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70s Frigidaire Custom Deluxe dishwasher - craigslist - Rochester,NY
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Post# 599648   5/29/2012 at 10:32 (4,348 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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Interesting!  I haven't seen that many of this era around.   I am going to hazard a guess that it has the 'spray tower' wash system.   $50 doesn't seem too, too unreasonable....



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Post# 599649 , Reply# 1   5/29/2012 at 10:37 (4,348 days old) by william637 (Damp pants? Not a chance. )        
wish I was closer

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I would love to have that machine.  Too bad I don't have tiime to drive up to NY this weekend.


Post# 599653 , Reply# 2   5/29/2012 at 11:06 (4,348 days old) by retropia ()        

From the late 1960s or early 1970s, perhaps?


Post# 599656 , Reply# 3   5/29/2012 at 11:30 (4,348 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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Paul, Now, that's one I'd like to get! Do you have plans this weekend?!


Post# 599659 , Reply# 4   5/29/2012 at 11:55 (4,348 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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Phil,  I am always up for a road trip!!!  I will email you right away...


Post# 599660 , Reply# 5   5/29/2012 at 12:09 (4,348 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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And one of the reasons you don't see a lot of Frigidaire dishwashers from that era is because they all rusted out! The Frigidaire dealership was the primary one in the small town I grew up in, so I saw many of these in kitchens---all with major rust issues, even back in the day.

Post# 599745 , Reply# 6   5/29/2012 at 18:50 (4,347 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)        

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It might have the whirly-gig wash arm...

Post# 599746 , Reply# 7   5/29/2012 at 18:54 (4,347 days old) by appnut (TX)        
It might have the whirly-gig wash arm...

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No it doesn't. This is only the Custom Deluxe. My parents almsot boughty this for our lake house when they got the Frigidaire cooktop and CD double wall oven, but I"m glad they went with the rotoprack instead.

Post# 599813 , Reply# 8   5/30/2012 at 02:22 (4,347 days old) by chris74 ()        
Looks...

...very boring...

Post# 599814 , Reply# 9   5/30/2012 at 02:30 (4,347 days old) by badgerdx ()        
Beauty is in the eye

Funny Chris, I was thinking how clean and modern the design looked...


Post# 599818 , Reply# 10   5/30/2012 at 03:58 (4,347 days old) by chris74 ()        
What is modern about...

... one push-button and a dial?

Post# 599826 , Reply# 11   5/30/2012 at 05:18 (4,347 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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That dial had 4 cycles on it--normal, light, rinse&dry, and plate warmer. That "one" pushbutton was actually a rocker switch. If you think this was boring, all Frigidaire Spin-Tube models ONLY had a dial and that was it. The last series of Frigidaire (GM-Prduced) dishwashers were the only ones with any true "pizzaz" with regards to control panels and buttons.

Post# 599877 , Reply# 12   5/30/2012 at 10:41 (4,347 days old) by chris74 ()        
Pizzaz

Meaning a lot of lights, dials, push-buttons? I go more for the heavy computer-controlled models with much ado... ;-)

Post# 599904 , Reply# 13   5/30/2012 at 13:28 (4,347 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)        
I go more for the "heavy computer-controlled models with

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I've heard of this other forum... it's sort of an aqua color, I hear, and this may just be a rumor, but I HEAR that sort of thing does in fact exist over there... ya know... computers and the gaggled bits...

-Tim



Post# 599911 , Reply# 14   5/30/2012 at 14:24 (4,347 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL)        
Whirly-gig Arm??

In 1973 my Aunt and Uncle built a home in Sun City AZ. and it had all Frigidaire kiktchen appliances. Their dishwasher had the "whirly-gig" washarm and did actually do a great job of cleaning the dishes. I dont remember how many buttons it had as I had little interest in any DW other than the Kitchenaid Superba series of any vintage at the time.
In 1976, my other Aunt and Uncle built a new home in Santa Fe,NM and they had the seemingly same dishwasher as the Sun City relatives installed in their kitchen and it had the same washarm setup but it could not clean to save itself. By then I was a little more observant and realized that the main difference was the lower rack had more tines on it that placed the dishes closer together to boost capacity but then the water would not hit them the same way as my other Aunt's machine would. It seemed like they wanted to get maybe 16 place settings into the unit and that was its downfall. The Santa Fe'ans lamented leving their BOL GE machine behind in their old home which was installed back in '67. It cleaned rings around the Frigidaire they had.


Post# 599982 , Reply# 15   5/30/2012 at 21:33 (4,346 days old) by cyclemonitor ()        
Whirly -gig arm

Electri-saver

Post# 599984 , Reply# 16   5/30/2012 at 21:36 (4,346 days old) by cyclemonitor ()        
New design

I always liked the large knob of the older design...including the metal console


Post# 600015 , Reply# 17   5/31/2012 at 00:17 (4,346 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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David, thank you for posting pics. That model is what I meant by "the last series". Friends in Hot Springs Ark had a weekend home with this exact model. It actually cleaned quite well, especially with using the pots/pans cycle. Quite spacious in capacity too.

Post# 600055 , Reply# 18   5/31/2012 at 08:02 (4,346 days old) by william637 (Damp pants? Not a chance. )        
Thanks for that pic

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I had a friend in high school - they had this model in their kitchen.  I always thought the whirly-gig wash arm was ingenious.  Looking at the picture though, I am suprised they designed a machine with the wash arm UNDER the heating element.  Has there ever been another design like this?

 

If I ever find one of these units I am going to snag it for my collection.



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