Thread Number: 12896
Keymatic in Penarth, Cardiff |
[Down to Last] |
|
Post# 225145 , Reply# 4   7/25/2007 at 11:28 (6,117 days old) by 74simon ()   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
But the seller has decided not to sell it for now. However, they say it may go back up for sale in a couple of months - I'll let everyone here know if they do! |
Post# 225151 , Reply# 5   7/25/2007 at 12:21 (6,117 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
"Matchbox"? Does that mean the square machine, or does that mean the slanted front one? Thank you. Lawrence/Maytagbear |
Post# 225157 , Reply# 6   7/25/2007 at 12:56 (6,117 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
Just had the same email Simon, I wonder how many offers he had?? ...LOl Laurence, good question, the first Hoover Keymatics where the sloping fronts, the next series where normal flat front but 27inches wide, Big Berthas indeed and still only washed the same 9lb load as the small Bendixxiii...the 1970`s saw a revamp and the PR was "Matchbox Size" compact & bijou etc... Heres a pic, this is the one we are still crying about having been skipped a few weeks ago.... |
Post# 225163 , Reply# 9   7/25/2007 at 13:26 (6,117 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
...anyone hear anything of that Servis Mk72 Compact? |
Post# 225206 , Reply# 11   7/25/2007 at 20:03 (6,117 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
Thank you for posting those ad scans, Mike and Paul. Were the later Keymatics as complex mechanically as the earlier ones? Right now, the Keymatic series is my favourite British washer range. Lawrence/Maytagbear |
Post# 225325 , Reply# 12   7/26/2007 at 04:53 (6,117 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
Hi Laurence, the first sloping front Keymatics where a nightmare to work on with all those hoses, bearings and wires etc..the later models, 3203, 3223, the 27inch wide bodied machines had a very ingenious deep top which hinged up and all the timer & wiring gubbins was in there, great for the repairman to work on...as they improved with the third series, matchbox & current, they did get a lot more reliable, although Which Consumer Reports always gave them less points than a conventional timer machine....heres the inside of the A3008 which had a vitreous enamel drum, parts readily available and simple to work on...
|