1960 portable topload Westy Dishwasher in Ohio

[akronman]

Right in my home town, but I don't have the space or the $$$

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Westing...0554167438?pt=Dishwashers&hash=item2a09ddf48e

 

[turquoisedude]

WOW!!!

That is very much like the one I grew up with! $300 is kind of pricey, though...
Wonder if it is an impeller model?

 

[appnut]

I think it's a wash-arm model.

 

[combo52]

WH TL PORTABLE DW

Its a D&M machine not a true WH.

 

[akronman]

topload Westy D/W

I know of D&M, sort of. If it's truly been used rarely and stored all these years, what do you think of $300? It would really fit my retro kitchen perfectly, not like the working 80's Hotpoint I currently use.
Thanks
Mark

 

[rollermatic]

personally i think

300.00 is very pricey! i have a lot of dishwashers in my collection, about 35 and i have rarely paid more than 150 bucks for even some of the most beautiful and vintage machines, including many top loaders and some impeller machines. 200.00 max is what i would offer!

but that's just me, guess it's value depends on how much it is wanted by someone!

 

[maytagbear]

Contact the seller,

and make them an offer, for pity's sake. Don't be shy(!)

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[tomturbomatic]

That woodgrain on the panel looks a lot later than 1960; more like 70s. The 1960 WH dw would be an impeller machine with blue trim and no buttons. The deluxe model with the water booster had a backsplash and two small dials with tall handles, one to turn the booster off and on and one that was the timer. The standard machine had no backsplash and just one dial for the timer. The machine was nowhere near $300 new and is overpriced by a seller who thinks he has something old that will make him rich fast.

 

[mikepaquette]

Sitting in my basement storage

Mint Westinghouse dishwasher. Does a great job I must admit.

 

[mikepaquette]

#2

#2

 

[akronman]

pics of Ebay Westy DW

next 3 posts are the specific Ebay dishwasher, from the owner. I appreciate everyone's advice about $300 being high, we'll see what happens.
Thanks
Mark

 

[akronman]

pic #2 Westinghouse DW on ebay

#2 of 3 pics

 

[akronman]

3rd and final pic, Westinghouse Dishwasher on Ebay in Ohio

3rd, final

 

[rollermatic]

thats odd

it's got the black spray tube (exactly the same) as one of my d&m kenmore top loaders. mine has a top roto rack however. i was surprised to see that spray tube used on this machine since there is no top rotating rack.

learn something new everyday on this ite!

 

[tomturbomatic]

I remember seeing low end KM top load portable DWs in the mid to late 60s with that black douche nozzle extending partway under a stationary top rack and thinking it was almost the lamest thing in the store, which in Sears was saying a hell of a lot. The only thing lamer was the cheapest model with the nozzle between two halves of a stationary rack with no middle section to impede access to the lower rack, almost as bad as the top rack in the Frigidaire that Robert had at the 2001 wash-in. Note the difference between the detergent dispenser cups in the D&M machine and the genuine tilt-out flush through dispenser in the genuine WH portable. Even the rack pins are different with the WH pins having that distinctive kink partway up and the difference between the nice WH silverware basket and the D&M basket is obvious. The D&M Westinghouse did get to use the oval WH buttons.

 

[rollermatic]

def a classic d&m machine

and parts are still readily available, the pump seal is on e bay now for about 3 bucks each. i have bought them from this seller before and they fit every d&m machine i have. got a motor from larry in parma last year for 100 bucks.

i would think $100.00 would be a fair price for this machine after seeing these latest pics. it does look very nice, love the control panel! probably won't need any major fix for quite some time seeing how pristine it looks!

since i am in cinti if no one else grabs it and the seller will come down in price i would probably run to akron to get it. i have picked up many nice machines from the akron area! seems to be good luck for me at least!

 

[a440]

I have a Ford - Philco version of this Westinghouse Dishwasher that Steve Riley gave to me years ago.
Actually a very powerful wash system.
Brent

 

[frigilux]

I'm with Tom on this one: I doubt that's a 1960 model. Wasn't that little red-orange Westinghouse logo used much later than that---early 70's, perhaps?

 

[turquoisedude]

Early 70s seems more like it for sure. I remember those Sears Kenmore dishwashers that had the 'half arm' for the upper rack. Could that have been a leftover design from the roto-rack models??

 

[tomturbomatic]

leftover design from the roto-rack models??

yes. Actually there were still front load roto rack machines, but the steel necessary to support a roto rack in a top loader could no longer be found in these machines. I don't even think the lower rack was strong enough to support the rigging necessary for a roto rack.