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Website
http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/bc/gizmo_au63/lst?.dir
Location
Victoria, Australia
Real name
Chris Harkin
Favorite major appliance
Automatic Washers-Front Loaders
Favorite vintage brand
anything unusual
Favorite modern brand
Fisher & Paykel
Number of automatic washers you have
10
Number of gas ranges you have
1
Number of electric ranges you have
1
Number of other major appliances you have
2
Tell us about your collection
Frigidaire WM11 Pulsamatic (1956??)
F&P Smart Drive
Hoover Keymatic project - motor missing.
Kleenmaid by Brandt top load tumble washer - 2 machines, will make 1 good one in future.
Modern Miele, Asko, Bosch front loaders.
What are your dream machines yet to be found?
Early Bendix FL
Another Keymatic for parts to repair mine.
What are your earliest and favorite appliance memories?
Frigidaire TL about 1969 vintage - Australian made version. Sorry Unimatic, they are not happy memories. Vibrating the whole house, having to reset the cut-out several times to get it to spin, etc....
Always liked appliances.
What is the history of appliances you have owned?
I scrounge machines from recycle centres and roadside hard garbage collections.
Mainly late model front load stuff, but I do occasionally find something old & interesting.
I had a Hoover Keymatic a few years ago, which I repaired to working cond but despite it being a very interesting machine it didnt wash well and was in scruffy condition so it went to the recyclers... Sorry. I have been told off for this on the Home Site appliance forum already...
Have you ever worked on, repaired and/or restored any major appliances?
Yes. I regularly repair newer machines though I am not a professional and have done one or two old ones.
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