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Post# 52263   1/2/2005 at 14:26 (7,053 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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I was browsing a bit on an auction site and came across this F&P washer. I must say I like the looks of this machine and wondered if this perhaps is a New Zealand (or Australian) classic. Perhaps it's because it reminds me a bit of the Philips toploader I had.

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Post# 52299 , Reply# 1   1/3/2005 at 01:17 (7,053 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)        
NZ Machine

Hi,

I saw one of these when I was curbside crawling, it has an agitator like a rotoswirl, and a lint pan with recirculation like a GE Filter Flo.

Its a tradional TL machine.

Nathan


Post# 52305 , Reply# 2   1/3/2005 at 06:28 (7,053 days old) by gizmo (Victoria, Australia)        

I have seen one of these too, at a recycle centre. I went back to pick it up and it had already been sold.

It is a UK Hotpoint top loader made under license by Fisher and Paykel in NZ for the New Zealand market only - it was never sold here in AUS, so any found here are private imports.
I suspect it was F&P's first automatic washer, but I'm not sure.

Chris


Post# 52383 , Reply# 3   1/4/2005 at 04:02 (7,052 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Hotpoint 1500/01

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This looks like Hotpoints first machine, and one of the best looking, it kept the same features right throughout production from the 60`s through to the 90`s.

Spiraclean action, H&C fill, 1050 spin speed , nearly a Unimatic!!!

Only the lid design changed and in my opinion the first models where the better looking with a full width one lid etc..

Keith (keymatic) from TT emporium found one last year, here is a pic and also the link to his pics etc..



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Post# 52450 , Reply# 4   1/4/2005 at 19:57 (7,051 days old) by david (CA)        
nice Hotpoint

Hi cm
What a cool machine! The pix of the hotpoint were great and it does look like a GE inside with a KM aj. Looks like the perfect size and was wondering how much laundry it held? And how old is that particular machine (the TL)? I like!!!
David (louisiana David)


Post# 52994 , Reply# 5   1/10/2005 at 15:28 (7,045 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Hotpoint 1500 with Soapcake

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Hi David

The Hotpoint UK Top Loader was produced in the 60`s and ran until the early 90`s here, the design stayed the same, just beefed up parts etc.....It has the Spiralator wash action, like your Easy twinnies etc...the seventies models had the famous Hotpoint Timeline where you dialed the programme time and it moved across a line like the Norge Autos..

Have included a pic of the last machine which I have and a link to some more photos etc..

The cabinet is 22 inches square and takes a 10lb washload with a spin speed of 1050 rpm...

Cheers, Mike

p.s. tell Uni I trying to find a way of tweaking it up to 1150 revs for the ultimate acolade in spin efficiency....LOL


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Post# 53040 , Reply# 6   1/10/2005 at 22:08 (7,045 days old) by david (CA)        
Thanks CMike-wow

Amazing- what a machine and with a spinspeed approaching unimatics. Like it. Thanks for sharing-David. Roberts video of his 58 unimatic sucking down the suds is pretty awesome. Love the machine noise too.


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