Ok, ok, ok....
I know, I know. You guys have been waiting on baited breath, and I've been holding back the goods. Since I got back on Saturday things have been CRAZY busy. BUT, I got around to shooting some photos of the machines last night, and let's just say - even I'm pretty impressed by the way things look.
First off - a big thanks to everyone. This set is certainly a dream come true. I've been on the hunt for a '59 Lady K since I first saw one years ago, here on AW. I don't know if it is the styling, the buttons, or something else, but this machine really caught my attention from the get-go. I originally had picked up a '59 Eighty from Jetaction years and years ago, but I still was yearning for a true Lady.
The story on this set actually can be tracked back to AW. A fellow posted this set about 3 years ago, after finding them in a second hand junk shop in the St. Louis metro area. He had been the first (and VERY lucky) responder to a Craigslist ad. Mr. Modtomic is a collector of many sorts, but I had actually been following him prior to his revealing on AW via his blog:
http://mistermodtomic.blogspot.com/
So, when he posted the set after following his blog for sometime, I was impressed, but more importantly, I had never forgotten this set.
Back in February, while down in St. Louis procuring the '56 Hotpoint, I had contacted Mr. Modtomic to see if he still had the Kenmores, but and more importantly, to to see if he was willing to sell. Long story short, after making him an offer, we made tentative arrangements for me to come back to St. Louis to get the set in April.
So, after waiting three years to see this set, after driving 6 hours along US 218 and US 61, here they were, in the flesh, in his garage. I had never seen a 1959 Lady Kenmore before.
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