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redcarpetdrew
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So the matching washer is a 'Alphabet' washer... Wow! That'll be a challenge to find, esp in pink. Thank you for the scans. I will say that I've line dried clothes and they do not smell anything remotely like what's coming out of the 'Air Freshener' bottle...
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Just tp let you know. This was there top of the line one. The others where lower priced then this one like the 70 and so on.
This it what it says about the bottle of air stuff.
Clothes deadorizer for all all kenmore dryers with air freshener feature. 2 bottles approximately 1 year supply postpaid.
98 g 1553 part no 233188 shpg. wt. 8 oz $1.50
This it what it says about the bottle of air stuff.
Clothes deadorizer for all all kenmore dryers with air freshener feature. 2 bottles approximately 1 year supply postpaid.
98 g 1553 part no 233188 shpg. wt. 8 oz $1.50
mickeyd
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DANG--the glare has occluded the colors on the dial which ar
Like you, I thought the light behind the dial was broken on mine too, but there's nothing there, Andy--DRAT. Can one be rigged? They'd be so much prettier.
Pink & Turk together--now there'd be a show stopper.
Gettin' a kick out of your being unable to read a Kenmore serial number. A whiz like you!!!??? Laughing hard but dinner has digested.
Maybe in a year or two, we could loan them back and forth. I'll be up for any kind of trading and sharing.
Agree totally about the Salvation Army. Any decent sized-city has the mother store where all the trucks drop their loads. There is always something amazing there. Scored my first Hoover TT at the Mother Store here.
Like you, I thought the light behind the dial was broken on mine too, but there's nothing there, Andy--DRAT. Can one be rigged? They'd be so much prettier.
Pink & Turk together--now there'd be a show stopper.
Gettin' a kick out of your being unable to read a Kenmore serial number. A whiz like you!!!??? Laughing hard but dinner has digested.
Maybe in a year or two, we could loan them back and forth. I'll be up for any kind of trading and sharing.
Agree totally about the Salvation Army. Any decent sized-city has the mother store where all the trucks drop their loads. There is always something amazing there. Scored my first Hoover TT at the Mother Store here.
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That baby is so incredibly gorgeous!
ITS MINT! Our 80s dryer on the inside was also FILLED with lint. thats why the lady said it didn't work. Horridly clogged.
The inside of our dryer isn't even as nice as this! No rust! Wow!
I love Pank. When I move out I am going to have a pank kitchen. With pank appliances, and a washer/dryer combo not far off from the kitchen. A hoover 65 promptly will sit in the corner.
ITS MINT! Our 80s dryer on the inside was also FILLED with lint. thats why the lady said it didn't work. Horridly clogged.
The inside of our dryer isn't even as nice as this! No rust! Wow!
I love Pank. When I move out I am going to have a pank kitchen. With pank appliances, and a washer/dryer combo not far off from the kitchen. A hoover 65 promptly will sit in the corner.
Our main Salvation Army is just a few blocks from me, but they only open the "As-Is" appliance yard once a week for an auction and it's over-run with people who sell used appliances. They're not interested in putting many machines on the sales floor in any Salvation Army stores around here anymore.
Andy, let us know when you try out the sprinkler. That is so deluxe! What a great find!
Andy, let us know when you try out the sprinkler. That is so deluxe! What a great find!
Very Strange....
No light behind the timer dial? I distinctly remember my grandmother's LK 800 dial being lit up...which is what made it so beautiful in the dark since you could see those colors. How strange...wonder if my memory is failing me...
No light behind the timer dial? I distinctly remember my grandmother's LK 800 dial being lit up...which is what made it so beautiful in the dark since you could see those colors. How strange...wonder if my memory is failing me...
Backlighting and the 63 LK in general....
There is no back-lighting on the knobs of the 1963 LKs. There is in the 64s, and in the 63 model 70s however.
To the best of my knowledge, this for me is the FIRST time I've ever seen a pink Kenmore in the post-revision "squared-off" cabinet. I've certainly seen the 57 Ladies of Robert's and Dick_S, but not sure that I have ever seen a revised cabinet Pank.
I'm thinking perhaps a 'registry' of 1963 LK owners would be cool here? I know of five washers out there, or might I say "should" be out there.
I have a white suds model that was formerly Don Shire's. I know of another white one with Ted in Baltimore, and two Turq machines - one in Phoenix and the beautiful example that MickeyD enjoys. There was a beautiful white set owned by a former member called Wigwagster in PA (his name is Glen) but I don't know if they are still around or not. They were pristine and very low mileage in 2006/2007 when he posted about them. There may be more out there - if anyone has another, let's hear about them!!
The 63 Lady Kenmore was a very highly produced model. I think in part because they were so attractive, and probably too because when the 64 3-speed washer came out, the old model remained avaiable either was a cheaper alternative or to go with the other half that a customer may have already had.
My personal favorite is this machine in Coppertone. I have a Coppertone dryer, and would love to marry a Coppertone 63 washer with it. I saw a Coppertone one in the Sears service dept. in 1981 that had been left outside in the Denver winter. I have never forgotten that washer.
Anyway, if anyone knows of more of these machines out there, please let me know! They were once everywhere, now they're rare gems.
Gordon
There is no back-lighting on the knobs of the 1963 LKs. There is in the 64s, and in the 63 model 70s however.
To the best of my knowledge, this for me is the FIRST time I've ever seen a pink Kenmore in the post-revision "squared-off" cabinet. I've certainly seen the 57 Ladies of Robert's and Dick_S, but not sure that I have ever seen a revised cabinet Pank.
I'm thinking perhaps a 'registry' of 1963 LK owners would be cool here? I know of five washers out there, or might I say "should" be out there.
I have a white suds model that was formerly Don Shire's. I know of another white one with Ted in Baltimore, and two Turq machines - one in Phoenix and the beautiful example that MickeyD enjoys. There was a beautiful white set owned by a former member called Wigwagster in PA (his name is Glen) but I don't know if they are still around or not. They were pristine and very low mileage in 2006/2007 when he posted about them. There may be more out there - if anyone has another, let's hear about them!!
The 63 Lady Kenmore was a very highly produced model. I think in part because they were so attractive, and probably too because when the 64 3-speed washer came out, the old model remained avaiable either was a cheaper alternative or to go with the other half that a customer may have already had.
My personal favorite is this machine in Coppertone. I have a Coppertone dryer, and would love to marry a Coppertone 63 washer with it. I saw a Coppertone one in the Sears service dept. in 1981 that had been left outside in the Denver winter. I have never forgotten that washer.
Anyway, if anyone knows of more of these machines out there, please let me know! They were once everywhere, now they're rare gems.
Gordon
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She's a beauty! The drum of my Frigidaire dryer looks worse than that and it's only 6 years old or so. What is the setting next to the wiring diagram for? Is that to adjust the automatic setting or longer drying time for both automatic and timed drying?
1963 L K WASHERS
The 1963 LKs were indeed very popular for several reasons, the main one of corse is that they stayed in production for aprox three years as Gordon said. But I think it was also because these LKs were not so over the top compared with the five LK models that came before this one, the price was a little lower and people were starting to feel better about the economy as things were improving after the election of President Kennedy in 1960.
The 1963 LKs were indeed very popular for several reasons, the main one of corse is that they stayed in production for aprox three years as Gordon said. But I think it was also because these LKs were not so over the top compared with the five LK models that came before this one, the price was a little lower and people were starting to feel better about the economy as things were improving after the election of President Kennedy in 1960.
mickeyd
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John, that's an amazing idea
It was the age of American Camelot, Hope and Glamor, and Lady K's went flying out of Sears. So cool. Well, John, it's actually brilliant. I am impressed.
It was the age of American Camelot, Hope and Glamor, and Lady K's went flying out of Sears. So cool. Well, John, it's actually brilliant. I am impressed.
Very nice find - that dryer looks just mint!
I wonder if the Speed Queen shed a tiny tear when you left her at the dance all alone for the flashy harlot in pink? ;-)
I wonder if the Speed Queen shed a tiny tear when you left her at the dance all alone for the flashy harlot in pink? ;-)
rollermatic
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they are all
beautiful!
beautiful!
SRSwirl / Michael -
The 1964 Lady Kenmore model is very different in control panel, as is the 1965 yet again. The 64 has a full-width console light instead of the block light on the left. I have one, I'll have to photograph it for you.
John -
I think you're absolutely right about the 'over the top' nature of the previous Lady Kenmores. My Mom and I have had several discussions over the years about how she choose some of her first appliances. I realized that some of the things they did back then in the early days set the stage for how they did them later. In the case of their 1961 Kenmore 70 purchase, Mom said that the machine offered what she wanted, and that the top of the line was 'too much' - both in terms of fancy and in price, though I think she would have loved to have a TOL just to know she had one. I am vaguely familiar with a 1961 Lady, and yes indeed, the 70 was vastly less complicated and easier to use, agree?
I wasn't aware about the economic situation in the early 60s (must not have paid attention that day in American History) but I remember very well the recession in 1981/1983, and what you elude to happened in the 80s also. My first-hand experience has yielded few 1982 model Kenmores for example, but a veritable plethora of 1983/1985 build machines. I have probably seen 10 or 15 1983 models for every one 1982 model. The machines are hardly different, so sales volume would have been determined by the economic times. Good thought!
Gordon
The 1964 Lady Kenmore model is very different in control panel, as is the 1965 yet again. The 64 has a full-width console light instead of the block light on the left. I have one, I'll have to photograph it for you.
John -
I think you're absolutely right about the 'over the top' nature of the previous Lady Kenmores. My Mom and I have had several discussions over the years about how she choose some of her first appliances. I realized that some of the things they did back then in the early days set the stage for how they did them later. In the case of their 1961 Kenmore 70 purchase, Mom said that the machine offered what she wanted, and that the top of the line was 'too much' - both in terms of fancy and in price, though I think she would have loved to have a TOL just to know she had one. I am vaguely familiar with a 1961 Lady, and yes indeed, the 70 was vastly less complicated and easier to use, agree?
I wasn't aware about the economic situation in the early 60s (must not have paid attention that day in American History) but I remember very well the recession in 1981/1983, and what you elude to happened in the 80s also. My first-hand experience has yielded few 1982 model Kenmores for example, but a veritable plethora of 1983/1985 build machines. I have probably seen 10 or 15 1983 models for every one 1982 model. The machines are hardly different, so sales volume would have been determined by the economic times. Good thought!
Gordon
jeb
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Lady Kenmore Dryer
This was the set my parents bought when I was a mear slip of a boy. They wouldn't let me go with them to pick it out and I was VERY upset about it. It replaced a Westinghouse slantfront pair. I remember the off-balance singnal being very loud and running from the laundry room just before the spin cycle "just in case" the load was unbalanced. I also remember my mother tring the laundry sprinkler in the dryer door but it did not wet the clothes evenly so she went back to the sprinkler in the pepsi bottle. JEB
This was the set my parents bought when I was a mear slip of a boy. They wouldn't let me go with them to pick it out and I was VERY upset about it. It replaced a Westinghouse slantfront pair. I remember the off-balance singnal being very loud and running from the laundry room just before the spin cycle "just in case" the load was unbalanced. I also remember my mother tring the laundry sprinkler in the dryer door but it did not wet the clothes evenly so she went back to the sprinkler in the pepsi bottle. JEB
Now that is just beautiful. JE and I had one in coppertone in a house we rented when we moved from Reno to Oregon in 1992. It was a great dryer and clothes came out nice and soft. It was so quiet you hardly knew it was there. In the kitchen that is. I have gone to the as is store many times. I still have a few things I bought 20 years ago when it was over off 4th and valley. Enjoy and keep in touch. Dano
