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Thread Number: 45615
1961 Kitchenaid Dishwasher model KDI 14 looks new! |
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| Post# 667493 3/21/2013 at 16:36 (4,046 days old) by xpanam (Palm Springs California ) | ||
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| Post# 667494 , Reply# 1 3/21/2013 at 16:42 (4,046 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
WOW !!! | ||
Post# 667496 , Reply# 2 3/21/2013 at 16:45 (4,046 days old) by whirlykenmore78  (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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HOLY HOBART! | ||
| Post# 667518 , Reply# 3 3/21/2013 at 18:21 (4,046 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia) | ||
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Post# 667520 , Reply# 4 3/21/2013 at 18:27 (4,046 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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KDI-14 KA DW | ||
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Post# 667543 , Reply# 5 3/21/2013 at 21:00 (4,046 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Post# 667560 , Reply# 6 3/21/2013 at 22:32 (4,045 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Would be a shame to rip apart such a nice machine. | ||
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Post# 667587 , Reply# 7 3/22/2013 at 07:29 (4,045 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Parting Out A Cool KA DW It is not a waste at all, Jon would actually use this DW or much of it and it would provide pleasure for the many who visit and get to see one of these interesting DWs in action.
This past fall in just one day the appliance distributor behind our warehouse brought in 11 porcelain tub KA DWs that got scraped the next day. Two years ago I scraped 13 center dial MT washer and dryers when I was restoring my MT CDE750-CA900 pair, many had lighted panels and our business is still scraping WP-KM BD washers and GE FF washers every month, I brought in a gas CD MT SOH dryer last night that will be crushed Saturday AM. We along with several others in the area have given up even posting this stuff as we get almost no response.
Yes it is a shame that all these appliances cannot be saved but the best possable outcome for most of them is becomming a parts donor. John. | ||
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Post# 667594 , Reply# 8 3/22/2013 at 08:14 (4,045 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Just contacted the seller and  | ||
| Post# 667603 , Reply# 10 3/22/2013 at 09:14 (4,045 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
there's nothing wrong...
with Imperials, we have 2 of them... I agree it'd be a shame to part it just because it's a "lowly" Imperial... they wash just fine, and they are rarer than Superbas, for the true collector... my 2 cents.
Wish later KAs had the "loop" racks instead of the pins, they tend to wear far less with use, the pin tops are almost always one of the the first places to wear and rust. The racks on this one look to be amazing. BTW there's a NOS turquoise "Start" button ass'y for this right now on eBay. | ||
| Post# 667626 , Reply# 11 3/22/2013 at 11:28 (4,045 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
I gotta agree, John...
As I have said in the past, "Not everyone gets to go to the Royal Ball. SOMEONE'S going to have to stay and wash the dishes..." I wish I could save every little thing that shows up in The Pile. All I can do is focus on the really nice/rare/special machines and use the uglies/nasties/unrepairables for parts to keep the nice ones alive. I must have at least 3 decent FF's hidden away to be possible parts donors for a soon to be announced wishlist find. The only others I concentrate on are the machines that satisfy other people's wishlists. By the way, if any of you have anything to look for, let me know so I can keep it on my list to look for. Kevin, Dan, Gordon and a few others can attest to the condition of 'Nevada' machines. LOL!
That being said, I'd have a hard time seeing what you see at that scrapper, John. Kinda why I don't go to animal shelters 'just to look'. RCD | ||
| Post# 667629 , Reply# 12 3/22/2013 at 11:36 (4,045 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
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the point being... | ||
| Post# 667632 , Reply# 13 3/22/2013 at 11:54 (4,045 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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I understand that. I was speaking in general about the haul always I see in our Pile. This is a beautiful dishwasher and I would be hard pressed to part it out unless I already had a machine that was near and dear to my heart that needed hard to find parts and then it would possibly have to live on in several other machines.
RCD | ||
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Post# 667837 , Reply# 14 3/23/2013 at 08:13 (4,044 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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I have emailed the seller.
I am interested to know about the having it crated, etc. and if the quoted shipping cost is accurate to my home in Arkansas. This is one of the machines on my dream list and it looks like a nice one. Actually, the one I really want is the Superba Vari-Cycle but this one is close enough. From the pics it looks like this model has a heating element. Does this one heat the water at all? Isn't this the first KA model year with a heating element?
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Post# 667848 , Reply# 15 3/23/2013 at 08:55 (4,044 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Post# 667849 , Reply# 16 3/23/2013 at 08:58 (4,044 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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KDI-14 KA DW | ||
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Post# 667852 , Reply# 17 3/23/2013 at 09:09 (4,044 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Wow that does look beautiful, I sure you get that Jon. I agree with those about parting out good vintage machines, while its hard to do it is a necessity in the 21st century. The collection I have now wouldn't be in such beautiful shapre if I hadn't taken multiple machines and made one absoltely beautiful one in some cases. It's the way this hobby works when you are dealing with machines that are 50+ years old.
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