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Having given the pump a turn by hand (and yes it was stuck) we added a few litres of hot water and, with ELCB on the socket, fired her up for a spin. The motor came to life immediately, but nothing came out until we heard a gravelly noise and a load of ground up limescale came out of the drain...

So we took the back off for a look. The hard-board cover was warped, so we expected some leak issues...and you can see that the chassis is a rather flaky and rusty. It seems most of this is due to the foam-breaker in the over-flow being rotten which will allow over-splash to drip down the tub...

Even before we got started, the tub had chunks of scale...note the two-tone tub![this post was last edited: 10/9/2010-12:10]

Well it has got here (well it's at Richard's for the moment - thanks again Rich for sneaking this in for me!). It is a late model 1509/05 - from somewhere between December 1977 and June 1978. It came from the Lincolnshire coast where it hadn't been used for years, so it was dirty, dusty and...

Waschmeister Hi Paul Just to throw extra confusion into the mix, those square-door San Giorgio machines look like the Waschmeister machines sold in Ireland in the early 80s. I know nothing about where this brand came from, but they had a short period of popularity in Ireland at this point -...

Maytag I've emailed Maytag to see what they make of these claims - will let you all know if they respond!

Hilarious The forum thread is hilarious - obviously the defensive response of someone with a vested interest in the ISE brand, and let's be frank ISE is just another 'brand' and not an 'ethos' no matter how 'thinking of you the customer' they purport to be. With the exception of the 10 year...

Patience is a virtue I know its irritating, but perhaps a bit of patience is in order. Also consider what are your priorities - lots of people have had to pass over what are fantastic offers for various reasons like time, money or (for most of us) lack of space, but get there in due course. Go...

Hi James Hotpoints were sold as Galas until the very early 1970s, so up to 1450 were under the Gala brand. The Supermatic was called the Gala Filtermatic - not all Hotpoints were sold in in Ireland however - for example the pumped spin-dryer wasn't sold there, but the gravity model was. I'm...

Frigidaire Performance I wonder if it was to do with the amount of detergent used - 3.5 ounces in the Frigidaire compared to 8 ounces in the Hotpoint 1502? Quite how they managed that much in the Hotpoint without suds all over the floor I don't know, but hey... By the way, an A-rated warm...

Price So ISE white 1600 for £849, plus £51 delivery or Maytag stainless 1600 for about £800 - what's difference? I see that GE are marketing washers over here now - any ideas what they are like? Any top-loaders?!?

Hi MickeyD The very long wash times are because the white-cotton tests seem to have been done on the hottest cycle, with pre-wash adding to the total time. That is at almost-boiling point (95C - about 200F) - known as 'Very Hot' here. Also these machines did at least two deep-rinses. So the...

Hi Keith The Yate location makes sense of the Hotpoint-GEC aspect. Hotpoint bought out Jackson (cooker fame) who were based in Yate too. If what you imply is that there was a group of companies there that would make sense - probably the same time that Creda came on board. I've never heard of...

Unusual Bendix Further to Paul's question - what is that behind the Bendix - is it a Bendix Home Laundry Centre? D :-)

Parnall features Hi Keith I'm really fascinated about the Parnall automatic - how long was it in production for? I know nothing about the Parnall company, apart from having some notion that there were taken over by Hotpoint - maybe you know more? I'm not sure where I got this from and I...

Hey Mark Cool - would be good to hook up when I'm over - drop me an email and i'll get in touch.

Automatic Parnall! Wow - didn't know there was an automatic version of the Parnall - I thought there were only semi-autos. Also the Frigidaire in the other thread! Made in the UK too - I knew these existed from the ads and I think they had the jet-cone, but has anyone ever seen one in real...

The Liberator Twin tub... ...looked exactly like the 1464 except that the controls had purple plastic parts rather than black or brown! Have a look at this old thread and see if you can spot one! Lots of other interesting Hotpoints including some of earliest ones...

Find one over there!! Hi James It is not worth paying £400 for delivery and you should be able to find one over there anyway. Lots of 1464s were sold in ireland in the 1980s (and the Electra equivalent through the ESB), and they are pretty indestructible so you should find one. You'd be even...

Fascinating! Hi Paul Thank you for scanning and posting - a really fascinating read! We had the Hotpoint 1502, next-door had the Hoover Automatic, and various relations had the Keymatic and the Indesit (though with an entirely chromed control panel). Would love to know what Which made of the...