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I recently acquired a Supertwin 70, thanks Al, that needs a bit of work. Mechanically it seems to be ok except that the timer doesn't switch off and the body work needs a tidy up with the usual scrapes, lower body rust and loss of paint to the wash deck. My plan was to strip it down and start...

Top Loader Al Is that top loader a Hoover? There seems to be something round and red at the top left that might be a Hoover roundel. I guess it might make it an Australian import would it? Ian

Hi Richard I'm imagining you're not overly pleased about this, I wouldn't be. Can you get one of those plug in energy monitors and watch the consumption, this might give you some idea of how long the heater is actually on for. It sounds to me like its not reaching 60 even part way through the...

Darren That's interesting, I wonder if these were actually built by Hotpoint for EE or whether they were just supplied in kit form. There seems to be very few differences between the two. Apart from the filter flow arrangement all I can come up with is, the 1420 had a clockwork timer, a wire...

Ada on test.

A little light vacuuming.

Servis Supertwin Autowash working through a load of whites

A big thanks to Al and Mike for putting together an excellent entertaining event! Darren's beautiful Liberator Twin. So reminiscent of the 1420 Supermatic I grew up with, it even managed to produce the same warm oily/electrical smell I remember. I've just noticed on the resto pictures that it...

Flatley Dryers That take me back, my Mum was still using a Flatley upto about 2000. But not I suspect in the way it was intended. Every week when she had finished the ironing all the clothes were packed into the Flatley and you weren't allowed to wear anything until they had been subjected to...

Kitchen It's one of MFI's best! It hopefully won't be with me too much longer if I can find a decent Hygena System 70 that's not miles away to do a retro refit. Ian.

Spade Connectors Richard Have you managed to get spade connectors that are the same shape as the Keymatic originals with the wiring entering at 90 degrees to the spade? I've been looking for some for mine as the terminal block cover won't go on with the standard sort and the only ones I managed...

Hoovermatic Looking at the ball shaped feet on the item standing on the right of the Hoovermatic I'd say it was something I grew up with; a Flatley Drying Cabinet. Ian

Orange Kitchens Al Still kicking myself for not going for the System 70 in Sheffield, there is another in Nottingham I've got my eye on that finishes Sunday. Is that a Hoovermatic I spy lurking to the left of that Supertwin? Ian

W562 Brandon Not sure if this is any help to you. After watching your clip I've just run an express cycle to see how my W562 finishes the program as yours seems to be a little different so I've done a few rough timings. With mine the pump doesn't run once the drum has come to rest on Express...

Al When I saw that blue kitchen I thought it looked fantastic, big problem being the sink unit alone would take up a whole wall in my kitchen. I wonder if the Neff dishwasher is going to be sold separately Is that Superheat unheated? It doesn't seem to have a heater switch in the door. Ian

Philips - With Geysir Action Mike I love this machine, that looks great, I guess it helps with lint filtering too with the water being forced through the filter under the agitator. Ian http://t

Success Rob Congratulations on finally getting everything watertight. Ian

Al I think I'll give it a miss and hopefully someone might give it a good home, I'm on the look out for a usable twinny but everything seems to either need some resto or is at the other end of the country at the moment.... ian

Ooops Meant to post this in shoppers square. Sorry Ian

In this weeks auction, Wednesday, at Cuttlestones in Wolverhampton, lot 402. It was also there a couple of weeks ago but didn't sell. Looks like a model from the early 1970s. Ian. http://www.cuttlestones.co.uk/salecatalogue/WA150715.htm?s=313&f=414