ovrphil
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Kind of expensive, right?
Vintage Portable Dishwasher $500- Brownsburg, IN
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KA Portable DW:
Is a KDS-59. Can be converted to built in.
WK78
Is a KDS-59. Can be converted to built in.
WK78
When we bought ours in December of 1983 direct from a Hobart dealer with tax it was around $715.00. This is the day it was delivered, we were still living in our first apartment. We built it in when we bought our first house.
I originally had a KDI-59 but never got to use it. It now happily resides in Long Island. As some of you may recall, I got a very low mileage KDS-58 for free. Gas and tolls not included. Very happy with it.
KDS 20
<span style="font-family: helvetica;">I bought a KDS 20 portable (does that make it a KDS 60?) around 1984. I used it as a portable until about 1990 when I moved into a place that had one. I stored it in my sister's basement. A couple years later her old Whirlpool died so I told her to use mine. She built it in and used it for close to 20 years. She replaced it a few years back without saying anything (she lives 1,000 miles from me). I wish she would have said something before replacing it because from her description I suspected it needed a new inlet valve. Of course, her local repairman wanted nothing to do with a machine that old. It's too bad because she kept it in really nice shape.</span>
<span style="font-family: helvetica;">She now has a Kitchen Aid with the new upper rack. I think she got a model 804 but I haven't seen it yet. She's pretty happy with the new machine.</span>
<span style="font-family: helvetica;">I bought a KDS 20 portable (does that make it a KDS 60?) around 1984. I used it as a portable until about 1990 when I moved into a place that had one. I stored it in my sister's basement. A couple years later her old Whirlpool died so I told her to use mine. She built it in and used it for close to 20 years. She replaced it a few years back without saying anything (she lives 1,000 miles from me). I wish she would have said something before replacing it because from her description I suspected it needed a new inlet valve. Of course, her local repairman wanted nothing to do with a machine that old. It's too bad because she kept it in really nice shape.</span>
<span style="font-family: helvetica;">She now has a Kitchen Aid with the new upper rack. I think she got a model 804 but I haven't seen it yet. She's pretty happy with the new machine.</span>
ovrphil
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Post#1149936 Reply #4- KDS 20
Hi Ralph - just curious, is that the same 804 with a window like here:
https://www.reviewed.com/dishwashers/content/kitchenaid-kdtm804ess-dishwasher-review
I haven't seen a windowed dishwasher, but if I was 2-4 years old, I would be standing in the front of that Kitchenaid watching the cycle...like our Manx did with our Frigidaire f/l washer and dryer.
Hi Ralph - just curious, is that the same 804 with a window like here:
https://www.reviewed.com/dishwashers/content/kitchenaid-kdtm804ess-dishwasher-review
I haven't seen a windowed dishwasher, but if I was 2-4 years old, I would be standing in the front of that Kitchenaid watching the cycle...like our Manx did with our Frigidaire f/l washer and dryer.
