Recent content by 74simon

Hi Gary, so sorry you're having to go through this. I've had to divest myself of most of my appliance collection this year for financial reasons, so I feel your pain. The only consolation is the knowledge that they will hopefully go to homes that'll cherish and enjoy them as much as you did -...

Welcome to the forum Stephen, I think you may be able to adapt a Hoover TT empty hose for your machine, which should look better than a modern equivalent! Pretty sure all 0307 spares are long obsolete, but sometimes suppliers turn up with old stock. Very sensible to check or change the cable...

Al, I think you're right about it being a commercial machine, it's rated at 1000W - Seamus suggested it might have two transformers, which would explain the weight, I can barely lift it! I'd still love another Allegro or a Maxi, but they're getting hard to find, and the high price of scrap...

Am having a bit of a clear out, mainly of things I don't use. I need the space really, and all Ebay earnings are going toward the Wareham Austin Maestro Preservation Society (members: 1)...

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Just remembered, the family I bought it off did say the power button was a bit temperamental, and they bought it in an auction in '74 for £110! Still has its glass tray and carbon filter.

Vintage Microwave... May be a bit earlier than you're after, but I've got a 1972 Toshiba that I'd love to find a good home for, I rescued it in 2008, but it's sat in my mum's dry garage ever since, so it hasn't deteriorated, not visually anyway. It was apparently working when I got it, but I'd...

Welcome to the group Peter, Your Moffat is very handsome! My grandma had a fitted kitchen put in in 1979 (in apricot!), and she had a Tricity branded built in oven and separate hob put in, which had the same digital analogue timer and dials as your Moffat, I remember being fascinated by the...

To be fair, Richard (ricky5050) mentioned them a while back, but I stumbled across their site while googling for an armature for one of my Hoovers, and found their stock jaw dropping! It's great that there is a reliable company dealing with obsolete bits, there was a place in Swansea that also...

Great you got bits you needed Lee, are those package labels actually purple?!?!   Thanks Mathew, have been rather antisocial the last few years, but steps are in hand to sort that! Sorry to hear the motor has gone on the Liberator. Can they not be rewound, or is it beyond even that? 

Another ad from the same site - is that a very basic washing machine in the centre?

Moulinex appliances were very popular in the UK, especially countertop machines like mixers and liquidisers, and also the hair dryers, although some of the early 60s products had some shortcomings in safety - ISTR the early hair dryers could burst into flames if the motor stopped! The...

Thought I should share this site! Navigation is a pain, but if you can't find the parts you need on there, I reckon it's worth phoning them. I was able to order (and receive!) several obsolete Hoover vacuum parts, but there are many washer parts too. A quick search turned up bits for the Bendix...

Hey Mathew, That's epic limescale! The rust is easy to sort, everyone has different methods, personally I'd get the worst off with 80 grit aluminium oxide paper, some rust killer and hammerite should sort it for a couple more decades! Halfords has the bits you need if in a hurry. I reckon...

Perhaps her neighbours should show some concern for the family rather than gossiping like fishwives!   I still feel terribly sorry for them. It was a very bad decision to run the machine in that condition if that were the case, but I'm sure she'll be reminded of that every time she looks at...