Thread Number: 889
New Zealand classic? |
[Down to Last] |
Post# 52263   1/2/2005 at 14:26 (7,053 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
I was browsing a bit on an auction site and came across this F&P washer. I must say I like the looks of this machine and wondered if this perhaps is a New Zealand (or Australian) classic. Perhaps it's because it reminds me a bit of the Philips toploader I had.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO foraloysius's LINK |
|
Post# 52299 , Reply# 1   1/3/2005 at 01:17 (7,053 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
Hi, I saw one of these when I was curbside crawling, it has an agitator like a rotoswirl, and a lint pan with recirculation like a GE Filter Flo. Its a tradional TL machine. Nathan |
Post# 52383 , Reply# 3   1/4/2005 at 04:02 (7,052 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
This looks like Hotpoints first machine, and one of the best looking, it kept the same features right throughout production from the 60`s through to the 90`s. Spiraclean action, H&C fill, 1050 spin speed , nearly a Unimatic!!! Only the lid design changed and in my opinion the first models where the better looking with a full width one lid etc.. Keith (keymatic) from TT emporium found one last year, here is a pic and also the link to his pics etc.. CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK |
Post# 52994 , Reply# 5   1/10/2005 at 15:28 (7,045 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
Hi David The Hotpoint UK Top Loader was produced in the 60`s and ran until the early 90`s here, the design stayed the same, just beefed up parts etc.....It has the Spiralator wash action, like your Easy twinnies etc...the seventies models had the famous Hotpoint Timeline where you dialed the programme time and it moved across a line like the Norge Autos.. Have included a pic of the last machine which I have and a link to some more photos etc.. The cabinet is 22 inches square and takes a 10lb washload with a spin speed of 1050 rpm... Cheers, Mike p.s. tell Uni I trying to find a way of tweaking it up to 1150 revs for the ultimate acolade in spin efficiency....LOL CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK |