Who said match sets are hard to find?

[danemodsandy]

Funny Thing....

....About matched sets - as well as anything else you're looking for:

It either happens easily, or it's like pulling teeth. Around last Christmastime, I had a matched set of Maytags (A806 washer, DE806 dryer, both White) just fall into my lap. They weren't even expensive; in fact, the washer was free.

But finding a GE range like I wanted? A three-year search, and more drama than you'd find in a boxed set of Dynasty: The Complete Series.

Seems like there's nothing between these two extremes.

 

[jetcone]

Nice finds there

Will, I love mine! Now be sure to be aware when moving the  washer especially w/o the weights - the tub can slide so far that some snubbers can be knocked off their pins, and fall completely out of the machine. Don't want to loose any of those!

 

 

 

[turquoisedude]

It looks great, Will! Good idea about removing the tub counter-weights - I never thought about that. The tub looks excellent and the fact that you got the Laundromat to spin is a very good sign. I'll email you about changing the oil in the speed changer - if the machine has been sitting idle for a few years you may want to consider it.

I wonder if that 'M' designated that the machine was made in Mansfield, Ohio? Heaven forbid it be confused with the lowly CLB-6 made in Hamilton, Ontario... LOL

 

[classiccaprice]

Thanks everyone!

 

Paul- Perhaps you are right.  It is interesting though.  I'll gladly take any help I can get with advice/etc.  I need to get/find a service manual.

 

Jon- With all shipping braces in place that tub is going nowhere, but I appreciate the advice.  I notice one of my snubbers looks different than the rest... perhaps it was a replacement.

 

There is still more to come though!  Remember the dryer I picked up last month?  I.E. the only other machine I own without a mate...

 

[classiccaprice]

Well... Meet my new 800 washer!

I picked it up from Chris (sorry forgot your username) today!  I officially have 3 matching sets and am cashing out while my lucky streak is going strong.

 

 

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[classiccaprice]

pretty!

 

[classiccaprice]

money shot

 

[classiccaprice]

model tag

 

[classiccaprice]

bottom

 

[classiccaprice]

Dave's impressed!

 

[danemodsandy]

That Pair of Kenmore 800s....

....Is the only non-Maytag set I've ever coveted.

The reason is that my grandmother had them - her first automatics. The dryer is still in use by my aunt.

A set of those is the only thing I'd trade Maytags for, Will.

Well, those or a '67 Caprice four-door hardtop with the 427, Turbo Hydra-Matic, Comfortron, 8-track and power everything.

Don't want much, do I?

 

[combo52]

1968 Kenmore 800 Washer

WOW Will that washer looks to be in pretty good condition, AND you didn't tell me it is a Suds-Saver model, it appears to be very original, which is almost always a good thing, so it was diffidently a lightly used washer.

 

The machine still has the original SC lint filter, water pump and a Delco motor and appears to be otherwise completely unmolested.

 

Interestingly Sandy my Grandmothers first and only automatic washer was also this exact machine, WO SS, and I agree I would diffidently trade this washer for any MT DC ever built if I was actually going to wash my laundry in it.

 

[danemodsandy]

John:

My grandmother's was also minus the Suds-Saver feature, which puzzled me when I thought about it in later years - she was a lady with a great deal of respect for a dollar.

I finally figured it out. Prior to saving her dressmaking money (she was the best damn custom seamstress in East Point, GA, in an era when that title really meant something) up for the 800 pair, she'd been doing laundry for years with two wringer washers and a clothesline. Over the years, I helped her with laundry as much as she'd permit (which was not much), and I witnessed a lot of hassle, like laundry getting resoiled by soot or nearby construction or getting blown off the clothesline.

What I finally realized she had wanted with the 800s was to push a button and not do another damned thing. She had definitely earned that right. Her entire approach to laundry changed once the 800s were in place - she'd been sticking to the "old ways," with Clorox and bluing and Faultless starch that had to be dissolved.

After the 800s, she started using spray starch, Miracle White, all kinds of new products. The quality of her results did not suffer one whit; she was as adept with the new ways as she'd been with the old ones.

 

[classiccaprice]

Thanks fellas.  John, how do you decode the dates on the Kenmores?  I'm just curious how close this was made to the dryer?  I've attached a link to the thread that I posted when I got the dryer.  I know the Maytags are two months apart.  I'm not sure on the Westinghouses.  Does anyone know how to decode them?

She ain't no lady...

... but she's mine! Here's my new 1965 Kenmore 800 series dryer.

www.automaticwasher.org

 

[combo52]

1968 Kenmore 800 Washer

Will the washer is a little older being made the 28th week of 1968 in the Clyde Ohio factory and the dryer was made the 43rd week of 1968 in the Marion Ohio factory. Whirlpool is still running both these factories full time and they are probably the two biggest factories in the world making washers and clothes dryers.

 

[70series]

Congratulations on finding these sets. The Kenmore washer looks like it has seen light use. It's great that it has the original parts still intact. Hopefully they all will work okay.

Have a good one,
James

 

[mitch]

Nice!

Those look great!!

 

[turquoisedude]

The Kenmore looks wonderful!! I think you'll enjoy having the bleach and fabric softener dispensers - it's a real luxury to not have to remember to add them manually.

 

[appnut]

you'll enjoy having the bleach and fabric softener dispe

I believe the Maytag 702 has agitator in-post dispenser cup for fs and there's also the famous Maytag bleach dispenser which gradually adds the bleach once agitation begins. 

 

[carmine]

I'm glad that Kenmore could go to someone that wanted it. (I am the former owner) Someday when I move into a "keeper" house rather than the latest investment, I'll build a 1st floor laundry with matched vintage appliances. In the meantime, my matched Calypso set is still getting the job done.

I am rather surprised no one has noticed the Zenith porthole, or RCA CTC-10 visable in the background... Or what is in the garage? Here are some other vintage things that shared the truck bed on the ride down from Detroit...