Unique dryer

[supersurgilator]

Does anybody know what kind of dryer this is, or how old it might be? Judging by the door it looks to be either Kenmore or Whirlpool, too bad it isn't for sale along with the newer washer.

http://cgi.ebay.com/LG-Dehumidfier-...39:1|66:2|65:12|240:1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

[tuthill]

Looks to me like a Kenmore "plastic top". But I could be totally wrong, experts will know for sure.

 

[appnut]

It's a Kenmore!!!

 

[cleanteamofny]

No doubt about it, it's a Kenmore.

 

[cycla-fabric]

That's a mid 70's dryer somewhere around 73 - 75 my aunt had the matching washer to that dryer.

Doug

 

[70series]

Yep, that is at most as far back as 1972. I am guessing it is a Model 70 or thereabout.

Have a good one,
James

 

[kenmoreguy64]

It's actually a 60-series Kenmore dryer, 1972 model. These panels were issued with two trim schemes - this one being the "better" of the two. I would love to have that dryer and a washer to go with.

I have a washer of the other panel style - same base panel but with white and gold paint only. There were six or seven washer models in the whole line-up and three dryers (that I know of), this dryer being the best of the batch.

Check it out - a full-width door and a 60-series model. That is how feature-laden the machines were in the mid 70s.

 

[kenmoreguy64]

On the plastic tops, great thought Jed, but the panel on this machine was all metal, and really rather heavy, especially to today's standards. What was odd though is that the plastic tops were offered side-by-side that year and the next, in many cases using the same timers, etc.

This dryer is somewhat interesting in that it was the only one of that whole family, including the plastic tops of the time, to have a full-width door. It was a good model that had the electronic sensors in the drum for the automatic cycle (vs. sensing thermostatically), and it had variable temperatures usable on that cycle and the timed dry.

I thought this panel was much better looking, though the plastic tops were easier to service, access-wise.

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Check out picture 10 of the Aberdeen farm - there you can see a matching washer 'bout mid-pic, facing a Whirlpool.

As you can probably tell, I love these models and they're on my dream machine list.....