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Thread Number: 43330
When/What was the first KA front load portable dw? |
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| Post# 637122 11/6/2012 at 18:37 (4,181 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia) | ||
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| Post# 637126 , Reply# 1 11/6/2012 at 19:01 (4,181 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
I'm Going.... | ||
| Post# 637134 , Reply# 2 11/6/2012 at 19:45 (4,181 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
I think... | ||
Post# 637137 , Reply# 4 11/6/2012 at 20:25 (4,181 days old) by fnelson487  (Palm Springs, CA) |
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Nope | ||
| Post# 637145 , Reply# 5 11/6/2012 at 20:53 (4,181 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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Great Price List Fred | ||
| Post# 637146 , Reply# 6 11/6/2012 at 21:18 (4,181 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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| Post# 637151 , Reply# 7 11/6/2012 at 21:41 (4,181 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Popular:
Dan:
Oh, dishwashers were very popular, just like mink stoles were popular. It's just that - exactly as with mink stoles - most women couldn't find a way to have what they coveted so highly. My mother was agitating for a dishwasher a good fifteen years before she got one. So were most of my adult female relatives. | ||
| Post# 637155 , Reply# 8 11/6/2012 at 22:27 (4,181 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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Oh, dishwashers were very popular
They were certainly around, but not a whole lot of people seem to own one in the 50's. Nobody on either side of my family did. I lived in an upper middle class area as a kid in the 80's and there was still a surprising amount of home owners that still didn't have a dishwasher. They didn't seem popular at all with the over 50 crowd back then.
I could be totally wrong on an overall aspect. Just my observations from back then. | ||
| Post# 637250 , Reply# 10 11/7/2012 at 08:50 (4,181 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Dan:
I mean "popular" in the sense that consumer awareness of the product was very high and consumer desire was very strong, too. The deal-breaker was the price.
The situation began to turn around with the housing boom of the late '50s/early '60s, when builders began offering dishwashers in their new offerings. They were often BOL machines, but hey, they were dishwashers. Folded into the price of a house, they were an easily justified expenditure; my second cousin Betty Ann used to say, "It only adds fifty cents a month to the mortgage." In her case, it may have been a bit more than that; she had all Westinghouse majors, upper-MOL, in turquoise. Betty Ann always was a luxury lady. | ||
| Post# 637401 , Reply# 11 11/7/2012 at 19:00 (4,180 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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I have a Question. | ||
| Post# 637403 , Reply# 12 11/7/2012 at 19:49 (4,180 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia) | ||
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Thanks Fellas | ||
| Post# 637407 , Reply# 13 11/7/2012 at 20:20 (4,180 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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KDS-15
The portable version, cataloged as the KDS-55, was a very nice machine.
Have you had a portable before? If not, here's a tip that may save you some grief - be sure your kitchen floor is in really good shape. Portables are heavy (vintage being heavier than new, of course), and they're even heavier when fully loaded. That means they can wreak some havoc on a floor that's not sturdy and in good repair. If someone has cheap no-wax vinyl, or old VCT tiles, or a funky subfloor, a portable is going to do some damage. KitchenAid vintage portables have larger casters of better quality than many machines, and tend toward less damage, but the problem is still there. And make sure none of your new acquisition's casters are stuck in one position or have a flat spot - these conditions will just make things worse. | ||
| Post# 637414 , Reply# 14 11/7/2012 at 20:46 (4,180 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia) | ||
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Good point | ||
| Post# 637416 , Reply# 15 11/7/2012 at 20:48 (4,180 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia) | ||
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Good point | ||
| Post# 637427 , Reply# 16 11/7/2012 at 21:53 (4,180 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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KDS 55 | ||
| Post# 637428 , Reply# 17 11/7/2012 at 21:55 (4,180 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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They are Heavy Machines | ||
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Post# 637440 , Reply# 18 11/7/2012 at 23:19 (4,180 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Which Manufacturer was the first to offer "Options"  | ||
| Post# 637655 , Reply# 19 11/8/2012 at 19:28 (4,179 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia) | ||
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If I recall KA was always a little noisy | ||
| Post# 637661 , Reply# 20 11/8/2012 at 20:00 (4,179 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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" Eddie, I'm quite jealous ! One of these days, mayb | ||
| Post# 637664 , Reply# 21 11/8/2012 at 20:01 (4,179 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia) | ||
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