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After letting the '63 Lady K dryer be a total tart with a couple of other machines (the 1-18, and the Filter-Flo), I decided she needed to demonstrate a little fidelity and go back to the arms of the one with whom she was meant to be.

Translation: I finally got off my butt and hauled the '63 washer in. 'Twas time.

So, here they are, together again, at last...

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Dryer in-depth

The control is for Maximum Auto Dry--on, or off. You can adjust it with a Bakelite pointer in the back of the machine in case auto-dry is too dry or not dry enough.

Usually I flip it on for jeans or towels. 99.97% of the time, everything's just perfect when it comes out of the dryer, anyhow.

There is no end-of-cycle signal.

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Lint screen

At least they're forthright enough to call it a Lint Screen and not the daft "Lint Storage" (as on the '71). "Lint Storage"? Like I'm saving it for later?

Anyhow, here's the filter and the freshener bottle. The filter is short (only about 8" or so--hush, Toggle), stiff metal wire mesh, and has an incredible amount of felt around the edge to seal it.

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Cycles

The timer gives you timed drying, air fluff, or Automatic. Automatic has only one denotation--"Set." Set it and forget it. None of this More Dry/Less Dry stuff--you. shall. learn. to. trust. the. dryer! This is a Lady Kenmore!

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Inside

The SuperRotoTinkle™ clothes sprinkler. Or, the "little pisser," as Greg christened it. ;-)

Either that, or you can put Jet-Dry in there, and have spotless clothes.

Reminds you of a D&M dishwasher, doesn't it? :-)

Due to my waning ironing, I haven't used the sprinkler yet. But I like the idea...

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More inside

The drum. The vanes are only slightly pronounced, but I guess you don't need much. As I noticed when I had the top off after replacing the belts, this baby hauls! I don't know how those kids that go for rides in the dryer do it without honking afterward.

I like the blue-speckled white porcelain drum.

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The washer

This has been posted before, but with more glam lighting :-)

The washer's a little further along than the dryer, but nothing that a fresh coat of paint can't cure. At least the porcelain (in every location) is niiiiice.

The machine sprays a LOT--which pits the chrome, and Steven thinks the previous owner was a big washer-watcher, so the paint in the front is worn thin. But, definitely fixable :-)

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Thanks, Don!! :-D

Matched sets are seriously starting to grow on me--like a fungus. Just ask Greg :-)

I didn't realize how much I needed the two turquoise machines in the laundry room, side-by-side. Now, I don't know how I could have separated them. Turquoise is, as Terry noted, such a wonderful, cool color. And, since today crested 103º, it was appreciated :-|

I also wish the dials lit up--I really couldn't believe there wasn't a bulb back there until I went hunting. What on Earth was Kenmore thinking?? :-|
 

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