Super Cute 60's Hotpoint Dishwasher on eBay in Metro LA

[Unimatic1140]

This was mentioned briefly in another thread, but I thought we should capture the images for our archives. Look how cute this is, probably from around 1965...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/vtg-mid-cen...ultDomain_0&hash=item35b5fbeccc#ht_3150wt_146

 

[aquarius8000]

I dont really like dishwashers but i looooooovvvvveeeeee this! And the detergent! I agree, it is nice but at the end of the day its nope, no garage and have got all the machines I am allowed

 

[mickeyd]

nice close-up on the graphics

The cursive script is rare indeed and I love the mini-antenna-dish main dial, aka, flying saucer if you're from Melrose.

 

PS: The Wash Only is interesting. Can't remember seeing it before on a dishwasher, only on combos.

 

[peteski50]

hotpoint dishwasher!

Very interesting model. I never saw one like this before. The interior looks just like the 1972 portable we had. Anyone with brochures would be appreciated.
Also the box of cascade brings back memomeries with the picture of the Whale on top.
Peter

 

[bajaespuma]

The Wash Only is interesting. Can't remember seeing it b

It appears on the Custom Crest from 1961:

 

[mickeyd]

Wow! pretty girl--oh, and the hair band, too !

Thanks Ken. Wondering if it was more common than I thought, available in other brands as well. I would like to have that feature to keep the kitchen cooler in the summer.

 

Interesting that the P &P cycle has only one wash and is shorter than the regular cycle. What's going on there? I'm just thinking about Bob Appnut and how he'd know the answer.

 

[rp2813]

Interesting. The Pots & Pans cycle is shorter than the regular wash cycle and offers only a single wash. Would I be correct in interpreting the copy to suggest that the P&P cycle be run first, followed by the regular wash cycle?

 

[mickeyd]

We need Bob

 

[mickeyd]

HI Ralph

I just re-read the text slowly and it seems to say that this cycle does the job, but I can't imagine how.

 

 

Synchronistic telepathy: I went back and added the sentence that is almost identical to yours to my post as you were writing yours. Love it when that happens.

[this post was last edited: 10/20/2011-19:35]

 

[peteski50]

hotpoint dishwasher!

I think this one may go with the above picture.
Peter

 

[toploader55]

Agreed...

Hello Bob-Appnut ??? Bob,,, We need you now !!!

 

[toggleswitch]

Funny to me in that the WASH ONLY was "POTS & PANS" with some earlier machines in that the machine was meant to do 90% of the work, then YOU'd scrub what was not removed by the machine

The lack of a heated dry was intended to prevent burning-on /baking-on resides that were not removed in the wash.

To me, this POTS & PANS cycle should have been "LIGHT WASH",or perhaps was intended for pots already scrubbed and intended to be de-greased in a hot dishwasher.

Were good-quality stainless-steel pots & pans popular back then? One would think that much cookware was aluminum and not dishwasher-safe.

 

[arbilab]

Seems "wash only" equivalent to today's "energy saver dry".

But P&P being shorter than 'regular' really contradicts.

 

[bwoods]

It seems with only half an upper wash arm, that means fewer holes so more water pressure.

"Scientfillay aimed holes" and "filtered washing". Seems like GE designed this machine well. Wow.

Anyone have one of these, and can tell how well they washed??

 

[circlew]

Stainless steel cookware

Hey Steve, nearly everyone I knew at the time had either Revere, Farberware, Ekco Flint, or Regalware stainless. I remember buying my mom an aluminum saucepan with Teflon coating for a present. She used it occasionly, but it didn't retain it's looks for long. I got the impression that aluminum pots & pans were mainly for those who couldn't afford anything better.

 

[bajaespuma]

These old cycle not only made more sense, they were, by toda

The Pots and Pans cycle on the GE Pull-outs was similar in that it was a very short cycle with no heated dry and extra water for more forceful spray. The explanation in the manual was that it was specifically for METAL pots and pans and designed to wash off MOST of the soil without cooking any of it on with excessive heat. It acted like the cycles on the warewashers we use in restaurants. I give them credit here because they weren't (yet) trying to make a claim that the machine would be able to wash cookware perfectly. The idea was to loosen and remove as much gunk as possible, admitting that the user would maybe need to give the stuff a quick scrub afterwards. It's actually how I use my dishwasher now for pots and pans. I find it very useful to run everything through, get it all out of the way, and if I have to wash a few bits of food off later, big freakin' deal. If one used the cycle, as described, it was quite useful in getting rid a lot of the stuff you used to prepare the meal.

 

There was also, on the SU-70 series a "HEAVY SOIL" cycle that was longer than any other (1 extra pre-rinse than "NORMAL SOIL") and used those same 3 extra pints of water with a heated dry.

 

[bajaespuma]

Here's another explanation of the 4 cycles:

 

 

[Unimatic1140]

I always use the Chrystal/China cycle after we throw on of our "bridge parties or afternoon teas" lol.

 

[jetcone]

I love the Rinse & Hold cycle

 on my KDS-14! use it everyday until I have a full unit.  Wash only would be cool, like Scrub cycle for those roasting pans.

 

Neat buttons on that machine but the 60¢ Giant Size Cascade is to dye for! Love the scent that had , smells like home after dinner!

 

 

[mrcleanjeans]

The KDS-14 almost has a wash only. The Utilty-Utensil cycle is the same as regular but with only a 5 minute dry, just long enough to dry off excess moisture from pots and pans but not long enough to bake on any unremoved soils which can then, according to the literature,be wiped away with a paper towel.

 

[rollermatic]

i won this dishwasher on e bay

last nite and now am in the process of getting it shipped. has anyone ever used
"home direct usa" as a shipper? or any other suggestions. i am getting bids from "u ship" at the present time.

said i wasn't buying anymore but this one i had to try for! my aunt and uncle had a very similiar hotpoint in the mid sixties and it was the first dishwasher i had ever seen. hotpoint was also the first dishwasher i got in 1968 to tinker with so this one brings back memories!

and i agree with robert here, it is too cute!!! too bad there are no pump seals anywhere to be found for them, hopefully it won't need one. it will be used very "gently". and i do have one more hotpoint with the same pump and motor style and it runs great!

thanks!

 

[dishwasherrules]

Congrats!

Congratulations for your successful bid on ebay, Rollermatic! Can't wait to see the pics of the "maiden" wash here in this forum
Ivan

 

[rollermatic]

thank you

i have a shipper ready to go, should have it in a couple weeks!!!

for anyone's info, jim the trucker who has hauled for me about 6 or 7 times and has hauled for other members informed me this week that he is no longer "in the business". he was the guy who had an e mail of "j family hunter". he always did an excellent job for me and was reasonable!

have not been doing any appliance related stuff for about a year now, was completely burnt out! but this hotpoint will be fun and i will post pics when i get it for anyone interested in what a mid sixties portable hotpoint (complete with an unopened box of cascade) looks like!

 

[bernhard]

zermatt

first: please excuse my english: i-am-german

i'd like to show my dishwasher - it seems to be similar to the ohne, that ist shown in the pics from peteski50 above. the history of the device ist interesting, i think.

it was integrated in the kitchen of a chalet in the village "zermatt" (switzerland) - for those who don't know: that is, where the mountain "matterhorn" is situated. though the owner's family was quite wealthy, the dishwasher worked until 2007 - as it was built in approx. '64(?), that'a use of more than 40 years! i was planning the renovation of the chalet, the kitchen was to demount, too. the only device i could retain was the washer, though the oven looked also great with its monster-knobs. as there are no cars allowed in the village, it wasn't that easy to get the washer in my car to bring it to germany in the black forest, where it waited in a barn fore some years. now, as it's in the garage of my house, i'm looking forward to reawake it one fine day...

you guys are great - i never thought that those washing machines looked that great in the sixties or seventies. those illuminated panels with switches and turns, chrome ore cloured... what an era with such carefully designed devices!

i look forward to get your opinion about my dishwasher!
bernhard

 

[bernhard]

more

 

[bernhard]

even more inside

 

[bernhard]

the entire old kitchen

 

[bernhard]

...and the oven

 

[norgeway]

Re Hotpoint Dishwashers!

Those old Hotpoints washed fine..BUT..You better have it on the back poarch, because they sound like a chainsaw running...I tried to get one several years ago in a old hardware store, it was a brand new portable from the same era,,,same new box of Cascade, but the old man wanted 3 war pensions for it..he either died or or just closed up shop, there was an auction and I didnt get there..the store was full of all kinds of old appliances, many nib toasters, frypans percolators etc, even a brand new Kitchenaid 3 -B mixer...which the old nut wanted 249.00 for...no wonder he didnt sell anything!! but 3 Philco washers that are now owned by various AW members came from there!!!

 

[gansky1]

That's a beautiful dishwasher!  For all their faults, I still liked these machines.  We had a '64 lower-end model in the house my parents bought in the late 80's.  We used that machine every day with no trouble, cleaned quite well.  Like Hans mentioned, they are loud but the cycle time is pretty short so the torture doesn't last long.  You can insulate the tank before installing it which would help a lot, I'm sure.