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1930's Conover dishwasher
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Post# 389210   10/29/2009 at 20:18 (5,264 days old) by retroroy ()        

Hi everyone, been awhile and its good to be back....I hit the mother lode tonight when I purchased a 1930's Conover dishwasher. This baby is immaculate and the porcelain is nearly perfect, interior is sparkling, AND it has all the original manuals including the sales receipt and a service call charge ticket from 1941 bought it from the granddaughter of the original owner...pictures are forthcoming...can ya tell I am excited!!




Post# 389223 , Reply# 1   10/29/2009 at 21:07 (5,264 days old) by appnut (TX)        
can ya tell I am excited!!

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You have every right to be!!!

Post# 389250 , Reply# 2   10/29/2009 at 22:11 (5,264 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        
Roy:

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Can't wait to see pictures. Great Find!

Mike


Post# 389584 , Reply# 3   10/30/2009 at 20:39 (5,263 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Congratulations on a rare find. Westinghouse bought Conover to be able to have a dishwasher. The Wesinghouse Pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair showed the drop door Conover-design dishwasher. The strange thing is that Westinghouse went to the roll out wash well design and kept it until their front loading machine which was check rated by Consumer Reports in 1965.

Post# 390552 , Reply# 4   11/3/2009 at 20:23 (5,259 days old) by retroroy ()        
Conover Dishwasher pictures

You've heard about it, you've read about it in magazines. Now for the First Time ever see The Conover Electric Dishwasher

Post# 390584 , Reply# 5   11/3/2009 at 23:58 (5,259 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)        

Groovy baby!

Post# 390586 , Reply# 6   11/4/2009 at 00:14 (5,259 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
Wowsers!!!

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Please show the insides! I'd love to see the racks in that. How did you manage to find the mother of dishwashers? I gotta have the story!

RCD


Post# 390643 , Reply# 7   11/4/2009 at 08:40 (5,259 days old) by retroroy ()        
It's Alive

unbelievable plugged the old monster in and it roared (literally) back to life....now for the bad news recently lost my job and I cannot afford to keep the monster around I paid $300 which it what I'l sell it for....I am in Kansas City


Post# 390645 , Reply# 8   11/4/2009 at 08:42 (5,259 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        

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Yes, can't wait to see more pictures and hear the story about this great find.

Here are the front and back sides of a Conover Dishwasher brochure that I bought on ebay a while back. (I believe I posted these before.)

Mike


Post# 390646 , Reply# 9   11/4/2009 at 08:43 (5,259 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        

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Back side of brochure.

Post# 390649 , Reply# 10   11/4/2009 at 08:51 (5,259 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        
Pretty please

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That's a great brochure Mike, would you be able to scan that at a higher resolution (at least 150dpi so we can read the text) and send it to me? I would love to use that as the POD sometime.

Post# 390651 , Reply# 11   11/4/2009 at 09:03 (5,259 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa)        

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Great dw. Try to keep it. You may never find another.

Post# 390653 , Reply# 12   11/4/2009 at 09:07 (5,259 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        

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Robert: This is a brochure that folds up, and you might be able to see that it is damaged. I scanned sections of what I called "front page" and edited them together in Windows Paint to make it readable without rotating my head.

The "back page" appears correct.

I'll see what I can do to get it in a higher resolution.

Mike


Post# 390687 , Reply# 13   11/4/2009 at 11:43 (5,258 days old) by douglasdc6 ()        
You scored big time !!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations !!!!!!!!! I know the feeling :)

Post# 390705 , Reply# 14   11/4/2009 at 12:51 (5,258 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

"Uses soap flakes effectively" OMG! Suds City

Post# 705176 , Reply# 15   9/24/2013 at 19:09 (3,838 days old) by breynolds ()        
1930s Dishwasher

Hello All!

The Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum in Meadville, PA is looking to recreate a 1930s kitchen in a room that once held one. We have the stove, refridgerator, hoosier cabinet, etc, but are really looking for a 1930s dishwasher like the ones discussed here...any chance anyone has any advice on where to find one? Websites, salvage, restoration, classifieds, etc? It would make a great addition!

Thanks!

Joshua Sherretts
Director, Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum


CLICK HERE TO GO TO breynolds's LINK


Post# 706591 , Reply# 16   10/1/2013 at 14:06 (3,831 days old) by rlen4806 ()        
conover diswasher

Is anyone interested in selling a conover dishwasher or manuals? or do you know where to find one?





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