Thread Number: 43806
Late 50s GE Dishwasher find!!!! |
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Post# 643834 , Reply# 1   12/3/2012 at 20:33 (4,132 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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It was REALLY INSTALLED WELL!!! |
Post# 643835 , Reply# 2   12/3/2012 at 20:34 (4,132 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Post# 643836 , Reply# 3   12/3/2012 at 20:34 (4,132 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Inside. |
Post# 643838 , Reply# 4   12/3/2012 at 20:35 (4,132 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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STAINLESS! |
Post# 643862 , Reply# 5   12/3/2012 at 21:26 (4,132 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 643864 , Reply# 6   12/3/2012 at 21:28 (4,132 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)   |   | |
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Beauty!!!! It will be fun to see it, (or at least hear it) wash ...... |
Post# 643866 , Reply# 7   12/3/2012 at 21:29 (4,132 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 643869 , Reply# 8   12/3/2012 at 21:30 (4,132 days old) by westingman123 ()   |   | |
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Just beautiful. |
Post# 643890 , Reply# 9   12/3/2012 at 22:19 (4,132 days old) by applianceguy47 ()   |   | |
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Post# 643899 , Reply# 10   12/3/2012 at 22:39 (4,132 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 643923 , Reply# 11   12/4/2012 at 00:00 (4,132 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 643939 , Reply# 12   12/4/2012 at 06:21 (4,131 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Does appear to be stainless.. |
Post# 643941 , Reply# 13   12/4/2012 at 06:35 (4,131 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Thats the DW I grew up with, ours had Walnut panelling on front, real walnut too. Ours originally had a white plastic grip but that broke off soon and Dad got the metal one yours has.
Ours had a plastisol bottom; I've never seen SS before and our bow tie guard was pink plastisol but it had bigger squares than this model. Isn't it amazing there is nothing new under the Sun, SS way back when for kitchens! Great save!! |
Post# 643970 , Reply# 14   12/4/2012 at 09:09 (4,131 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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I'm speechless.
Ok, now that that's over... A Brushed Chrome Princess in the flesh!!!!! This dishwasher was very well loved by it's owners. At some point, early in its life they went to the trouble and expense to contact the GE dealer or technician in their area who was VERY well versed in these products and had it retro-fitted in ways that I never thought possible. First, GE did sell/offer a stainless steel accessory tub bottom for its pull-out dishwashers that I've seen illustrated in tech manuals. I would guess that the owner may have damaged the Plastisol-coated tub bottom and had that installed to forestall rust. Either that or this was one of the very first Princesses sold and the dealer provided the retro-fits because this was such a good customer. GE had early problems with the flange around the impeller and with the heater which had a higher wattage in the early models. The owner must have been one of those old-timers who had a very close relationship with their dealer and kept him abreast of what was happening with the purchases.
The grill on the bottom is a mystery. That year, 1957, there was no grill, just a circle and cross of vinyl wires that didn't do much to protect the impeller from the occasional falling fork. Somebody was handy here.
What I find really interesting is that silverware basket which was not OE to that year, it's more Sixties vintage. GE obviously had a retro-fit "kit" to use their new plastic silverware basket to replace the wire one that came with that machine. Those two plastic "bridges" fit over the rack prongs to anchor the front basket clips and then that metal flange works with the metal loop that's installed on the tub where there would have been two prongs in later years.
What a wonderful find! And his has the original magnetic detergent dispenser!!! Which couldn't have been retro-fitted because then they would have had to replace the whole timer assembly. Wow! these people must have had money. Or they were early versions of us. Today, this would have been a Craigslist selection in a heartbeat. Thank you for posting this. |
Post# 643978 , Reply# 15   12/4/2012 at 10:07 (4,131 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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That is a GE sump replacement kit to repair rust in the Plastisol tub. |
Post# 643995 , Reply# 17   12/4/2012 at 11:11 (4,131 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 644023 , Reply# 18   12/4/2012 at 13:36 (4,131 days old) by william637 (Damp pants? Not a chance. )   |   | |
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Post# 644073 , Reply# 19   12/4/2012 at 17:56 (4,131 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 644128 , Reply# 21   12/4/2012 at 22:02 (4,131 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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I can't do an endorsement even though I love these machines. Mater hand-washed every item before loading. We figure it was Dad who bought the machine because doctors back then thought that dishwashers did a good job of sanitizing the family tableware. Pop was also responsible for bringing Scott towels into the house and lots of hexachlorophene everywhere. Mom was a little "Granny Clampett" when it came to gizmos; didn't trust them one bit.
I'll test the Mobile Maid with rinsed vs. not pre-rinsed loads when I get her all hooked up and let y'all know. |
Post# 644131 , Reply# 22   12/4/2012 at 22:27 (4,131 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 644170 , Reply# 24   12/5/2012 at 05:15 (4,130 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains )   |   | |
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Great dishwasher,that is a beautiful machine and I have never seen one those in person ever.My Mamaw was the same she had a beautiful Kitchen with everything.Nutone food center,dishwasher,disposer, but she would never use them she would wash them buy hand and make her cakes by hand.She told me it wastes water which made no sense to me because, for one she had plenty of money and two she was on a well. |
Post# 644205 , Reply# 25   12/5/2012 at 10:24 (4,130 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Today's POD with the GE Empress shows the first impeller "protector" that GE used over the bow tie impeller. It got smaller and smaller holes each year, although I think that heavily coated grid in this machine would kill most of the washing action. |
Post# 644212 , Reply# 26   12/5/2012 at 11:07 (4,130 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Hans that is a rare find to find one of those that survived this long. I am not sure that I would necessarily agree that the people who had this DW were all that rich, granted DWs in general were not all that common in 1959, but is was a GE DW not a Kitchenaid. And brushed Chrome front panels cost cost no more than painted front panels. Also the fact that this DW had the added SS bottom might indicate that they were too cheap to buy a new DW when the floor started to rust out or hopefully they made GE pay for the repair.
The SS bottom was a kit that was used when the cheap Plastisol coating failed in the floor of the DW from mechanical damage from silverware that fell into the impeller area or damage caused by the heating element which was far more frequent when people actually set their water heater above 140 degrees. The added impeller guard was also a kit that was sometimes used with the SS floor kit as many of these DWs were destroyed by just a single heavy knife that got into the impeller area, the bad thing about this added guard is it would have likely have cut down on the washing performance by restricting the water force and even distribution of water to the far corners of the wash tank.
It will be neat to here how you like it when you get it running. |
Post# 644349 , Reply# 27   12/5/2012 at 20:09 (4,130 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 644376 , Reply# 28   12/5/2012 at 22:40 (4,130 days old) by mikepaquette ()   |   | |
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Preying to the dishwasher god . |
Post# 644510 , Reply# 29   12/6/2012 at 11:13 (4,129 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 644577 , Reply# 30   12/6/2012 at 17:05 (4,129 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 644589 , Reply# 31   12/6/2012 at 18:19 (4,129 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Yeah, What did they mean? |
Post# 644596 , Reply# 32   12/6/2012 at 18:50 (4,129 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 644597 , Reply# 33   12/6/2012 at 18:52 (4,129 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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"What did they mean?"
Just an easy visual reference that the machine was within the wash cycle. You didn't have to be close enough with good enough eyesight to read the wording, because the dotted area was unique. Blue without dots meant Rinse, and red meant Drying. P.S.: Am I the only one who noticed GE's thriftiness with the two ads shown? That's the same model in both, wearing the same heels and pearls in both, and the same dress in both, just in two different colors. |
Post# 644618 , Reply# 35   12/6/2012 at 20:06 (4,129 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 644623 , Reply# 36   12/6/2012 at 20:24 (4,129 days old) by applianceguy47 ()   |   | |
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You won me over, Sandy, and I'm sure you don't want that liability.
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Post# 646287 , Reply# 38   12/13/2012 at 22:40 (4,122 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)   |   | |
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