Heads up - Caloric 'time capsule' dishwasher in Philly

[turquoisedude]

Found this during my daily craiglist trolling. The machine does look to be in good condition and gently used, as the ad states... - It looks pretty low-end.

wonder if they think they are going to get $25,000 for it? LOL

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/app/2918578547.html

 

[peteski50]

Caloric!

This may be a match

 

[peteski50]

Caloric!!

It's a nice model I hope it goes to a good home!

 

[combo52]

D&M Dishwasher

The only good home that I could imagine for this DW is a museum where engineers could go and study it to learn how not to build DWs.   LOL. I would only think of installing one of these in my home if it was the last DW on the planet, as at least I have the ability to repair it again and again and again and again and again, WOW I got it to last for 5 years.

 

[gansky1]

Oh be nice, John - it's cute and looks like new.  The panel design is sleek and stylin' (I'll bet especially so on the olivetone color!)   You just know it sounds really cool when it's running, the huge amount of water it swings around the tank.    Tink.  Tink.  Tink.  The top "swing-arm" tapping a cookie sheet

 

 

[gansky1]

Swing-Arm Guide Rail

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[tolivac]

didn't see the $25K price for the machine-instead see "open to offers".

 

[peteski50]

caloric

I had friends that had this same model builtin and it was a powerhouse and I got to operate it several times - it cleaned very well without prerinsing. They got about 15 years out of the DW with only a few minor repairs.

 

[peteski50]

Caloric!

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[chachp]

My cousin has one similar to this..

...but his has a few more buttons and I think they are round.  His maybe a little older.  He doesn't use it either.  He said it's noisy and his wife doesn't care much for dishwashers.  Not sure why.  His is coppertone and has been in his house for just about as long as I can remember.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Inside, this looks very similar to the early 70s Norge in the first house a friend bought in 1971, maybe. If it was set for high temp wash it cleaned everything off dishes & pans. It is a sad thing to say, but this is probably a better cleaner and rinser as well as a better dryer than most of the half-assed energy star DWs out there today. He was in the house 4 or 5 years and never had trouble with it. He did run it once without the high temp wash selection (the regular temp button got mashed somehow)and said it did not clean as well. I guess people who are bothered by the noise of the DW live in places where the kitchen is open to the rest of the house. I like to hear them run because they are mechanical and water sounds and the sounds (not noise) mean that an appliance is saving me from manual work.

 

[roto204]

Cute

Those are actually good dishwashers performance-wise, although Greg and I have yet to take each other up on the infamous "let's put in a whole bowl of rice" or "no pre-rinse casserole of potatoes au gratin plus heated dry" test.  ;-)

 

I love the "thou shalt not load crap here" guard for the upper rack.  If more machines had those, I'd have had less explaining to do to partners who scratched their heads at how the bottom rack contents were spotless, and all the tumblers in the top rack were full of food.

 

Like WCI machines, sometimes you get one that inexplicably lasts forever, sometimes you don't.  That's a pretty, machine, though.  I'll send happy thoughts that the detergent dispenser swing-cup doesn't break.

 

My other initial thought was, "Look, a D&M with dust kitties on the inside!  Tee-hee!" 

 

[rollermatic]

love the green racks!

beautiful machine, i like the old D&M dishwashers but they are a pain to work on!

if i didn't have a house full i might be interested! does look like new!

 

[applianceguy47]

The panel and control knob remind me of Frigidaire.

I have a soft spot for the Kenmore D&M's, though, I think that is the floor, rotted from all the leaks I've found they can produce.
The door seal, the rubber motor seal, the rubber gasket around the heater, the dispenser screw holes, the rinse dispenser hole, etc.

Still my first DW, the one I lost my cherry with, was a 1972ish, coffee color built-in I found on the street. (boy that sounds dirty, doesn't it?)

The Lady Ks were the best. From the Electro-mechanical to the computer controlled models of the early 80s.

 

[tomturbomatic]

As long as it was the cherry you lost in the machine and not the pit, it probably passed quietly.