Another Vintage KitchenAid Surfaces

[pdub]

Thanks Fred. I'll email you and would love to have some scans of the service manual.
I would like to see what it says about the soap dispenser as it doesn't seem to turn over on it's own.
That is it's only flaw.

Regarding the top, I can think of a lot of cool retro designs in Formica they have available again!

Patrick

 

[rp2813]

Electra Aircraft

Steve, I too enjoyed reading about the Lockheed Electra. I grew up in a house barely a mile from the airport as the crow flies, and remember hearing the song of the Electras as they taxied for takeoff. These were the PSA Electras, and later the Air California fleet. They sounded so much more smooth and efficient than the rude roaring fan jets that were destined to replace them.

I can still hear the occassional distinctive sound of the Electras because I now live near the approach path to a federal airfield (used to be a naval air station) and the P-3 sub chasers still fly in there once in a while. That place used to house a huge fleet of them and they'd often circle around doing "touch & go" type maneuvers on a regular basis.

I never got to fly on an Electra and really wish I could have. I think I'd still remember the sights and sounds from a ride in one of those. I know they had problems early on with props going out of whack and wings snapping off, but once they fixed that they were quite reliable. Thanks again for the history lesson.

Oh, great dishwasher btw. Brings back memories of the absolute BOL Wards portable toploader that was the first dishwasher my parents bought. THAT is one BOL machine that was not worth saving, trust me. Where the KA Electra has lasted for decades, that Wards machine would have fallen apart in a fraction of the time. It was NOT built to last the way KA's were.

Ralph

 

[stevet]

Electra portables

That unit was mechanically based on the 15 series dishwashers which can put it in the 1964-1967 range of original production and yet shared some of the features of the previous generation of KA portables like the 10 thru 14 portables, most notably, the flo thru drying unit. I would imagine that the heating element was in use during the dry cycle as there was no place to mount the older style heating element under the unit like on the 10-14 machines.It probably cycles on and off, but I unfortunately tossed my old service manuals for that line. I only have the ones for the built ins not this style of portables. But they were fantastic machines.. No doubt they washed well, a full 1/2 hp pump pumping like 600 gals an hour thru a single washarm.. I bet it still turns cups upside down in the top rack!

 

[laundromat]

I will bet you they either didn't hook it up to the faucet or forgot to turn the water on once it was connected.I gave that model away to a friend with 7 children back in 1998.P found it on a jink truck.It is still running 2 and 3 times a day.

 

[exploder3211]

This looks like the 15 series brochure in the other thread.. I would honestly have BOL or MOL vintage stuff.. More classic and worth more to me. Not that a Vintage Lady would be turned down... Or a Vintage Filter Flo.. But i probably wouldnt take a TOL Frigidaire or anything.. Would never use all the buttons

 

[washertalk]

Very good point Sandy "Danemodsandy". I so agree with you.

 

[tolivac]

Western Airlines ran the Lockheed electras on their route from Rapid City to Minneapolis St-Paul during the 60's into the early 70's.I used to ride those-IT WAS GREAT FUN!!You felt like you were really flying.And when the plane flew over the Badlands-The pilot circled and dipped the wings so everyone could get a look.The takeoffs and landings on these was FUN!then the electras were replaced by 737's.No more fun airline flights-gotr boring.Turboprop and prop planes to me are almost like steam engine locomotives for trains.The flight that I rode stopped in Aberdeen,Peirre,Soux Falls on its way to Minneapolis.