Can a 2002 Firebird Transport a 7? Kitchen Aid Regency Portable?

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mickeyd

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A friend nicknamed Mad Dog, although very sane and docile, sold me this Beauty 5 years ago. Remodeling his ancient kitchen, he needed to have it gone. I went up to his house near the Buffalo Zoo today to reconnoiter and see which vehicle  in my trucker  person's  orbit would best be able to slide the Regency off his front porch, five steps up. After a little measuring, we were surprised to realize that it would fit so comfortably in my daily driver.  Eureka!  A double ridge across the "trunk" actually held the rear of the control panel.  He isn't exactly sure when he bought it for his Mother, but he thinks he can find the documents since he throws  nothing away. In the bright summer sunlight, the finish on the cabinet is striking, and the interior is a dream. 

 

The Firebird has pneumatic tubes on each side of the hatch which stays put at any level. Really nice. Though I take my bicycle everywhere in it, and have fit a few big things inside,  today this big bird's agility really went airborne. 

 

So the answer is, "Yes!'

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The motor, fan, hoses & electrix are all squeaky clean

This model heats and blows air during the Dry Cycle.  More tomorrow. Got home late. We went and petted the elephants, then out to eat, and listened to an outdoor concert at the Outer Harbor, Vampires or something. 

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REX ~

 

It is to Pontiac's eternal credit that a "go fast " car can double as an SUV or TRUCK! Amazing! Who knew? Now I can haul anything.  This is my only vehicle, by the way. Spied it on a bike ride and then.......obsession. Gave the red 2003 Monte to my nephew for school in California.  

 

GREG ~

 

You already know the glories inside this machine which I'm just discovering, like the upper rack wash system  -- Are you kidding me? 
 
Pretty Girl

Really like the color. Wondering if it's just aged white, eggshell, or a very muted beige. Lived in the kitchen for all of her 35 + years

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Haven't checked for Doctrine yet,

But this is an intelligent design Master Control. Study for a minute and see.

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That cute little guy in the back,

looking and feeling a lot like the mini belllow's soft supple rubber from a Frigidiare, shoots the water out that's tunneled upward from the pump to spray the upper rack.

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The water then shoots down this "pipe" and into the spray arm. Amazed and impressed to see a guard below the spray arm to protect it. A first for me.

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Whenever I see threads about KDS 12 14 16, etc

I always wondered what the fuss was all about, and why people swear by them, and won't even listen to people who don't appreciate them. Now I know the truth, which Mulder always promised was out there. LOL

Here is the belly of the beast which makes the hurricane in the box.[this post was last edited: 6/10/2014-21:52]

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It even has the giblets yiblets grinder. :"D

One has never had one of them. And look at the brace which ensures contact between the bellows and pipe for the upper rack spray.[this post was last edited: 6/10/2014-19:37]

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You have one fine machine there.

I think that is the best wash system Hobart ever made for a home machine. Same set up as the 18 series. You should never worry about anything not coming clean I that Dishwasher.

Good Luck with that machine. I have a Early Regency One Armed Wonder. That cleans very good, but I'd really rather have a two armed machine.
 
"You should never worry....coming clean."

HI EDDIE, THANKS ~

I was really thinking about you today, remembering that you had one and loved it. The first thing I did was test the dry cycle because you said yours didn't heat during the dry cycle, so I expected this one not to heat, too; but it DID. Love the hum of the fan as the Regency dries. Most dry cycles are so boring, LOL.

I put my old steel frying pan in there today. Every other day till today, I soak it after the Omlette. Not coated, the pan always has cooked-on eggs, shrooms, garlic & onions, and some days, "sausage."
It always needs a scouing pad scrape. Today, I stuck it in for the maiden wash without touching the inside burned patches & bits.

It came clean. Whole truth: Have not yet tried the pan in the WP TL. Here's the very serious, made-to-last upper rack height adjuster.

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Hmmmm.

My Regency didn't heat water as there is no element in the sump.

Is there a heating element under the Fine Filter on your model ?

The Regency I have always had a heated dry.

None the less, that's one hell of a wash system.
 
I can only confirm that the DRY cycle heats. With neither dishes nor water in the tank, I turned the dial to dry with the heat button ON, and the fan came on and the heat element clicked.
I could smell and feel the hot air in and out of the machine. The electrix look like the heater is in the fan.

Don't know yet if it heats the water. There is no visible heating element in the tank.

I just now checked the fine filter and will have a pic in a minute. I see NO coil nor feel one when slipping my finger into the gap.

Concluding, then, that the Soak N Wash Cycle does not heat. Almost Nirvana, but not quite.
 
Re-reading carefully now, I get it.

Mis-read you all those long months past. You must have said your machine does not heat the water, and I though you said yours did not heat during the dry.

My mistake. Sorry. Spray me with Yiblets and "snausage" (smiling)

So, mine heats during the dry, but NOT during the wash, as far as I know, so we have the same deal as far as heating goes.

Really nice big detergent dispensers with closing doors for both. The pre-wash closes so you get a pre-rinse before the soap goes in. Another new-to-me. All mine dumped the pre-wash soap immediately.

Another cool thing: The Rinse and Hold is literal. ONE rinse, just what I always wanted. And then the great irony: after the quickest rinse and hold in history, the red bug eye light stays on forever as the the dial snail paces to off.

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Here ya go ~

We were simul-writing / posting. Fun.

No heater, unless your expertise can re-direct me to dig deeper.

BUT LOTS OF CRUD

Hello Mad Dog, I want a discount. You said the machine was immaculate. And look at all this crud. HAHAHA

Where's the model number, Eddie?

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IIRC From Reading The Archives

When doing research on which KA portables (or any early dishwashers from that brand) heated water during the wash and the up shot was only "
Superba" models.

Imperial and other models that had an exposed heating element in the tub would use it to "maintain" water temp, but not boost. Drying was accomplished in either case by the exposed elements or the fan/blower system of your unit.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...lvkrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lsYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5169,190566
 
Yeowsuh !

I had no idea the "agitator " came out so easily. Not even a screw or a cap. Lifts up like a sweet sleeping puppy.
Ah ! to be a dishwasher neophyte, still. One Whirlpool Top Load Imperial, and one Regency Portable. This gem sat in his kitchen for years -- I went to high school with this dude -- and I never noticed it till I joined Aworg. How deprived I was.

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Thank You, LAUNDERESS ~

Simul-posting & composing toujours, Cimberlie.

Nice adverts. Have found doctrine for the KDR 67 Regency, by name, and am about to read it; looks like Eddie's.
But there is another doctrine for all KA Portables from the 70's, so will get that one next. Any reading is satisfying even if off by a model or two.

Mine is KDR - 68.
 
Simulcasting, AGAIN ? Are we dating? LOL

You say Gloatilla; I say Confessione et Apologia for snarking forever at the malarky about KDS LMNOP QRS TUV 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 quadruple you Omega ad naseum. One is eating unseemly amounts of Humble Pie. Thank AllAH, one can have Bourbon again to "warsh" it all down.

Pennies, my flattening buttocks: he charged me a hundred dollars, no delivery and no guarantee that it worked which is why I stole it as Intuitive Sleuth Malcolm figured out. LOL What would you, Great and Legendarily Wise Market Place Merchant, say the Regency is worth?
 

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