The Maytag Center Dial Dishwasher

[bajaespuma]

Does anyone here have any photos of the original Maytag Top Loading portable dishwasher? I was asked about the racking in it and although I sort of remember it being white and essentially similar to the racking in the Jet-Cleans, I haven't seen it since one was on the floor at Gimbel's on 33rd Street back in 1969

 

[partscounterman]

Here's one!

When these machines first came out, Peterson's Maytag let my mom have one on a "try-out" basis. Our Hotpoint with the cool pink flying saucer sprayer got parked in the hall and we used the Maytag toploader. Mom did not like the topload design and she complained that the Maytag turned over all the plastic cups. (of course it did-the Maytag actually had cleaning power Mom!) So she sent the Maytag back and we were stuck with that damned Hotpoint for too long-everything had to be scoured before you put 'em in the Hotpoint. What a waste of time!

Anyway here is a scan from the book "An American Quality Legend". This book was a gift from my secret santa at christmas '05. The line under the picture reads "Maytag's first shot at making dishwashers was this top loading portable model which freed homemakers to sit on high stools and read cookbooks while the dishes washed themselves"

I love her hair!

 

[gansky1]

Here is the one we brought back from the Early, IA store a few years ago. It worked OK but was covered with iron deposits inside. I never really used to wash dishes, but just looking into it was annoying. The cups, glasses and smaller items were placed in the lower rack via a hinged opening in the top rack where all the plates and larger items were placed (similar to the racking in the front-loading units) but what a pain that would be! If you had a full load and put everything in all at once and ran it, it might not have been too bad, but if you saved dishes for several days to make a full load, it would be a mess trying to open the "trap door" in the top rack, moving things out of the way, etc. to get your coffee cup down to the lower level. I ended up giving the machine away as I had no room for it and could never see myself having anything more than contempt for it's design. It was also a rather large appliance, the tub portion was 24" square and then the controls & hose/coupler housing was added to the front of the machine so it had a rather large footprint.

 

[appnut]

I rememberr people complaining when you opened the lid after the cycle was complete, water would dribble from the lid-mounted spray arm and get stuff wet.

 

[swestoyz]

Here is the WP 600 on display at the Jasper County Musuem in Newton. While very cool looking - no where near as good of a dishwasher as their front loaders.

Ben

 

[bajaespuma]

Does anyone have a picture of the inside with the racking? It's exactly that "annoying" racking that I was curious about. I remember this was the first dishwasher where the glassware was loaded on the bottom and the plates were loaded on the top rack. With the front loaders, and one of them is my daily driver, I thought and still think this was an exceptionally clever design as it solved the problem of making sure the glasses and cups got sufficient water spray, but I guess with the top loading model, the ergonomics of shifting racks was a pain in the butt.

 

[bajaespuma]

by the way, thank you and,

I remember that model with the drain-pipe curls from "An American Quality Legend". I thought she looked kind of ratty back then, and I still do. She was dressed in polyester pants suits and used to display the 906,806,606 and 206 on the first Maytag Washer and Dryer brochures I ever requested from any appliance company back in the summer of 1969. I'm still looking for those brochures which I hope are buried deep inside some moving box I haven't looked in yet.

 

[bpetersxx]

Norge had a hair drying attachment

This Maytag DW had a hair washing attachment

Are these Jimmy Filterflo and Don Shier Jetaction

Still looking to see if I have a rack picture Maybe Greg can take and upload a picture so I can put it in the Robert Seger archives Gansky wing of the museum

 

[filterflo]

Yes, thats us working on the Maytag. I had bought it in Iowa and this is when we got it to Omaha and were trying to clean it up to make it work again. It was a scaled up mess inside, the worst I had ever seen. Don is assisting with the lid, and that dishwasher model is built like a tank! Maytag really put a lot of metal in it........

 

[maytagwc401]

someone has one of these for sale in Manitoba. see the following link:

http://www.buysell.com/root/detail/Manitoba/Dishwashers/93/59773597/MAYTAG_DISHWASHER_top_loading_for_parts.aspx

hope someone gets it.

http://www.buysell.com/root/detail/Manitoba/Dishwashers/93/59773597/MAYTAG_DISHWASHER_top_loading_for_parts.aspx