Your favorite vintage Dishwasher

[whirlykenmore78]

I'll get this started with the built like a tank/blow the pattern off the dishes wash action Hobart AM-9-T2

 

[washmeup]

Favorite

Kitchen Aid KDS-17 & 18

 

[chaskelljr2]

Ditto for "washmeup" from Scottsdale, Arizona....

A "Hobart-Made" KitchenAid KDS-17 or KDS-18 (both with Stainless Steel panels on the door).

--Charles--

 

[firedome]

triple amen from us

We have both portable and built in KD-17 Series. Like the 18s as well.
Also the Frigidaire Spin Tubes.

 

[foraloysius]

Constructa G12 dishwasher with window in the door.

 

[foraloysius]

And a picture of the interior. Notice the 4 small spray arms under the bottom rack.

 

[christfr]

just love her cause i got her home and put her back to proper working order.. this is before

 

[christfr]

and after

 

[christfr]

she cleans like a champ

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Louis, that window is so cool. Talk about after dinner fun. How strong is the spray on it?

 

Chris, you did such a job on that one. All you need is the box...

 

RCD

 

[foraloysius]

Yes, that window is very cool. I have no idea how strong the spray is. An aunt of mine had one, but I never saw it run.

 

[pdub]

Louis - very cool dishwasher. I wish we could see a close up of those arms in the bottom. Is this your machine?

Chris - That Westinghouse dishwasher looks museum quality now. Does it wash as good as it looks? Is that the timer down by the name on the lower front door?

Patrick

 

[queeny77]

kitchenaid superba by hobart with the orange oval lights,love the sounds when it switches from cycle to cycle without stoping.

 

[jetcone]

I like Roberts

Oven styled Hotpoint. I love my Kitchen Aid Superba 1961! I would take that Constructa for sure. And Chris that Westinghouse is stunning!

 

[kenmore71]

Maytag RR

My vote goes to the Maytag Reverse Rack machines that were made from 1970 until the late 80s. After they went to the reversing pump belt drive design in about 1974 they were basically the same machine all the way until the end of production (early models had a direct drive recirculating pump with a separate drain pump). They had phenomenal loading capacity and cleaned very well. The down side was that they were noisy when they were washing and they sounded like a freight train while draining! But then again, the 5 fills, wash/rinses and drains of the regular cycle only lasted about 35 minutes.

My favorite model simply because it was the dishwasher of my childhood was the WU601.

I have one of those awaiting a full refurbishment in my basement....

 

[tomturbomatic]

Congratulations

Chris you managed to find a very rare portable version of the rollout!

 

[foraloysius]

Patrick: No, I don't have this dishwasher. These are two pictures from eBay, and AFAIK the only existing pictures of it.

 

[1952crestwood]

Favorite of all time, still hunting for one........mid 50's 24" Hotpoint with the Roll R Rack upper rack and the lighted indicator on the lower left side. My late Aunt had a white one in her house when she moved in during 1973, and I just loved how the lower rack set the plates in a circular pattern, and how you could flip the upper rack to load different sized items.

 

[applianceguy47]

Louis, that is cool.

 

I agree, Chris, that machine looks "skweeky" clean.  An owner's manual would be the cherry on the sundae.

 

 

 

[aldspinboy]

Chris that is a beautiful Westinghouse..

Louis I wished you had that window model machine
looks like mini wash arms down in the sump area.
 
My Faverite two vintage machines are Mike's ( Dishwashercrazy ) dishwahers.
The Homart sink diswasher.
Two raw videos.
Homart the pattern on this impeller is pretty amazing.
You wil see no more green on the dishes they vanish.
This one heats and washes and rinses dishes in less then 20 min.

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[aldspinboy]

Here we are with a Frigidaire...
Having the best time.. this one has the one piece
wash arm with the three hole tower...
listen to the force on the wash arm.
Both the dishwashers was recorded last summers trip.
Darren k

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[mikepaquette]

My Dream Dishwasher

A GE Mobile Maid Bowtie impeller with cycle buttons and power shower. Will settle for a BOL though. Someday . PS Chris Very nice indeed. Mike

 

[turquoisedude]

It's still eluded me, also, but I really like the Kemore top-load roto-rack portables.  The folding upper rack always fascinated me.

 

[rinso]

Favorite Dishwasher: Our 1961 Westinghouse roll out drawer dishwasher. Unbelievable performance from an impeller machine with no food particle filter. We had soft water, but it never etched our glassware. Everything came out sparkling clean.

 

[bajaespuma]

Do you have to ask?

Our 1961 GE SU-72. I've never seen a better dishwasher

 

[jakeseacrest]

Maytag Reverse Rack 1980s with the row of black pushbuttons

 

[whitetub]

Maytag WC401 I had one, in avocado green. I loved the reverse-racks.

 

[wayupnorth]

Early 70's harvest gold Lady Kenmore portable. All push button. Roto rack cleaned perfectly every time. Sani-temp feature would practically boil the dishes. Only had heated dry for 12 or 26 minutes. Big, thick butcher block top. Porcelain tub finally rusted out under the door. Wished I still had it.

 

[combo52]

Best DW Ever

Everybody knows which one I like but as the Power Clean WPs didn't come out till 1984 that may not be old enough to be considered vintage.

 

Mark 71 Maytag built in DWs never had a separate drain pump, until the tall tub machines came out around 2000. The very first MT TL portables did have a separate drain pump but they also switched to a one motor that reversed to drain by the time that the built-ins were introduced around 1970. These early MT RR machines were not as noisy as the later belt drive machines, both types of machines had different reliability issues and all MT RR machines left chunks of food in the bottom of the machine so you really had to scrape the dishes when loading. And other than the loading restrictions of not having a real wash arm under the top rack and the huge cut out in the lower rack required for the wash tower these machines when loaded properly cleaned GREAT. But MT abandoned this design on their own because LARGE numbers of consumers did not like them. It can't be blamed on the Government or Whirlpool.