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Thread Number: 5370
Starting my own `vintage' collection in the UK |
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| Post# 114876 , Reply# 1 3/13/2006 at 08:56 (6,618 days old) by nickuk (chelmsford UK) | ||
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LOL when I say `she' I refer of course to the machine, not the seller :-) | ||
| Post# 114887 , Reply# 3 3/13/2006 at 09:50 (6,618 days old) by sparkcymru () | ||
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wow that's a fab machine! I remember one similar in my childhood and it had a kinda of purple coloured glass in it. Not so good for viewing the washing.Modern Hotpoints are soooo boring. Sigh! Steve | ||
| Post# 114892 , Reply# 4 3/13/2006 at 10:29 (6,618 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
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Post# 114897 , Reply# 5 3/13/2006 at 11:16 (6,618 days old) by chestermikeuk  (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Purple n Brown
Hi Nick Welcome to the club, you`ll certainly enjoy the world-wide view of vintage machines...this hotpoint is an excellent machine to start with. This machine was the backbone of Hotpoints machines in the 80`s, loved the previous purple ones, those motors did used to be noisy, I never worked out whether the plastic backplate was a good soundproofer , or if the machine would have benefited from a solid metal back panel etc... Cheers, Mike 
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| Post# 114902 , Reply# 6 3/13/2006 at 11:24 (6,618 days old) by washboy2005 (UK) | ||
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WOW nick i love it, one of the best british machines IMO, hope you have many hours washing with it !!! Take Care | ||
| Post# 114944 , Reply# 8 3/13/2006 at 13:01 (6,617 days old) by l86810 (Southend, UK) | ||
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| Post# 114945 , Reply# 9 3/13/2006 at 13:09 (6,617 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 114971 , Reply# 13 3/13/2006 at 15:57 (6,617 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 114972 , Reply# 14 3/13/2006 at 16:04 (6,617 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK) | ||
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Is "sugar" the word you're looking for, darren? :-). | ||
| Post# 114973 , Reply# 15 3/13/2006 at 16:06 (6,617 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 114974 , Reply# 16 3/13/2006 at 16:09 (6,617 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK) | ||
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Or should I have said, "Is Indeshit the word you are looking for, Darren?" :-) | ||
| Post# 114976 , Reply# 17 3/13/2006 at 16:14 (6,617 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 114977 , Reply# 18 3/13/2006 at 16:15 (6,617 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
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Post# 116417 , Reply# 21 3/20/2006 at 04:39 (6,611 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia) |
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| Post# 116421 , Reply# 22 3/20/2006 at 05:58 (6,611 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
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Post# 116422 , Reply# 23 3/20/2006 at 06:10 (6,611 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Congratulations!!!
Well done Nick on your first vintage machine....now the fun starts, these are easy machines to work on with so many spares still around... I`m amazed how many of these machines have"Stickers" still on them..the Hoover Keymatic from the 70`s also has the original Persil stickers on I picked up a few months ago. That 1000 rpm spin speed whooshes up to top speed like a jet engine. Yet Hotpoint first introduced an 1100 spin front loader (pic below) in 1969 and then dropped backed to 800 with the purples etc.. Enjoy, Mike p.s. the purple Hotpoints arnt mine....Yet...still looking. 
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