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Anyone interested in a KDS-15 in NY
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Post# 225469   7/26/2007 at 19:44 (6,116 days old) by brouss29 ()        

We are remodeling our kitchen and are retiring our KDS-15. It is in great working condition and use it daily. E-mail me if you are interested brouss29@yahoo.com




Post# 225473 , Reply# 1   7/26/2007 at 19:51 (6,116 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Where in NY are you located?

Post# 225483 , Reply# 2   7/26/2007 at 20:15 (6,116 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA)        

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I remember an ad that said "A KitchenAid can outlast a kitchen". Has anyone remodeled around their KA dishwasher?

Post# 225518 , Reply# 3   7/26/2007 at 23:39 (6,116 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)        
Toggle come on!

Get that for me. You and the Gadge can come to California for your second honeymoon and bring it! I'll give you a GE Stainless cooking surface and Wall Oven in trade!!!! Oh,
did I mention,? a Hotpoint Solid tub too!!!


Post# 225575 , Reply# 4   7/27/2007 at 07:27 (6,115 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)        
That's a beauty..

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That is my dream machine!! Too bad it's so far away!!

Post# 225578 , Reply# 5   7/27/2007 at 07:49 (6,115 days old) by brouss29 ()        

We're in Orange County (60mi north of NYC). I laughed when we moved in and figured it would last a few months. That was 4 1/2 years ago.

Post# 225600 , Reply# 6   7/27/2007 at 10:01 (6,115 days old) by varicyclevoice (Davenport, Iowa)        
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I believe this is the ad that you are referring to above: (ad ran in 1991, but shows a KDS-16)

Post# 225602 , Reply# 7   7/27/2007 at 10:47 (6,115 days old) by hoover1060 ()        
I agree...

Toggles you need that DW!!!

The ad is cool, and you hardly ever see a KDS16 these days...


Post# 225610 , Reply# 8   7/27/2007 at 11:20 (6,115 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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FEH!

Assuming I wanted it where to put it? Selling house!



~Get that for me. You and the Gadge can come to California.
I'd love to, however it's a bit of a drive! And even if I bought it its own plane ticket, its @$$ is too big for the seat.

*SIGH*


Post# 225633 , Reply# 9   7/27/2007 at 14:01 (6,115 days old) by parunner58 (Davenport, FL)        

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Bob, yes we remodeled a few times around our Superba portable. it was the same one in one of the current threads. I gave it to my wife in December 1983 as a Christmas present when we lived in out apartment. In August of 1984 we bought a 50's ranch house. It had a galley kitchen with no DW and no 24" cabinet. The base cabinets were all double wide ones. We changed the counters to new formica and refinished the real birch cabinets. We placed the two larger bases on one wall making 8 foot of usable counter space and sawed the smaller one in half so we could build the dw in next to the the sink i now had 8 foot on that side to. In March of 1997 we paid the house off and decided to gut the kitchen and get all new cabinets and counters. I got solid Hickory cabinets and Corian sinks and counters and built the KA back in. Alas the Fall of 1997, the motor burned out and we replaced it with a TOL Frigidaire Gallery which the top rack kept falling out so that was replaced in May 2006 with a Bosch. If this site was around in 97 I think I would have repaired the KA.

Mike


Post# 225675 , Reply# 10   7/27/2007 at 20:09 (6,115 days old) by brouss29 ()        
ANYONE?

Any takers?? We can hang onto it for a month or so if someone is willing to come and get it.

Post# 225697 , Reply# 11   7/27/2007 at 21:42 (6,115 days old) by washertalk ()        

cool ad Todd -varicycle. Thanks for posting

I hope this DW finds a happy home.


Post# 225731 , Reply# 12   7/28/2007 at 02:28 (6,115 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)        
Somebody Please!

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I hope that somebody in the NY area can give this a home. Maybe someone could get it and store it until someone who will really appreciate it can give it a home?

This MUST NOT go to the crusher or the kerb. I only wish I weren't hundreds of miles away- this is my all-time dream dishwasher (okay, in white, but still!). brouss29- please bear with us- hopefully someone will be in touch with you soon. You're doing a great thing offering it here.


Post# 225899 , Reply# 13   7/29/2007 at 08:19 (6,113 days old) by brouss29 ()        

I hang onto it as long as I can. Hopefully someone can take it.

Jessica


Post# 226738 , Reply# 14   8/1/2007 at 10:35 (6,110 days old) by brouss29 ()        
Anyone?

I'm picking up the new dishwasher today. Is anyone interested?

Post# 226765 , Reply# 15   8/1/2007 at 13:38 (6,110 days old) by brouss29 ()        
$100 o.b.o.

Someone make me a resonable offer and it's yours. As soon as the new one is in my husband will start harassing me to get rid of the old Kitchenaid.

Post# 226791 , Reply# 16   8/1/2007 at 16:11 (6,110 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)        
Somebody!

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I hope someone can help Jessica soon- this is getting to be quite a cliff-hanger. These things don't grow on trees!

Jessica, I only wish I weren't in Georgia. Please know I'd get it if I could.


Post# 226794 , Reply# 17   8/1/2007 at 16:16 (6,110 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)        
I'd take it in a heartbeat...

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if I wasn't in Arkansas!!

Post# 226872 , Reply# 18   8/1/2007 at 21:40 (6,110 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA)        
Since it outlasted a kitchen...

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Why not just keep the KitchenAid and get new panels for the front? This KA is probably better than the current models.

Post# 227143 , Reply# 19   8/2/2007 at 19:49 (6,109 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL)        
Hear! Hear, Neptune Bob!

Well Said, Neptune Bob. That 15 will probably live forever.
My mom got her first Dishwasher in 1967 and it was that same exact machine in Edged Coppertone. I ran well into the 1990's when the person I sold it to got rid of it to by a KUDS24 whirlpool based Kitchenaid. She put it out to the curb and it was still in running condition.

You won't be able to get new panels for it as they had been obsoleted in the late 70's. You can have the current ones painted or of yu go to a good metal shop, you may be able to get corner pieces to attach to these panels which will allow you to add custom panels to match the cabinets to.

I loved that machine but in today's day and age with multiple washarms, it is still very critical how that 15 is loaded if you really want to get everything clean on the top rack. Dishes on the bottom and pans, pots and deep bowls on the top.
The pump will definitely get the water up there but it has to have a clear path to do it! That was the only drawback with that machine. But Hey, the whole cycle is like 45 minutes so what would be so bad about rewashing the stuff that didnt come clean. Use the Utility and Utensil cycle and its done in about a half hour!(that cycle only has a 5 minute dry time)


Post# 227144 , Reply# 20   8/2/2007 at 19:51 (6,109 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL)        
oops!

I forgot that the machine above had the trim kit already! Therefore, you can get your panels made up for it to match your cabinets or there may even be primed metal panels behind the wood panels already installed on it since the trim pieces screwed into those factory panels. You got to remove the wood ones to be sure!

Post# 227182 , Reply# 21   8/2/2007 at 21:51 (6,109 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
Probably?

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~This KA is probably better than the current models.


SHHHHHHHHHHH.
Take the offered machine and run.


Post# 227345 , Reply# 22   8/3/2007 at 15:11 (6,108 days old) by brouss29 ()        
KA ran it's last load this morning.

There is no doubt it's a good machine for its time. I know my next one won't last a fraction of the time. With energy and water costs going up constantly how much more does it cost to run? It does sound like a freight train running through my kitchen. Like the above poster said if you put a large pot on the bottom rack the glasses on top are still dirty. Rewashing dishes gets old pretty fast with a family of 4. These are the reasons why I'm upgrading and why I'm here offering it to you guys.

My husband installed the new DW this morning and will be harassing me about what to do with the KA. If someone is interested please let me know now.


Post# 227372 , Reply# 23   8/3/2007 at 18:21 (6,108 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA)        
If we don't take it .....

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Do as we did, I set up a counter in the basement and placed a cheap dishwasher down there. It's good to have when entertaining for extra dishes and also, we have use that dishwasher for things like car parts (just don't tell the whole family about that) and parts of the barbeque grill. You will find that sometimes it's nice to have a "beater" dishwasher, just as some people have extra old "beater" cars.

Post# 227686 , Reply# 24   8/4/2007 at 19:02 (6,107 days old) by brouss29 ()        
You can't say I didn't try.

I guess no one is interested? It's up for grabs for another week, then it's gone.

Post# 228170 , Reply# 25   8/6/2007 at 21:38 (6,105 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Where is SteveD (in Albany) when ya need him. OK You New Yorkers, someone get this. I don't wanna heqar anyone b**ch about no vintage dishwashers when this is there waiting!!

Post# 228195 , Reply# 26   8/6/2007 at 23:12 (6,105 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA)        

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At the very least, could you put it out on the curb early and place a "FREE" sign on top? Somebody driving by may pick it up.

Post# 229367 , Reply# 27   8/10/2007 at 15:58 (6,101 days old) by brouss29 ()        
Free to good home!!!

Free to good home, email me

Post# 229443 , Reply# 28   8/10/2007 at 20:23 (6,101 days old) by machinehead ()        
What about shipping and freight to wherever?

Being someone who has seen many dream machines over-the-hill and far-away out of reach, does anyone who want this baby know of freight charges and so on to ship it? Its not a full-blown washer, weighing several hundred pounds-- is it that expensive to ship if its lighter and less bulky?

I have the exact same model, same panels, everything. Some... lets say, 'non appreciative' 20-something kid pitched it to the curb and i snatched it up. That one in NY is in much better shape, no visible cracking in the exterior wood like mine has, very, very good looking unit-- is there a Mother Teresa or maybe Mother Maytag, Clara KitchenAid, Saint of all Forgotten Dishwashers anymore?? We need a miracle-- SOMEBODY go for the hash! (not the crusher!)


Post# 229679 , Reply# 29   8/11/2007 at 18:51 (6,100 days old) by brent-aucoin ()        

This is a great dishwasher!
I can't get over that no one is going after this!
Replace your newer dishwasher with this one, and save it for a back up! You will be glad you did!
I just can't get over that no one has jumped on the chance to have this fantastic Hobart Kitchenaid!
Brent


Post# 230496 , Reply# 30   8/14/2007 at 15:26 (6,097 days old) by bro-in-law ()        
I'll take care of it for you

Tell Darren to give me a call, I have the sawzall ready to go. We'll give it a proper disposal :D.
Joe


Post# 232589 , Reply# 31   8/24/2007 at 08:11 (6,087 days old) by brent-aucoin ()        
Just Curious.....

Did anyone get this beauty?
Brent


Post# 232607 , Reply# 32   8/24/2007 at 10:57 (6,087 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City)        
My goodness, someone take, don't make her into tin cans

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My Grandma Aletha had one like this in Coppertone that she bought new because it was good, the very best there is,top of the range, best in the world, Granpa bought it for her.. My mother on the other hand bought a dishwasher because it was quiet, against the advise of her mother-in law, my Grandma.Well, i have to say this, the reason it was so quiet, my mothers dishwasher, she bought in 1966 was that it never worked! Grandma's KitchenAid outlasted her, it was used alot, we, the family was always over there, Grandma cooked and canned all of the tiime.9-10 years from now, when Robert, and everyone else still has there vintage machines of all different sorts, possibly including this one to a lucky someone, you will be replacing your quiet dishwasher and kicking yourself,-----steps off of the soapbpox and runs stage left<---------------------------------<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<-------------------:)

Post# 233235 , Reply# 33   8/27/2007 at 15:28 (6,084 days old) by brouss29 ()        
I tried

I guess noone was interested. She's going to the curb SORRY

Post# 233238 , Reply# 34   8/27/2007 at 15:39 (6,084 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Thank you for trying though, all of us here appreciate your efforts. Sometimes it's just not meant to be.

Post# 233389 , Reply# 35   8/28/2007 at 03:49 (6,084 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)        
Dear Jessica:

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I want to thank you for doing everything that could possibly be done to save a vintage appliance. As you can see, considerations of distance kept some of us from availing ourselves of your very generous offer, but no one can possibly say that YOU didn't do everything in your power to save the unit.

I wish there were more people like you in this world. Many thanks, and I hope your new unit works out well for you.


Post# 233482 , Reply# 36   8/28/2007 at 11:23 (6,083 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        

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My sister put her old Superba out on the curb recently. I urged her to put it on craig's list but she didn't want to be bothered. She put the machine out for the garbage company to pick up, but it was gone before they came. So I'm hoping somebody recognized it for what it was and saved it. I know if the garbage company had picked it up, it would have gone to the crusher for sure. Maybe the beautiful machine that has been the subject of this thread also was snagged by someone who knows a great freebie when they see one.


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