The Craigslist Gods have shined down on me again!

chachp · Sep 4, 2017

Look what I picked up on Craigslist today. It was about an hour away. The seller said he had it posted for a while and was about to throw it out. Thank goodness I got to it first.

The story is it's been in climate controlled storage for the past 30 years and I believe it. This thing appears to have had very little use. They had it set up for a permanent connection but thanks to the forethought of the person who did it, the hoses are just taped inside so I can very easily convert it back to a true portable.

I plugged it in and hit the cancel and drain. I heard the loud snap of the drain valve and it clciekd all the way through until it was off. I'll deal with the plumbing and then send more pictures. I'm optimitisitc it will run perfectly.

Look at those racks and look at that sump!! The inside is shiny and ding free.

tomturbomatic · Sep 4, 2017

Congratulations!

WOW! A great treasure.

appnut · Sep 4, 2017

Congratulations Chach!!!

yogitunes · Sep 4, 2017

that thing is beautiful....good luck with it....

keep us posted....

spacedogb · Sep 4, 2017

Beautiful machine. One day I will have one

mrsalvo · Sep 5, 2017

Congratulations! Very good dishwasher. Hope you will get many years of trouble free use out of it. Always felt these dishwashers cleaned really well and didn't overwash the dishes, and quick too.

toploader55 · Sep 5, 2017

Aye Yi

Just Beautiful.

turquoisedude · Sep 5, 2017

Congratulations !!

Wow, Chach, this is an amazing find!! And you got to it just in time, too! Glad you were able to save it.

chachp · Sep 5, 2017

Thank you everyone!

Last night when I ran it there were 3 or 4 small drips. I ran it through the SANI cycle this morning to test the element and it worked perfectly. It's now down to one tiny drip so I suspect the seals are good and that one small drip will likely disappear soon as well.

Here is a picture of the lower panel. Pretty clean for a machine this old.

mayken4now · Sep 5, 2017

Very nice! You scored big time.

washdaddy · Sep 5, 2017

Congratulations on a great find! Hope you get many years of fun out of it

daveamkrayoguy · Sep 5, 2017

I wonder if that's the same one I saw go into a dumpster at the house on my paper route that probably could just have easily been saved... (Reincarnated, perhaps?)

-- Dave

chachp · Sep 5, 2017

Is your Paper Route in Hot Springs, AR?

ovrphil · Sep 5, 2017

GREAT find! I guess you DO get some good ones afterall in your area, contrary to some earlier thoughts you had. I know, you've seen a caravan of opportunities, but not near you. But, this is a very nice KA. Congrats...jealous!

whitetub · Sep 5, 2017

WOW. This is nice...You can say that it is brand new...I don't see one scratch, I can't tell that it has ever been used. WOW. I wish I could find something like that. Nice Kitchenaid, in coppertone. You cannot get anymore classic vintage than that. Enjoy it.

appnut · Sep 5, 2017

Chach, this probably will last until you will no longer need a dishwasher. And it won't be your only dishwasher either.

askolover · Sep 6, 2017

That's my mother's first dishwasher but hers was a built-in. I was 3 when she got it! Same color and all. It was ran every single day for 13 years. It eventually got to where it would fill and just sit there, then drain and fill again and just sit there. She replaced it with a Kenmore 3 level wash that developed a problem at seven years old. She then bought a KUDI 23 in 1994 and is still using it.

chachp · Sep 8, 2017

Maiden Load......

I haven't a clue when the last time was that this machine actually washed any dishes. Could be 30+ years but she sure did a great job. 

Everything is sparkly clean and dry just as I expected. All the little droplets under the machine are gone so I suspect all the seals are just fine now. Ready to put the bottom panel back on and put her into "rotation".