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Thread Number: 82535
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| Post# 1066090 4/5/2020 at 17:34 (1,479 days old) by nilfiskGA70 (Limerick, Ireland) | ||
Hello - My name is Peter, I am 53 and live in Limerick, Ireland. I work in factory maintenance but repaired appliances and small engines since I was a teen. My first 'proper' job was at a Nilfisk repair centre where I repaired Nilfisk industrial and domestic vacs & polishers, plus other makes of vac. Returned to college for an electronics diploma and spent a summer in 1990 in London - landed a summer job at a firm in Bradmore Park Road, Hammersmith, London called Kevlin Service Co - they were a major Hoover firm, based in 2 separate buildings with a basement that was like an Aladdin's cave of genuine Hoover spares. My job was reconditioning traded in Juniors, Seniors and Hoover washers. Loved that job and sad to have to return to finish college. I am also into classic cars and run a 1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300. Looking forward to sharing all my experience on the forum and reliving and making some memories.
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| Post# 1066092 , Reply# 1 4/5/2020 at 17:41 (1,479 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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welcome you'll like hanging out around here :) | ||
| Post# 1066147 , Reply# 3 4/5/2020 at 23:37 (1,479 days old) by Hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
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Post# 1066154 , Reply# 4 4/6/2020 at 00:37 (1,479 days old) by Chestermikeuk  (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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New User From Ireland
A warm welcome Peter to AW from across the water nr Liverpool, looking forward to hearing all your Hoover work related stories, especially the washing machines.Was always surprised by how big the Nilfisk brand was in Ireland most friends & family have them.
You are probably now going to be looking through the archives and many sleepless nights. Enjoy, Mike ... | ||
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Post# 1066165 , Reply# 5 4/6/2020 at 03:18 (1,478 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Post# 1066166 , Reply# 6 4/6/2020 at 04:00 (1,478 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 1066168 , Reply# 7 4/6/2020 at 04:29 (1,478 days old) by keymatic3203 (Cardiff UK) | ||
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Welcome from Cardiff Just half hours drive from Hoover at Merthyr Tydfil, looking forward to reading your memories of appliances and what your working on these days. I have a Nilfisk GM80 I found outside a shop and have been using regularly for going on 20years. Mathew | ||
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Post# 1066180 , Reply# 9 4/6/2020 at 07:06 (1,478 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Welcome Peter  | ||
| Post# 1066284 , Reply# 11 4/6/2020 at 21:39 (1,478 days old) by nilfiskGA70 (Limerick, Ireland) | ||
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Thanks all of you for your nice replies. I am working my last night shift tonight and off for a few days, so looking forward to putting up some material. Have found a few pics from home when I was growing up and behold, one of them taken in 1979 in our old kitchen shows the old Gala Hi-Speed cooker, GEC under-counter fridge and an ESGE Bamix hand-blender sitting in its wall mounted bracket, as well as a Krups twin-beater whisk. I also once repaired oil burners and have great memories of the cast-iron 3-section Potterton BOA-108 monster in our boiler shed, with a CTC burner (unusual as most of these had Selectos or Nu-Way units). Our laundry from 1972 to 1993 was looked after by an AEG Lavamat Princess-S washer and compact Minerva-25 dryer which Dad and I fixed whenever the need arose. They were accompanied by an Indesit dishwasher in 1981. Impressed by your Tellus, Supertwin59 - those must be made of unobtanium by now. I will be on the Vacuumland forum as well as I have a lot of Nilfisk memories, indeed, I was working with them when the 1000 watt GMD motor was released in 1989, eagerly remember opening up the motor of the first new GM80 we got into the shop for sale and marvelling at the length of its carbon brushes and the amount of heat from its exhaust! How I wish I had a crystal ball back then - all that lovely stuff to hold on to - even Dad's car at the time was a classy white Vauxhall Victor FD 1600 with sleek 'coke bottle' styling, red interior with front bench seat and the unusual slant-4 engine - never saw one like it at any classic car show.
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Post# 1066310 , Reply# 12 4/7/2020 at 04:53 (1,477 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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"I Wish I Had A Crystal Ball Back Then"
Oh Peter if I had a pound for all of us that have spoken those words...
By your appliance history from above I think youll be well at home here !! Heres one we are repairing at the moment !!
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Post# 1066311 , Reply# 13 4/7/2020 at 04:59 (1,477 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 1066567 , Reply# 14 4/8/2020 at 21:42 (1,476 days old) by nilfiskGA70 (Limerick, Ireland) | ||
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Lovely machine there - that Lavamat 2000 looks like a well built machine. It has the same type fascia and brand typeface as our old Princess-S washer and Minerva 25 dryer. I can't find any pics of those online but I will raid the family photo collection on the off-chance. Love the idea of the '2000' suffix - it lends a brand an air of modernity. AEG were ahead of Bill Gates with his 'Windows 2000' on that one!
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Post# 1066587 , Reply# 15 4/9/2020 at 02:45 (1,475 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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AEG Lavamat Washer Dryer
Morning Louis
Yes it is the washer dryer version, or the "Bake Dry" as they called it, uses the three heating elements for the residual heat, no blower fan and then condenses the steam and pumps away the water. Really heavy best, this was found by Luke in Staffordshire and Al then purchased it for the "Electric Sink" to match the dishwasher & dryer he found in 2016. | ||
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Post# 1066588 , Reply# 16 4/9/2020 at 02:53 (1,475 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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AEG Lavamat Washer Dryer
Morning Peter , yes these designs really do stand the test of time in looks and branding, a really solid machine they are. Was it this style / model ?
I love how regal the names where, AEG Lavamat, Princess, Regina, Bella, Domina, Nova Regina and even a Lavamat Noris !!
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Post# 1066589 , Reply# 17 4/9/2020 at 04:09 (1,475 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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| Post# 1066604 , Reply# 18 4/9/2020 at 08:24 (1,475 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Peter, Chester Mike and that gang have it goin' on! When they have a "Wash In" they make it a holday event! The food, the friends, the machines! Oh, the Vauxhall Victor from the late 60's and 70's was sold in Canada with left hand drive. We live near Detroit, and I used to see them around from and in Ontario. | ||
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Post# 1066612 , Reply# 19 4/9/2020 at 09:17 (1,475 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Victor FD
In case anyone wondered, this is what a Vauxhall Victor FD looked like
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Post# 1066613 , Reply# 20 4/9/2020 at 09:19 (1,475 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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@Vacerator | ||
| Post# 1066637 , Reply# 21 4/9/2020 at 12:47 (1,475 days old) by triumphdolomite (Staffs(UK)) | ||
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Slightly Off Topic Hi Peter Welcome.I've owned Dolomites for about twenty six years now. Just had a look for a pic of the current one and this is about the best I can do, a 1973 Honeysuckle 1850. Ian
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Post# 1066649 , Reply# 23 4/9/2020 at 14:35 (1,475 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Triumph Dolomite
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| Post# 1066724 , Reply# 24 4/10/2020 at 05:36 (1,474 days old) by NilfiskGA70 (Limerick, Ireland) | ||
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Hello
Our Lavamat had just a single programmer knob on the left hand side of the brushed stainless panel, the word 'LAVAMAT' in the centre and 2 push buttons on the RHS of the panel with an amber pilot lamp. The buttons were marked I and II - first button for bio wash and second button was a rinse hold. Detergent drawer was on the top cover. Cold fill only. Motor was an induction type of a strange design - seemed to be two motors in one, it was the final demise of the machine in 1993, the spin windings failed but I could not get it rewound as the rewinding firm said it was an unusual configuration. Nice Dolomite 1850 pics there - here is a picture of my 1300 parked outside a famous house from a TV comedy series - took it about 2 weeks ago. The Victor FD definitely took on some American car styling, no doubt due to Vauxhall and General Motors getting together. Dad's old car was the rare 1600 model with floor change, most of them were 2 and 2.3L. The engine also saw service in the Bedford CF van and the sporty Viva based Firenza.
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| Post# 1066736 , Reply# 25 4/10/2020 at 08:23 (1,474 days old) by NilfiskGA70 (Limerick, Ireland) | ||
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| Post# 1066767 , Reply# 26 4/10/2020 at 13:02 (1,474 days old) by triumphdolomite (Staffs(UK)) | ||
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Dolly Mixture I thought I'd seen that 1300 somewhere before! Lol. Ian | ||
| Post# 1066799 , Reply# 27 4/10/2020 at 17:14 (1,474 days old) by pumper (SE Wisconsin) | ||
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| Post# 1066809 , Reply# 28 4/10/2020 at 18:23 (1,474 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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my 1971 SAAB 99 came with a dolomite engine in it-turned 180*,flywheel at front :) | ||
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