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Rolls Robot Hi Rolls rapide I did meet a lady who had a rolls robot. I was collecting a Parnall dryer some years back now, from somewhere near Reading. I met both the owner and her daughter and when we got talking about why I was interested in the dryer, they told me about their first washing...

lovely colour washtub though I think I prefer the white. I also notice the hole in the washtub lid is off set, could this be a for the drain hose to sit in so the constantly running pump doesn't empty the tub, with maybe as Ian said his has a centre hole and possibly the drain hose had a...

Hi Rolls, just for interest As you say the Ada was a agitator washer, but it doesn't have a gearbox like the Servis etc, it's a simple mechanism like the modern velo/norfrost twin tub, also found on their wringer washers, it's like a polyester/canvas strap on a sort of bow that rolls it back...

Great thread always interesting to find out something new about topics we've speculated over when discussing the history of appliance and manufacturers. With regard to the automaster, I would have thought a no suspension, slow speed spin drum type would be the cheapest to build, thinking...

Thanks Rob for sharing these, I'm not on facebook so haven't seen many of these. Now I'm sure I can find a machine to suit my need for £4 odd a month, where do I sign. lol This is a great selection of machines and for me, interesting to see the full range of hoover automatics, rather than...

Hi Rebecca sorry to say but the Hotpoint bellow seal won't fit your machine, I probably have a used seal I can have a look for at some point, work is just mad hours at the moment, so can't promise anything these few weeks. If the rubber part you can see looks ok and the leak is coming through...

I suppose I would Hi Ian, your kitchen looks great, how do you find the twinny hoses work with the supataps, mind I would think the hoover anti siphon would be ok, the way the hose part fits to the top part. Mathew

Great one Jenson that will match the orange Kenwood Chef, hygena kitchen units and tupperware of the 70's, looks a great paint finish too. Maybe not the colour to greet you in the morning in the kitchen as you have your breakfast lol, definately a tribute to the hoover colour palate, well done...

Thanks for sharing these photos Mike A lovely record of a great weekend, you caught the appliances and indeed us all looking our best. Mathew

Wonderful machine Craig, and in such fantastic condition. The black colour scheme is by far my favourite in the series, the leds stand out and for the time look so advanced. Gary electron1100, who knows about electronics, always said how impressed he was by the electronics and logical...

lovely spinner Steve, and a new one on me, I've seen and had the hotpoint version with the clockwork timer, but not this one activated by raising/lowering the lid, so truely an auto timer, same action as the frigidaire, though the lid on those operated a clockwork timer. A great little...

welcome by chance I've mine in bits in the kitchen this weekend, (what we get up to whilst the other halves away lol) hopefully to have it running for a gathering next weekend, as this year is the 60th anniversary of the Hoovermatic, your mums was the first model, 3174 from your description...

Hi keith looks a great example, I had one as a student in halls back in 1990, I remember it spun clothes very dry, I suppose the name astral went along with the wide diameter drum. I'd guess it is very similar to the acme spin dryers of the same time, though they didn't have the foot brake. I...

often me these days lol, but yes I'm sure true of me and most of us. mathew

So many lovely things to say, so late at night. Wonderful to see you having such a great time, I'm just exhausted looking at all those repairs, never mind helping. But this does go to show how much can be achieved when I'm not busy chatting and distracting the workers. I'm sorry now, I didn't...

Oh shame this has happened and I've seen many a fairly new machine written off by a coin or nail through the tub. So when people ask whats the best machine to buy, I say the first thing to do towards longevity of an appliance is to check the pockets, otherwise even a high end machine can broken...

hi probably easier and cheaper to buy the kit of both bearings and seal, just looked and one is about £5 on ebay. Mathew

I'll have a look for a belt on Sunday for you, Mathew Ps have you seen the price of the 50's hoovermatic in south wales has been reduced in price.

I'd choose the Hoover automatic de luxe lol. As I already have the keymatic lol. Back then the £20 price difference was quite a large sum, several weeks earnings at the time, of course talking from our point of view today, how could we choose, we'd have 2 of each, one left in the box and one...

Speed It would run at the same speed, these have brush or universal motors, so speed is dependant upon the number of winding on the armature rather than the frequency of the ac supply. As Mike said the backbone of many a wash day in the UK. And to think it took probably 40 years for automatic...