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Thread Number: 15770
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| Post# 264414 2/11/2008 at 04:40 (5,913 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
Hello everyone I came across this pic and thought I would share it with you. Unfortunately, the pics aren't great so any improvement would be greatly appreciated. So does anyone know what these machines are? I have a rough idea but thought it would be good to discuss. PS The square door Hottie. I know this was supposed to go 1100rpm but does anyone know what sort of motor it had? Rob 
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Post# 264557 , Reply# 1 2/12/2008 at 06:08 (5,912 days old) by chestermikeuk  (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Classic Laundry
Morning Rob, a real classic set you have their, I know most but I would like others to have a discussion first....the one that is puzzling me is the twinny next to the keymatic??is it a Colston or is it the elusive Hotpoint Twin Six?? The reason I`m thinking that is most catalogues grouped by manufacturer and then had all non specifics on another page...and as all the other machines are group by Hoover and Hotpoint a Colston would be out of place!!get my drift.. An engineer told me that the Hotpoint 1600 (first produced in 1970, really ahead of its time by 8yrs with the fastest spin of its time , 1100rpm) had the same motor and control timeline programmer, as the Hotpoint 1504 timeline Top Loader,(next to it) which would be the big brushless motor!!! thanks for posting, Mike 
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| Post# 264631 , Reply# 4 2/12/2008 at 13:09 (5,911 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
Freemans
Arghhhhhhh I think they are all LOVELY, i have never seen the Hotpoint 1600.......:-) Also in the Freemans book (off subject I know) are all those lovely old record players!! :-) Its almost worth buying the bloody book just forra trawl through it all The earliest front loader i can remember is an AEG lavamat, controls and soap dispencer on the top....1972-ish i think My grey memories Gary | ||
| Post# 264785 , Reply# 7 2/13/2008 at 12:23 (5,910 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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Hotpoint 1600
Hi everyone, here is a pic of the the 1600. I think Mike posted this sometime ago. Thanks for all your comments Mike. I'm intrigued by this machine, would have loved to see it in action. The review says it's quiet so it must have a brushless motor. Does anyone know what came after this machine as I believe it wasn't made for long. Did the Liberators just start from that point? Paul - I know what you mean about the catalogues my mother used to get Peter Craig (Littlewoods really) and Empire Stores. What a shame she chucked them. I've never seen the English Electric Machine, I actually know very little about the late 60s and early 70s front loading machines. I noticed that the Bendix was almost twice as expensive as the Hottie?? Rob 
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| Post# 264795 , Reply# 8 2/13/2008 at 14:23 (5,910 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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Hotpoint 1600
Hmm that is now i think the most interesting and best looking out this lot What you reckon to the chances of one of these ever turning up :-( Gary Ps was fiddling with my Hoover A3308 today and the ratgit died on me......bit more fiddling and a huge lectric shock and still dead as a dodo........grief......more bloody work.....I have spare control panels so ill try them out later this week, was going to do some vids for youtube aswell. | ||
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Post# 264868 , Reply# 9 2/14/2008 at 02:50 (5,910 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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1970`s
I think this was a grand era to have any one of those machines above, stylish & classic, gracious enough for any kitchen... Simon, what a shock to find one of those face down in the mud, and what a way to end your days for that poor machine...Uughh!! Paul, do the numbers thing!!! Rob, I did see one only once in my childhood, I was always fascinated by the flip up powder dispenser, and having to stand on tip toes to see th timeline with it being on the top, that worktop was similar to the servis quartz...classic at its best... Gary, freemans..LOl...takes you back, my Grans catalogues wher Grattan, Brian Mills & Trafford...Ohhh the days!!! Hi Steve, the Hotpoint Filter-Flow is awaiting your vist, filterflow-heater-1050rpm spin....its calling!!!Yes the English Electric Company had an alliance with westinghouse etc, although the machines where made & assembled here, just up the road on the East Lancs Road, Liverpool. Here are the first machines: 
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Post# 264869 , Reply# 10 2/14/2008 at 02:53 (5,910 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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English Electric... | ||
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Post# 264870 , Reply# 11 2/14/2008 at 03:00 (5,910 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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English Electric | ||
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Post# 264883 , Reply# 12 2/14/2008 at 05:25 (5,910 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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That semi-automatic MkII f/l would be fun to toy with. Fill it up to the top of the window, etc. Clothes would really get some water moved through them! Oh what a mess though, if one forgot to turn the water off! Those Hottie t/l's are so kool. | ||
| Post# 265060 , Reply# 15 2/15/2008 at 03:41 (5,909 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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This is a period I know very little about which is fascinating me more and more. I was recently thinking about how washers became more and more affordable and domesticated for the average household. It seems to me that the 70s were key in this happening. I wonder how many more people owned washers in the 70s compared to the 60s? I have added the wikipedia link about GEC, which may be of interest. CLICK HERE TO GO TO robm's LINK | ||
| Post# 265465 , Reply# 16 2/18/2008 at 06:27 (5,906 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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Cost of Machines in early 70s | ||
| Post# 265473 , Reply# 17 2/18/2008 at 08:12 (5,905 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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Cost of machines
Hello Rob Hmm I remember my mum getting a £200.00 pound bonus in 1971 and with that money she took us(four)to Spain for our first holiday abroad, (Clarksons package holiday) My first job in 1975 was at Dixons as a salesman (junior) and i took home £12.90 per week Petrol was about 25p per gallon So i think £100.00 for a washing machine would have still been expensive, but hey! go back to the early 1960s and the Hoover Keymatic was a 100 guinies!!!! I got a phone call today (from a local paper wanted advert) from a guy clearing his dead mothers house, telling me she has a very old Hoover 1100 (doesnt know which one) so i am going over tomorrow too see it, you never know :-) Gary | ||
| Post# 265493 , Reply# 18 2/18/2008 at 12:51 (5,905 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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Fingers crossed for a good un Gary Mind you, excluding condition, they are all prety much good uns. Be sure to spill the beans! Cheers Paul Could it be...... 
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| Post# 265604 , Reply# 19 2/19/2008 at 05:57 (5,905 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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Finger Crossed
Well Rob there is a god after all :-) I walked into the kitchen of this house, and there it was.....my dream electron 1100.........phew Last night i was thinking oh it probebly be a later energy control series Its pretty good viusal condition and i am told that it works (no problem if it doesnt) here is aquick snapshoit taken in the back of my car So hey ho Now the bad bit I have to get rid of the Hotpoint toploader ;-( Gary 
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Post# 265609 , Reply# 20 2/19/2008 at 06:44 (5,905 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Electrons | ||
| Post# 265668 , Reply# 23 2/19/2008 at 12:53 (5,904 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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Hoover Electron 1100
he he i still cant beleive it is the one :-) MIKE Thanks very much for your comments Ahh the Kenwood SS bowl. umm i do have thing about these great machines (no surprise really), but if Kenwood SS bowls come in at work i do take them Also if i had taken a bigger picture you would have seen a Hoover Junior and a Senior plus the base from a 612 and a 119 plus assorted bits of hi-fi and general crap that end up in the back of my car MARK Thanks again matey :-) pleased as punch i am I am sorry to have confused you but i really did think that michael was you, soooooo who is michael? ROB To be honest matey your picture was great but the panick going on in my head about wether it was an electron or some other machine kept me awake for a while, and the anxiety in me this morning when i was led through to the kitchen.....reached near boiling point, I still havent accepted that i have it.......I really must get life some time :-) TO ALL I have posted a few crap vids of the Hotpoint 15790 on youtube as i now have to get rid of it ;-( as i just do not have the room, so if any of you are interested that would be great Here are few still shots of the Hoover 1100 collection and a link to the Hotpoint Cheers Gary CLICK HERE TO GO TO electron1100's LINK | ||
| Post# 265670 , Reply# 24 2/19/2008 at 12:54 (5,904 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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Electron 1100 Pictures | ||
| Post# 265671 , Reply# 25 2/19/2008 at 12:55 (5,904 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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Electron 1100 Pictures | ||
| Post# 265872 , Reply# 26 2/20/2008 at 13:06 (5,903 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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| Post# 266139 , Reply# 27 2/22/2008 at 00:54 (5,902 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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Broken Ring | ||
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