Wow Robert - the KI-14 looks about as mint as they come - and in PANK! Congrats on the find ~
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Thanks everyone for the good wishes. Well to my shock and surprise I put took off the front panel, got some towels ready, hooked up the dishwasher in downstairs and it works perfectly!!! Not a drip or leak anywhere, and everything worked like it was brand new and very quiet for a KitchenAid. YAY, I'm not used to having a vintage appliance go "plug and go".
You should make spaghetti.
Spaghetti it is Fred, see you at 8
You should make spaghetti.
Spaghetti it is Fred, see you at 8
It's a beauty, all right.
So when is it going in the upstairs kitchen, Robert? Seems like it would blend in very well with your pink and turquoise decor there. Despite my little joke above, congrats on the find.
As mentioned earlier, Minneapolis/St. Paul must truly be a treasure trove of vintage appliances. We get some such out here, but what with the general lack of basements here, people don't seem to hang onto older appliances the way they do in your neck of the woods. Most storage is in garages, and being very visible the old stuff doesn't seem to hang around as long as it might in a dark basement. One exception is older gas ranges, which last forever and only get replaced when a house is renovated. A lot of flats in SF and Oakland/Berkeley still have very nice ones from the late 40's/early 50's. When a washer or dishwasher goes out here, either mechanically or style-wise, people here seem more inclined to have it hauled to the dump than leave it in storage.
It's in such mint condition, I'm wondering if the previous owners ever used it much at all. A windowed door would be very nice indeed, but what with the latch and on/off switch/light it might be way too much trouble. Unless, of course, you could get a door off a junked one and cut a nice porthole in it... sort like like a Western HollyBart... lol...
So when is it going in the upstairs kitchen, Robert? Seems like it would blend in very well with your pink and turquoise decor there. Despite my little joke above, congrats on the find.
As mentioned earlier, Minneapolis/St. Paul must truly be a treasure trove of vintage appliances. We get some such out here, but what with the general lack of basements here, people don't seem to hang onto older appliances the way they do in your neck of the woods. Most storage is in garages, and being very visible the old stuff doesn't seem to hang around as long as it might in a dark basement. One exception is older gas ranges, which last forever and only get replaced when a house is renovated. A lot of flats in SF and Oakland/Berkeley still have very nice ones from the late 40's/early 50's. When a washer or dishwasher goes out here, either mechanically or style-wise, people here seem more inclined to have it hauled to the dump than leave it in storage.
It's in such mint condition, I'm wondering if the previous owners ever used it much at all. A windowed door would be very nice indeed, but what with the latch and on/off switch/light it might be way too much trouble. Unless, of course, you could get a door off a junked one and cut a nice porthole in it... sort like like a Western HollyBart... lol...
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Congratulations Robert. Very cool machine. I like the simple controls.
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Hi Robert. Beautiful Pink Kitchenaid....don't let
Bethann see it, otherwise she might drive to Minneapolis to claim it.
Ross
Bethann see it, otherwise she might drive to Minneapolis to claim it.
Ross
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WOW, that IS nice... and i dont even really think about dishwashers!
that wooden top looks flawless. i dont know how you contained yourself when you saw it. you ROBBED those people at the sale!
that wooden top looks flawless. i dont know how you contained yourself when you saw it. you ROBBED those people at the sale!
Lovely in Pank~!
Congrats.
Love those KitchenAids. They were the BEST!
Congrats.
Love those KitchenAids. They were the BEST!
What a great find Robert. And such excellent condition too. Guess I'm gonna have start hanging out in Minneapolis to find the estate sales with the cool stuff. We have plenty of basements here but not many estate sales.
christfr
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AWW MAN WHAT A COOL FIND.. IT NEVER FAILS JUST LEAVE IT TO ROBERT TO FIND THE BEST STUFF..
Sale of the Century
Oh that's a keeper.
Mazel tov!
Oh that's a keeper.
Mazel tov!
Robert, congratulations on the KDI-54 (?). Now we have seen a convertible 14. All we lack is the convertible 12. I noticed with mine that it lost a bit of water down the overflow cap during circulation so I put a silicone seal plug over the top hole. Six moving walls of water, a detergent dispenser and a two position upper rack with fold down/flip up dividers. WOW.
The friend's mom who had the big WP combo that I hauled off in 1969 used one of those red caps of Wisk for each load in the combo. That amount kept the suds line right where it should be in the observation window behind the lower panel and the clothes were always clean. I was there lots of times when she ironed and white stuff was clean and smelled nice. Check the ingredients in your Wisk. I found an old plastic bottle of Wisk that contained phosphates.
The friend's mom who had the big WP combo that I hauled off in 1969 used one of those red caps of Wisk for each load in the combo. That amount kept the suds line right where it should be in the observation window behind the lower panel and the clothes were always clean. I was there lots of times when she ironed and white stuff was clean and smelled nice. Check the ingredients in your Wisk. I found an old plastic bottle of Wisk that contained phosphates.
So when is it going in the upstairs kitchen, Robert?
For now I'm going to keep this machine in the basement lineup with the James and Apex dishwashers.
i dont know how you contained yourself when you saw it. you ROBBED those people at the sale!
Well actually there wasn't a price on the DW, so I asked the manager at the sale how much, she said oh I don't think that machine is going to work, it looks very old. I said "don't worry about it, I can have it fixed if it's broken"
, she shook her head in disbelief and said ok then $10. YAY, I'm so naughty.
KDI-54 (?).
Hi Tom, I believe it's a KDI-54P.
For now I'm going to keep this machine in the basement lineup with the James and Apex dishwashers.
i dont know how you contained yourself when you saw it. you ROBBED those people at the sale!
Well actually there wasn't a price on the DW, so I asked the manager at the sale how much, she said oh I don't think that machine is going to work, it looks very old. I said "don't worry about it, I can have it fixed if it's broken"
, she shook her head in disbelief and said ok then $10. YAY, I'm so naughty.KDI-54 (?).
Hi Tom, I believe it's a KDI-54P.
WOW!
What a beauty that is!
What a beauty that is!
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Totally Awesome ! Love the Pink! great job.
I 'gots ta have' me some pink.`
I 'gots ta have' me some pink.`
frontaloadotmy
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You are the Most Naughtiest Boy
In All of the Appliance Collecting Universe!!!
You must now wear a Pink Luncheon Size Scotkins
Tucked into your collar at all times!!!!
In All of the Appliance Collecting Universe!!!
You must now wear a Pink Luncheon Size Scotkins
Tucked into your collar at all times!!!!
danelto
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TOO LUCKY, ROBERT!
Robert--
It's just unbelieveable. You're like a magnet! Congrats!
Dan
Robert--
It's just unbelieveable. You're like a magnet! Congrats!
Dan
"$10"????
That is most definitely a steal of major proportions.
I can see that an appreciation for vintage appliances is not universal in the Twin Cities... lol... your gain...
I wonder how much it would cost to rent a barge to load up with vintage appliances in Minneapolis, and then float with the current to the Panama Canal and then hop a freighter back up the California coast...
That is most definitely a steal of major proportions.
I can see that an appreciation for vintage appliances is not universal in the Twin Cities... lol... your gain...
I wonder how much it would cost to rent a barge to load up with vintage appliances in Minneapolis, and then float with the current to the Panama Canal and then hop a freighter back up the California coast...
frontaloadotmy
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Robert
The turquoize button is for start ; no? So you have to
set the timer to the first triangle, or any triangle that
you choose? Also in the left front of the tub; that is for
accidental overfill? May we see the door out from under the
lower rack please? Is this the first offering of a detergent
dispnsr? Thanks.
The turquoize button is for start ; no? So you have to
set the timer to the first triangle, or any triangle that
you choose? Also in the left front of the tub; that is for
accidental overfill? May we see the door out from under the
lower rack please? Is this the first offering of a detergent
dispnsr? Thanks.
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Robert! i finally get to talk to ya.YAY i wanted to tell you thank you so much for this website it saved my life. I had cancer last year lymphoma and had kemo and basicley was to sick to wright and five grulling mounths of more thereapy.But when my friends got me a computer, when ill i typed in washers there u were first i had and out of body expereance then almost fainted and when i saw (see it wash) will i said evevrybody go away, one after another i was in washer heaven on earth and looked at everybody's collections including yours and was numb for mounths of elation. How extrodenary and beautiful that collection is as well as others exemplarary collections and hope to meet you and the rest of group here!Anyway im much better now thank god and im ready to share with u guys as much as possible. WOW WOW that kicthenaid dishwasher is awsome it,s fat, the bomb, lol. What a find man that dishwasher i grow up with when i was eight or nine my neigbors the morgens had a sixty's kicthen with a
hobert in ther three cycle model and it was thanskgiving and you know the type (WE ONLY USE IT ON THE HOLIDAYS) Geez, and that night they ran it and a couple of glasses broke in the machine bad racking fifty pound wash arm go figure,and that was the last time. and as i grew older in my twentys & thirtys i would always visit and they just use it for storege sad sad i tried to get it from them and it never worked out so ENJOY that unit hope to see it one day. Robert when u press start do,s the timer advance itself i alwasys thought it a bet bizaar having the timer at the bottom maybe a qwick glance tell u were the cycle is. i'll e-mail you sometime soon thanks for posting Darren k
hobert in ther three cycle model and it was thanskgiving and you know the type (WE ONLY USE IT ON THE HOLIDAYS) Geez, and that night they ran it and a couple of glasses broke in the machine bad racking fifty pound wash arm go figure,and that was the last time. and as i grew older in my twentys & thirtys i would always visit and they just use it for storege sad sad i tried to get it from them and it never worked out so ENJOY that unit hope to see it one day. Robert when u press start do,s the timer advance itself i alwasys thought it a bet bizaar having the timer at the bottom maybe a qwick glance tell u were the cycle is. i'll e-mail you sometime soon thanks for posting Darren k
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