The GE Pink Panther
Thank you for that posting; what a surprise to learn that once again, GE was ahead of its time and introduced a long lost 30" built-in dishwasher. When you think about it though, the 24" square format is elegant and almost perfect. I'd rather have two different dishwashers (especially today) than one big fat honker.
WE owned a 1961 TOL 24" version of this machine. It was a roll-out; it had the classic pink epoxy interior with the newer style light-red plastic cutlery basket that would appear in later blue/white Mobile-Maid models that I've seen depicted on this site. It had four cycles: HEAVY SOIL (GE pink button),NORMAL SOIL, POTS AND PANS ( Which meant, I learned later on when I discovered the manual in my father's file cabinet, that the heating coil was turned off during the drying cycle--predecessor to "Energy Saver" option) and a true FINE CHINA AND CRYSTAL cycle where the machine actually aerated the spray to make it gentler. I remember showing my mother, again after actually reading the manual, that those two strange spiky rack-rods at the top of the tub were actually a third -level of brilliantly designed auxilliary cup racks! So six years after installing the thing we were getting better use out of it. A forgivable "Beverly Hillbillies" moment on our part. Although we bitched about the access to the lower rack of this machine, I too am nostalgic about it. It cleaned flawlessly and it was extremely quiet for its day. It was solid as a US tank and I remember the day that my father and I removed it to replace it with an excellent KitchenAid Custom KC-17 model, how impressed we were with how well it was engineered and how it was designed to be installed as an empty casing first, with all plumbing and electrical connections made easily and conveniently. Once that installation was complete, all one had to do was slide the unit, like a drawer, into the housing. I was also impressed, the day we removed it, that it had a black plastic "power-shower". Who knew? I've told many people about it now that the Fisher/Paykel plastic drawers are all the rage. Pity that they're such flimsy toys. GE really produced some great works of industrial art in its heyday.
Here's my depiction of the model we owned and a scan from an ad for GE's 1960 "Golden Anniversary" line of appliances featuring a similar 24-inch unit
Thank you for that posting; what a surprise to learn that once again, GE was ahead of its time and introduced a long lost 30" built-in dishwasher. When you think about it though, the 24" square format is elegant and almost perfect. I'd rather have two different dishwashers (especially today) than one big fat honker.
WE owned a 1961 TOL 24" version of this machine. It was a roll-out; it had the classic pink epoxy interior with the newer style light-red plastic cutlery basket that would appear in later blue/white Mobile-Maid models that I've seen depicted on this site. It had four cycles: HEAVY SOIL (GE pink button),NORMAL SOIL, POTS AND PANS ( Which meant, I learned later on when I discovered the manual in my father's file cabinet, that the heating coil was turned off during the drying cycle--predecessor to "Energy Saver" option) and a true FINE CHINA AND CRYSTAL cycle where the machine actually aerated the spray to make it gentler. I remember showing my mother, again after actually reading the manual, that those two strange spiky rack-rods at the top of the tub were actually a third -level of brilliantly designed auxilliary cup racks! So six years after installing the thing we were getting better use out of it. A forgivable "Beverly Hillbillies" moment on our part. Although we bitched about the access to the lower rack of this machine, I too am nostalgic about it. It cleaned flawlessly and it was extremely quiet for its day. It was solid as a US tank and I remember the day that my father and I removed it to replace it with an excellent KitchenAid Custom KC-17 model, how impressed we were with how well it was engineered and how it was designed to be installed as an empty casing first, with all plumbing and electrical connections made easily and conveniently. Once that installation was complete, all one had to do was slide the unit, like a drawer, into the housing. I was also impressed, the day we removed it, that it had a black plastic "power-shower". Who knew? I've told many people about it now that the Fisher/Paykel plastic drawers are all the rage. Pity that they're such flimsy toys. GE really produced some great works of industrial art in its heyday.
Here's my depiction of the model we owned and a scan from an ad for GE's 1960 "Golden Anniversary" line of appliances featuring a similar 24-inch unit
