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Post# 676910 5/2/2013 at 22:10 (4,010 days old) by Unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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I'm surprised no one found and posted this Craigslist ad, but three days after it was up I called and went and picked up this little 70s Whirlpool washer look-a-like dishwasher...
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Post# 676911 , Reply# 1 5/2/2013 at 22:12 (4,010 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 676912 , Reply# 2 5/2/2013 at 22:13 (4,010 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 676913 , Reply# 3 5/2/2013 at 22:14 (4,010 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 676914 , Reply# 4 5/2/2013 at 22:15 (4,010 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 676922 , Reply# 6 5/2/2013 at 22:59 (4,010 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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| Post# 676927 , Reply# 8 5/2/2013 at 23:48 (4,009 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 676929 , Reply# 9 5/2/2013 at 23:55 (4,009 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho) |
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Hey! I used to have that dishwasher. Give it back! I owned this exact model for over 7 years. The only weak spot for me was the detergent dispenser bottom door. The plastic hinge would wear out. | ||
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Post# 676932 , Reply# 10 5/3/2013 at 00:00 (4,009 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 676960 , Reply# 11 5/3/2013 at 06:07 (4,009 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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Post# 676968 , Reply# 13 5/3/2013 at 06:51 (4,009 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 676973 , Reply# 14 5/3/2013 at 07:00 (4,009 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 676975 , Reply# 15 5/3/2013 at 07:11 (4,009 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Have you been able to determine the year of manufacture?
Not exactly, but I believe its probably 1974-1975 range. The model number is 5VP80W0. Does the upper wash arm lift off when loading the lower rack, or do you just rotate it out of the way as you load? No you just rotate it out of the way, not the most convenient machine to load, but if it washes as good as some say it will be fun to use. | ||
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Post# 677004 , Reply# 16 5/3/2013 at 11:18 (4,009 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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| Post# 677015 , Reply# 17 5/3/2013 at 11:36 (4,009 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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| Post# 677041 , Reply# 18 5/3/2013 at 12:04 (4,009 days old) by programcomputer (Ann Arbor Michigan, USA) | ||
Portable Memories 1988-1997....
Robert,
It's so funny that you got this machine as I was just discussing this machine with my mother a few weeks back. I was looking for a portable for my new house, and how I wished we still had the "pop-top glass smasher" as she used to call it. You see, we were given this VERY machine by her grandparents. They had JUST remodeled their circa 1975 Kitchen (when they first built their last home); and in the remodel my Gran decided SHE wanted a "built in kind" instead. I do remember "Pops" telling once when I was playing with it , (and with the admonishment to STOP that); with the fact that it cost more than his first car that he bought in 1928 so.... :-) Anyway, after the remodel was over, they gave it to us so we could have a dishwasher. We got it from them and put it to use RIGHT away. My sisters, brother and I thought it was the golden savior cometh...LOL! Anyway, it was a VERY good dishwasher. Of course up until then we did all ours by hand so we did have little to go by. The only thing that every happened to it was : It survived my youngest stepsister putting DAWN dish detergent in it when we were out of our standard Cascade or Electrasol, and unknowingly set a movie scene in motion.. That was our only Brady Bunch moment. IT put about three feet of suds in the kitchen, mudroom and into the dining-room before it was stopped by her realizing what she had done. The only MAJOR issue to us was that upper rack. We had several instances with the rack dropping out of the little "Wheel" tracks on the side. And dropping glasses below where of course they would shatter into a bazillion pieces we'd have to suck out with the vacuum. Because of this, after about a month we ended up having a no glass glass rule in the dishwasher after about 10 glasses smashed in the bottom of it.. Design flaw maybe?? Chad | ||
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Post# 677048 , Reply# 19 5/3/2013 at 12:38 (4,009 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 677049 , Reply# 20 5/3/2013 at 12:51 (4,009 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 Not exactly, but I believe its probably 1974-1975 range. The model number is 5VP80W0.Possibly it's SVP80W0? V in 2nd position indicates 1970 model-year. The serial number of course is coded with the manufacture year & week. CLICK HERE TO GO TO DADoES's LINK 
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Post# 677052 , Reply# 21 5/3/2013 at 13:03 (4,009 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles) |
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Great looking DW, I hope it washes as good as it looks! Were these sold under the Kenmore name as well? | ||
| Post# 677064 , Reply# 22 5/3/2013 at 15:44 (4,009 days old) by whitetub (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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It looks like this machine is in the Whirlpool dishwasher brochure from 1969, in the Automatic Ephemera section, on top of the webpage. | ||
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Post# 677070 , Reply# 23 5/3/2013 at 15:54 (4,009 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Nice DW, Robert. It reminds me a lot of the Kenmore portable my Aunt Doris bought while we were visiting her family in the summer of '68. My then five year old cousin Melanie kept saying I like it, I like it, I like it. | ||
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Post# 677087 , Reply# 24 5/3/2013 at 17:36 (4,009 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 677089 , Reply# 25 5/3/2013 at 17:49 (4,009 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 677107 , Reply# 26 5/3/2013 at 20:06 (4,009 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 677114 , Reply# 27 5/3/2013 at 20:56 (4,009 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho) |
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DADoES is right. I bought mine in 1969. No one would ever call it quiet, but it was very powerful, especially on the Super Wash. Almost never had to scour pots and pans. | ||
| Post# 677119 , Reply# 28 5/3/2013 at 21:16 (4,009 days old) by dishwasherfan (Phoenix, AZ) | ||
Another great find.. | ||
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Post# 677120 , Reply# 29 5/3/2013 at 21:16 (4,009 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Aferim! I just love Top Loading Dishwashers. And these 'pools with their backsplashes were especially cool machines. Use it in good health!
One of the reasons I collect them is that they're absolutely great for washing things you wouldn't put in your daily driver like tools, trash bins, appliance parts, refrigerator bins and shelves, filters, dispensers, agitators, icky home stuff that you don't want to wash by hand, but wouldn't put where your dishes go. They are wonderfully useful. This one reminds me of those nifty Japanese Clothes washers. | ||
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Post# 677129 , Reply# 30 5/3/2013 at 22:43 (4,009 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Oh wow, thanks you guys! I'm thrilled to hear the machine is earlier than I thought!
Fred and I talked tonight about taking the lid apart and replacing the horrible fake wood-grain top with pink boomerang Formica lol! It sure does sound powerful and the machine seems to have really little use. This seems to a common theme with vintage portable dishwashers as opposed to vintage built-ins. | ||
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Post# 677276 , Reply# 33 5/4/2013 at 20:30 (4,008 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Cool WP Top Loading DW These were only made until around 1970 and were very good performers, Robert yours still has the Delco Turbo-Pump WP discontinued this pump design around 1972 in all their DWs, but the good news is that the later style pump and motor is a drop-in fit, in fact you could even drop-in a Power-Clean pump and motor in this DW. This DW should not be all that noisy with its double walled tub and lid. Hope you enjoy it, I wish that I had never given mine away, but it looks like I may get the Inglis one that Paul has some day, if you get tired of this one let me know. | ||
| Post# 677303 , Reply# 34 5/4/2013 at 21:58 (4,008 days old) by washerman (cape town) | ||
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window... So would the window go in front or on top? | ||
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Post# 677312 , Reply# 35 5/4/2013 at 23:12 (4,007 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Count Dracuwash
Not an echo you're hearing - you (and Fred) have found yet another clean and attractive dishwasher. I'm a top-loader fan, too - with none to show and tell. Really enjoy viewing your finds - and I like the boomerang formica idea, but would hate to cover the wood -would like the ability to just interchange different top designs.
sidenote: you had a Proctor-Silex toaster on that shelf behind this new gem..I was lucky to find one too, before realizing that you had one there. Aren't they great? Thanks for posting and enjoy. I appreciate aw.org for everyone's finds, especially these rare super clean finds. Phil | ||
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Post# 677361 , Reply# 36 5/5/2013 at 04:59 (4,007 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Post# 677406 , Reply# 37 5/5/2013 at 12:01 (4,007 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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John, thanks. No it is very loud. This is the loudest dishwasher I've ever had in the kitchen, it even beats the James sound level wise. No other dishwasher in the kitchen has ever caused us to turn the volume up on the TV in the living room before lol when it's running. It is at least double the sound level of the D&M Kenmore that was there before it. It not the motor or pump that's loud its the force of the water hitting the the cabinet and the lid.
So far so good performance wise, it's a very powerful dishwasher. What I would really like to find is a 1959-1960's Whirlpool made built in dishwasher in good shape. John do those early machines have the same or a similar motor-pump assembly as this 1970 machine? Mike, yes it has a "uni-coupler" to attach it to the kitchen sink. Phil, we don't own a Proctor-Silex toaster?? | ||
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Post# 677410 , Reply# 38 5/5/2013 at 12:28 (4,007 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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This is the loudest dishwasher I've ever had in the kitc | ||
| Post# 677478 , Reply# 39 5/5/2013 at 17:15 (4,007 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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Oh yes..... Pink boomerang!!!! Please post a photo if you guys do that. | ||
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Post# 677610 , Reply# 40 5/6/2013 at 07:18 (4,006 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Post# 677733 , Reply# 42 5/6/2013 at 17:00 (4,006 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City) |
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This must be the season for these Wow Robert! What a weird coincidence! I just picked up the very same model last Saturday from someone in Idaho. I also picked up the top of the line model two weeks before that! One is the SVP80 & the other is the SVP100. Here is the SVP80 
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Post# 677735 , Reply# 43 5/6/2013 at 17:01 (4,006 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City) |
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Here is theSVP100 Top of the line with a work surface light! 
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Post# 677736 , Reply# 44 5/6/2013 at 17:03 (4,006 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City) |
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SVP 100 Cycle Selector All push button. Interestingly the Cancel selection simply turns off the machine & re-sets the timer. No draining! 
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Post# 677737 , Reply# 45 5/6/2013 at 17:06 (4,006 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City) |
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Right side of console Mark 100. I think someone was asking what model year they are. They are 1969 models, but were carried over into 1970 (according to Whirlpool service literature). 
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| Post# 677754 , Reply# 47 5/6/2013 at 18:37 (4,006 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 677769 , Reply# 48 5/6/2013 at 20:12 (4,006 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City) |
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Yes, Phil, I agree! I have always loved this era of design for Whirlpools kitchen appliances. Their top of the line items have this very understated elegance to them. Whirlpool "simplicity" at it's best! | ||
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Post# 677783 , Reply# 49 5/6/2013 at 22:40 (4,006 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Post# 677786 , Reply# 50 5/6/2013 at 22:50 (4,006 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 677787 , Reply# 51 5/6/2013 at 23:02 (4,006 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Add in another Phil | ||
| Post# 677800 , Reply# 53 5/6/2013 at 23:37 (4,005 days old) by A440 () | ||
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By Washer...Dishwasher of course. I would call it a washer and freak people out. | ||
| Post# 677837 , Reply# 54 5/7/2013 at 06:27 (4,005 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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I just want..... I just want a machine that doesn't leave puddles on the top of eveything. I would rather save energy in some other way!!!!! That would be one of my reasons for going with a vintage machine. That and of course asthetics plus craftsmanship. | ||
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Post# 677875 , Reply# 55 5/7/2013 at 07:53 (4,005 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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I see a panel light and switch on that Mark 100! Those really are pretty machines.
I've only seen one top-loading dishwasher on CL and the estate sales around here. I remember a few as a kid, but only a few. I don't know if it was the top-loading format or the whole dishwasher concept. Even into the late 70's, I remember people getting their first dishwasher and how excited they were to try one. Usually the machines came included in a new house. A neighbor of ours with four kids bought a used WP top-load dishwasher that ended up having a bad timer. The mother Ardeen, said that it was too loud anyway and thereafter used it to store grocery and shopping bags. "Now I have five dishwashers that don't work" (including the kids). | ||
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Post# 677905 , Reply# 56 5/7/2013 at 10:49 (4,005 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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WOW........ WOW........ and WOW!!!!!!!!! | ||
| Post# 677915 , Reply# 57 5/7/2013 at 11:51 (4,005 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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TWO MORE TL WP DW's UNBELIEVABLE! | ||
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Post# 678548 , Reply# 58 5/10/2013 at 11:29 (4,002 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Luckily this dishwasher came with its use and care guide, I just loaded it into Automatic Ephemera for anyone who might like a copy...
CLICK HERE TO GO TO Unimatic1140's LINK | ||
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Post# 678552 , Reply# 59 5/10/2013 at 12:12 (4,002 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City) |
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You lucky dog!! :) It is so great when the machines come with their original paperwork. Thanks so much for putting it on the Ephemera site! | ||
| Post# 678554 , Reply# 60 5/10/2013 at 12:21 (4,002 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Very interested in this washer-like dishwasher
Just read the manual. Thanks. The cycle charts are unique and answered the first question I had: There is no air dry button. How do you get one? Answer: China cycle.
But there are no answers to these questions: 1 ~ What happens after the Rinse & Hold cycle? Rapid advance back to "B" "A" ? 2 ~ Pull to start, but if you push the dial in, does the dishwasher stop? The manual doesn't say, and it's hard to guess with dishwashers? | ||
| Post# 680062 , Reply# 62 5/19/2013 at 11:10 (3,993 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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Robert Don't forget to post a photo if you change the wood grain appearance on top to something else. I and I'm sure some others would like to see that. Love the photos you've posted of other things you've done in yall's kitchen. | ||
| Post# 680075 , Reply# 63 5/19/2013 at 12:13 (3,993 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Sorry for the oversight ~
Alan, thanks so much, I didn't see your answers till now. Curiosity Satisfied. So it slowly and quietly advances just like a dryer control, but I love that you can stop it without opening the door,
How cool that you have TWO. If you decide to sell the Supreme 80, please let me know. Thanks, again Mike | ||
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Post# 680211 , Reply# 64 5/20/2013 at 11:14 (3,992 days old) by RE563 (Fort Worth, Texas) |
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I had the Supreme 100 series and loved it. As Appnut said, it will clean like crazy. The short wash cycle is actually the Normal wash cycle and it's just 22 minutes long for washing and rinsing, then 27 minutes long for the dry period.
www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/T... | ||
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