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Thread Number: 36751
Hoover A3058, a missing link between ranges. |
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| Post# 546801 10/1/2011 at 16:02 (4,589 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
So here we are, saturday morning Paul and myself do the usual round of charity shop searches in Crewe hoping to find something but not hoping to find anything when Paul spots this beaut!
Paul will explain where it lies in the line up but Id thought we'd struck gold fiinding the 800rpm version of the A3060. Darn Hoover model numbers - no such luck, but it is special in its own way. As far as I know this is the only one in the hands of a collector here, One was on ebay 3 years ago but sold to Revooh hooever that is! lololol Anyway like most Vintage Hoover machines it was a MINGER................. 
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| Post# 546802 , Reply# 1 10/1/2011 at 16:03 (4,589 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
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| Post# 546804 , Reply# 2 10/1/2011 at 16:05 (4,589 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
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| Post# 546805 , Reply# 3 10/1/2011 at 16:34 (4,589 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 546867 , Reply# 4 10/2/2011 at 02:04 (4,589 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
800's :-) | ||
| Post# 546872 , Reply# 5 10/2/2011 at 03:17 (4,589 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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Well done, great find! to my thinking an old member here from scotland had one but may be wrong. | ||
Post# 546873 , Reply# 6 10/2/2011 at 03:20 (4,589 days old) by chestermikeuk  (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hoover Electronic
Nice find there, this is the model that next door but one neighbour Mary had (previous was grey Hoover Twosome) , this washer was taken away in the back of the van to be repaired, I thought at the time that was cheap and awfully bad service as the Servis Repairman always repaired ours in the home...Lol....its only when you come to work on machines in a tight cramped space with limited tools that you understand it would have been far better being repaired in a fully fitted workshop etc...
Now get it water tested and sheen shined AND please break it in gently, please use the Vintage Test Cycle which is Programme E for ELONGIVITY........AND NOT B for BOIL.... 
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| Post# 546940 , Reply# 7 10/2/2011 at 17:57 (4,588 days old) by SeamusUK (Dover Kent UK) | ||
;-) | ||
| Post# 547026 , Reply# 8 10/3/2011 at 07:52 (4,588 days old) by thelaundrylab (Hampshire UK) | ||
Awesome!!! | ||
| Post# 547198 , Reply# 10 10/3/2011 at 15:04 (4,588 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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The famous Crouzet 951 timer... 
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| Post# 547199 , Reply# 11 10/3/2011 at 15:05 (4,588 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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...with its two motors on the back... 
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| Post# 547200 , Reply# 12 10/3/2011 at 15:06 (4,588 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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solonoids and powder drawer arrangement... 
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| Post# 547201 , Reply# 13 10/3/2011 at 15:08 (4,588 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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The standard bodyshell, with cut outs to cater for every model - the oblong cut for the Keymatic light show... 
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| Post# 547203 , Reply# 14 10/3/2011 at 15:12 (4,588 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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A Hoover drum showing little or no drum twist! Just a shame the the nicely non-twisted drum has two small holes at the bottom! Gary - a master class in liquid metal please! Mathew - a master class in fibreglass layers please! 
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| Post# 547204 , Reply# 15 10/3/2011 at 15:15 (4,588 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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The back cleaned up nicely, with no condensed water streaks from the steam vent - not many hot washes here... 
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| Post# 547211 , Reply# 17 10/3/2011 at 15:24 (4,588 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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Ratings plate - February 1977 - a month after A3058 was released onto the market, just after Christmas... 
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| Post# 547213 , Reply# 18 10/3/2011 at 15:29 (4,588 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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Where does it fit? within the 'Aluminium' series, which was on sale from circa January 1975 through to February 1978 and was replaced by the 'New Magic' A3060 series... 
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| Post# 547214 , Reply# 19 10/3/2011 at 15:31 (4,588 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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The series comprised of A2020 Automatic... 
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| Post# 547215 , Reply# 20 10/3/2011 at 15:31 (4,588 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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which was replaced in 1977 buy... A2044 Electronic 800... 
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| Post# 547216 , Reply# 21 10/3/2011 at 15:32 (4,588 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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A3006 Automatic de luxe... 
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| Post# 547217 , Reply# 22 10/3/2011 at 15:33 (4,588 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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which was replaced in 1977 by... A3058 Electronic deluxe 800... 
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| Post# 547218 , Reply# 23 10/3/2011 at 15:34 (4,588 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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with the range being topped by... A3008 Keymatic De Luxe... 
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| Post# 547219 , Reply# 24 10/3/2011 at 15:35 (4,588 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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and the matching dryer... D6008 Dryer de luxe ... 
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| Post# 547220 , Reply# 25 10/3/2011 at 15:37 (4,587 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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4 of the 6 models above have a safe example... Mike's A3006 Automatic de luxe... 
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| Post# 547222 , Reply# 26 10/3/2011 at 15:40 (4,587 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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Mike's fantastic A3008 Keymatic de luxe... 
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| Post# 547223 , Reply# 27 10/3/2011 at 15:43 (4,587 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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Mike's D6008 Dryer de luxe... 
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| Post# 547225 , Reply# 28 10/3/2011 at 15:45 (4,587 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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and now the newly preserved .... A3058 Electronic deluxe 800... 
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| Post# 547283 , Reply# 29 10/3/2011 at 17:32 (4,587 days old) by thelaundrylab (Hampshire UK) | ||
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Paul, Rob... | ||
| Post# 547364 , Reply# 30 10/4/2011 at 02:06 (4,587 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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Wow thats...erm...im spechless! well done Paul and Rob, nicely done and great other machines! | ||
| Post# 547456 , Reply# 31 10/4/2011 at 16:07 (4,586 days old) by optima (Cumbria England) | ||
Programmer | ||
| Post# 547463 , Reply# 33 10/4/2011 at 16:35 (4,586 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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dial and spin buttons... 
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| Post# 547465 , Reply# 34 10/4/2011 at 16:42 (4,586 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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programme guide... 
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| Post# 547466 , Reply# 35 10/4/2011 at 16:43 (4,586 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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powder drawer... 
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| Post# 547467 , Reply# 36 10/4/2011 at 16:44 (4,586 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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When the tub gets repaired it will receive a new door seal as well... 
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| Post# 547470 , Reply# 37 10/4/2011 at 17:00 (4,586 days old) by supermaticjames (Donegal, Ireland) | ||
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Very nice... Looks like you are having fun with your new front loading automatic. I am having the same experience in cleaning up my first two front loading automatic collection pieces! I did email you about them I think... James. | ||
| Post# 547499 , Reply# 38 10/4/2011 at 19:30 (4,586 days old) by optima (Cumbria England) | ||
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Oh well my eyes aren't that bad after all. I'm sure you guys are really proud of what you have done to get this Hoover in tip top condition. you truly make this site worth visiting. I have been fortunate to use an Electronic deluxe 800 spin but not the same model as yours but a earlier model. I could go on all night about what i liked about it. I guess you know what i mean. Ahh i'm so jealous.
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| Post# 547611 , Reply# 39 10/5/2011 at 14:20 (4,586 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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Impressive! what state was the draw in? | ||
| Post# 547750 , Reply# 41 10/6/2011 at 09:59 (4,585 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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@nrones 800 rpm. in the name. | ||
| Post# 547796 , Reply# 42 10/6/2011 at 13:19 (4,585 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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Wonderful
Paul it looks beautiful, such a great looking range of machines, and how well you have cleaned it up......the internals remind so much of the AS1 summer special, but anyway well done in all respects.
Now to the Chemical Metal. If the holes are small 5 pence peice size dont worry about fibre glass etc. First wire brush any loose rust away, then apply Kurust this is very fast acting takes about 15 minutes to go off (the rust will turn black) Once you have done this mix the chemical metal as per instructions and apply it, again this goes off in about 5 minutes, once set you can then paint it with either enamel paint or hammerite, these do take a while to go off best left over night. If it is only surface rust like on the flange of the tub i just wire brush it, use kurust and then paint it And thats it Paul, i have used this combination of intoxicating chemicals for some years with absolute success, BUT do it in a well ventilated room or outside Good luck Gary 
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| Post# 548070 , Reply# 43 10/8/2011 at 03:29 (4,583 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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Have you tested it? | ||
| Post# 548126 , Reply# 44 10/8/2011 at 13:09 (4,583 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys) | ||
hotpoint 95622 | ||
| Post# 548134 , Reply# 45 10/8/2011 at 14:48 (4,583 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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Lee Wee Its bad enough when they wee on the floor but when they start telling you to eff off and doing rude things with a crucifix you know you have real problems :-) If the timer is like the one in my AS1 and A3060 it will have a brilliant sound, lots of clicking and sort of groaning sounds I love these old machines 
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| Post# 548138 , Reply# 46 10/8/2011 at 15:06 (4,583 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
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