Vintage fridge auction, but a 50's Kenmore washer with it!!

[rickr]

Check out the pixs. Anyone want a basement queen to restore??
Looks pretty good, plus the fridge isn't too bad either. Maybe someone here could snag them both.

At least, I hope someone can snag the washer. It's even got the cool rounded corners on the cabinet.

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[toploader55]

I've never seen

Hydro or Swirl on a control panel.

 

[goatfarmer]

Go get 'em, Rick! Aurora's only about 3 hrs or so.....8^)

 

[frigilux]

Years ago I had a 1959 Sears catalog, and that looks quite similar to lower-end models shown in it.

 

[northwesty]

Here is a picture of that washer from the ad. There was a matching dryer here that I was thinking of getting just a week ago or so, but it dissappeared off of craigslist when I went to check up on it.

 

[northwesty]

Here is the dryer

I am just surprised how this kinda matched set shows up within a week or so...

 

[appnut]

Brian, that dryer may appear to be a "match" but they are significantly different. That dryer is actually a match to a 1959 or 1960 Kenmore 70 series washer, probably 2 models down from the Lady Kenmore. I am willing to bet you the washer is even a semi-automatic, not fully automatic. That syle panel got pushed farther & farther down the line as it went into 1960 through 1962. There's no chrom on the front of the washer, like on the dryer, and there's no metal/chrome strip at all on the molded handle scoop on the washer door. Doesn't even look like it had a waterfall filter.

 

[gansky1]

Good call, Bob. That is a semi-auto washer. I don't think Hydro-Swirl was on any other model. Fill with a hose even!

You know I'd walk away with that thing washing and come back two days later!

This is a page from the 1960 Sears Catalog - the rest of the scans are in the archives - link...

http://www.automaticwasher.org/TD/ARCHIVE/VINTAGE/2008/14440x93.htm

 

[pulsator]

OOOOOOO...... I definetly want that washer!!!! I wonder if would clean up nicely? I just LOVE that drum!!!! GORGEOUS!

 

[jaytag]

Semi Automatic

So you hose fill and then fill again for rinse

 

[goatfarmer]

Semi automatic? Might as well have a wringer.....

 

[rickr]

semi automatic????

Must have been tight asses that bought that new...lol!!

The fridge is nice though. Looks like all porcelain, inside and out. I bet it would clean up really well. The finsh has not darkened like the washer, so I think it is porcelain. Love the deco look of it too!

 

[athanasius80]

Well if anyone goes for the washer I'd go for the Coldspot!