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Congratulations!

Oh John that is a great find, the very first KitchenAid dishwasher and as Greg said free standing too! I also love Stainless Steel racks, I wish all vintage dishwashers had them.
 
AWESOME!!!!!

that is SO COOL and once again as everyone else has said, I love the racks as well. What guy doesn't like a good rack, LOL, well uuumm, nevermind ......... so how is the kenmore doing that you got from me ? best of luck with everything, !!!!!! --gregm
 
Wow!
What a find!
This is such a great looking dishwasher!
Please keep us posted on your running it and such!
Thanks so much for the pictures of your find!
Tell us more about it. Did you stumble upon it, or find it in a ad or something.
I love to hear history. Was it sitting the the kitchen it was put into new, many years ago?
By the way? Do you know what year she / he is?
Thanks again!
Brent
 
I found the diswasher on Craigs list. It was still in the kitchen that it was first installed in. The people that bought the house had a home inspection done and the inspector was very impressed with it and gave it passing mark. I to love the racks.
Greg the Lady Kenmore is doing fine She is still my dream machine and I dare say she always will be. Will post more when it gets here.
John
 
John,
Thanks for sharing your story!
This is such a rare machine!
Can't wait to hear more about it.
So glad that you found it!
Brent
 
Very neat machine...congrats!!! I have never heard of a freestanding KitchenAid before; how neat that they actually were in existence!

Since this is the first KitchenAid dishwasher, what year would this one be? Late-1940's?
 
Interesting. There was one of these available on CL here locally last month. I had just picked up the KD-2P, so I passed on it. From the pics, it looks like the one I passed on was in no where near as good condition as yours, though.

Question: were all the KD-10's free-standing, or were some built-in?

A freestanding KD-10 would have worked well enough on my patio kitchen, since I decided on a more or less permanent location for it at the end of the countertop. Although plumbing the water inlet and drain lines would have been a challenge. The vintage sink has a wall mounted faucet with steel rigid supply lines, and no provision for a disposal or dishwasher on the drain.
 
Numerous brands had both free standing as well as built-in and some had the sink combos too. If I remember, Apex had an ad with a freestanding, GE, Hotpoint, and Westinghouse. I"m not sure how long this style was marketed though.
 

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