Updated photos on the 1963-64 Kenmore 600

[randycmaynard]

Hey guys, here's some new photos of the Kemo 600 from this evening while doing a load of towels. Various shots of the control panel, motor and tranny, wash and spin action. Video is not ready yet but hope to have it up on YouTube this weekend but for now, enjoy these photos. Can't believe how good of a shape the machine is in given its age - the underside photos do reveal some surface rust on some of the parts from several years of storage and a week or two sitting outside under a shed which is where I picked it up from last Sunday.

 

[randycmaynard]

Kenmo 600......

Full control console with logo....

 

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Kenmo 600......

Wash action.....

 

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Kenmo 600......

Waterfall filter - missing the latch.... it broke off back inside - one of the repairs to be made!

 

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Kenmo 600......

Overhead shot of wash action.....

 

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Kenmo 600......

The underside - Tranny...... Classic!!

 

[randycmaynard]

Kenmo 600......

Motor and Tranny.....

 

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Kenmo 600......

Wider shot - Motor and Tranny.....

 

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Kenmo 600......

Spin action with the spray/shower rinse.... Camera did stop action but it was spinning away!

 

[randycmaynard]

Kenmo 600......

One more spin action (stop action!).....

 

[70series]

Love those shots, thanks for posting them. The tranny looks pristine, and I can read the serial numbers on the belts. You've got a winner here for sure. I can't wait for the videos.

Have a good one,
James

 

[randycmaynard]

Kenmo 600......

Final photo for tonight!

 

[randycmaynard]

When the videos are ready.....

I'll post links on this thread for the videos when they are ready. The older post below from this past Sunday has the initial photos while it was in the truck bed and afterward.

 

[appnut]

I odn't think I got to congratulate you on the earlier thread. This is simply a very beautiful machine that is in such great shape for its age. Hardly looks used.

 

[circlew]

Randy, that looks like a great machine. So glad you were able to get it.

 

[chromecap]

This is the very first washer i remember at 1 to 3 yrs. old. I actually started getting chocked up when i saw this thread.

I actually put a chair on front of this machine to see it wash from above and the chair slipped out from underneath me and the only thing i remember was me screaming with litterally a thread of my toungue hanging!! Thank the lord i was as young as i was,...i have loved these things since, and..well iguess there is no and.

Pat, formerly known as agiflow. Missed you appnut as well as many others.

 

[appnut]

Missed you appnut as well as many others.

Aww, thank you Pat. You made my morning, possibly my whole day. It's good to have ya back!! Don't be a stranger around here!!!

 

[randycmaynard]

Tom....

Got this machine from a young lady in Burns, TN which is about 30 miles west of Nashville - it had belonged to the mother of a friend who gave her the washer after hers died. The machine had been in storage since the friend's mother had to move in with son due to not being able to live alone any longer and she had not used the washer very much. Friend's mother bought it new in 1964!

Bob, thanks - had been look for "mom's" washer so it was a great find and to have it in such good condition was a real nice suprise - icing on the cake!

The weekend of March 28th will bring the addition of the 70s Westinghouse frontloading spacemates with it's matching dryer - the 2nd of three machines for my small collection.
Still looking for the elusive '56 Westy slant front washer - that one will be much more difficult to find so, it's back to the computer, CL, thrift stores, estate sales etc!

 

[dnastrau]

Beautiful!

What a great machine Randy! Congratulations!

Andrew S.