who made this Montgomery Ward dishwasher??

[bwoods]

The buttons on it, remind me of the pushbuttons on my old Westinghouse "tumble" front loader. Could this have been manufactured by Westinghouse for MontgomeryWard?

http://charlestonwv.craigslist.org/hsh/3105510072.html

 

[re563]

Correct!!

This was made by WCI (westinghouse) for Montgomery Wards.

 

[bwoods]

Thanks, Robert!

 

[combo52]

WCI all the way

Easily one of the worst DWs of the late 1970s-1980s, these even made D&M DWs not look too bad LOL.

 

[rp2813]

If you're seeking the worst . . .

You can be sure, if it's Signature.

 

[roto204]

Worst is relative

In my review, I actually thought the performance was very good, light years better than the turbine-pump GEs.  The build quality and razor-thin porcelain did make D&M look stellar, though.

 

The wheel-less bottom rack actually was surprisingly not that bad.  And the control panels were pretty handsome.

 

[combo52]

Worst of The Worst

My comments mainly referred to the reliability of the machines, they actually did work reasonably well, but I saw many of these DWs that were leaking from at least five places that were not 5 years old.

 

[frigidaireguy]

Didn't Frigidaire (General Motors) make the earlier Mont. Wards dishwashers ???
Late 60's and early 70's

 

[bwoods]

Yes, GM had a contract with Montgomery Wards and built their appliances, at least in the late sixties.

My brother-in-law worked on the assembly line for Frigidaire in Dayton/Moraine, Ohio. They were making Montgomery Ward Appliances when he was hired on in 1966.

 

[MaytagA710]

Wow! Looks rather feature-laden. I would like to get my hands on one of these as they look like they would be a fun machine to play with. 

 

Speaking of Frigidaire, who made their DWs in the mid 80s? I can't remember who, but a member posted about it a few months ago, a friend of his moved into a new apartment with a Frigidaire DW, the model was supposedly notorious for spraying water out the bottom of the door?

 

[appnut]

Frigidaire Dishwashers mid-80s

WCI, White-Westinghouse.

 

[MaytagA710]

Thanks Bob, it was way before the two-pump models too.