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Thread Number: 28726
You Hooooo.....Hoover wringer on Oz ebay... |
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| Post# 438433 5/30/2010 at 09:18 (5,072 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
....Someone has to want this little beauty...appears to be in good condtion with just a belt needed..
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Post# 438481 , Reply# 2 5/30/2010 at 14:37 (5,072 days old) by vacbear58  (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Yes indeedy
Paul, you are correct this was the first washing machine produced by Hoover in the UK, it is no surprise that one has turned up in Aus (although I have seen them before) as they were exported left, right and centre as part of the post WW2 export drive to help repay the war debt. Hard to tell, but this may be an early version as the agitator is not black but chrome
This extract is from 1952 
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Post# 438483 , Reply# 3 5/30/2010 at 14:46 (5,072 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Here it is in action
This one belongs to ChesterMike. Oh so simple, no heater, no timer no pump. I understand that the design was seen my Charles Colston (Hoover UK managing director) whilst visiting one of the Hoover "boot camps" and is an American design, although not, I believe, by Hoover. Colston brought the design back to the UK and I beleieve that it was origionally planned to be built a Perivale, but WW2 intervened, so it did not appear until 1948.
Mike as postulated, and correctly I believe, that this machine was responsible for completely changing the UK washing machine market as a result of its compact size and low price, where it would fit into the smallest kitchen (typically British) leading to similar sized models from Servis and (rather later) Hotpoint Al CLICK HERE TO GO TO vacbear58's LINK | ||
| Post# 438935 , Reply# 4 6/1/2010 at 16:57 (5,070 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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bump.... | ||
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