(vintage) ? brand Washer and Dryer - $100
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Groovy set of 1974/75 Kenmores
They are so cool….PAT COFFEY
They are so cool….PAT COFFEY
ovrphil
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Thanks Pat - I didn't recognize them, but liked them quite a bit, myself.
Looks like these are in a manufactured/mobile home.
We visited some friends of my mother's back in the late 70's that had this set in a brand new home. They'd bought a mobile home to live in when their ancient farmhouse was torn down and rebuilt. The new house was a huge ranch and TOL all the way. All Lady Kenmore kitchen and in the laundry, this contractor-grade set. She said she liked the washer that came in "the trailer" so much that she kept it for the new house. I believe it was the first automatic she'd had on the farm, the old plumbing couldn't support an automatic.
We visited some friends of my mother's back in the late 70's that had this set in a brand new home. They'd bought a mobile home to live in when their ancient farmhouse was torn down and rebuilt. The new house was a huge ranch and TOL all the way. All Lady Kenmore kitchen and in the laundry, this contractor-grade set. She said she liked the washer that came in "the trailer" so much that she kept it for the new house. I believe it was the first automatic she'd had on the farm, the old plumbing couldn't support an automatic.
mrb627
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Capacity/Agitator?
Do you think this is a large or standard capacity machine? Dryer looks to be a 5.9 cu.ft. machine. Wonder which agitator is in this machine. SRS perhaps?
Malcolm
Do you think this is a large or standard capacity machine? Dryer looks to be a 5.9 cu.ft. machine. Wonder which agitator is in this machine. SRS perhaps?
Malcolm
Probably standard with a matching plug door dryer.
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You guys nailed it...
On the dryer, it is indeed a 5.9 cu. ft. standard capacity. There was however a couple 6.9 cu. ft. models with the similar outward appearance of console and plug door. This model is timed dry only, no auto dry cycles.
As to the washer, I can tell you more. It is a 1974 model, 300 series. All Kenmores during this time period were relatively well featured for their series numbers, as even this 300 series has a pre-wash, two speeds, self-cleaning filter, and five temps.
This model, even in this color, was the first Kenmore that I completely re-built. I bought the machine from the outside backlot of a used appliance dealer for $5. I took it apart down to the last nut and bolt and even removed the baseplate from the cabinet. It did not need that but I just wanted to have done it. Having been sitting outside the face was a bit faded, but it was uniformly faded so I had no idea, and it still looked great. The cabinet was surface rusted though. I sanded it, coated it in anti-rust primer, and repainted it with Sears spray enamel in a can. It looked good but felt like sand paper...I wound up getting $150 for the washer a couple years later right in the knick of time before I moved to a new house. Later the returns pile from Sears coughed up another just like it.
It seems that I've seen more of these in colors than white, and I know of at least two or three Avocado machines and one white that I have stumbled across as well.
In 2012 I answered a picture-less Craigslist ad for a $30 Kenmore, and this is what greeted me:
On the dryer, it is indeed a 5.9 cu. ft. standard capacity. There was however a couple 6.9 cu. ft. models with the similar outward appearance of console and plug door. This model is timed dry only, no auto dry cycles.
As to the washer, I can tell you more. It is a 1974 model, 300 series. All Kenmores during this time period were relatively well featured for their series numbers, as even this 300 series has a pre-wash, two speeds, self-cleaning filter, and five temps.
This model, even in this color, was the first Kenmore that I completely re-built. I bought the machine from the outside backlot of a used appliance dealer for $5. I took it apart down to the last nut and bolt and even removed the baseplate from the cabinet. It did not need that but I just wanted to have done it. Having been sitting outside the face was a bit faded, but it was uniformly faded so I had no idea, and it still looked great. The cabinet was surface rusted though. I sanded it, coated it in anti-rust primer, and repainted it with Sears spray enamel in a can. It looked good but felt like sand paper...I wound up getting $150 for the washer a couple years later right in the knick of time before I moved to a new house. Later the returns pile from Sears coughed up another just like it.
It seems that I've seen more of these in colors than white, and I know of at least two or three Avocado machines and one white that I have stumbled across as well.
In 2012 I answered a picture-less Craigslist ad for a $30 Kenmore, and this is what greeted me:
Here is the answer to your agitation question Malcolm...
Kenmore Straight-Vane, standard capacity
Kenmore Straight-Vane, standard capacity
