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The first of many Also sold in Canada as the 308, this is the first of very many Hoover machines. Inspired by the US Monitor machine it was planned to be launched in the late 1930s but WW2 got in the way. Originally planned to be built at the main factory in Perivale (after a major extension)...

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Do you not have the bowl and corresponding accessories? K beater (paddle), whisk and dough hook? If you can get someone to ship to Australia these are easily although not that cheaply available in UK ebay. The stainless steel bowl would be your best bet

While I am at it The Frigidaire advert from Christmas 1950, Robert has had this on AW for very many years. I have always liked this advert, it must be 20 years since I first saw it

Was watching an old episode of WML from October 31st 1965 tonight which just happens to have a short Westinghouse washer ad at 15.00 minutes in - the Heavy Duty 15. Using a wine glass reminded me of the old wonderful old Frigidaire ad from the early 1950s. There are also ads for Champion spark...

Wyvern Louis You might enjoy this video of a beautifully restored Vauhall Wyvern similar to the one your mother is pictured with. I very much doubt it would have had those carpets (or any carpet come to that) when new. This was a brand new model for the 1952 year.

Although not necessarily an ideal solution on Windows computers you could use the Snipping Tool to take a "snapshot" of the picture which you can then save wherever you like in which ever format you wish

Simpson Thats a handsome looking machine, more pictures please :)

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That is very like mine Louis only mine has a thermostatic heater control. The vertical strip on the left shows the water level in the tub

Miele What a great find, at least you captured the pictures :) I have a Miele H axis semi automatic machine awaiting restoration which has several styling cues from this machine. The H axis is side to side rather than front to back and does not have a spin

Tricity Which Tricity did you get? Pictures please. You do realise that Tricity and Moffat were part of the same group of companies and they may have been built in the same factory. The Moffat Fiesta 21 is based on the 21 inch Tricity cooker template

Painting I have had success with a car body shop in getting washing machines repainted but it might not work so well with an appliance which may get quite hot. With Christmas coming next week you may get a chance to give the oven a good work out and test how hot the side panels get - an infra...

Moffat In the mid 70s the top compartment was changed to have a full thermostatic control and a white ceramic hob option on the de luxe model. Sadly, by 1980 the market for that style of cooker had declined significantly and there was a Jackson/Creda model which offered similar facilities at...

Moffat Now, back to the Moffat cooker in the original posting. This was the standard model, is approximately 50 years old. There was also a deluxe model, again with roastmeter. From the specifications shown in the brochure below the warming drawer element is 400 watts . The advice from...

Moffat Towards the end of the 1960s the Moffat brand had been absorbed into the Thorn group and manufacture began in the UK. The main difference was in the ovens which now had the customary elements mounted on the sides of the oven, behind the oven walls. The 30 inch model had now been dropped...

Moffat The resemblance to the cooker shown in the opening post can be seen here although still of Canadian manufacture as can be seen by the element in the bottom of the oven - apologies for the quality of the pictures which were taken from an ebay listing

Mid 1960s By the mid 1960s the range was consolidated into 30 and 24" models. The split level unit was also widely seen in upmarket kitchens although there was competition in the split level units from Creda, Tricity, English Electric and Jackson (also a Canadian import). In the Luxury floor...

Eye Level There was even a Flair/Tappen style unit

Moffat I have seen Moffat cookers in publications in the immediate pre and post WW2 publications. It is not clear to me where they might have been manufactured as the post war model looks decidedly old fashioned and like something from the 1930s. Not much more is seen until the late 1950s when...