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Beautiful, Pete, just beautiful! Thanks for posting these, I had so much fun with ours when I was a kid.
This is the same model I saw on CL a while back:
This is the same model I saw on CL a while back:
mikeklondon
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UK Hoover Roto Rack DW
Hi
Back to about the same date as this Hoover made a DW with rota racks top and bottom in the UK. i had one for a short time and it washed well but very noisy and it leaked every time it filled. The racks spun round and there were short spray arms in the back left-hand side. There was a machine in the UK in the 80s that was 90CM wide would anyone have any info on make ect and if anyone makes a 90 CM wide machine now I'm looking to replace my 60CM Miele soon and the bigger the better
Hi
Back to about the same date as this Hoover made a DW with rota racks top and bottom in the UK. i had one for a short time and it washed well but very noisy and it leaked every time it filled. The racks spun round and there were short spray arms in the back left-hand side. There was a machine in the UK in the 80s that was 90CM wide would anyone have any info on make ect and if anyone makes a 90 CM wide machine now I'm looking to replace my 60CM Miele soon and the bigger the better
Sears!
Good morning all. I am Happy to see we made a big hit. Thank you David for the additional posts of the 1969 series. Per request by Pierre and I am sure others are interested - I will add the 1st series of non roto racks in another post shortly.
Good morning all. I am Happy to see we made a big hit. Thank you David for the additional posts of the 1969 series. Per request by Pierre and I am sure others are interested - I will add the 1st series of non roto racks in another post shortly.
Peter,
You are bringing me back to my childhood days, the Roto Rack portable 72041-2-4 was the exact model I grew up with and also in green.
Thanks again to both you and Dave.
Bill
You are bringing me back to my childhood days, the Roto Rack portable 72041-2-4 was the exact model I grew up with and also in green.
Thanks again to both you and Dave.
Bill
mickeyd
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I love
How much the front-loading portable's buttons sugggest the keyboards of the Lady K
and how the top-loader looks so much like a washer that it's funny and the TOL thick butcher-block top with a loaf, of bread--what a stunning, "come hither" dishwasher,
but that guy all aloof from his family--what a telling cultural moment that!
You and David have created dishwasher heaven here at Aworg. What a great Sunday morning newspaper you guys have made.
How much the front-loading portable's buttons sugggest the keyboards of the Lady K
and how the top-loader looks so much like a washer that it's funny and the TOL thick butcher-block top with a loaf, of bread--what a stunning, "come hither" dishwasher,
but that guy all aloof from his family--what a telling cultural moment that!
You and David have created dishwasher heaven here at Aworg. What a great Sunday morning newspaper you guys have made.
Thanks for posting these. In the '67 brochure, I see they had Shaded Doeskin and Shaded Slate Blue in addition to the more common colors. Remembered Doeskin, but I had forgotten what Sears called their version of Whirlpool's Edged Sapphire - it was Slate. Wish they had run that color longer than the just a couple years.
Not a Hoover ...
Mike
The rotating rack Hoovers where not made by Hoover, only labelled as such. They were in fact made by Zanussi, who also made the Hoover fridges and freezers (and fridge freezers). The video is of some fun we had at ChesterMike's a couple of years ago.
I dont recall the 80cm dishwasher from the 1980s but there have been some wider dishwashers appearing on the market now although these seen to be not so tall and for building in - there is nothing new in the world as there is an American dishwasher that pops up on the POD (was up a couple of weeks ago if I remember right) demonstrating this concept right back in the 1950s.
Given that some of todays 60cm footprint dishwashers run to 14 or 15 place settings you must have a LOT of dishes - how old is your Miele?
Mike
The rotating rack Hoovers where not made by Hoover, only labelled as such. They were in fact made by Zanussi, who also made the Hoover fridges and freezers (and fridge freezers). The video is of some fun we had at ChesterMike's a couple of years ago.
I dont recall the 80cm dishwasher from the 1980s but there have been some wider dishwashers appearing on the market now although these seen to be not so tall and for building in - there is nothing new in the world as there is an American dishwasher that pops up on the POD (was up a couple of weeks ago if I remember right) demonstrating this concept right back in the 1950s.
Given that some of todays 60cm footprint dishwashers run to 14 or 15 place settings you must have a LOT of dishes - how old is your Miele?
mikeklondon
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Hi Many Thanks for the vid of the hoover DW, My Miele only about 6 years old but it was a model only made for a short time its 55CM wide 12 Place setting all SS. I must take a pic and post it was made to fit in a stack with a Microwave above, the best bit is it sits high off the floor so you dont have to bend to unload it. BUT Miele stopped making it and it cost me ££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££ to service it last year, would have cost less to replace it, (I missed the last one going on a sale for £600.00) so next time it go's I'll change the Kitchen round and fit in the biggest DW I can find. at the moment its making a knocking sound like the spray arms catching on something but I cant see what
turquoisedude
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Oh, Pete, my head is spinning from looking at all those cool Roto-Racks!!
I had a neighbor with the 1972 72061-style and I wanted it soooo bad...
Well, methinks 2011 will be good to me ;-)
Say, does anyone know when the Roto-Rack machines stopped using an impeller for the lower rack wash system??
I had a neighbor with the 1972 72061-style and I wanted it soooo bad...
Well, methinks 2011 will be good to me ;-)
Say, does anyone know when the Roto-Rack machines stopped using an impeller for the lower rack wash system??
We had the 7214 in the house in Houston. It was the successor to the 1968 Waste King and the last dishwasher my parents got before theymoved out of the house was the GE GSD1200, which replaced the rotorack in like late 1987 or first half of 1988.
Does anyone have the 1970 or 1971 model ine up of rotoracks? Since we have the 1969 and 1972 line up.
Does anyone have the 1970 or 1971 model ine up of rotoracks? Since we have the 1969 and 1972 line up.
mickeyd
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Hadn't seen any of these DW's before, Pete; they're fabulous.Thank you. Look at the size of some of those the select-o-dials, and so much mind-boggling variety--Christ ! --it's like a million different dishwashers. And with Sears gone, will we ever see Kenmore again? Or is Kemore already gone?
This futuristic one on the left is the bomb! ;'D
This futuristic one on the left is the bomb! ;'D
mickeyd
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Cool that they made an all pushbutton dial-free one, just like the '59 rapid advance washer--even in the portable.
This is so much fun. You scanned your butt off, Man.
This is so much fun. You scanned your butt off, Man.
I had that same Lady K for many years and it worked perfect until the 2 screws on the bottom of the door wore holes thru the porcelain tub and started leaking. Only drawback was no air dry just a 12 or 24 minute heated dry. The timer was behind the indicator lights and had a motor that rewound after the cycle ended.
Mickey, Kenmore dishwashers and other appliances are on Sears.com and at Sears Hometown stores. There is one of those stores in Bowling Green, OH, near where my sister lives. The closest to me is in Connersville, IN.
mickeyd
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It was the Golden Age of dishwashers. We should gather up every one we can, and have John add a third floor to the museum.
Tom, our Sears was a beehive of activity; every other house had a Kenmore, and now it's a ghost town. What a dramatic sea change. I'll check out your citations, and see what survives in Western New York. Thanks.
Tom, our Sears was a beehive of activity; every other house had a Kenmore, and now it's a ghost town. What a dramatic sea change. I'll check out your citations, and see what survives in Western New York. Thanks.
vacerator
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Oh, my dad would be
in nostalgia heavan. He repaired all those. Our first one was a white Lady K top loader like the coppertone one in the first pic. Then we got a harvest gold front loader with the all wood butcher block top in the mid 70's. Both were used, but like new. He bought them from Sears customers who remodeled their kitchens with newer built in's and changed colors, so they couldn't build the front load portable in.
in nostalgia heavan. He repaired all those. Our first one was a white Lady K top loader like the coppertone one in the first pic. Then we got a harvest gold front loader with the all wood butcher block top in the mid 70's. Both were used, but like new. He bought them from Sears customers who remodeled their kitchens with newer built in's and changed colors, so they couldn't build the front load portable in.
The guy sitting aloof on the sofa had gas. His family put him there and he is holding onto the arm of the sofa to stave off a rapid pressure equalization.
I remember seeing a LK Combo in Doeskin; such a beautiful machine in an elegant color.
I remember seeing a LK Combo in Doeskin; such a beautiful machine in an elegant color.
awooff
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Gas on sofa
Tom - was not expecting to read above post but you did bring tears to my eyes in laughter in your wording
Tom - was not expecting to read above post but you did bring tears to my eyes in laughter in your wording
Kenmore Roto-Rack Brochures
Nice collection of brochures, you have to wonder if the happy Lady in reply #11 is having an affaire with the Sears repairman, knowing the terrible reliability of D&M built DWs it certainly could have been quite an affair, LOL
I will always remember my 8th grade Algebra teacher who was badly burned with problems from a Sears Kenmore DW [ who otherwise loved her Kenmore appliances ], She would go up to people in Her Sears store who were looking at KM DWs and whisper over their shoulder [ Buy A Kitchenaid Dishwasher ]
In reply#30 the specs still list boosted water temps for the LKM BI of 155 or 180, I wonder if the 240 volt model was still available ?
John L.
Nice collection of brochures, you have to wonder if the happy Lady in reply #11 is having an affaire with the Sears repairman, knowing the terrible reliability of D&M built DWs it certainly could have been quite an affair, LOL
I will always remember my 8th grade Algebra teacher who was badly burned with problems from a Sears Kenmore DW [ who otherwise loved her Kenmore appliances ], She would go up to people in Her Sears store who were looking at KM DWs and whisper over their shoulder [ Buy A Kitchenaid Dishwasher ]
In reply#30 the specs still list boosted water temps for the LKM BI of 155 or 180, I wonder if the 240 volt model was still available ?
John L.
I can't imagine what you would need 180F wash water to clean.
Those KM dishwashers were not built well, but they did offer features that other dishwashers did not, like a separate water supply to the Roto Rack for great flexibility in loading.
Those KM dishwashers were not built well, but they did offer features that other dishwashers did not, like a separate water supply to the Roto Rack for great flexibility in loading.
vacerator
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My dad had plenty of
offers from women customers, including that they couldn't afford the service call, and could he accept another form of payment. We'd hear abouth them at dinner. My mom would call him out for sharing sometimes, so he'd change the subject to desert, and tell us he baked it in his van.
offers from women customers, including that they couldn't afford the service call, and could he accept another form of payment. We'd hear abouth them at dinner. My mom would call him out for sharing sometimes, so he'd change the subject to desert, and tell us he baked it in his van.
vacerator
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Oh, once,
it wasn't a female. A 17, or 18 year old guy. Not for money. My dad replied, sorry, don't go that way. The kid said, I won't tell your wife. Of course all these incidents were reported to his manager.
it wasn't a female. A 17, or 18 year old guy. Not for money. My dad replied, sorry, don't go that way. The kid said, I won't tell your wife. Of course all these incidents were reported to his manager.
Thank you
For these awesome brochures!
Wash Rinse Rinse Wash Rinse Rinse RINSE Dry
For these awesome brochures!
Wash Rinse Rinse Wash Rinse Rinse RINSE Dry
Wash Rinse Rinse Wash Rinse Rinse Dry
Hi Mike, I never saw a D&M DW that had 3 final rinses or any that had more than four total rinses, some earlier ones had a rinse before the first wash and a real dual detergent dispenser however.
John L.
Hi Mike, I never saw a D&M DW that had 3 final rinses or any that had more than four total rinses, some earlier ones had a rinse before the first wash and a real dual detergent dispenser however.
John L.
vacerator
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John, Mike,
they never had 3 final rinses for sure. I used to look at them all in Sears. My dads customers used to complain about as he put it, nornmal noises associated with a dishwasher back then. They weren't as good as a Hobart machine for sure, but for the price points, not bad. They cleaned well. They did have strong pumps, which rattled light items and made noises. The roto-rack's often squeaked as they spun as well. I can't knock Sears. They did service what they sold, and supported our family for decades. Machines break. Fact of life.
From I'd say about 1997, two years after his retiremnt, my dad refused to shop at Sears. I think it had to do with them canceling their group health insurance, which he was paying for from 1995. He did turn age 65 that year, so for him it was supplimental, but my mom had 3 more years until she could apply for medicare. Both diabetic, etc.
they never had 3 final rinses for sure. I used to look at them all in Sears. My dads customers used to complain about as he put it, nornmal noises associated with a dishwasher back then. They weren't as good as a Hobart machine for sure, but for the price points, not bad. They cleaned well. They did have strong pumps, which rattled light items and made noises. The roto-rack's often squeaked as they spun as well. I can't knock Sears. They did service what they sold, and supported our family for decades. Machines break. Fact of life.
From I'd say about 1997, two years after his retiremnt, my dad refused to shop at Sears. I think it had to do with them canceling their group health insurance, which he was paying for from 1995. He did turn age 65 that year, so for him it was supplimental, but my mom had 3 more years until she could apply for medicare. Both diabetic, etc.
mickeyd
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Interesting.
Who made Tappan? The built-in one in this house--now broken and gone--had 3 rinses on the Sani-wash cycle.
So there is no misunderstanding, the assertion is that DM lacked three rinses, not the case with other brands, correct?
Who made Tappan? The built-in one in this house--now broken and gone--had 3 rinses on the Sani-wash cycle.
So there is no misunderstanding, the assertion is that DM lacked three rinses, not the case with other brands, correct?
3 Finel Rinses
Some DWs did and still have 3 final rinses, I just never saw a D&M DW that did it.
John L.
Some DWs did and still have 3 final rinses, I just never saw a D&M DW that did it.
John L.
mickeyd
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Thanks, John!
Do you know who made Tappan Dishwashers.
Do you know who made Tappan Dishwashers.
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