UNUSUAL - Penncrest Portable -" Vintage dishwasher - $100 (Lockport)"

[ovrphil]

Never saw this model, from Penney's - made by ? Hobart/KA? [this post was last edited: 6/9/2016-23:58]

http://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/app/5622133948.html

 

[rp2813]

That interior does not belong to the portable Penncrest.  It's clearly a KA machine built into a different kitchen.  Penncrest major appliances were usually rebadged GE's or Hotpoints, and that's what this one looks like.

 

I wonder why so many exterior and "money" shots on CL belong to two different machines.

 

[ovrphil]

Oh SH*

I feel stupid for sure - I think I noticed it and just went right by the fact that's it's a top loader. So what else might be askew? Thanks Ralph.

 

[ovrphil]

My mistake, Ralph - correct photos added

I'm done ...thanks for noticing.

 

[bajaespuma]

GE

That's a Mobile Maid, every inch of it. You can even see the little circle in the lid where the Power Shower would have gone had this been a TOL. The silverware basket looks a little different but that could have been added later. I'd guess it's circa 1962 when they discontinued the Petal Pink Plastisol and went to blue.

 

[gansky1]

Ah, the glory days of JC Penney shopping.  I remember appliances at Penney's, but much later into the 70's.  I've seen so very few JCP appliances in the wild that it hardly seems like they sold them at all.  

 

[turquoisedude]

Hmmm... That silverware basket reminds me of a Hotpoint one for some reason.

 

[rp2813]

That's more like it!

Hey Phil, I thought it was the seller who had posted the KA money shot!

 

It may be a GE/Hotpoint clone, but it's certainly an unusual machine based on the Penncrest badge. 

 

 

[ovrphil]

Just from a collecting standpoint, if there's room, this would be worth taking home. I've never seen a Penncrest dishwasher in my searches.