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Post# 547711   10/6/2011 at 06:21 (4,578 days old) by boxerct ()        

Does anyone have a picture or any information about a G.E.C. (English General Electric) front loader fully automatic that was sold in South Africa in the early seventies. It was a tall narrow machine with blue/turquoise control panel. G.E.C. appliances were fairly common here in the 60s and 70s but I can find no information about them on the internet whatsoever. I have a feeling that the washer may have been manufactured by Hotpoint in the UK but I may be wrong.




Post# 547729 , Reply# 1   10/6/2011 at 08:15 (4,578 days old) by gizmo (Victoria, Australia)        

In Australia we had GEC front loaders in the 70s- they were indeed Hotpoints from the UK.

Ours had purple door "glass" (plastic) and purple buttons in 4 shades of purple.



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Post# 547856 , Reply# 2   10/6/2011 at 17:56 (4,578 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        
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I am wondering if it was a re-badged version of the English Electric Reversomat. In this picture the fascia looks black but I am pretty sure earlier versions were Turquoise. I had forgotten about any GEC linkup, but this comes from a brochure I have noted as "GEC Home Laundry" fearuring Hotpoint, EE and Morphy Richards Appliances.

And yes, it is based on a Westinghouse design. The model shown by Gizmo above was a slightly later Hotpoint, when this range was introduced it replaced both the preceeding Hotpoint & EE front loaders.




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