quick trip to buffalo nets 4 dishwashers and a maytag!!!

[rollermatic]

oh i forgot

i have a hotpoint front load impeller machine in virginia that i bought for 20 bucks off e bay last year waiting for me to pick up! guess i'll run down there this summer. i can throw it in the jeep.

hey gansky, you asked about the frigidaires. i rebuilt the slant top last summer and used it for about a week. it was noisy as all get out and wasn't that great of a performer compared to my kitchenaids. nothing wrong with it but it wasn't exceptional in any way so i put it in the collection. i will probably use it about once a year. the front load model i got i did nothing to at all and it runs fine, only again very noisy and nothing that fantastic! i will say the best thing about them is the huge capacity of the top rack! at least on the front loaders. i have it in my kitchen and use it maybe once a month.

this new one will get the test run and then probably just go into the collection.

the kitchenaid, yes i am excited about using it! i have a couple front load kd-12's that i love and a kd-14 i have not really used yet. this is my first top loader of the old hobart design but if it's anything like the kd-12 i use everyday i will love it!

i'm not going to use it till i tear it apart and check the pump and motor etc. sometime later this summer.

thanks!

 

[qsd-dan]

Cool pics and congrats on those scores!

I have quite of few parts for the 606, including an entire console. Most of the parts, including the console, are free for the taking.

 

[rollermatic]

how about a timer

or a timer motor. this is the model with the permanent press cycle but the motor should be the same. everything else seems fine, drain pump included. timer motor is the main part i need.

i will pay you for it, plus shipping.

thanks

 

[toploader55]

Congrats Pete

Great Scores. Eddie

 

[gyrafoam]

Hey Pete

If you come to Virginia, please plan a stop-over here in the southwestern part of the state. I have a guest room you are welcome to stay in and a few Frigidaire parts for you.
Also it would give you the opportunity to visit Robert and Mark to see their large collections.

 

[polkanut]

Peter,

What was the reason for the GE impeller machine sitting in the attic for so many years? Did they replace it with a newer machine, and just not have the heart to throw this one away?

 

[a440]

Fantastic finds Peter!
You have worked so hard the last few days!
I find that the huge wash arm of the GE Mobile Maid looks like the KA's big blue. The Shape, Jet holes, not the tower of course. I don't see many GE Dishwasher from this vintage. Did the front loaders have this same style wash arm and tower?
Thanks for showing your new additions!
Brent

 

[a440]

Gansky....

Hey Greg,
Where did you find your Aviator? What a fantastic picture! Was it an actual ad campaign picture? It kind of looks like a painting! Would be awesome blown up and framed!
Brent

 

[tlee618]

Wow Peter, I would say you had a very worthwhile trip! Very neat machines. That mixer and blender are really neat as well. The bread dough attachment really looks like it means business!!

 

[tomturbomatic]

THANKS

for sharing your fantastic trip. What a haul!

Those GE racks will look like new after you run a cycle with a chlorinated detergent, but do not expect great cleaning out of it. The old style machines before the ones with the bowtie impeller did not dispose of solids well so most of what you leave on the dishes will be in the machine, somewhere, when it stops. Some of these old GE machines did not stop the wash motor during the pump out which prevented the soil from settling and getting pulled out by the drain pump. My impeller WH machine does stop the impeller before the drain pump kicks on and it was better about disposing of stuff that does not dissolve.

 

[autowasherfreak]

Awesome finds! You will like the Maytag. As much as I would like to have a either a belt drive Kenmore or Whirlpool. I wouldn't mind having another Maytag 606 or 806.

 

[turquoisedude]

Great finds!!

Wow, you really cleaned up there, Pete! The KA portable looks brand new!! Love the 54 GE Mobile maid and the newer one (60s model, I guess) looks like a lot of fun, too!!
Don't worry about those racks from the 54 Mobile Maid - the 56 pull-out in my Kitchen Centre's racks looked the same way when I first got it. They will clean up with just plain water and they will look like a million bucks!!
You know, there was an apartment and town house development in the town where I grew up where all units had the Tappan <rolling pin> spray arm you described... I think I may just have to print up some flyers and toss 'em into mailboxes around there... Ya never know!
Enjoy your new treasures!!

 

[mickeyd]

"this is probably my last road trip ever!

the only thing that could possibly tempt me to do another would be

a norge timeline
unimatic
pulsamatic
mutimatic
another rollermatic
another 1-18
frigidaire spin tube
another kitchenaid
that tappen dishwasher with the rolling pin for a spray arm"

Peter, you made my belly wiggle. This is so funny! And I'm not going after another washer, ever, unless.........;-D

I really like the giant creamsicle colored dial and backplate on the GE, and so many other cool pics. The green "Welcome to PA" pic is especially fetching. Don't know when you came thru, but we've been having tropical weather here for many days straight." Have to go back now and review what you said about the Tapppan DW; it's what I have.

 

[aldspinboy]

Peter congratulations on your machines !
The 1950's GE mobil maid i had an chance to get it new but never followed up on it,
i did not have the support that i have now an that was in the 80's oh well .
Wishing you good vibrations on your restoration work.
Will you be using any of the machines ?

Darren k.

 

[sharples]

Hey

Hey Rollermatic...we are kinda like kissin cousins cause we found the same early GE dishwasher at the same time...i just took a pick of the insides of mine so i thought i would post.

 

[1972lkdishwash]

What a great trip to Cleveland>>>4 dishwashers!!!

Hello Peter, Your a lucky ONE to have 4 dishwashers from one trip...I pick up the three from Monroeville, (Mark) next week....Can you tell me what the year the old Superba... KDS-14 IS ? It is one of the three and the oTher Superba is one that has a Plate warm Cycle ..I think the KDS-14 has the BIG BLUE SPRAY ARM on the bottom....and I think will clean up nicely...pic on #436976 POST Variflexpghpa.....I'll call you>>> got the e-mail, i'm a night owl too....Harold...

 

[rollermatic]

gee, lets see here

gyrafoam, thanks so much for the invite! that's very nice of you. i will see when i can get to virginia this summer and let you know! i'm curious what frigidaire parts you have, i'm always trying to get more rollermatic parts. will gladly buy them! thanks again!

sharples, kissin cousins, sounds fun! i like that idea! your machine looks like it is in great shape, racks especially look much cleaner than mine. mine will be running by the end of this coming week. maybe i can help you on your's if you have any problems/questions.

aldspinboy, thanks. i probably will use the kitchenaid once in a while and maybe put plexiglass on the g.e. for a novelty. the other two will be tested and rebuilt and then just stored.

mickeyd, glad to make your belly wiggle! that tappan has a big rolling pin like roller in the sump that runs front to back, and it turns and picks up water and throws it around the tub. saw one in the garbage in 1969, never saw another. would love to have one!

autowasherfreak, love the profile pic! yea i like the maytag already, use it almost daily. thanks.

turquoisedude, let me know if you find a tappan! i am going to be calling matt in mich. this week, been really busy at work. have not talked to mark yet either.

tomturbomatic, thanks for the info on the g.e. i am anxious to see how it does run.

tlee618, thanks. yes that dough hook could do some serious damage! i wouldnt want to meet it in a dark alley!

a440, i think the front loaders had the same spray arm from what i can see in pics. i only have seen the top loaders tioo!

polkanut, not sure why it was in attic for 40 years or so. the gentleman told me he used to sneak up in the attic with his brother and they would look at it. it was his mother's. i'm assuming she didn't want a dishwasher. a bunch of my machines have come from homes where they were hardly or never used, some used as storage cabinets!

toploader55, thanks for the support!

 

[qsd-dan]

or a timer motor. this is the model with the permanent press cycle but the motor should be the same. everything else seems fine, drain pump included. timer motor is the main part i need.

I didn't have a chance to check out the timer when I parted out the machine. Time was of the essence at that moment. The machine was extremely clean. Either it was very well taken care of or had seen very little use. I'll take it apart and bench test the timer in a couple of days.

i will pay you for it

Your money is no good here

 

[rollermatic]

1972lkdishwash

i will try to help you on your kenmore questions, give me a call please!

that kd-14 was made from 11-60 thru 09-64 from the production chart. i see the kdp2 i have is from 9-58 thru 2-63.

yea the 14 models were the last with the big blue cast iron spray arm. the 15 introduced the 4 way stainless hydrosweep.

am curious as to what 3 you are getting! lots of pics please!

 

[rollermatic]

qsd-dan

thanks, i tried to fix my timer motor but the main little gear that attaches directly to the motor and drives the other gears is broken and cannot be fixed. i can always use the washer manually but it would be fun to have it run automatically again!

so my money is no good in calif. it doesn't do nearly as good in ohio as it used to either!

 

[dishwashercrazy]

Hi Pete, Great additions to your dishwasher collection. I am especially impressed with the GE Impeller portable. It sure cleaned up nicely. Are the racks cleaning up very well?

Mike

 

[everythingold]

nice scores pete. Do you have a warehouse now? : )

 

[rollermatic]

yes matt

it used to be my house!

gonna give you a call here later this week, still have your no. at your shop. want to know if you have anything "interesting". and any possible parts for a frigifdaire spin tube for a fellow friend here.

mike, thanks, i have not begun on the racks yet, going to put the motor back in tonite and drain pump back on and run it a bit without water to see what it's cycle is like.