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Thread Number: 66772
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
I just got an unusual top-loading dishwasher! |
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| Post# 894379 8/17/2016 at 17:28 (2,808 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
I was quite happy to find this! Last year before the slant top models.
It's still in my truck, I'll post more when I get back home! | ||
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| Post# 894381 , Reply# 1 8/17/2016 at 17:30 (2,808 days old) by gregingotham (New York) | ||
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beautiful styling! what a find! | ||
Post# 894382 , Reply# 2 8/17/2016 at 17:33 (2,808 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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| Post# 894386 , Reply# 3 8/17/2016 at 18:06 (2,808 days old) by stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK) | ||
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Post# 894390 , Reply# 4 8/17/2016 at 19:07 (2,808 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 894392 , Reply# 5 8/17/2016 at 19:08 (2,808 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Aferim! | ||
| Post# 894393 , Reply# 6 8/17/2016 at 19:11 (2,808 days old) by maytag63 (South Berwick, Maine) | ||
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| Post# 894395 , Reply# 7 8/17/2016 at 19:16 (2,808 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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It even has a fluorescent-lighted panel!
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| Post# 894396 , Reply# 8 8/17/2016 at 19:17 (2,808 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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150 degree wash too!
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| Post# 894398 , Reply# 9 8/17/2016 at 19:20 (2,808 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Frigidaire washing system (but unlike the later slant-top models, I think this one has a regular D&M pump, I haven't looked at it much...
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Post# 894403 , Reply# 10 8/17/2016 at 20:05 (2,807 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Nice D&M Machine. | ||
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Post# 894414 , Reply# 11 8/17/2016 at 21:43 (2,807 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 894423 , Reply# 12 8/17/2016 at 23:03 (2,807 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Oh wow! | ||
| Post# 894439 , Reply# 14 8/18/2016 at 00:25 (2,807 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Brent, please send pics of your Philco!
Here are some more of mine! | ||
| Post# 894441 , Reply# 15 8/18/2016 at 00:33 (2,807 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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| Post# 894448 , Reply# 16 8/18/2016 at 01:37 (2,807 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Here's the ad for the previous year's DW-ITL model, the only difference I can see is that this one has no light switch.
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Mine certainly is one of the last GM Frigidaires with a porcelain interior or one of the few with the Super Surge wash action and a porcelain tub! D&M porcelain is still much better than that blue Plastisol coating that Frigidaire used on it's other models then! | ||
| Post# 894460 , Reply# 17 8/18/2016 at 04:00 (2,807 days old) by brucelucenta () | ||
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Frigidaire certainly made some flashy and unusual appliances back in the day... | ||
| Post# 894463 , Reply# 18 8/18/2016 at 05:16 (2,807 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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Post# 894470 , Reply# 19 8/18/2016 at 06:18 (2,807 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Very Neat Find Phil. It is amazing how much GM-Frigidaire got D&M to modify one of their [ standard ] TL portable DWs for the Frigidaire name. It is the first time I have ever seen a non-D&M wash arm and completely different racks in one of there creations.
Its too bad you will not be able to come down for the Wash-In next week as you could bring this DW down and we could run it next to the REAL FD TL slant top CI portable DW that I picked up a little while ago and compare overall performance etc. We are going to be using portable DWs to wash all the dishes on Saturday evening.
Everyone knows what a fan I am of D&M DWs, but overall I dough that there would much longevity difference between the real FD and your new D&M FD DW and at least you can find parts for your version, LOL. | ||
| Post# 894478 , Reply# 20 8/18/2016 at 07:26 (2,807 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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John, I also wish I could go to the convention! It really bothers me to miss that.
For now. I'll have to play alone with that poor D&M, I'll try to compare it with my 1965 Frigidaire Super DW-STJ, an impeller D&M or with my later DW-INR Imperial slant top, the model below yours (and the only model that was available here in Canada). | ||
| Post# 894485 , Reply# 21 8/18/2016 at 08:18 (2,807 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA) | ||
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| Post# 894491 , Reply# 22 8/18/2016 at 09:08 (2,807 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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D&M made this for GM? Every Kenmore top load D/W I ever saw, and that was several, had a split upper roto-rack. Not to beg to differ, but Ford also owned Philco then, but I suppose they could have sold things to each other. I think Ford did use some Frigidaire axial automobile A/C compressors in the 70's. | ||
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Post# 894493 , Reply# 23 8/18/2016 at 09:18 (2,807 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 894496 , Reply# 24 8/18/2016 at 09:22 (2,807 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 894510 , Reply# 25 8/18/2016 at 10:15 (2,807 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 894514 , Reply# 26 8/18/2016 at 10:32 (2,807 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Thanks a lot for the comments, I'm taking more pictures right now, also ran it... | ||
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Post# 894522 , Reply# 27 8/18/2016 at 10:59 (2,807 days old) by oldskool (Kansas City, MO) |
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So beyond Cool Congratulations on a find that is over the top! John | ||
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Post# 894551 , Reply# 28 8/18/2016 at 14:17 (2,807 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Phil | ||
| Post# 894612 , Reply# 29 8/18/2016 at 20:03 (2,806 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 894616 , Reply# 30 8/18/2016 at 21:06 (2,806 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles) |
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Mmmm, what a nice find, love it! | ||
| Post# 894680 , Reply# 31 8/19/2016 at 11:01 (2,806 days old) by miele_ge (Danbury, Connecticut) | ||
cool video and car like ad But I only count 4 cycles not 5. I guess they consider "cancel" a cycle? Still a cool machine. We had the slant top model of this for a few years when I was a kid. Loved the sound it made when you pressed the cancel button. I remember ours having more buttons though - maybe a plate warm? I think it was a "Custom Imperial" if that makes any sense. Was a long time ago. | ||
| Post# 894699 , Reply# 32 8/19/2016 at 12:41 (2,806 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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| Post# 894711 , Reply# 33 8/19/2016 at 13:33 (2,806 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
neat rare machine! | ||
| Post# 894732 , Reply# 34 8/19/2016 at 16:53 (2,806 days old) by miele_ge (Danbury, Connecticut) | ||
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thanks Phil now I remember the Pots and Pans button. Was a neat machine. We got it when it was only a few months old from friends who didn't want to roll it around. My Dad bypassed the sink connector and plumbed it in next to the stove. We used it until '72 when we redid the kitchen and got a TOL Roper built in. It then went to friends who never installed it and left it sitting in their garage for years and years. Have no idea what happened to it - I suspect it went to the dump :-(
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| Post# 894799 , Reply# 35 8/20/2016 at 11:24 (2,805 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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| Post# 894850 , Reply# 36 8/20/2016 at 21:55 (2,804 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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I saw many fluorescent starters that were branded as Frigidaire but it's the first that I see that's branded as D&M.
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| Post# 894876 , Reply# 37 8/21/2016 at 08:12 (2,804 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Wow, D&M made their own fluorescent starters even back in the day. Does anyone know where their plant, or plants were? | ||
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Post# 894879 , Reply# 38 8/21/2016 at 08:19 (2,804 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Wow D&M Florescent Light Starters | ||
| Post# 894886 , Reply# 39 8/21/2016 at 09:22 (2,804 days old) by magic_clean (Florida) | ||
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D & M was located in Connersville, Indiana. See the link where D & M is mentioned. CLICK HERE TO GO TO magic_clean's LINK | ||
| Post# 894889 , Reply# 40 8/21/2016 at 09:24 (2,804 days old) by magic_clean (Florida) | ||
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D & M was located in Connersville, Indiana. See the link where D & M is mentioned. CLICK HERE TO GO TO magic_clean's LINK | ||
| Post# 894894 , Reply# 41 8/21/2016 at 09:59 (2,804 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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John, that's exactly what I thought! And at least, Frigidaire probably thought they could sell their rebranded starters through their dealer network (and I bet they didn't sell many either!). D&M didn't even sell their dishwashers under their own names, they were private labeling their own products to sell to other brands. I thought their only signature was the shape of their tags, not the name on it!
Note that the tag on the 1968 dishwasher lacks the CSA approval, it's there on my 1965 DW-STJ. It's strange since I got this machine in Canada and it's a model that was sold here.
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Post# 894971 , Reply# 42 8/21/2016 at 19:53 (2,803 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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No CSA Approval | ||
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Post# 895023 , Reply# 43 8/22/2016 at 07:17 (2,803 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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| Post# 897120 , Reply# 44 9/4/2016 at 10:09 (2,790 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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I just tried not to pre-rinse anything that went in the dishwasher to see how it performed (not something I am used to do!), the dishes came out clean and dry even if I shortened the dry cycle! I got some fog in the camera when I took pictures of the clean (and hot!) dishes. Not exactly a full load though but I had plates that I couldn't even try to fit in the 1963 spray tube dishwasher!
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| Post# 897134 , Reply# 45 9/4/2016 at 11:47 (2,790 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Post# 897160 , Reply# 46 9/4/2016 at 14:14 (2,790 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 897182 , Reply# 47 9/4/2016 at 20:50 (2,789 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Well the bloom is off the rose far as this top-loading DW 
Owner is concerned. *LOL*
Having to shift things off the top and back to load and unload is getting on my nerves. If one can find a nice Miele 18" unit and one of those Ikea "built in to portable" kits, the GE Mobile Maid may not be long for this world. *LOL* After living with a top loading dishwasher for better part of almost two years now you can see why the design faded out and never was brought back. | ||
| Post# 897191 , Reply# 48 9/4/2016 at 22:20 (2,789 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Some top loaders are a bit more complicated to load as their top racks either need to have a section removed or folded (and left empty so it could be folded or removed easily) to load the lower rack.
But this design allows to lift the top racks easily without unloading them. What I don't like about portable dishwashers is that they need to be rolled to the sink and connected to it and to a wall outlet to operate. I'll probably change that eventually and connect it permanently! | ||
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