Thread Number: 7882
Vintage looking Bendix washer and dryer on Aussie Ebay |
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Post# 152028   9/2/2006 at 09:06 (6,445 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 152029 , Reply# 1   9/2/2006 at 09:18 (6,445 days old) by nickuk (chelmsford UK)   |   | |
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Can't be more specific but mid to late 70s I think |
Post# 152031 , Reply# 2   9/2/2006 at 09:51 (6,445 days old) by sudsman ()   |   | |
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I would love to get my hands on that.. |
Post# 152047 , Reply# 3   9/2/2006 at 11:57 (6,445 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)   |   | |
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Post# 152114 , Reply# 6   9/3/2006 at 09:12 (6,444 days old) by robm (Buxted)   |   | |
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Post# 152237 , Reply# 8   9/4/2006 at 04:41 (6,443 days old) by hoover3060 ()   |   | |
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Hi Guys My mum got the model 7147 in 1981. Fantastic machine and I loved it! Unfortunately I played with it too much and broke it and it only lasted till 1985. Such a shame. Mark |
Post# 152264 , Reply# 10   9/4/2006 at 08:50 (6,443 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Thank you for sharing those memories and pictures. I love those old Bendix machines, to my regret I must say I have no personal experience with them. Overhere in the Netherlands these machines were not only sold under the Bendix label, but also (and perhaps even more) under the Vendomatic label, which was the housebrand of Vroom & Dreesmann, a Dutch department store (short: V&D, by some people referred to as Vulgar and Disgusting). Overhere in the Netherlands I have never seen the timer set up as described though.
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Post# 152456 , Reply# 12   9/5/2006 at 04:41 (6,442 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Hi Matty These are definatly a keeper, get that truck sorted now!!! They where one of the most popular machines that Bendix ever sold over here...the previous model was the Philco Cyclotron which had the same programmer as the aus one, you pressed the start button after selcting the programme on the middle dial and watched the pointer move around...rather like the "Timeline in a Circle" , this was a 550 machine, The Cyclotron name was only used on the Philco machines which where the W40 & W60.. They always struck me as a solid well balanced (in aesthetics)machine, and so quiet in operation. The matching dryer was the 7447B and matched exactly the 7147, I bid on a later 7448 to match it to a 7147 I`ve just found, only for the auction to be pulled, thinking someone had made a deal I contacted the seller and he did confirm that it was "no longer for sale" and that it hadnt been sold to anyone else for a higher amount...I do hope that is the case... Heres a pic of the dryer: p.s. A warm welcome also to Two-Drums and RobM, great to see the Brit pack growing... |
Post# 152457 , Reply# 13   9/5/2006 at 04:48 (6,442 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 152925 , Reply# 14   9/7/2006 at 02:04 (6,441 days old) by hoovermatic (UK)   |   | |
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My Mum's first auto washer was a Bendix. It was very simple to operate with just one dial, no switches and a red 'on' light. The door looked just like the one above but was white. I think it was 800 rpm and she loved it. |
Post# 152934 , Reply# 15   9/7/2006 at 05:10 (6,440 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 152963 , Reply# 16   9/7/2006 at 09:10 (6,440 days old) by robm (Buxted)   |   | |
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Chestermike, thank you for your kind words. This machine was unusal in that the the dial on the right was a wash timer and the dial on the left set the program. This was a great idea as you could set for example, a 40 cottons program and then on the timer decide where you wanted to start the wash. I remember when we pulled it out it wasn't very deep, 50cm I think. It had an advert on the top saying how quiet it was. It had an induction motor and was very quiet. Shame I didn't think of restoring it then. Rob |
Post# 152977 , Reply# 17   9/7/2006 at 10:17 (6,440 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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