I
Never, ever will this agitator be used, its too amazing.. I have two others of this style that are in really nice shape that I will use <br
<I>I notice the oval lint filter does not have the turn latch. I wonder why. </I
I was wondering if someone was going to notice that. The earliest WP/KN recirculating filters didn’t have a latch key, they were held in place by a larger rubber gasket around the edge of the filter (part #2). That was changed in the ‘58 models because if people didn’t clean the filter properly it would start seeping out onto the tub ring and create a major leak. (see photo below). Also in that photo below anyone notice something odd and the unbalance load instructions compared to 60s-80s machines with an off balance buzzer??? <br
<I>I can only imagine the wonderful scent of that new washer. </I
OMG Rich, the scent is amazing, if only there were a way to record a scent and play it back through my smellavision set! I’m gonna go out and buy some unscented detergent to use for its initial washes <br
<I>Does the Tide have any scent left?</I
None, just like almost every other box of 50’s Tide I’ve found <br
<I>I didn't know what the braces were on the bottom, until I realized that they were THE SHIPPING BRACES, and OF COURSE I would never have seen those before! </I
Me either Nate, I’ve never WP/KN shipping braces in my life, much less still installed <br <br
<I>I trust she will be fitted with a new grounded cord tho???</I
Seamus if the stock cord is still good I do not remove the cord, what I do is attach a wire from the back of the machine and ground it properly to the cold water pipe <br
<I>I was wondering if you were going back for the matching dryer? </I
No she offered me both the matching dryer and the wringer but they were both beat to hell. You can tell they were really used hard all these years. No need for those <br
<I>for members who scour the internet on a daily basis to come up with that ever-so-rare find (MachineHead) </I
I know I look everyday usually, except I was really busy on Wednesday and hadn’t looked at CL yet, thank you MachineHead for letting us know <br
<I>AND, you have definitely have redeemed yourself after the "RETIREMENT" of said previous model!!!!</I
Uh huh ;
All Porcelain Cabinet, Ozone bulb, End of Cycle Bell, Lighted Control panel, Lady Kenmore script on the front chrome piece, otherwise the machine is exactly the same <br
As I suspected you couldn’t just bring the machine home, hook it up and start a wash load. You would be very disappointed when the motor just hums. After years of the belt sitting in the same three pulleys the belt has molded itself to the pulleys. I had to gently rock the belt back and for to loosen it and get it unlocked. I should add some grease to the wig wag sliders and prime the pump with hot water. Otherwise it should probably work fine now unless there is a leak somewhere. I’ll know this weekend and will keep everyone posted <br
<I>Let us know when the Frigidaire's are on Craigs List.</I
Craigslist, eh no time for that, its just easier to put them in the alley for trash collection. ; <br
<I>Is this a keeper for you?</I
You might say tha <br
<I>But you've gotta give her some use; she has waited long enough.</I
Never, ever will this agitator be used, its too amazing.. I have two others of this style that are in really nice shape that I will use <br
<I>I notice the oval lint filter does not have the turn latch. I wonder why. </I
I was wondering if someone was going to notice that. The earliest WP/KN recirculating filters didn’t have a latch key, they were held in place by a larger rubber gasket around the edge of the filter (part #2). That was changed in the ‘58 models because if people didn’t clean the filter properly it would start seeping out onto the tub ring and create a major leak. (see photo below). Also in that photo below anyone notice something odd and the unbalance load instructions compared to 60s-80s machines with an off balance buzzer??? <br
<I>I can only imagine the wonderful scent of that new washer. </I
OMG Rich, the scent is amazing, if only there were a way to record a scent and play it back through my smellavision set! I’m gonna go out and buy some unscented detergent to use for its initial washes <br
<I>Does the Tide have any scent left?</I
None, just like almost every other box of 50’s Tide I’ve found <br
<I>I didn't know what the braces were on the bottom, until I realized that they were THE SHIPPING BRACES, and OF COURSE I would never have seen those before! </I
Me either Nate, I’ve never WP/KN shipping braces in my life, much less still installed <br <br
<I>I trust she will be fitted with a new grounded cord tho???</I
Seamus if the stock cord is still good I do not remove the cord, what I do is attach a wire from the back of the machine and ground it properly to the cold water pipe <br
<I>I was wondering if you were going back for the matching dryer? </I
No she offered me both the matching dryer and the wringer but they were both beat to hell. You can tell they were really used hard all these years. No need for those <br
<I>for members who scour the internet on a daily basis to come up with that ever-so-rare find (MachineHead) </I
I know I look everyday usually, except I was really busy on Wednesday and hadn’t looked at CL yet, thank you MachineHead for letting us know <br
<I>AND, you have definitely have redeemed yourself after the "RETIREMENT" of said previous model!!!!</I
Uh huh ;
polkanut
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It has a suds-saver, one of my favorite options on washers. Too bad I won't be able to stop and see her when I come thru the Cities the 1st weekend in June. She's drop dead gorgeous!
Raising the lid to redistribute the load, then closing to resume operation...hmmmm... Usually the buzzer sounds until you manually pull the dial out to stop, then raise the lid, redistribute, close the lid and push the dial in to restart.It says the machine stops, but does not signal you at all. Am I reading that right?
Thud!
I can't believe how wonderful this is. There are so many NLA parts in new condition all in one place! The agitator is just stunning! Can the shipping braces be copied for use when moving other WP/KM machines? I wonder if it might be worth carefully measuring some of the parts, photographing them, and producing measured drawings of them so that they could be replicated in the future. (no metal part is ever truly NLA, you just need a good machinist and some $$$$$$$). The smell, the color, the shininess, this is amazing!
Are you going to keep the other '57 Kenmore? It's not dead, it just needs some love, and you put too much well-documented effort into it to let it go.
Congrats and enjoy,
Dave
I can't believe how wonderful this is. There are so many NLA parts in new condition all in one place! The agitator is just stunning! Can the shipping braces be copied for use when moving other WP/KM machines? I wonder if it might be worth carefully measuring some of the parts, photographing them, and producing measured drawings of them so that they could be replicated in the future. (no metal part is ever truly NLA, you just need a good machinist and some $$$$$$$). The smell, the color, the shininess, this is amazing!
Are you going to keep the other '57 Kenmore? It's not dead, it just needs some love, and you put too much well-documented effort into it to let it go.
Congrats and enjoy,
Dave
Such an awesome machine Robert!
Congratulations Robert! That sure is a nice way to make up for the other '57. The underneath pics look really interesting without the later button-traps and trans braces that I'm used to seeing.
I wish you many happy uses with it!
Gordon
Congratulations Robert! That sure is a nice way to make up for the other '57. The underneath pics look really interesting without the later button-traps and trans braces that I'm used to seeing.
I wish you many happy uses with it!
Gordon
