Thread Number: 17179
Hotpoint History - Filling a gap in the 70s |
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Post# 282422   5/30/2008 at 03:20 (5,809 days old) by robm (Buxted)   |   | |
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Post# 282424 , Reply# 1   5/30/2008 at 03:52 (5,809 days old) by robm (Buxted)   |   | |
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The real gap in my history is the period after the 1600, early to mid 70s. I know the Liberator came out after this but I believe that was around 76?? Does anyone know - How long the 1600 was in production for? What replaced the 1600 and had the design changed significantly? What spins, had the motor changed to a brushmotor? When did the Liberator come in? Any help and particularly any pics would be really appreciated. All the best Rob |
Post# 282446 , Reply# 3   5/30/2008 at 07:44 (5,809 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 282447 , Reply# 4   5/30/2008 at 07:59 (5,809 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 282448 , Reply# 5   5/30/2008 at 08:02 (5,809 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 282451 , Reply# 6   5/30/2008 at 08:09 (5,809 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 282461 , Reply# 7   5/30/2008 at 09:00 (5,809 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 282469 , Reply# 8   5/30/2008 at 09:22 (5,809 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Hi Rich, hope alls well with you, yes there was an alliance with Westinghouse and English Electric UK as was, later Hotpoint UK ltd. Hotpoint UK also had an alliance with Maytag as well, the first Hotpoint UK Wringer Washer was based on the Maytag Model E..... Any more "new-to-you" vintage appliances sneaked into the garage!!! Cheers, Mike & schnitzel Ella (14 & going strong) |
Post# 282485 , Reply# 9   5/30/2008 at 11:08 (5,809 days old) by robm (Buxted)   |   | |
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Post# 282593 , Reply# 11   5/31/2008 at 03:54 (5,808 days old) by robm (Buxted)   |   | |
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Thanks David that is really helpful! I know you guys always come up trumps. I take it with the new modelling in 73 this is when the classic Hotpoint design started with the brush motor at the top? Here are some pics I got off here some months ago (Mike I think they are from you, I hope you don't mind me sharing). |
Post# 282594 , Reply# 12   5/31/2008 at 03:56 (5,808 days old) by robm (Buxted)   |   | |
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Post# 282597 , Reply# 13   5/31/2008 at 04:00 (5,808 days old) by robm (Buxted)   |   | |
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Post# 282600 , Reply# 14   5/31/2008 at 04:59 (5,808 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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I had the model that followed! I've just woken up and i'm struggling to remember the model 187...i forget. lol. Heres a piccie! We had to of these, when our 9534 died and the repair was more than we could afford my grandad gave us his which was the same model! then about 6-7months later we got the 9534 repaired and gave this to my brother when he moved out! The door was clear. the owner of this one had limescale all ove r it i think. Darren |
Post# 283085 , Reply# 16   6/3/2008 at 06:46 (5,805 days old) by robm (Buxted)   |   | |
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Paul you are a real star! I thought you would have something good to contribute but I never imagined so much. Thanks for the taking the time to write this all up. I find the 1600 fascinating! It’s a shame that we probably will never see one work. It would be great to watch that spin, I wonder how heavy they used to be? I wonder if they were a bit like the old Indesits and jumped around the room? I suppose the closest is the spin in the older Miele’s from the 70s where the spin gradually increases with what sounds like a geared motor. I have seen a few videos on youtube. One other thing, I wonder who sold the most out of Hoover and Hotpoint? In the 80s I would say Hotpoint would win hands down but in the 70s I’m not so sure. The purple was definitely funky but perhaps not to everyone’s taste. Rob |
Post# 283218 , Reply# 18   6/3/2008 at 21:58 (5,805 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 283684 , Reply# 21   6/7/2008 at 07:25 (5,801 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)   |   | |
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Post# 284117 , Reply# 24   6/9/2008 at 15:59 (5,799 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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and here is the 1730 Liberator Dryer E. (I think this was either Mark or Mike's photo - hope it was OK posting it again) |
Post# 285785 , Reply# 28   6/18/2008 at 03:03 (5,790 days old) by robm (Buxted)   |   | |
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Jamie Firstly a very warm welcome to the website! What you have written is brilliant! It's a whole period that I knew very little about but remembered vaguely through childhood. It certainely explains the 500 spin models which I remember so well. Unfortunately, I can't open the link at work. Did you ever see one of these in action? All the best Rob |
Post# 285798 , Reply# 29   6/18/2008 at 07:06 (5,790 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)   |   | |
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Hi Jamie Id read somewhere about the fire but it didnt register that it would have affected spares supply. Presumably Hotpoint didnt make any spares for the 1600 and EE machines after and so as you say were forced to exchange them for 18 series machines. This would explain why nobody has a 1600 or Reversomatic in their collection (well not that im aware of)- does anyone have a English Electric Liberator washer??? Seamus |
Post# 285864 , Reply# 31   6/18/2008 at 14:00 (5,790 days old) by keymatic (London / UK)   |   | |
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Post# 286003 , Reply# 32   6/19/2008 at 04:52 (5,789 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Hi Jamie, welcome, great information, interesting about how it came to be, have you ever worked on this machine?? when you say suspended from four shock absorbers, were the shock absorbers attached to the top of the machine frame?? or where they underneath like an asko etc?? it would explain a lot of the thrashing about stories it it was suspended from the top etc... Paul, that Servis 311 is something else isnt it!! I wonder how many where sold etc?? and how many people bought this who might have had the previous Servis toploaders!! Keith, dont tease us we need pics, pics, pics!! do they both work?? are they fully restored & how did you come to get them?? My great aunt & uncle had the English Electric reversomatic set, big doors, they where in an outhouse and where raised on a brick n concrete slab, I remember seeing them on a visit with my gran when I was 8 and was mesmerised by them, as my gran had the Hotpoint Empress & mum the Servis twinny you could imagine why!!! |