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Post# 454615   8/4/2010 at 23:13 (4,623 days old) by varicyclevoice (Davenport, Iowa)        

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This is the original brochure...without the Patrician model included.




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Post# 454622 , Reply# 6   8/4/2010 at 23:20 (4,623 days old) by varicyclevoice (Davenport, Iowa)        
Next up....the revised brochure

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This next brochure DOES include the Patrician model KDP-18. The brochure has some pages which may be duplicated, but I scanned them again so that you could see this complete brochure. Interestingly, both brochures are dated 12/77.


Post# 454623 , Reply# 7   8/4/2010 at 23:21 (4,623 days old) by varicyclevoice (Davenport, Iowa)        
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revised brochure....last page

Post# 454630 , Reply# 12   8/4/2010 at 23:49 (4,623 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)        
1/2 horse motor

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Gotta love it most washers didn't even have a half horse

Post# 454636 , Reply# 13   8/4/2010 at 23:57 (4,623 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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Great scans. Thanks!

Post# 454639 , Reply# 14   8/5/2010 at 00:02 (4,623 days old) by TOggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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And the Short Wash cycle (W-W-R-R-D) could probalby out-do in its 58 mintues any of today's DW-ers

Post# 454694 , Reply# 15   8/5/2010 at 06:27 (4,623 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Great Scan

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Thanks.

The 18 series are my all time favorites. I think this was KitchenAid's Best Design Ever.

Post# 454720 , Reply# 16   8/5/2010 at 08:52 (4,623 days old) by tlee618 ()        

The KDS18 IMHO is KitchenAid at it's finest! As the ad said, "People say it's the Best" and it is!! Thanks for the great scans!

Post# 454964 , Reply# 17   8/6/2010 at 12:12 (4,622 days old) by retropia ()        

The KD-18 was the last model of the Hobart-made era to have the top-level spray arm, correct?

I seem to recall that there was a desirable feature that the later models had that the KD-18 didn't have, but can't remember exactly what that feature was. Does anyone else remember, or am I simply tetched in the head?

Post# 455061 , Reply# 18   8/6/2010 at 19:02 (4,621 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL)        
Bigger is better? Maybe

 The 19 and up units had the larger upper wash arm under the top rack and the constant wash/rinse device was removed. Most people lament its passing and yet they have seen fit to put it back in today's designs in one shape or form. There were manifolds that had a slit cut out in them to help spray some water over the top rack and while we rarely have Yibbles and Bits on our cups and such, it seems to be a nagging problem not just in the Kitchenaids of that era, but today's machines as well.
Ironically, those upper sprayers were prone to breakage ever since they appeared in the 16 series. People forgot they were there and would load stuff that was too high and would break them. There was a redesign of the 18 series sprayer which looked like a rotating disc like water flinger and I have seen them in Whirlpool units as well but also have seen quite a few broken ones too.

Post# 455067 , Reply# 19   8/6/2010 at 19:32 (4,621 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)        
Broken Constant Rinse

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I've heard that mentioned before ... but just to say, the Constant Rinse was never broken during the 25+ years that my family/parents used a KDI-17a.   :-)


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