Frigidaire Super mobile dishwasher

[philr]

Here's the first GM Frigidaire appliance I ever saw when I was a kid. It belonged to friends of mine and I thought they got rid of it many years ago. I recently inquired about it and they told me it was still stored inside one of their garages. It spent the last 15 years there. I got it tonight!

I'd like to have more information about this Dishwasher. Paul already gave me some when I briefly described it but if anyone knows the exact year of production

 

[philr]

Another pic (My friend who bought it new told me the top used to be white but she glued woodgrain vinyl over it to protect it). I saw it for the first time almost 30 years ago I have always seen it like that (and I think I'll keep it that way!).

 

[philr]

I'm guessing it's from the early sixties... And unlike most Frigidaire appliances from this vintage that I saw locally, this one wasn't made in Canada.

 

[philr]

Another picture

 

[philr]

The connectors.

 

[philr]

Inside

 

[philr]

I think I saw a similar dishwasher on this website (but it looks like an Imperial with fancier push button controls).

 

[appnut]

Since it's an impeller dishwasher, it's produced/sourced by D&NM most likely, that's where they came from here.  Robert/John/Tom had an impeller portable Frigidaire at the 2002 convention in Maryland!!

 

[philr]

Paul also told me it was a made by D&M. And that these were replaced by the slanted top Dishmobiles. I know it's from the 1960's as it's got the newer Frigidaire badge with the crown over the "F", which I think was introduced in 1960-1961 on most appliances.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Quite a find! Congratulations

You are certainly in luck that the Bakelite impleller is not broken. Looks like they had a lot of iron in their water. The shape of the plastic timer knob is evocative of their washers of the time. You will notice that there is no wash regulator over the impeller like with Hotpoint & GE plastic impeller models so D&M was really depending on plates in the lower rack to direct the water. Does the timer really say "Double Wash"? SUPER being the bol model, I am surprised it would have a detergent dispenser.

Have lots of fun with it.

 

[philr]

Double wash?
That's possible (the lettering is faded on the timer knob). It does have a detergent dispenser at the back.

My friend advised me not to use liquid detergent in this dishwasher as she tried once it resulted in a lot of foaming!

 

[tomturbomatic]

Don't you suppose she meant liquid detergent for hand dishwashing? The gel-style detergents for dishwashers are not known for making foam. I use them with added phosphate and have no foam problems.

 

[philr]

That's possible! She rarely used the dishwasher, she probably used hand washing detergent once!

 

[philr]

Dispenser

 

[turquoisedude]

Phil, it's a beauty!  I can't wait to hear and see more about how it works!!   I hope that when you test it that all goes well!!

 

Just remember the old 'bucket of hot water' rule and you should be fine. 

 

I am curious about the cutlery basket - was that intened to sit in the gap between the two upper rack sections?   Do the other upper rack sections lift out for loading the lower rack (like the KA KDP-2 models)?

 

Great find, Phil!   Your hunting skills are coming along nicely!!  LOL

 

[philr]

Heater

 

[philr]

It works!

 

[philr]

Paul, I haven't loaded it with dishes yet. The inner parts of the upper rack fold up to load the lower section. I haven't tried to place the cutlery rack between the two sections but it might be it's place.

 

[turquoisedude]

Woo-hoo!!  Congratulations, Phil!! 

 

[tomturbomatic]

The cutlery bsket probably sits along the front tub wall on the lower rack for easiest loading, but it probably needs to be down there for best cleaning. The original machine like Robert's and ours had a support structure that came up from the center ring of the lower rack that had a square opening to hold the square Bakelite silver basket. My father had worked for Union Carbide's Bakelite Division after WWII and told us to be very careful of the silver basket because it sat over the impeller and heating element and would be very hot when the machine completed the dry cycle. It would stay hot and hot Bakelite will shatter if hit or dropped so we were to unload the silver basket while it was in the machine. It got hot all right. We had some steak knives from the gas station or grocery store, who knew. Back then there were give aways all the time. Well after the first run through the machine, the handles started to curve from the heat. Then as time went by, the plastic dried out and became rough, very non-slip if you will. In the 50s and 60s, people found out that many everyday things did not stand up well to dishwasher washing. The newer basket in your machine held more and was far cheaper to injection mold.