Heads up in Minnesota!

[machinehead]

Check this out-- looks to be an older GE, maybe late 60's or 70's. "Use as a parts washer"?? Really? REALLY? Ok, maybe that's a good use... but a vintage dw?

Somebody in the northern area of MN can scoop this baby up! Just thought i'd share... its on the Hennipen county craigslist.

 

[toploader55]

1963-4 ???

My Aunt had this one. Looks like the TOL model with Rinse Glo and Silver Shower. Daily Loads, Pots and Pans,Crystal China, and Rinse and Hold. Thoro Wash System. IIRC.

 

[appnut]

It's more like 1964 to 1967 at the latest.

 

[bajaespuma]

I'd go get it if it were anywhere near me.

I think it's the one in the ad with the Afghan hound. And I think that would make it an SD400B from 1966. The good news is that it's the TOL, has a cool control panel and the Silver Shower feature. The bad news is, this is one of the models that did a really bad job of cleaning the dishes. Had the fancy rack flange that caught lots of food bits.

 

[retropia]

I wonder why it cleaned poorly? After all, it has Exclusive Four-Level Action. Maybe the Flushaway Drain didn't do a good job of filtering out the food bits?

At least it looks glam, and that's important.

 

[combo52]

POOR CLEANING GE DISHWASHER

It seemed to be a poorly designed water distribution and cupeled with a some what weak pump and no filter caused an overall poor performance unless you rinsed most food off the dishes. It was amazing in 1967 when GE came out with the new pump and motor and wash arm design that we all laughed at but the darn thing actually cleaned much better.

 

[bajaespuma]

OK, just for the record,

I didn't laugh in 1967, I laughed in 1972 when they thought that "Celery" and "Avocado" were attractive colors for their vinyl tub and racks and the power system was as loud as a semi.

 

[wmlask]

Celery Tub Color

The GE dishwasher we had in our home growing up had the Celery colored tub. I thought it was the coolest color. Much better than the boring white we see on today's non stainless models. It was a late 70's model, a bit noisy, but cleaned very well.

 

[combo52]

1967 AND ON DISHWASHERS

Hi Ken they were loud because they were actually doing something. One of my moms friends had a 1972 basic GE DW that she said would throw SS flat ware out of the SW basket.

 

[appnut]

I acgree, I actually found the celery and avocado rack and interior color hues quite refreshing and calming. I was so tired of blue everything that had tub and or rack colors that were shades of blue--KitchenAid, Waste King, Kenmore, I think even Maytag. I actually like the modern varying grey hues now too.

 

[tomturbomatic]

DW interior colors

I think that there was a subtle or subliminal reason for the use of colors that would appeal to women. In the 50s, there was a lot of pink and turquoise in dw interiors; not in all but many. I think it was to make them less threatening because they were in the same color families with other kitchen accessories and appliances. Then came other interior colors that were more attuned to popular kitchen colors as the kitchen colors changed to the earth tones of the late 60s and 70s. I think it was so it would be pleasant for women to have the machine open so they would be inclined to use them and not feel threatened by the racks and loading patterns etc. I realize that many manufacturers stuck with blue vinyl, but I wonder if manufacturers of machines like Kenmore, GE, Frigidaire and others tried to make the machines more appealing to women both on the sales floor and in the kitchen with the use of color inside.

 

[magic clean]

Not sure

about the accuracy of this; I had heard that the light green plastisol coated tub & door liner coordinated with the color of Cascade powder detergent.

 

[combo52]

NOT SURE

Or the Cascade was made to match the dishwashers LOL I do remember seeing many dishwashers that were quite stained by the green dye that Cascade used.