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Post# 1042887   8/27/2019 at 17:22 (1,703 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)        

Hi Gang.I know someone here will know. A buddy of mine grew up in the 1960s with a dishwasher he now cannot remember the brand,and the pic from around 1966ish is blurry. The control panel is silvery with four square white buttons to the left, a multicolored dial to the right,and a swing latch on the upper part of the control panel. What can it be my friends and thank you!





Post# 1042889 , Reply# 1   8/27/2019 at 17:29 (1,703 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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It sounds like something from the D&M line from the mid-60s. Kenmore is the first brand that comes to my feeble mind, but D&M made machines under many names back then (Admiral, Caloric, Chambers, Kelvinator etc, etc)

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Post# 1042890 , Reply# 2   8/27/2019 at 17:57 (1,703 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)        

Thanks,but the buttons are lower,on the bottom edge of the panel,the dial is a lot smaller,and the latch,at the top,swings from left to right,like a GE,though I know it's not.


Post# 1042896 , Reply# 3   8/27/2019 at 18:40 (1,703 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)        

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That was a year later or so---Kenmore did the "twist" latch before the "lever" latch; it would have been later 60s; the lineup was the "all pushbutton" LK, then a 4 button with dial, 2 button with dial/signal light , twist knob with dial (no signal light) and dial only. Turquoise interior.

Post# 1042903 , Reply# 4   8/27/2019 at 21:05 (1,703 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)        

Here’s the dishwasher in question.

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Post# 1042904 , Reply# 5   8/27/2019 at 21:13 (1,703 days old) by Steved (Guilderland, New York)        
It’s a Hotpoint

Early 60’s Hotpoint with the tubular wash arm and spinner for the upper rack

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Post# 1042948 , Reply# 6   8/28/2019 at 10:38 (1,702 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )        
These

Sound like circular saws running mixed with the sound of a chainsaw!


Post# 1042950 , Reply# 7   8/28/2019 at 10:50 (1,702 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)        
Memories..

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When I was a kid we lived a short time in Jackson Michigan.  I remember I did some babysitting in those days.  The lady next door had a LK Roto Rack with all the lights (the ones that looked like piano keys) and buttons and then another neighbor I babysat for had this exact dishwasher.  I remember the middle wash arm.  I used to jump on those babysitting jobs so I could play with the dishwashers after the kids went to bed.  Another neighbor had a Frigidaire spin tube and what I remember was the door closed by a spring.  It didn't have a latch.

 

We had a boring old KD12 which back then wasn't nearly as much fun as the LK and the Hotpoint because it didn't have any lights!!


Post# 1042963 , Reply# 8   8/28/2019 at 13:22 (1,702 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)        
are those

two photos the same makes?, because the door latches look like a lift up or swivel in the first, and the GE/Hotpoint slide latch in the Hotpoint photo. The brand script in the first also looks like the old Kenmore cursive script.
GE/Hotpoint's had the same latch type through the 1980's. DM also dis for Kenmore, Caloric, etc. from the mid 1960's. I understood from my dad that Sears designed their consoles, and DM, and Whirlpool made them to those designs. Shape, metal/plastic Colors, buttons, and dials.


Post# 1042968 , Reply# 9   8/28/2019 at 14:55 (1,702 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)        
You da man!

He said that's it. Thank you so much Steve. BTW,could you download the other pages of the literature? I appreciate it!

Post# 1042981 , Reply# 10   8/28/2019 at 19:36 (1,702 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
here you go

Hope this is what you wanted!

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Post# 1042982 , Reply# 11   8/28/2019 at 19:42 (1,702 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)        
Groovy baby!

Thank you my friend for posting all of this,very cool indeed!

Post# 1042984 , Reply# 12   8/28/2019 at 20:42 (1,702 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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Wow! Thanks for sharing this Steve!

So, did Hotpoint get in all kinds of trouble over that 'half-arm' upper spray or did Waste-King copy from them??



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