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Thread Number: 21307
50's KA Toploading Portable Dishwasher |
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| Post# 335953 3/17/2009 at 04:34 (5,508 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan) | ||
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| Post# 335954 , Reply# 1 3/17/2009 at 04:36 (5,508 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan) | ||
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| Post# 335955 , Reply# 2 3/17/2009 at 04:37 (5,508 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan) | ||
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| Post# 336036 , Reply# 3 3/17/2009 at 20:45 (5,508 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL) | ||
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Oops! I feel ten years older! The machine above is from the 60's.. based on the KD 15 series which started in 1964. I have seen these pictures before. I remember commenting on the upside down coarse strainer. The unit could use some deliming. The element has a coating of lime on it. But otherwise it looks to be in decent shape. | ||
Post# 336086 , Reply# 4 3/18/2009 at 03:29 (5,507 days old) by sudsmaster  (SF Bay Area, California) |
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I have a very similar dishwasher, the top of the line model KD-5W. Main difference seems to be the top - mine has a real wood chopping board on top. And the back panel is mostly metal instead of mostly plastic. It cleans very well; I was surprised. I think the heating element helps quite a bit vs. the older models without any way to heat the water. | ||
| Post# 336103 , Reply# 5 3/18/2009 at 09:27 (5,507 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan) | ||
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| Post# 336104 , Reply# 6 3/18/2009 at 09:30 (5,507 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan) | ||
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| Post# 336117 , Reply# 7 3/18/2009 at 10:48 (5,507 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) | ||
I had one of these and I loved it. I don't think it's a better design in terms of appliance evolution because the American consumer made the front-loading drop-down-door style hands down the favorite in very short time. Dishwasher machines for the home started, I believe, as top loaders and it took two wars plus the economic boom of the fifties for something that began as a super luxury item to become a commodity. Once that happened there was enough demand to create innovation and change. I will still say, though, the GE pull-outs of 1961-1962 when properly loaded, held and cleaned ridiculously huge amounts of dishware. In 1963, GE stopped production of built-in top loaders for good. They continued to make top-load portables until the very early seventies then stopped.
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Post# 336215 , Reply# 8 3/19/2009 at 08:49 (5,506 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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OOO! That looks like an 'Empress 80'
I just love the GE pull-outs and I would be dancing in the street if I could get my paws on one of these 30-inch models! I need to put some effort into restoring the '59 Princess that has been exiled in the basement - it's missing the tub lid and the frame is damaged, but I have a potential contact with a welder who says that he can build custom projects... | ||
| Post# 336257 , Reply# 9 3/19/2009 at 13:41 (5,506 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) | ||
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Post# 336258 , Reply# 10 3/19/2009 at 13:43 (5,506 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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| Post# 336290 , Reply# 11 3/19/2009 at 17:15 (5,506 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Great Machine.
My Mom used to have one of those. I think it was an Empress. Sounded like a Mack Truck coming through the Kitchen. But Man...Did that thing clean well. I'm still waiting on the progress from the motor of the '56 Mobile Maid. Same Impeller and Design. I hope it turns out well. Nothing like the sound of a Impeller Machine shaking down the Household. Especially when the Lid pops open during the Dry Cycle. | ||
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