Vintage 1957 Kenmore Washer and Dryer, $200 each (Kalamazoo, MI)

[twintubdexter]

Fond memories...

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;">Sears must have sold tons of those and similar models because tons of them showed up as trades. I have always wanted a pair of them. But aside from being far far away, I have come to realize this is 2017, not 1965 when as a kid I and could take the grey back off one off those dryers and just find lint, dirt and maybe a dead mouse. Today, even if the outside looks nice, what you often discover is something that looks like "Titanic Revisited". There sure were a lot of very nice appliances way back then you could get for practically nothing. Maybe that's what heaven will be like...the back corner of the parking lot at the big appliance store with me wandering around among the trade-ins for eternity...although I doubt it since I haven't been that good.</span>

 

[diesirae7]

Anyone

has anyone called about them yet or looked at them? They are about 4.5 hour drive from me.

 

[launderess]

Considering state of that house

I'd want danger money just to go in, much less fetch that washer and dryer.

What are all those water jugs in aid of then? Is there no potable water in the place?

Then there is the obvious, those machines are no where new "new" much less *NIB*

Never used, perhaps. But that could mean anything from bought new and left sat sitting after installation (highly unlikely IMHO). Or purchased from someone else and never used.

You can see from pictures discoloration, rust marks and whatever else goes up at least one side of the washer. Now I've heard of rising damp on walls, but a washing machine?

 

[ken]

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