With the racks in the way, it's difficult to get a clear view of the area around the sump to see if there's rust.    I'm surprised this is still around, unless it wasn't hardly used at all.   this is like a 1964 to 1966 I think.

Better than the spin tube.  You can put pots in the bottom rack!!

This DW is around 1965-7, these washed just ok it would be a toss-up with a FD spin-tube machine.

The GE is more conventional in loading.

This GE appears to have never really been used, many people still just do not use DWs for many reasons.

If anything goes wrong with the pump or motor on this DW they are very difficult to fix as there are just no parts around for this pump and motor style anymore, but you could be lucky and this low use machine could run for a number of years.

If you put it in service be sure to lubricate the motor start relay, these relays often would stick on these DWs and it will burn out the motor in a matter on minutes.

John L.

We owned this exact model, bought new in 1965. Compared to our Custom-4 GE Pull-out built in, it was a lame penny-pinching choice. My Mother had decided, since she hadn't bothered to learn what "all the buttons were for" on the Pull-out that she never wanted to spend money on anything but a basic machine.  I can't speak to how well a cleaner this machine was because she hand-washed every plate and glass that went into it and never put anything that wasn't tableware into it, but it was a little noisier than the Pull-out and the racks were pathetic in comparison to the Pull-out. The Plastisol lining never failed on any of our GE dishwashers. GE started using a solid plastic tub in the late 1970's (and they were the quietest dishwashers I had ever experienced at that time). Mom insisted it was easier to load and unload than the drawer-style machine.

I feel nostalgic about this model but I wouldn't spend much money on it and I wouldn't use it as a daily driver.