|
Thread Number: 49284
Vintage Mobile Maid Available |
[Down to Last] |  |
Post# 713171 11/4/2013 at 15:48 (3,818 days old) by d-jones  (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
||
 I stumbled across this little Mobile Maid out here in L.A. and wondered what you guys might have to say about it. Apart from needing a good cleaning and polishing it seems to be in decent shape, though the lady that's selling it tells me one of the hoses has developed a leak. It's been in storage for quite some time and saw relatively little use prior to that.
Here are a few photos so you can judge for yourselves. 
| ||
|
|
Post# 713173 , Reply# 1 11/4/2013 at 15:49 (3,818 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
||
|
| ||
|
Post# 713175 , Reply# 2 11/4/2013 at 15:51 (3,818 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
||
|
| ||
|
Post# 713176 , Reply# 3 11/4/2013 at 15:52 (3,818 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
||
|
| ||
|
Post# 713177 , Reply# 4 11/4/2013 at 15:53 (3,818 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
||
|
| ||
|
Post# 713178 , Reply# 5 11/4/2013 at 15:54 (3,818 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
||
 | ||
|
Post# 713180 , Reply# 6 11/4/2013 at 15:55 (3,818 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
||
|
Detail shot of the impeller and heating element. That object below the impeller is just some random debris that fell in there. 
This post was last edited 11/04/2013 at 16:11 | ||
|
Post# 713181 , Reply# 7 11/4/2013 at 15:57 (3,818 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
||
|
| ||
|
Post# 713182 , Reply# 8 11/4/2013 at 15:58 (3,818 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
||
|
And finally the back panel. The only real visible wear I could find is on the cabinet and could honestly be called storage wear. Really a nice machine with tremendous potential if it gets into the right hands. The original Craigslist ad has expired but I can pass on the contact information to anyone that's interested. I'm waiting to hear back from her, but if I remember correctly she was asking somewhere in the neighborhood of fifty dollars for it. 
This post was last edited 11/04/2013 at 16:27 | ||
|
Post# 713183 , Reply# 9 11/4/2013 at 15:59 (3,818 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
||
Can't recommend these too highly | ||
|
Post# 713188 , Reply# 10 11/4/2013 at 16:23 (3,818 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
||
|
| ||
|
Post# 713197 , Reply# 11 11/4/2013 at 17:11 (3,818 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
||
|
Paul - How were you able to identify the year of manufacture? According to the data plate it's an SP-40P, but being new to vintage dishwashers I have no idea what that means when compared to the S or the R model mentioned by Ken.
Anyone - I was just looking at the timer dial seen in reply 2 and wondering whether or not it lights up? It probably shouldn't matter, but for some reason lights always increase the fun factor.
Also, does the heating element just dry the dishes, or does it heat the water as the dishes are being washed as well? This post was last edited 11/04/2013 at 20:17 | ||
| Post# 713216 , Reply# 12 11/4/2013 at 19:07 (3,818 days old) by washdaddy (Baltimore) | ||
|
Why she sure do look all purty and Pank inside!!! | ||
|
Post# 713286 , Reply# 13 11/5/2013 at 00:32 (3,818 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
||
|
I went looking through the archives(I suppose that's what they're there for)and managed to find the answers to my questions myself. But in looking through all the photos in the various threads I noticed that this machine seems to be missing the silverware basket. I think it's supposed to hang on the device that looks like a handle seen in reply 4(below the two screws). Would this be a difficult thing to find? This post was last edited 11/05/2013 at 02:10 | ||
|
Post# 713333 , Reply# 15 11/5/2013 at 08:23 (3,817 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
||
|
Year of Manufacture - whoops it's a 57!! | ||
|
Post# 713340 , Reply# 16 11/5/2013 at 09:01 (3,817 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
||
|
That door latch is from later years...
...and so is that lower rack.
It really does say "P" on the rating plate so then it is definitely a 1957 model. Small problem with the 1957 vintage: they used a 750 Watt Calrod heater on those machines which got so hot that they had, eventually, a roasting effect on the plastisol and racks near the coil. 
| ||
|
Post# 713366 , Reply# 17 11/5/2013 at 13:32 (3,817 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
||
|
Paul - Thanks for clearing up the year of manufacture for me. That may be helpful at some point.
Tom - Thanks for all the information about the machine. For some reason, at least for me, knowing those sorts of details tends to make a machine more interesting.
Ken - That bit of information about the Calrod is actually kind of alarming. To your knowledge is there anything that can be done about that? Considering how well preserved this machine is, it would be a shame to have it damaged by this sort of thing. And thanks for posting the ad. It clearly shows the silverware sticking up in the front, so there's definitely a basket of some sort missing here. I can't help but wonder how hard it'll be to find that. | ||
| Post# 713405 , Reply# 18 11/5/2013 at 16:48 (3,817 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
 | ||
| Forum Index: |
| Other Forums: |
|
|
|
|
|
Comes to the Rescue!
