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Post# 471440   10/25/2010 at 22:11 (4,902 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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This is the little play toy we picked up this past Saturday afternoon at an estate sale. I remember these Hotpoint one dial bottom of the line models so well as a kid. Every builder put these into new NJ houses and Florida condos back in the early 70s.

Just had to hear it run again, although needs a good cleaning it works perfectly. Its loudly washing dishes in the basement as we speak.





Post# 471442 , Reply# 1   10/25/2010 at 22:12 (4,902 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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The blue and white speckled porcelain is delicious. Check out the water level at the bottom of the tank, now that's a dishwasher.

Post# 471443 , Reply# 2   10/25/2010 at 22:15 (4,902 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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The incoming fill water sprays out of this fabulous flume and the water stream rides across the entire ceiling of the dw.

Post# 471444 , Reply# 3   10/25/2010 at 22:15 (4,902 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Dial Shot

Post# 471445 , Reply# 4   10/25/2010 at 22:16 (4,902 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Detergent and rinse aid dispensers...

Post# 471448 , Reply# 5   10/25/2010 at 22:29 (4,902 days old) by tlee618 ()        
Now that's a real dishwasher!

Great find Robert, so glad you brought it home to play with. I bet it does a fantastic job. This might be a good machine to keep just to wash vacuum parts in!!

Post# 471450 , Reply# 6   10/25/2010 at 22:30 (4,902 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
Hotpoint!

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Great find Robert
This is the very Exact first dishwasher we had. Also portable.
Couldn't be more identical. Cool machine cleaned decently but noisey. Best of Luck with it.
Peter


Post# 471452 , Reply# 7   10/25/2010 at 22:36 (4,902 days old) by washernoob ()        

Wow! That is one nice machine!

Really like the speckled interior color. Also the fill water on top feature. :)


Post# 471453 , Reply# 8   10/25/2010 at 22:53 (4,902 days old) by luxflairguy (Wilmington NC)        

WHAT? I CAN'T HERE YOU!! ARE THE DISHES CLEAN YET?

Post# 471458 , Reply# 9   10/25/2010 at 23:23 (4,902 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)        

so it is NOT made by G.E.?

Post# 471459 , Reply# 10   10/25/2010 at 23:23 (4,902 days old) by nickuk (chelmsford UK)        
Fantastic!

Fabulous, Robert. I hope you are pleased with this. The interior looks good enough to eat!

I too remember a very noisy dishwasher which I used in Canada (Toronto) back in 1988. My memories are hazy as I was only 12, but it was also a single dial Hotpoint. Somehow I remember the dial had two start positions - regular and short cycle, and I was told to `always use short'!

The other dishwasher I used in '88 was an all push button Maytag. I remember a beige coloured bank of buttons against a darker background. The cycle used most often was called `Energy Save' or similar.



Post# 471460 , Reply# 11   10/25/2010 at 23:26 (4,902 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        
Very Cool Robert!

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Congrats! Looks like it's in pretty good condition, is this one a keeper?

Kevin


Post# 471461 , Reply# 12   10/25/2010 at 23:26 (4,902 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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Judging by the interior and racks, it looks like it has a lot of life left in it. Congrats!

WHAT? I CAN'T HERE YOU!! ARE THE DISHES CLEAN YET?

SmiliesFTW.com

Yeah, they're rather loud machines, lol.


Post# 471479 , Reply# 13   10/26/2010 at 04:04 (4,902 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Yup

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When my Dad built his house in 1975, the builder installed that machine. Noisey as all get out, cleaned well, and lasted 20 some odd years. I believe I've heard HotPoints and GE's from this era referred to as the "Cement Mixer" Series.

Post# 471487 , Reply# 14   10/26/2010 at 05:53 (4,902 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )        

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It looks like a GE clone.

Post# 471490 , Reply# 15   10/26/2010 at 06:15 (4,902 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Lotta fun. enjoy. whisper clean is kind of an oximoron. Loud, oh yeah. Cleaning, fair, but then remember I still expected quite a bit from these machines. If this wre a built-in, it definitely would not be considered BOL because of the rinse-aid dispenser and the rinse only and wash-dry cycle buttons. This may have been about the time this machine was made, but does this have the continuously running pump with the drain solenoid (kind of like a KitchenAid) or does this pause and reverse motor to drain. If it's the later, then it cannot at all be considered a GE clone because by this time, GE was using the continuously running pump and drain solenoid. However, in the strictest definition, it could still be considered a GE clone because I"m sure these were similar to the motors used in GE's first front-load dishwasher with the reversing pump for draining?

Post# 471513 , Reply# 16   10/26/2010 at 09:23 (4,902 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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No if this machine was a GE clone, I would have passed it right on by. Its a Hotpoint design, which I'm pretty sure was made at the original Chicago Hotpoint factory where they made the solid basket Hotpoint washers.

It sure has a large capacity compared to what I'm used to, albeit I wonder if they having drinks they day they came up with the "whisper clean" saying. lol


Post# 471516 , Reply# 17   10/26/2010 at 10:03 (4,902 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)        
that's a rare find!

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i had not seen one of those till last year on this site when one just like your's was advertised here from san diego.

i bought it and had jim ship it, it looks exactly like the one you just found.

i remember them well as a teen, it was the first dishwasher i ever worked on. that big "UFO" looking pump and black spray arm. some of them even had a half spray arm for the top rack instead of that little spray ball.

and yes, i remember that in the mid seventees it seemed like every apartment i was in had one of those little hotpoints!

the one i bought last year has hardly been used, looks like new. actually your's looks to be in great shape as well from the pics. replacement parts are no where to be found (as yet).

i'm glad to see there are a couple still around. i was afraid they were all gone till i found mine. who knows, we might have the last two!

if you ever want to sell it i would definately buy it from you. these old hotpoints bring back a lot of memories for me and even though i have one i would make room for another!

enjoy it!


Post# 471538 , Reply# 18   10/26/2010 at 13:56 (4,901 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )        
I know where there are!!!!

Two of these , portables BRAND NEW!!!! in a old hardware store, !!! but the guy who runs it has visions of grandeur!!

Post# 471558 , Reply# 19   10/26/2010 at 17:46 (4,901 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Love the Fluma-Phill

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and that blue porcelain is boss. But
"whisper clean" ?? Pluheeze explain what that means.
Did they mean Whisker Clean, no fuzz left on the dishes or
Whisper quite?

Did you get a package this week?



Post# 471621 , Reply# 20   10/26/2010 at 23:11 (4,901 days old) by autowasherfreak ()        

It looks nice Robert! That's a lot of water compared to today's modern machines.


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