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Post# 474140   11/8/2010 at 23:35 (4,888 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia)        

Greetings to all.

I have long been aware that in the late 70's Simpson imported a front loading washer but I had never seen one in person or in picture. But thanks to Google newspaper archive I found one!

Click on the link to see it.

I looked at all the photocopied UK Which magazine reports on washing machines that I had to see if anything looked similar, the only machine that came close was a Philips 303 which also had a top mounted dispenser and two knobs on opposing sides of the front control panel.

Maybe one of our European friends might find it familiar, also have any of our Aussie friends come accross on in their travels?

It would be awesome to find one.


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Post# 474142 , Reply# 1   11/9/2010 at 00:17 (4,888 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)        
WOW!

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Great detective work there.....

I seem to remember the user guide to my mothers Fludi Drive (which I can't find) had an American style front load machine on the cover/inside....I'm certain it wasn't a dryer, as these seem to have had solid doors....


Post# 474155 , Reply# 2   11/9/2010 at 06:11 (4,888 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)        

Wow, what a pic :)

Could it be a Bosch? It has the same style control panel as the Bosch made Simpson Dishwasher of that Era.

Great find


Post# 474246 , Reply# 3   11/9/2010 at 18:24 (4,887 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia)        

Chris, you were not thinking of this? It is a dryer. If it was a washing machine though, it would be unbelievably awesome. But, alas, it isn't.

Post# 474279 , Reply# 4   11/9/2010 at 21:35 (4,887 days old) by tlee618 ()        

Wow,that is a very unusual control panel. Thanks for sharing.

Post# 474313 , Reply# 5   11/10/2010 at 04:49 (4,887 days old) by aussie-plugs (Melbourne, Australia)        
Bosch, I think ...

I agree with Brisnat. The control panel is very much like the dishwashers of that period, which were made in Germany. They were fantastic! (Bias here: I had one and loved it to pieces). That picture also shows my first tumble drier, bought at a reduced price at a warehouse sale as it had been scratched. Ran beautifully for years and years ...

Post# 474536 , Reply# 6   11/11/2010 at 15:57 (4,885 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        
Bosch

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Look at this, starting at 6.22 into the video.





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Post# 474564 , Reply# 7   11/12/2010 at 00:24 (4,885 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia)        
What a great video.

I think you are right Louis, I searched this site for Bosch washers and came across this in the link below, which looks very similar and the machine in your video looks exact.

Its a great video and makes me wish to find one of these Simpsons more than ever!


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Post# 474589 , Reply# 8   11/12/2010 at 05:56 (4,885 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Ah yes, I forgot Jan Erik has a Bosch from that era too. The one in the video is from Alex, a German collector who is also the owner of the German appliances list.

Post# 474650 , Reply# 9   11/12/2010 at 15:19 (4,884 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)        

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That would be one of the rarest machines sold in this country I would have thought given that front loaders up until about 2000 used to command only 10% of our market and Hoover was the dominant force from the 1960's until 2000....

Post# 475130 , Reply# 10   11/14/2010 at 20:57 (4,882 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia)        

Well if you want rare machines there was a Westinghouse front loader sold in the late 70's too. An Italian made machine according to Choice.

Post# 475149 , Reply# 11   11/14/2010 at 23:02 (4,882 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)        

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Really?

Pics???


Post# 475723 , Reply# 12   11/17/2010 at 03:53 (4,880 days old) by twinniefan (Sydney Australia)        
Westinghouse front loader

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Hi guys,
Yes Ash. you are correct there was indeed a Westinghouse front loader around in the late 1970's possibly even very early 1980's,you see I remember seeing it on the showroom floor at Grace Bros when my mother was looking to buy a new machine, I am really stretching my memory here but I think the control panel was brown in colour and I think there was only one large control knob on it, but I could be wrong.
Hope you have luck in finding one of those Simpson front loaders in your pic.
Cheers.
Steve.



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