Two pairs that just came in

[agiflow]

I remember as a kid, a good friends mom had this same KM washer.

I always loved the smell of Tide and the rythmic sounds that machine made...( as only a whirlmore can. ;-) ) when i would go to their home.

The flickering console light and scrubber cap with detergent cup on top...ahhh, those were fond memories.

BTW,...anybody know what year these KM's are from?

 

[westytoploader]

Versatronic said: I guess I'm the only person here who think's coppertone brown is hideous on any appliance.

YIKES...AAAAAAAAAAH!!! Como puedes decir esto? Somebody needs a ker-slap...Jason we're gonna need to get the big guns for this one...

;-)

 

[hoover1060]

Both gorgeous!

I think both sets are absolutely stunning! Look at the styling on those Kenmores!
The Maytags take me back, my mom had a similar pair from 1977-1996!
Congrats on the beautiful finds!

 

[Versatronic]

What can I say

I just hate that color on appliances. I also can not stand wood grain on appliances. It just doesn't seem right to me.

 

[powerfin64]

BEAUTIFUL SET'S!

Im in love with the Lady K set( is that suprising??) Inside pictures of both sets PLEASE!

Rich

 

[gregm]

very nice

awesome, the tags look Mint, I love the old "centered" timer. Love the kenmores too, I have the dryer in white .........

 

[powerfin64]

Why can't machine's made in todays standards, look and be built like those??
you CAN'T PAY me to own machines made like they are now!

Rich

 

[aamassther]

Wow, those are beautiful machines. Those coppertone LK's bring back childhood memories for me also. We had the 70 series of that era. Great machines, I loved the scrubber top, measuring cup on the agitator and the backlit dials that you turned clockwise. These are treasures.

 

[bostonwash]

the gold console maytags.

just my opinion, I liked the maytags with the gold trim control panel, chrome trim, and the crystal dial knob.

It's one thing to have one of any of these machines but to have 2, yes 2 sets! You are a lucky man.

 

[mayken4now]

It's a matter of taste folks! We are all diffenent in our own way(s)!

Steve

 

[Cybrvanr]

I like some of the more "solid" colors offered on appliances these days. Plain white is pretty boring. Some of the earth tones of the seventies, like Harvest Gold, coppertone, and the all to popular alvacado green are a little better...but still my favorite are the metallic-flake colors used on the new HE3T's and stuff. That metallic blue and maroon red are the absloute best colors to paint appliances...it's like the nice paint job on a sorts car!

 

[rickr]

I think the Kenmores are 1963 or 1964 models. Isn't that the same control panel of the turquoise set Robert sold via ebay a while back?

The Maytags are 1970's models,as the dryer has the larger door.

They are both very nice vintage machines. Coppertone is not my favorite either. However when finding vintage machines that are forty plus years old in this sort of original condition,one must make an exception. Nice catch!!

 

[fixerman]

IIRC the Kenmores are 1963. Look on the model no. The first two digits after the 110 is the year.

 

[fixerman]

I just confirmed they are 1963 by going to Sears website. They are probably model 1106305801 or close to it.

 

[kenmore1978]

'63 LK

This is the washer that replaced a '55 frog-eyed KM that was in our house when we moved in. The '55 was repaired and used for a few years, after whichit was replaced by the '63 LK and given to a friend where it soldiered on for quite a few more years. The "63 was replaced by a '78 LK that we still have but is out of service at the moment.

 

[toggleswitch]

Speaking of brown appliances, do you want ugly?

Let me set the stage. Parents bought a house in '73 that was built in '55. No dryer no DW, no A/C inadeuate hot water, but I digress.

1-Brown HARDWICK Brand 30" gas range with wasitihigh broier and SS door- TOL in its day which was late 60's early 70's.

2- Brown NORGE bottom-mount frezer refrigerator.

3- Light wood pine kitchen cabinets with copper hardware. "Country look"

4- red flocked wallpaper(vevety fleur-de lis pattern.

5- READY for this? Bull's eyes pattern (but square)
1 foot square (30 cm)ORANGE tile in center, 1 inch (2.5 cm) black trim around that. Then a row of WHITE tiles surrounding that one. More black trim. Then a row of ORANGE tiles surrounding that one. REPEAT to perimeter walls of kitchen.

6- Mom had a YELLOW wall-phone put in in anticipation of the pending color changes.

7- IIRC the dining set had RED pleather chairs and backs.

OMG-
I was SO relieved when the floor and walls became beige,and the dining set became brown pleather. I am breaking out in hives just THINKING about it.

Two beautiful 50's stoves were tossed out.
One was ustairs int he rental apt, 40 inches wide (100 cm) and the other was in the basement in the laundry room- 20 inches wide (50 cm). The space for the stove in the above (BOZO the clown's) main kitchen was originally 36 inches wide (45 cm).

 

[runematic]

Thanks for the great feedback. I'll post a few more pics & info as time permits in the next day or so. Thanks again.

 

[goatfarmer]

Personally,I like coppertone,especially the shaded versions like these.Sears had a lighter,non shaded coppertone color that I didn't care for.

kennyGF

 

[roto204]

I'm with ya, Versatronic...

Coppertone is icky, and Avocado only works if everything down to your drawer-pulls are avocado as well.

And--I'll come right out and say it--if I found a 1-18 in that poppy-magma-hell color, I'd...I'd...

...have been happy with a plastic-tub GE! Feh!!

*bursts into tears and runs off*

 

[frontaloadotmy]

tag dryer

Hey rune, Is that a "Halo of heat" dryer? I have a set of HG
tags with the the little power light above the timer dials
(white plastic faces, no jewelry) I think mine were bought new in 1972; the dryer is still HoH. I would have any machine of that era colors if it came my way with Avocado being preferred to Coppertone, then HG. Yours look very nice.
Any dispensers under the hood of that Kenmore?