retromania
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Pink boomerang!!!! Please post a photo if you guys do that.
Pink boomerang!!!! Please post a photo if you guys do that.
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see what a Delco Turbo pump looks like!!! Sounds forceful!!!
see what a Delco Turbo pump looks like!!! Sounds forceful!!!
The closest you will probably come to finding the 59-60 WP DW with the Gorman-Rupp pump and the black Bakelite wash arm is the top loading portable in the warehouse. In the builtin that design was TOL, but models below that were a funny design put together out of spare parts with the GE's bow tie impeller, a WP top rack and a no sides GE style lower rack that was literally just the lower rack out of a GE roll out DW with added wheels, but with no side rails so you could not load skillets, etc. along the sides unless you did it after the rack was partially back in the machine. I'm not sure you could even stand bowls in the corners; I don't remember if there was nothing to hold them.
After we found the portable, John had a brand new wash arm the he said I should try in the portable. Turns out that the wash arm was for a builtin and turned the opposide direction from the portable's less shiny wash arm and squirted water out the baffle over the water inlet and made piddles on the floor.
After we found the portable, John had a brand new wash arm the he said I should try in the portable. Turns out that the wash arm was for a builtin and turned the opposide direction from the portable's less shiny wash arm and squirted water out the baffle over the water inlet and made piddles on the floor.
This must be the season for these
Wow Robert! What a weird coincidence! I just picked up the very same model last Saturday from someone in Idaho. I also picked up the top of the line model two weeks before that!
One is the SVP80 & the other is the SVP100. Here is the SVP80
Wow Robert! What a weird coincidence! I just picked up the very same model last Saturday from someone in Idaho. I also picked up the top of the line model two weeks before that!
One is the SVP80 & the other is the SVP100. Here is the SVP80
Here is theSVP100
Top of the line with a work surface light!
Top of the line with a work surface light!
SVP 100 Cycle Selector
All push button. Interestingly the Cancel selection simply turns off the machine & re-sets the timer. No draining!
All push button. Interestingly the Cancel selection simply turns off the machine & re-sets the timer. No draining!
Right side of console
Mark 100. I think someone was asking what model year they are. They are 1969 models, but were carried over into 1970 (according to Whirlpool service literature).
Mark 100. I think someone was asking what model year they are. They are 1969 models, but were carried over into 1970 (according to Whirlpool service literature).
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Here is the interior. And yes that is a Delco Turbo Pump. These were very short lived because 1)At first there was not field repair procedure; the whole item was returned for a replacement, or you paid a core-charge, and 2)when Whirlpool finally did work out a repair procedure most of the time other parts broke while you were disassembling the pump, so it became more expensive to repair (John, please correct me if I've made any error in this area). It is a very powerful dishwasher (as you've noted); the SVP100 has a thermostatic hold in the last rinse for 145 degree water.
I know you'll enjoy it!
Here is the interior. And yes that is a Delco Turbo Pump. These were very short lived because 1)At first there was not field repair procedure; the whole item was returned for a replacement, or you paid a core-charge, and 2)when Whirlpool finally did work out a repair procedure most of the time other parts broke while you were disassembling the pump, so it became more expensive to repair (John, please correct me if I've made any error in this area). It is a very powerful dishwasher (as you've noted); the SVP100 has a thermostatic hold in the last rinse for 145 degree water.
I know you'll enjoy it!
philr
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Alan, that Mark 100 is really nice!
Yes, Phil, I agree! I have always loved this era of design for Whirlpools kitchen appliances. Their top of the line items have this very understated elegance to them. Whirlpool "simplicity" at it's best!
ovrphil
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Add in another Phil in the audience who admires these.
hubba-hubba.
hubba-hubba.
Wow, that is amazing Al! I was just telling Fred how rare these top loading Whirlpool dishwashers are, lol.
Congrats on the finds as well, the Mark 100 is super cool!
Congrats on the finds as well, the Mark 100 is super cool!
Add in another Phil
ok make it an even three. So cool to see these beauties all scurrying out of the woodwork!
Phil #3
ok make it an even three. So cool to see these beauties all scurrying out of the woodwork!
Phil #3
Robert and Fred,
That Whirlpool washer is so darn cute!
It is in fantastic shape!
I bet it is fun to hear in person.
I love the way the motor's start up on these older dishwashers. Love hearing it I should say.
Is it the start windings that make that wonderful whirring sound and then click when the motor gets up to speed? Great sound to me.
You will have fun with this one. I find it actually looks older than what year it is from. So well built.
Thanks for sharing!
Brent
That Whirlpool washer is so darn cute!
It is in fantastic shape!
I bet it is fun to hear in person.
I love the way the motor's start up on these older dishwashers. Love hearing it I should say.
Is it the start windings that make that wonderful whirring sound and then click when the motor gets up to speed? Great sound to me.
You will have fun with this one. I find it actually looks older than what year it is from. So well built.
Thanks for sharing!
Brent
retromania
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I just want.....
I just want a machine that doesn't leave puddles on the top of eveything. I would rather save energy in some other way!!!!! That would be one of my reasons for going with a vintage machine. That and of course asthetics plus craftsmanship.
I just want a machine that doesn't leave puddles on the top of eveything. I would rather save energy in some other way!!!!! That would be one of my reasons for going with a vintage machine. That and of course asthetics plus craftsmanship.
I see a panel light and switch on that Mark 100! Those really are pretty machines.
I've only seen one top-loading dishwasher on CL and the estate sales around here. I remember a few as a kid, but only a few. I don't know if it was the top-loading format or the whole dishwasher concept. Even into the late 70's, I remember people getting their first dishwasher and how excited they were to try one. Usually the machines came included in a new house.
A neighbor of ours with four kids bought a used WP top-load dishwasher that ended up having a bad timer. The mother Ardeen, said that it was too loud anyway and thereafter used it to store grocery and shopping bags. "Now I have five dishwashers that don't work" (including the kids).
I've only seen one top-loading dishwasher on CL and the estate sales around here. I remember a few as a kid, but only a few. I don't know if it was the top-loading format or the whole dishwasher concept. Even into the late 70's, I remember people getting their first dishwasher and how excited they were to try one. Usually the machines came included in a new house.
A neighbor of ours with four kids bought a used WP top-load dishwasher that ended up having a bad timer. The mother Ardeen, said that it was too loud anyway and thereafter used it to store grocery and shopping bags. "Now I have five dishwashers that don't work" (including the kids).
WOW........ WOW........ and WOW!!!!!!!!!
This is really amazing that a DISHWASHER not only has a control panel (work surface) light, but it's a TOP loading dishwasher at that!
I am stunned!
WOW!
CONGRATS Al on your awesome pair! Very cool!
Kevin
This is really amazing that a DISHWASHER not only has a control panel (work surface) light, but it's a TOP loading dishwasher at that!
I am stunned!
WOW!
CONGRATS Al on your awesome pair! Very cool!
Kevin
mickeyd
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TWO MORE TL WP DW's UNBELIEVABLE!
It never stops. It just NEVER stops. And TWO speeds, Alan. I had no idea!
Enjoy these gems.
Mine is an FL. I mis-wrote up there.
I love the noise--it's really a roar! And remember we have all four sides open to the ether. If we built them in, we could talk above them, MAYBE ;'D
It never stops. It just NEVER stops. And TWO speeds, Alan. I had no idea!
Enjoy these gems.
Mine is an FL. I mis-wrote up there.
I love the noise--it's really a roar! And remember we have all four sides open to the ether. If we built them in, we could talk above them, MAYBE ;'D
Luckily this dishwasher came with its use and care guide, I just loaded it into Automatic Ephemera for anyone who might like a copy...
1970 Whirlpool Top Loading Dishwasher Use and Care Guide
1970 Whirlpool Top Loading Dishwasher Use and Care Guide
www.automatice.org
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