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Writing a book on early Kenwood appliances
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Post# 1156304   8/8/2022 at 03:21 (599 days old) by Kenwoodenchef (United Kingdom)        

Hello everybody. Good morning or afternoon, wherever you are. I’m putting together a book on early Kenwood gear, and would like to appeal for photographs of some of the rarer models, if any of you have them.

I am particularly keen to have a photograph of the A470 Kenwood dishwasher that appeared for sale in Monmouth a few weeks ago (Gumtree pic below). Did anyone here purchase that? (Sadly can’t get the contact details of the seller). I’d also like a picture of the A1212 or A1414. Brochures may be useful if out of copyright. The higher quality the photos, the better.

Other things I’d like to have photos of: Kenwood Norge fridges or freezers c1960-63, Kenwood vacuums from the early 70s (has anyone found a Pile Rider?!), or anything else particularly rare from the 50s-70s… (I have images of all of the mixers now).

I don’t have much to offer in return as this will be a self-published book! I will of course credit any photos however you wish, and can provide a PDF of the pages on which your photo appears. I also have a repair manual for some models I can send copies of.

Thank you in advance, Diana


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Post# 1156318 , Reply# 1   8/8/2022 at 12:25 (598 days old) by Keymatic (London / UK)        
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Afternoon Diana,
Excellent to hear you are writting a book about Kenwood, always loved the good old Kewnood Chef and not so long ago picked up a new in the box A701 in blue from the early 60’s !!
Well back to Kenwood’s other not so well known appliances, i was doing some research last year on washers in general, and i knew they made a spin dryer but had never seen any pictures or literature on it, whilst flicking through the pages of the magazine Electrical, Radio & Trading which ran for about 70 years until its recent change to digital format, i found a reference to the machine - the K1 & K2 - dating from Dec 1957.
See the attachment for details, this i believe was the closest Kenwood got to laundry appliances. Good luck :)
Keith


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Post# 1156331 , Reply# 2   8/8/2022 at 14:05 (598 days old) by kenwoodenchef (United Kingdom)        

Brilliant! I did have an ad for the Sun-dry but it only has an image of the smaller machine. This is a great little snippet, and some valuable data there - thanks!

Post# 1156378 , Reply# 3   8/9/2022 at 04:51 (598 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        


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Diana

Sent you an email

Al


Post# 1156578 , Reply# 4   8/11/2022 at 03:45 (596 days old) by Sesteve (London, UK)        

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Hi Diana

I have a Thorn brochure from 1974 the covers their brands of the day - Bendix, Kenwood, Moffat and Tricity. I’ve taken a few quick pics as it features the pile rider as well as other things such as dishwasher, mixers, toaster etc.
Is this useful?
Cheers
Steve


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Post# 1156579 , Reply# 5   8/11/2022 at 04:31 (596 days old) by beehiveboy (Northamptonshire, England )        

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Oh My!!!!! That brochure looks incredible!!!!!

Post# 1156585 , Reply# 6   8/11/2022 at 07:39 (596 days old) by kenwoodenchef (United Kingdom)        

Ooooh, I'd quite like some scans of that brochure, if possible! Thanks, Steve. Great pictures of the Pile Rider! (what a name; jokes have been made...)



Post# 1156587 , Reply# 7   8/11/2022 at 07:50 (596 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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That Kenwood cleaner looks very much like an Excelsior 8100 series. Could be a relabelled one, the Excelsior vacuums were manufactured in the Netherlands. Here are some pictures of those Excelsiors.



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Post# 1156592 , Reply# 8   8/11/2022 at 08:51 (596 days old) by kenwoodenchef (United Kingdom)        

You're absolutely right, Foraloysius. They do look identical. Do you know the rough manufacture dates for your Excelsior models?

Post# 1156618 , Reply# 9   8/11/2022 at 12:38 (595 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Those vacuums are from the late 60's and early 70's. Here's the Excelsior page of a Dutch collector.

www.stofzuigermuseum.nl/d...

Excelsior were made in Dordrecht in the Netherlands. The factory is owned by Electrolux today, it's used for making parts these days.

There is no Wikipedia in English about it I think, this is the Dutch page:

nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meterfabri...

Google Translate can help maybe, if not, just ask.



Post# 1156623 , Reply# 10   8/11/2022 at 13:13 (595 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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More of these vacuums on Vacuumland, our sister site.

www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bi...

www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD...





Post# 1156699 , Reply# 11   8/12/2022 at 03:01 (595 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        


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The Kenwood vacuum I have is similar to that shown in picture 1 in Louis's reply number 7, including the tools

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Post# 1156723 , Reply# 12   8/12/2022 at 11:20 (594 days old) by kenwoodenchef (United Kingdom)        

Thank you for all that information, both. It all fits perfectly with the dates I have for the Kenwood. And the Which? review confirms it was made in NL. Great detective work! Amazing that they were charging £35-39 for it, then discounting to £19 (when the Goblin was £15 at discount).


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