1950s Youngstown Dishwasher

[dmer24]

I have a Youngstown 1950s dishwasher. It is in fairly good condition. It has some rust on lower sides and back side but not bad. I am missing the dish racks, but the unit is in working condition. I live in Calfornia and I am looking to sell so make me an offer.

 

[arbilab]

Youngstown, the only DW you could watch working. That alone is worth the price.

 

[turquoisedude]

Oh my... If I were closer, I'd be seriously looking at this! I have one with racks, but my pump is in VERY bad shape...

 

[tomturbomatic]

Actually you could watch the APEX operate also. Window lids were available in both the portable and builtin versions of the Apex. The water coming out of the 4 holes in the top of the Jet Tower obscured much of the performance in the Youngstown.

 

[turquoisedude]

Tom, do you know what year Youngstown machines went into production and what year they stopped using a lid with the viewing port??

 

[tomturbomatic]

We had a POD ad dated 1951 celebrating the first anniversary of the machine so I would guess late 49 or 1950. I don't know when the window lid option disappeared, but the machine went to a front loader by the mid-late or late-mid 50s.

 

[gansky1]

Apex and James had a window for viewing the fun too.

 

[arbilab]

Can't remember where, almost certainly family friend, but YK was the only DW I had ever seen before we got our 1953 Hotpoint.

 

[lonestar1947]

Youngstown Dishwasher

I wish that had a sink attached to it! I wonder what the shipping for it would be back here to Michigan. I really like these.