bradross
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Here's a great old shot --- a vintage photo of what I believe is the first model of Kenmore automatic washer, a round model. I have an owner's manual from the early 1950's that shows the same.
Original Kenmore automatic - round model
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WOW! That is a great looking machine!
amyswasher
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Isn't that a bolt-down model?
northwesty
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Yes, that is a bolt down,
it would sure be fun to own though. This one was for sale on the east coast and I nabbed a photo of it.
it would sure be fun to own though. This one was for sale on the east coast and I nabbed a photo of it.
bradross
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Pics from Northwesty
Great pics, Brian! Thanks for posting them. Looks like a neat 3-vane bake-lite agitator!
I've uploaded a page scanned from the 1951 Kenmore owner's manual.
Great pics, Brian! Thanks for posting them. Looks like a neat 3-vane bake-lite agitator!
I've uploaded a page scanned from the 1951 Kenmore owner's manual.
KM BOLT DOWN WASHER
I have one like the one that was for sale on the east coast. Mine is complete but needs restoring it dates from 1947 and I believe it to be among the first built after WW2.
I have one like the one that was for sale on the east coast. Mine is complete but needs restoring it dates from 1947 and I believe it to be among the first built after WW2.
mickeyd
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was just about to say
the only one I know of is in Ross's Studio. Happy to learn that John has one too.
In Brian's photos with the striking, slightly later agitator you can see the rotoflex starting to emerge, early glimmerings.
Brad, your cool scan shows a non-suds model. Wondering if, in fact, Suds were standard on the first machines, rather than an extra ten dollars as they soon were, then 20.
Great stuff. Who wouldn't want one of these, an almost wringer automatics? Surprised Gordon doesn't have one. Maybe on his wish list. Did any one ever get this East Coast Jewel.
the only one I know of is in Ross's Studio. Happy to learn that John has one too.
In Brian's photos with the striking, slightly later agitator you can see the rotoflex starting to emerge, early glimmerings.
Brad, your cool scan shows a non-suds model. Wondering if, in fact, Suds were standard on the first machines, rather than an extra ten dollars as they soon were, then 20.
Great stuff. Who wouldn't want one of these, an almost wringer automatics? Surprised Gordon doesn't have one. Maybe on his wish list. Did any one ever get this East Coast Jewel.
and everyone forgets.......
..... about little Dickey who has had a bolt down for some time. It is a suds saver. Got it running decent but couldn't master the idler rollers for the pumps and the sudsaver. And so it sits and waits patiently right next to it's younger sibling-a frog-eyed sudsaver. Also have the matching frogeye electric dryer.
..... about little Dickey who has had a bolt down for some time. It is a suds saver. Got it running decent but couldn't master the idler rollers for the pumps and the sudsaver. And so it sits and waits patiently right next to it's younger sibling-a frog-eyed sudsaver. Also have the matching frogeye electric dryer.
Kenmore!
Does anyone know if whirlpool had the same models?
Does anyone know if whirlpool had the same models?
aldspinboy
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Hey Guys ...
Brad what a cool picture of the bolt down and your scan of the manual.
I love the icons of the progress cycle chart sort of european style in and american chart.
Thanks for posting !
John I always love the design of the bolt down every since I came to the group,
Ross ( Westyslantfront ) was the first to open my eyes to the design here as Mike mentioned.
And Ross was the first person I talked to on the site Hello Ross.
The machine looks modern for today and has and old factor of the time, in my eyes.
When I saw the video of this washing in Ross's Tuscon wash In ...The machine has a different sound and the agitation seems much faster for a Kenmore.
Here is John's machine I took at in his home...
John you have so many beautiful machines I would not know where to start on first lol...How about this one ?
And what is wrong with it please...?
Darren k.
Brad what a cool picture of the bolt down and your scan of the manual.
I love the icons of the progress cycle chart sort of european style in and american chart.
Thanks for posting !
John I always love the design of the bolt down every since I came to the group,
Ross ( Westyslantfront ) was the first to open my eyes to the design here as Mike mentioned.
And Ross was the first person I talked to on the site Hello Ross.
The machine looks modern for today and has and old factor of the time, in my eyes.
When I saw the video of this washing in Ross's Tuscon wash In ...The machine has a different sound and the agitation seems much faster for a Kenmore.
Here is John's machine I took at in his home...
John you have so many beautiful machines I would not know where to start on first lol...How about this one ?
And what is wrong with it please...?
Darren k.
aldspinboy
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Pic 2. John's Bolt Down.
I'm a huge fan of the straght vane the first agitator I encounterd at an early age.
And looking for one.
( Crosses Fingers )
I'm a huge fan of the straght vane the first agitator I encounterd at an early age.
And looking for one.
( Crosses Fingers )
aldspinboy
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Pic 3. Ross's Bolt Down.
aldspinboy
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Pic 4. To me that opening is pretty Modern.
It would be nice to see a machine out of the box look for a top loader.
( Just Wishing ) Like we all do here.
Wow Dick I did not see yours I was posting VERY NICE !
It would be nice to see a machine out of the box look for a top loader.
( Just Wishing ) Like we all do here.
Wow Dick I did not see yours I was posting VERY NICE !
aldspinboy
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Here is a video of the Round Tub Kenmore Courtesy Ross.
( Westyslantfront )
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( Westyslantfront )
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jaums
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Thanks to Golittlesport in another thread for finding this thread for me.
Very meaningful as I'm seeing the first, used, automatic washer we had. At 4 years old I was so excited when my dad and uncle went to pick it up one evening, I insisted on going. I'm told I fell asleep in the car on the way home.
I remember "helping" my dad drill the holes in the concrete floor with a star drill and hammer. The machine worked well. We were unable to use the suds saver feature because there was only one laundry sink/drain. When we moved (to the house directly across the street) at age 6, again I helped drill the holes, there was a double laundry sink ("stationary sink/tub" as we called them) so we could use the suds saver (yuck!).
I remember the nameplate looked like the one in the first photo in this thread. I don't remember the controls, probably because I was too short to see them at the time. I do remember the black knob on top of the agitator in the tub photos here.
It lasted quite a while, eventually replaced with a GE that spun the water out, often taking sox with it. A repair tech showed my mom how to lift the cover of the cabinet to remove errant sox. She was very good with mechanicals.
Amazingly, Pic 3, Ross's boltdown shows our Kenmore beside my aunt and uncle's Bendix in one photo!
The fact that our machine would run without the round cover seen in some of the pics, and the window in the Bendix, I was hooked!
For me, I was impressed with mechanicals putting themselves through their processes, whether one of my early toys (an electric fan that sounded like it had automatic transmission when it started up) to washers that actually did go from process to process. The timers were, of course, key, but they were also troublemakers, as I recall.
And the wonderful sounds!
BTW, I still have that favorite toy I received as a gift from our next door neighbor at 3 or 4 years old, the electric fan.
Would be interested in any additional information.
My Childhood Returns!
Very meaningful as I'm seeing the first, used, automatic washer we had. At 4 years old I was so excited when my dad and uncle went to pick it up one evening, I insisted on going. I'm told I fell asleep in the car on the way home.
I remember "helping" my dad drill the holes in the concrete floor with a star drill and hammer. The machine worked well. We were unable to use the suds saver feature because there was only one laundry sink/drain. When we moved (to the house directly across the street) at age 6, again I helped drill the holes, there was a double laundry sink ("stationary sink/tub" as we called them) so we could use the suds saver (yuck!).
I remember the nameplate looked like the one in the first photo in this thread. I don't remember the controls, probably because I was too short to see them at the time. I do remember the black knob on top of the agitator in the tub photos here.
It lasted quite a while, eventually replaced with a GE that spun the water out, often taking sox with it. A repair tech showed my mom how to lift the cover of the cabinet to remove errant sox. She was very good with mechanicals.
Amazingly, Pic 3, Ross's boltdown shows our Kenmore beside my aunt and uncle's Bendix in one photo!
The fact that our machine would run without the round cover seen in some of the pics, and the window in the Bendix, I was hooked!
For me, I was impressed with mechanicals putting themselves through their processes, whether one of my early toys (an electric fan that sounded like it had automatic transmission when it started up) to washers that actually did go from process to process. The timers were, of course, key, but they were also troublemakers, as I recall.
And the wonderful sounds!
BTW, I still have that favorite toy I received as a gift from our next door neighbor at 3 or 4 years old, the electric fan.
Would be interested in any additional information.
My Childhood Returns!
