Thread Number: 91122
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
Writing a book on early Kenwood appliances |
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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)   |   | |
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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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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 |
Post# 1156579 , Reply# 5   8/11/2022 at 04:31 (596 days old) by beehiveboy (Northamptonshire, England )   |   | |
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Post# 1156585 , Reply# 6   8/11/2022 at 07:39 (596 days old) by kenwoodenchef (United Kingdom)   |   | |
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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)   |   | |
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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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