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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?? :-|
 
After living with our '60 KM pair for so many years, I'd really tired of KM/WP's. Now I think they're absolutely cool, especially the late 50's/early 60's machines. A great pair, Nate! And all lit up like McDonald's, too.
 
900's sayin hi

The 900's wanted to see their older cousins...So glad you got the machines workin good and I do love the 900's VERY much =)

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Hi Nate, wow the turquoise '63 Lady Kenmore set looks great together again! I didn't realize that they were still doing a porcelain dryer drum as late as 1963.

And YAY for witchcraft, it's so much easier to use witchcraft to uninstall, move and install a new washer and dryer set than by doing it the mortal way, much easier on the back!
 
Nate they are just beautiful!!!! Quite a picture with their beautiful consoles all aglow. Don't you just love that little filtering light as well, you know that it is doing it job. Thanks for sharing.
 
Gorgeous!

Those '63 LKs had the best looking console designs IMHO.

One question. I notice it has the skinny Super Roto Swirl. Is that the original agitator? I thought that Kenmore models of the aforementioned year still had the pregnant version.

Good Luck,
James
 
SuperRotoTinkle--------

LMAO!!!!!!!! Nate you're 'killin me first thing this morning!

A beautiful set. Those old Whirly/'Kenmo dryers were really good machines and designed to dry FAST. (No surprise given the lame extraction capabilities of their matching washers!) I never paid any attention to the cycle settings---never noticed the "set" vs more-less dry. Interesting.

And about the lid on the washer----back in the day I remember a lot of people who would start the machine (water spraying everywhere)----and then they would begin to sort the laundry----tossing items into the machine as they went along, answer the telephone, etc. By the time they were finnished the machine would be half-way through the wash cycle by then! That is why the paint on Frigidaire consoles is always such a mess----what with all the detergent/bleach water splashing about. (I have a '61 WCI that has most of its console paint eaten away----a shame---- as the rest of the machine is in beautiful shape.)

Thanks for sharing----what a nice pair!
 

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