Wanted: Lower panel for GE SD203 (or similar) dishwasher

When I was dabbling in midcentury antiques years ago, I had a firm policy of never renting or lending anything, and if I could avoid it, selling anything to movie people.

I learned my lesson when I sold a Dansk salad bowl to someone working for Disney. Sometime later, she returned it, saying that they "hadn't needed it after all." Well, okay.

Except that some weeks later, another Disney person appeared, absolutely wild-eyed, saying that the bowl was needed for retakes, and it had to be exactly that bowl, because it was already in a shot. Meaning I'd been lied to and cheated out of a rental.

Well, the bowl had already been sold again, to a regular customer. Would you believe that the Disney minion demanded that I call my customer and get her to lend the bowl?

I did it, and Disney got their retake. But after that, if you were a movie person, I didn't want to deal with you. I love movies, and the history of Hollywood, but ethics and organization seem to have died out with the studio system.


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Post# 729317 1/21/2014 at 09:10 (3,741 days old) by turquoisedude (.)
Checkrate/Likes I recently rented out a set of vintage appliances to a film production company and when the appliances were returned, the lower panel from my MINT (AAARGH) 1963 GE drop-door dishwasher (model SD203). If anyone hears of a similar machine (preferably one being sold for parts - any colour) please let me know. Worst case scenario, I am hoping that this spring or summer I'll finalize the purchase of a similar model from upstate NY (with help from Roger!!) and I'll use the panel from that one as model for a replacement. Photo below shows the dishwasher, with panel

Post# 729318 , Reply# 1 1/21/2014 at 09:10 (3,741 days old) by turquoisedude (.)
Checkrate/Likes And one without the panel, just to illustrate what I need.

Post# 729550 , Reply# 2 1/22/2014 at 06:04 (3,741 days old) by appnut (TX)
Checkrate/Likes I am so sorry Paul!!!

Post# 729557 , Reply# 3 1/22/2014 at 07:04 (3,740 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)
Checkrate/Likes *And This is Why....* When I was dabbling in midcentury antiques years ago, I had a firm policy of never renting or lending anything, and if I could avoid it, selling anything to movie people. I learned my lesson when I sold a Dansk salad bowl to someone working for Disney. Sometime later, she returned it, saying that they "hadn't needed it after all." Well, okay. Except that some weeks later, another Disney person appeared, absolutely wild-eyed, saying that the bowl was needed for retakes, and it had to be exactly that bowl, because it was already in a shot. Meaning I'd been lied to and cheated out of a rental. Well, the bowl had already been sold again, to a regular customer. Would you believe that the Disney minion demanded that I call my customer and get her to lend the bowl? I did it, and Disney got their retake. But after that, if you were a movie person, I didn't want to deal with you. I love movies, and the history of Hollywood, but ethics and organization seem to have died out with the studio system.

Post# 729686 , Reply# 4 1/22/2014 at 17:59 (3,740 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)
Checkrate/Likes *Oh Paul,* That's Horrible. As someone we know would say... "The Bastards". Will they pay for the new panel if one can be found ? Too bad it wasn't a KitchenAid. I think I might have one kicking around somewhere.

Post# 729773 , Reply# 5 1/22/2014 at 22:06 (3,740 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)
Checkrate/Likes Paul, What happened with the lower panel? Was it dented or lost? Doesn't the production have insurances for that?