RCA/Kenmore toploader washer

[rolltideroll]

Does anyone on here own an old RCA/Kenmore washer? I ran acrosss one in an old warehouse the other day and it works just fine, I had to change out the solenoids on the wig-wag but its a nice unit. Not sure of it's age but I know that RCA and Kenmore arent together anymore. Must be old cause I never have seen or heard of one.

 

[DADoES]

RCA and Kenmore were never connected far as I know.

RCA and Whirlpool were.

And yes, there are several RCA Whirlpool washers floating around this board.

 

[rolltideroll]

I swear to ya bro, its a RCA/Kenmore.

 

[DADoES]

A picture of it would be great. Pictures of both the usual and unusual is large part of what this board is about!

 

[goatfarmer]

RCA/Whirlpool was a team for a while,Kenmore was always it's own brand. Unless this is a machine that was made from a couple of others.

 

[rolltideroll]

You are so so right.

 

[jasonl]

Rolltide

Where in Louisiana are you?

Opelousas here.

Welcome to the club!!!

 

[rolltideroll]

Goatfarmer, I just caught your post since you posted at exactly the same time as I did. You know, I never thought that the machine may be a half breed but on the console it clearly says RCA Kenmore on it.

 

[rolltideroll]

Jason, I am near Shreveport. Do you ever have to haul off your old machines that have been parted out to the max and have become trash? I do about once a month and ya know...they are paying three bucks per hundred pounds on old machines. Thought I'd throw that in since you are from Louisiana since scrap prices vary greatly from area to area.

 

[rolltideroll]

They are considered "tin" and the mills around here refer to them as "shred."

 

[goatfarmer]

Around here,the price on appliances is $70.00 per ton. Way up from when I sold'em for a penny a pound,or couldn't give 'em away......

 

[drewz]

a little history,

I was told by an oldtimer at RCA, that RCA wanted to unload it's "Estate" brand appliances, so it entered into an agreement with Whirlpool to use "RCA" name with theirs and blend the lines into one and therefore at the end of the agreement RCA would no longer be in the major appliance business and Whirlpool would own all patents and everything belonging in the "Estate" line.

Interesting enough in early to mid 1960's in Canada, Whirlpool/Inglis, ask RCA to use the "Victor" name on major appliances to see if it helped increase the market share, this only lasted about 5 years and Whirlpool just kept everything Inglis.

However, Kenmore agreements were kept very separate, and secret. Whirlpool could not disclose or inter mingle Kenmore brand with any other Whirlpool Family Products, including agreement with the now defunct "Radio Corporation of America".