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Australian Hotpoint Twin Tub. |
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Post# 515687   5/4/2011 at 18:56 (4,733 days old) by sudsreturn ()   |   | |
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Never knew Australia did Hotpoint twin tubs too! CLICK HERE TO GO TO sudsreturn's LINK |
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Post# 515779 , Reply# 2   5/5/2011 at 07:29 (4,733 days old) by twinniefan (Sydney Australia)   |   | |
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The Hotpoint company did have appliances sold under their name here in Australia, however they were mostly just small kitchen appliances, i.e. toasters, jugs and the famous Hotpoint vertical grill and radiator heaters, you can actually get some Hotpoint gadgets here still, portable air conditioners, electric heaters, etc, but they are just cheap Chinese imports.
I would hazard a guess and say the most popualar and well known twin tub here was the Hoovermatic in it's various forms. Cheers, Steve. |
Post# 515857 , Reply# 3   5/5/2011 at 14:46 (4,733 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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These machines were also sold here as Whirlpool. Choice rated the whirlpool version and didnt like it very much. I'll try and find the article. |
Post# 516038 , Reply# 5   5/6/2011 at 15:58 (4,732 days old) by supermaticjames (Donegal, Ireland)   |   | |
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I want one... NOW! LOL! What a nice feed of info and pictures on the 1420. It also tells us that all models before 1450 had a 2850 rpm spin? Then 1450 introduced the design that would stay until the end with 3100 rpm. James. |
Post# 516052 , Reply# 6   5/6/2011 at 17:37 (4,732 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Hi David
Nathan and I have the opportunity of getting at least one Gala Twin Tub each from an ex-repairer at some stage in the next year or so. As for the Automatic...YES....it was sold in Australia, but re-badged as a Kelvinator. I've seen one many years ago. I'm pretty sure, but not 100% certain that the automatic was imported from New Zealand, but don't quote me on that. In New Zealand, these were sold as F&P and they stil pop up on 'Trade Me' in NZ. Cheers Leon |