I have a similar dishwasher, in Coppertone, at my shop. We use it for a microwave cart.
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Great looking DW, I hope it washes as good as it looks! Were these sold under the Kenmore name as well?
whitetub
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It looks like this machine is in the Whirlpool dishwasher brochure from 1969, in the Automatic Ephemera section, on top of the webpage.
Nice DW, Robert.
It reminds me a lot of the Kenmore portable my Aunt Doris bought while we were visiting her family in the summer of '68. My then five year old cousin Melanie kept saying I like it, I like it, I like it.
It reminds me a lot of the Kenmore portable my Aunt Doris bought while we were visiting her family in the summer of '68. My then five year old cousin Melanie kept saying I like it, I like it, I like it.
You're right Glenn, but this seems too new for 1970? But maybe not?
03920F939
The serial seemingly indicates Findlay, 1969, 39th week. Otherwise 9 would be 1979 or 1989 which isn't reasonable for the vintage of the unit.
Older serial syntax with the factory & date info at the end.
"New" syntax would be F93903920.
Cool looking, when I first saw the pic I'd have thought it some Japanese made machine. It looks sort of Sanyo or Hitachi-esque
Did the sellers tell you it leaked?
Did the sellers tell you it leaked?
rinso
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DADoES is right. I bought mine in 1969. No one would ever call it quiet, but it was very powerful, especially on the Super Wash. Almost never had to scour pots and pans.
dishwasherfan
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Another great find..
Robert, you always find those diamonds in the rough. I would also love to see the wash action with a plexiglass view...Thanks, Bob..
Robert, you always find those diamonds in the rough. I would also love to see the wash action with a plexiglass view...Thanks, Bob..
Aferim!
I just love Top Loading Dishwashers. And these 'pools with their backsplashes were especially cool machines. Use it in good health!
One of the reasons I collect them is that they're absolutely great for washing things you wouldn't put in your daily driver like tools, trash bins, appliance parts, refrigerator bins and shelves, filters, dispensers, agitators, icky home stuff that you don't want to wash by hand, but wouldn't put where your dishes go. They are wonderfully useful. This one reminds me of those nifty Japanese Clothes washers.
I just love Top Loading Dishwashers. And these 'pools with their backsplashes were especially cool machines. Use it in good health!
One of the reasons I collect them is that they're absolutely great for washing things you wouldn't put in your daily driver like tools, trash bins, appliance parts, refrigerator bins and shelves, filters, dispensers, agitators, icky home stuff that you don't want to wash by hand, but wouldn't put where your dishes go. They are wonderfully useful. This one reminds me of those nifty Japanese Clothes washers.
Oh wow, thanks you guys! I'm thrilled to hear the machine is earlier than I thought!
Fred and I talked tonight about taking the lid apart and replacing the horrible fake wood-grain top with pink boomerang Formica lol!
It sure does sound powerful and the machine seems to have really little use. This seems to a common theme with vintage portable dishwashers as opposed to vintage built-ins.
Fred and I talked tonight about taking the lid apart and replacing the horrible fake wood-grain top with pink boomerang Formica lol!
It sure does sound powerful and the machine seems to have really little use. This seems to a common theme with vintage portable dishwashers as opposed to vintage built-ins.
John figures that many people could afford a portable dishwasher shortly before they moved to a new home with a builtin dishwasher. Many people took them and then they sat in a basement, buried. We left our portable with the house as a selling feature. In today's economy, it is easy to forget the upward mobility, economic opportunities and optimism in the 50s and 60s.
rinso
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I have always liked front-loading washers and top-loading dishwashers, even back in the day. Because I'm a total klutz, I often think a glass or cup is empty when I turn it upside-down and put it in the dishwasher. With a front loader, most of the liquid splashes on the floor. With a top-load dishwasher, this was never a problem.
Cool WP Top Loading DW
These were only made until around 1970 and were very good performers, Robert yours still has the Delco Turbo-Pump WP discontinued this pump design around 1972 in all their DWs, but the good news is that the later style pump and motor is a drop-in fit, in fact you could even drop-in a Power-Clean pump and motor in this DW. This DW should not be all that noisy with its double walled tub and lid. Hope you enjoy it, I wish that I had never given mine away, but it looks like I may get the Inglis one that Paul has some day, if you get tired of this one let me know.
These were only made until around 1970 and were very good performers, Robert yours still has the Delco Turbo-Pump WP discontinued this pump design around 1972 in all their DWs, but the good news is that the later style pump and motor is a drop-in fit, in fact you could even drop-in a Power-Clean pump and motor in this DW. This DW should not be all that noisy with its double walled tub and lid. Hope you enjoy it, I wish that I had never given mine away, but it looks like I may get the Inglis one that Paul has some day, if you get tired of this one let me know.
ovrphil
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Count Dracuwash
Not an echo you're hearing - you (and Fred) have found yet another clean and attractive dishwasher. I'm a top-loader fan, too - with none to show and tell. Really enjoy viewing your finds - and I like the boomerang formica idea, but would hate to cover the wood -would like the ability to just interchange different top designs.
sidenote: you had a Proctor-Silex toaster on that shelf behind this new gem..I was lucky to find one too, before realizing that you had one there. Aren't they great?
Thanks for posting and enjoy. I appreciate aw.org for everyone's finds, especially these rare super clean finds.
Phil
Not an echo you're hearing - you (and Fred) have found yet another clean and attractive dishwasher. I'm a top-loader fan, too - with none to show and tell. Really enjoy viewing your finds - and I like the boomerang formica idea, but would hate to cover the wood -would like the ability to just interchange different top designs.
sidenote: you had a Proctor-Silex toaster on that shelf behind this new gem..I was lucky to find one too, before realizing that you had one there. Aren't they great?
Thanks for posting and enjoy. I appreciate aw.org for everyone's finds, especially these rare super clean finds.
Phil
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Great find there guys, looking forward to seeing the under window action, does this have a retractable 2 in 1 drain and fill hose?
Great find there guys, looking forward to seeing the under window action, does this have a retractable 2 in 1 drain and fill hose?
John, thanks. No it is very loud. This is the loudest dishwasher I've ever had in the kitchen, it even beats the James sound level wise. No other dishwasher in the kitchen has ever caused us to turn the volume up on the TV in the living room before lol when it's running. It is at least double the sound level of the D&M Kenmore that was there before it. It not the motor or pump that's loud its the force of the water hitting the the cabinet and the lid.
So far so good performance wise, it's a very powerful dishwasher. What I would really like to find is a 1959-1960's Whirlpool made built in dishwasher in good shape. John do those early machines have the same or a similar motor-pump assembly as this 1970 machine?
Mike, yes it has a "uni-coupler" to attach it to the kitchen sink.
Phil, we don't own a Proctor-Silex toaster??
So far so good performance wise, it's a very powerful dishwasher. What I would really like to find is a 1959-1960's Whirlpool made built in dishwasher in good shape. John do those early machines have the same or a similar motor-pump assembly as this 1970 machine?
Mike, yes it has a "uni-coupler" to attach it to the kitchen sink.
Phil, we don't own a Proctor-Silex toaster??
This is the loudest dishwasher I've ever had in the kitc
That is because this is a REAL dishwasher that will tackle food soil you probably have never ever generated in your kitchen. No soaking or scrubbing needed with ths dishwasher!!
That is because this is a REAL dishwasher that will tackle food soil you probably have never ever generated in your kitchen. No soaking or scrubbing needed with ths dishwasher!!
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