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My Kenmore is da bomb! |
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Post# 70676 , Reply# 1   5/30/2009 at 09:02 (5,416 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 70707 , Reply# 3   5/30/2009 at 17:03 (5,416 days old) by beerad (Beautiful Vancouver BC)   |   | |
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Is this the same vac that was on an episode of the munsters?? I think the episode was called " Grandpa leaves home" |
Post# 70709 , Reply# 4   5/30/2009 at 17:16 (5,416 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 70710 , Reply# 5   5/30/2009 at 17:27 (5,416 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 70727 , Reply# 6   5/30/2009 at 21:32 (5,416 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 70728 , Reply# 7   5/30/2009 at 21:32 (5,416 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 70765 , Reply# 8   5/31/2009 at 06:15 (5,415 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 70781 , Reply# 9   5/31/2009 at 10:54 (5,415 days old) by jdinstl ()   |   | |
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Where did you find the pictures of my parents? That's about what our house looked like too! Could this be Mom's old vac I have? :-) |
Post# 70787 , Reply# 10   5/31/2009 at 13:01 (5,415 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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...oh wait, my Dad was Gunther Toodey. And I think Gladys Kravitz was my Aunt...or was that Clara with the doorknob collection? :-) I remember way back in 1986 on a trip to LA I went to the Movie backlot and saw 1313 Mockingbird Lane with the Limo and the coffin roadster as well as the Cleaver home and many other TV favorites. Back to the Future had just been out and the Delorean was on display as well. Dave |
Post# 70852 , Reply# 12   5/31/2009 at 20:44 (5,415 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 70899 , Reply# 13   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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And possibly a rare one--it isn't very often that you find a "torpedo tank" that actually has the "Commander" nameplate on it. And the fact that it doesn't have the door over the exhaust makes it an older one, too. Steve Holvay could give you some good information about this one. He knows more about early Kenmores than anyone I know. Jeff |
Post# 71398 , Reply# 14   6/6/2009 at 19:05 (5,409 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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This GE badged Kenmore Commander just came up on Ebay. It would seem to be not quite as 'finished' as the Kenmore - no chrome side spears, ferinstance. But it does have the wheels & front skid, the rear exhaust door and is painted all over in a silver blue Hammertone, even the dark red bakelite handle! |
Post# 71400 , Reply# 15   6/6/2009 at 19:11 (5,409 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 71401 , Reply# 16   6/6/2009 at 19:17 (5,409 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 71573 , Reply# 17   6/8/2009 at 01:46 (5,408 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Birtman Electric of Chicago made all the Kenmore vacs for Sears until they were taken over by Whirlpool in the late 1950's. That gray Kenmore looks like a poor home-made restoration job. In the places where the paint is chipped you can see the original brown, and if you look close you can see the rivets still in the shell where the Kenmore badge was. And it looks like the side trim was originally there but got knocked off at some point. Jeff |