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Post# 274739   4/11/2008 at 18:14 (5,829 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires)        

I've been offered this old Westinghouse dishwasher. Seller says it works OK, dates from mid '50's. Had you ever seen this model before? Seller is asking for US$ 100, negotiable. It is a 110V/60Hz unit. Of course, it will need tons of TLC!

Emilio






Post# 274740 , Reply# 1   4/11/2008 at 18:15 (5,829 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires)        
Second picture

of Westinghouse dishwasher

Post# 274741 , Reply# 2   4/11/2008 at 18:16 (5,829 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires)        
Third and last picture

...of Westinghouse dishwasher.

Emilio


Post# 274742 , Reply# 3   4/11/2008 at 18:19 (5,829 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)        

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See if they'll take $70.

Post# 274745 , Reply# 4   4/11/2008 at 18:53 (5,829 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL)        
Dishwasher in a drawer!

I am always amazed when I see people gawking at the F& P Dishdrawers and all their clones.I love to tell them that the design is nothing new!
Good Old American ingenuity had all these huge dishdrawers out in the 50's! And look how much they could hold. And I bet they cleaned better too!
My Aunt and Uncle had the GE unit in their kitchen with the big dial on the door and the pink rubber interior and what I remember to be the big bowtie impeller on the bottom like Toploader Ed's machine!
What was just as cool was the GE refrigerator with the freezer drawer on the bottom they had at the same time!

Guess it really is true.."What goes around, comes around!


Post# 274754 , Reply# 5   4/11/2008 at 19:16 (5,829 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        

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That would look so nice across from my mom's '49 Westy stove. The backsplash is very similar. It's a rare item for sure. Hope you can work out a deal.

Post# 274768 , Reply# 6   4/11/2008 at 21:03 (5,829 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires)        
Seller is also offering for sale...

...this Bendix for US$ 60. He says it also works fine, also a 110V/60Hz unit. If I had the space for it...

Emilio


Post# 274769 , Reply# 7   4/11/2008 at 21:04 (5,829 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires)        
Second pictore...

...of the Bendix washer. Also seems to need tons of TLC!

Emilio


Post# 274770 , Reply# 8   4/11/2008 at 21:08 (5,829 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires)        
And last of all...

...he is also offering this Philco washer/dryer, asking US$ 150 for it, also negotiable. Could also be a 110V/60Hz unit.

Emilio


Post# 274771 , Reply# 9   4/11/2008 at 21:09 (5,829 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires)        
Another picture

...of the Philco washer/dryer.

Post# 274772 , Reply# 10   4/11/2008 at 21:10 (5,829 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires)        
Third and last picture...

...of the Philco washer/dryer.

Post# 274776 , Reply# 11   4/11/2008 at 21:35 (5,829 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

Snatch up any of those you can get!

I believe ChrisR in St. Louis has an old Westy D/W like that. They were great machines even if they did lack filtration.

Gansky has an early '50's Duomatic like that first one. PeterH has a Duomatic like the newer model pictured.

Better get plenty of help on moving day! That older Duomatic weighs like a Megalith of granite. The newer one ain't no feather either.

Good Luck!


Post# 274779 , Reply# 12   4/11/2008 at 22:16 (5,829 days old) by brent-aucoin ()        
Oh Yea!

I agree with Steve!
Snatch those up!
Offer him a lower price, but as a total. Do your math to your benefit on the whole lot. It will look better to him. I relly think that this is not actually over the money, he is looking to get rid of them and breath a sigh of relief.
They all look to be in great shape!
Let us know what you do.
Fun!
Brent


Post# 274784 , Reply# 13   4/12/2008 at 00:09 (5,829 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)        
You better buy a Tuff Shed Emilio!!!

It would be a shame to let those go to the crusher!!!!
They're all very nice!


Post# 274812 , Reply# 14   4/12/2008 at 09:28 (5,829 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires)        

Thanks for all the encouragement! I guess I'll have to flip a coin, I wouldn't ever have space for the three units in my apartment!

I'll keep you informed...

Emilio


Post# 274815 , Reply# 15   4/12/2008 at 09:37 (5,829 days old) by hilovane (Columbus OH)        

I'm not 100% sure...but I don't think that old Bendix is a Duomatic. It looks like half of the so-called "Perfect Pair" from '52.

Post# 274844 , Reply# 16   4/12/2008 at 15:31 (5,828 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

This is a pretty exciting treasure trove in a foreign country. IF the Bendix is just a washer, it looks very wide for a washer. Even though the washer is 30" and the combo is 36",the spacing of the controls looks more like the Duomatic than the washer. I'm not there so I'm probably wrong. If it is a combo, it will not be a 110 volt machine and it's strange how it lacks the Duomatic escutcheon on the front. And I don't think that the Philco Duomatic Washer Dryer is a 110 volt machine because it is looks like an electric drying condenser model. It must be the light that prevents us from seeing the door in the top panel for what Bendix owners called the "soap chute." If it were a gas drying model, the detergent door would be even larger to allow access to the dryer lint screen. It would also have a large door in the top for access to the lint screen if it were the very fast drying vented electric model or the Hi Speed condenser drying model with the blower. Otherwise, the condenser drying combos, even the Philco, were slow

Be sure to closely examine the door gaskets on the front loaders and the gasket around the top of the tub on the dishwasher to make sure that they are still pliable, not dry-rotted or torn. For those prices, especially for the dishwasher (ouch), you are paying a lot for certain headaches. You don't want to be buying the heartache of not being able to use a machine because a 50+ year old gasket needs to be found for a replacement and that drip line under the center of the door and the rust along the top of the access door on the Big Bendix sure shows that it either leaks or leaked at one time.

Check to make sure that animals have not chewed wires and hoses. Roach droppings can short out electrical components so look for that also. With the dishwasher tank locked in place, each twist of the knob at the top of the door should result in the advance of the timer dial at the bottom. The dates of domestic production (HA, something we can't say anymore about most appliances now) would be 1954 for the dishwasher and Bendix and 1960 or 61 for the Philco. Notice that the dishwasher just has a little screen cup for the detergent so that means there is no prewash, just a wash and two rinses then dry. You will need very hot water for this to clean well because the hot water for the wash is going to be cooled a lot when it hits the room temperature tank and dishes. I think you could start it and then after the water drains from the wash, you could give the upper dial two or three twists to advance the timer to off and restart it with fresh detergent in a warmed up machine for improved cleaning of heavy soil. Oh, and be sure to check the dishwasher's Bakelite impeller. If it has any chips or breaks, washing performance will be horrible and an out of balance impeller will destroy the motor bearings.


Post# 274885 , Reply# 17   4/12/2008 at 21:29 (5,828 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho)        

When I was a teen, we had a Westy undercounter dishwasher that was identical inside, to this one. Steve was right. I was always amazed to see how well it performed, even though it had no filter. The Maytag that replaced it was good and dishes didn't require pre rinsing with it, but glasses and flatware came out much cleaner and more spot- and etch-free from the Westy.

Post# 274953 , Reply# 18   4/13/2008 at 12:30 (5,828 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        
love it

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yep i have the same dw here in st louis.. love it and it does clean... i had no idea that it would actually was dishes but boy does she ever.. and those front loaders so so pretty..

Post# 275034 , Reply# 19   4/14/2008 at 05:34 (5,827 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Rinso, I don't know if the Maytag you had was the original design with the figure 8 filter and heater , but the original cycle had an 18 minute heated wash and it etched glasses horribly so they had to shorten the wash time.


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