Thread Number: 66167
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
Old dishwasher, can anyone identify? |
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Post# 887618   6/30/2016 at 22:41 (2,828 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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Would anyone happen to know the age and make of this dishwasher?
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Post# 887619 , Reply# 1   6/30/2016 at 22:54 (2,828 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City)   |   | |
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While I can't identify the exact brand it is a WCI branded D&M from the mid to late 80's. It could be Caloric, Tappan, Kelvinator, Gibson, etc. Judging by the number of pushbuttons it was probably at or near TOL. |
Post# 887650 , Reply# 2   7/1/2016 at 05:13 (2,828 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 887654 , Reply# 3   7/1/2016 at 07:18 (2,827 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 887663 , Reply# 4   7/1/2016 at 08:19 (2,827 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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Post# 887682 , Reply# 5   7/1/2016 at 10:17 (2,827 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 887689 , Reply# 6   7/1/2016 at 11:25 (2,827 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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Post# 887853 , Reply# 7   7/2/2016 at 16:18 (2,826 days old) by delaneymeegan (Midwest)   |   | |
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and could be Modern Maid from the late 70s, early 80s
John L.- Your wrong Mr. I'm almost certain I could get at least $50 for that trio. ....and if one sold just the stove and frig as a pair , one could get even more. lol.
Steven- I fear your waiver has lead you astray.
"Chetlaham"- (with the FULLY filled out profile)- depending on how many (1970s) meat bones, cigarette butts, portions of childrens toys, broken glassware pieces, and general kitchen garbage went into the sump- 6 months to 7 years. water useage- If I remember right from reading the schematics: 12 to 15 gallons depending on which cycle and how many rinses.
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Post# 887954 , Reply# 8   7/3/2016 at 12:42 (2,825 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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It is a Magic Chef DW, when I was saying that the three appliances were worth about $27 I was thing of scrap value, neither the ref or DW has any useful value at this point other than scrap, The range could actually have some functional value if it has electric ignition, but if it is a constant burning pilot model we send them straight to the scrap yard as they are just to wasteful and dangerous to sell at this point in time. |
Post# 887966 , Reply# 9   7/3/2016 at 14:53 (2,825 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains )   |   | |
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We had a Tappan that looked just like that same color and everything but, I was real young.It had a full size steel arm under both rack's. Tappan,Modern Maid and Kenmore's were basically the same. It washed O.K. and lasted a long time we gave it to a relative and ran for her for years but, they washed the dishes before washing the dishes like most people.. |
Post# 887998 , Reply# 10   7/3/2016 at 20:38 (2,825 days old) by Lorainfurniture (Cleveland )   |   | |
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I hated those fridges, you would spend half a day stripping it down to get to that stupid broken glass defrost heater mounted under the evaporator. Drip pan always missing, kick plate broke on the first pull. What a turd. |
Post# 888002 , Reply# 11   7/3/2016 at 21:22 (2,825 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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I must have a lot of dishwashers that look like that one in my many old kitchen remodeling books, in addition to the myriad Kitchen Aids in nearly every model & from a variety of decades, there...
One old friend of mine had an Almond top freezer Admiral fridge like that one--and the last of the original appliances left in that house, long after the parents had passed...
(Avocado Tappan Fridge & Stove preceded that & the Tappan Stove w/ a microwave, similar to my mom's but a smooth top & last of the Avocados, Avocado radio-dial Kenmores, replaced by an Almond set and a couple dishwashers, ranging from a no-color Hotpoint top-loader to a white Whirlpool front loader, both short-lived & the latter more-quickly discarded, and an Avocado Whirlpool trash compactor, too...)
-- Dave |
Post# 888004 , Reply# 12   7/3/2016 at 21:55 (2,825 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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1980 Ephemera come to life. Eek. The dishwasher would be fun for a while, but the rest of the kitchen would be reason enough to move on to the next listing. Butcher block laminate, oak trimmed laminate cabinets and Tragic Chef appliances, a literal blank space where there should be a kitchen. CLICK HERE TO GO TO gansky1's LINK |
Post# 888023 , Reply# 13   7/4/2016 at 02:10 (2,825 days old) by ilovewindex (Tualitan OR)   |   | |
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Post# 888035 , Reply# 14   7/4/2016 at 07:00 (2,824 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 888038 , Reply# 15   7/4/2016 at 07:08 (2,824 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Hi Kenny, I assume you are joking that Admiral name is a better name than Montgomery Wards, if you really want to up grade one of these crappy refs why not just put the Maytag or even the Jenn-Air handles on it, LOL.
Yes I will admit that we sold a few of these used back in the day, but the reality is that any ref that is clean and works is a good seller, few customers know the difference.
John L. |
Post# 888041 , Reply# 16   7/4/2016 at 07:29 (2,824 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 888042 , Reply# 17   7/4/2016 at 07:38 (2,824 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA)   |   | |
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Post# 888054 , Reply# 18   7/4/2016 at 09:40 (2,824 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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Is quite possibly the only 'captive' Chinese brand to have improved (a lot) in quality this century over last century.
Their microwaves, ice-makers, etc. are on a par with the stuff WhirlAidAMANANAirTag shits out and their 'major' appliances are, sadly, now, too. I guess that pretty much sums it up - they've now risen to the lousy level everybody else in the industry has fallen to. |
Post# 888069 , Reply# 19   7/4/2016 at 11:32 (2,824 days old) by Lorainfurniture (Cleveland )   |   | |
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One trick I learned with these units is that a metal paint tray acts as a perfect replacement to the always missing drain pan. I too admit to selling quite a few of these units. |
Post# 888107 , Reply# 20   7/4/2016 at 18:10 (2,824 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 888111 , Reply# 21   7/4/2016 at 18:27 (2,824 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.))   |   | |
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How much water will it use. Well, it will last until it rusts out and floods the kitchen and/or starts a fire. 3-5 years with normal use. As to how much water it uses that depends on if you catch the failure soon and if the Fire Department is involved. In other words AVOID IT!
WK78 To be fair We had A Hotpoint nearly burn us down several years ago. It got stuck in the main wash heating phase. When I temped the water in a overturned cup the thermometer read 96C. There was partially melted Ziploc ware in the top rack. That POS got given to a scrapper very soon and was replaced with a Whirlpool. Thank God I woke up and heard the pile of shit still running or I'd be a Chef Flambe. WK78 |
Post# 888133 , Reply# 22   7/4/2016 at 22:16 (2,824 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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My grandma had a Magic Chef set in Almond as in a small fridge & fairly BOL electric stove (replacing the grand Jumbo Sized Avocado Kelvinator fridge & the "clock only" replacing the Avocado Kelvinator range's (the latter put in the basement, for potential auxiliary cooking that never materialized) Needle & Dial Extravaganza!)...
There was a better M-C gas range, across the street in Harvest Gold, featuring a clock w/ an hour minute-timber & a Vertical Timed Bake that just shut the oven off...
-- Dave |
Post# 889089 , Reply# 23   7/12/2016 at 05:04 (2,817 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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Post# 889242 , Reply# 24   7/13/2016 at 08:54 (2,815 days old) by dermacie (my forever home (Glenshaw, PA))   |   | |
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Post# 889976 , Reply# 25   7/19/2016 at 08:33 (2,809 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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The TV show STILL STANDING had a Magic Chef dishwasher (though never used) and a Magic Chef gas stove (never saw on, nor the Almond Whirlpool washer & dryer set in the background) both in Wheat along with a matching General Electric top-freezer fridge, (which seems to have been recycled in a lot of movie and TV) you see opened and closed, especially in the beginning/intro theme...
-- Dave |