not a Reversa-Jet
The dishwasher in the picture was made long after the Reversa-Jet had gone away, sadly.
Sandy hit the nail on the head when he said the Tappans of that era were the bargain basement of appliances. By the early seventies the company that made the innovative Fabulous 400 range and the well engineered, sterling performing Reversa-Jet, had gone down the tubes. It had sold out for "bargain basement" appliance line produced for the masses.
My sister and brother-in-law had this dishwasher. They had a house built in early 1974, and one of the builder's upgrade was the "Wonder Kitchen" which included this dishwasher. So theirs was manufactured either very early '74 or late '73. My brother-in-law often laughed and said he knew why the builder called it the "Wonder Kitchen." It made him "wonder" why he ever bought it to begin with.
This D&M dishwasher was even worse than the D&M Modern Maid DW that my parents had. It had an unbelievably cheap plastic center "tower." Really flimsy and toyish looking. My parents Modern Maid occasionally left some little food residue "nibblets" on glassware. My sister's Tappan was guanteed to, on most everything. It didn't scrub worth a darn.
It was cheap appliances like this that gave dishwashers a bad name. People who had never had a dishwasher before would buy a house with crap like this in it, not realizing there were dishwashers out there that could really perform. So they think all dishwashers are bad and all require you rinse virtually every food particle off of dishes. Unfortunately, many people tend to generalize everything instead of looking at the specifics.
The dishwasher in the picture was made long after the Reversa-Jet had gone away, sadly.
Sandy hit the nail on the head when he said the Tappans of that era were the bargain basement of appliances. By the early seventies the company that made the innovative Fabulous 400 range and the well engineered, sterling performing Reversa-Jet, had gone down the tubes. It had sold out for "bargain basement" appliance line produced for the masses.
My sister and brother-in-law had this dishwasher. They had a house built in early 1974, and one of the builder's upgrade was the "Wonder Kitchen" which included this dishwasher. So theirs was manufactured either very early '74 or late '73. My brother-in-law often laughed and said he knew why the builder called it the "Wonder Kitchen." It made him "wonder" why he ever bought it to begin with.
This D&M dishwasher was even worse than the D&M Modern Maid DW that my parents had. It had an unbelievably cheap plastic center "tower." Really flimsy and toyish looking. My parents Modern Maid occasionally left some little food residue "nibblets" on glassware. My sister's Tappan was guanteed to, on most everything. It didn't scrub worth a darn.
It was cheap appliances like this that gave dishwashers a bad name. People who had never had a dishwasher before would buy a house with crap like this in it, not realizing there were dishwashers out there that could really perform. So they think all dishwashers are bad and all require you rinse virtually every food particle off of dishes. Unfortunately, many people tend to generalize everything instead of looking at the specifics.
