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Hi Peter, Those holes are for allowing any water ingress into the bearing housing to drain out. At the best of times they don't help much at all as any water ingress usually makes its way into the bearings anyway and destroys them over time. I've noticed too that a lot of replacement bearing...

Hi Mike, Totally agree with you on Creda's innovative advertising, they seemed to take their market research very seriously and try their best to stand out from the rest. What's caught my eye is the fact that Creda offered programme 8 (silks) on all of their machines whereas most other UK...

Hi Rob, Thank you, I'm glad to hear you like it! No problem, I'll place an order for you in January and get it posted to you straight away. The sun was briefly shining today so I took the opportunity to take a couple of pictures of the 1700 in natural light and they ought to be posted here. I...

Hi Peter, Thank you very much for sharing a video with us. It appears to be quite healthy apart from the obvious but manageable paint flaking issue and the need for a bearing change, overall it's done very well for its age and kudos to you for looking after it with much pride! Kind regards, James

Hi Paul, I love that official photo! I'm not keen on the blue tiled top surface but I think that blue sink is quite nice. I'm not sure many people would want to install their washer and dryer in the bathroom but I suppose some homeowners may have been forced to find whatever space they could...

Good evening Peter, I've sent you an email. It would be my pleasure to restore this machine as this design with the chunky chrome door is one of my favourites! Courier on standby haha! Kind regards, James

Hi all, It's been a while but I finally got the 1700 looking like it should again! I found a local shop that specialised in producing vinyls for cars, vans and commercial premises but they were easily able to reproduce the Best Buy banner and Liberator triangle carried by this machine. The...

Hi Rob, I own a Hoover D6042 and in my opinion they are fantastic machines! As you say they are only unidirectional but I haven't had troublesome issues with tangling or bunching up. The drum takes up more or less the full width of the machine so there is plenty of room for movement and it has...

Finally, the interior featuring variable spray pressure on the lower arm for taking care of your glassware etc. and a height adjustable top basket allowing the machine to facilitate larger pots and pans in the bottom basket.

Frontal view.

Worktop.

Ratings sticker. Date code 12 = December 1978

Lovely purple buttons that appear to be exempt from the common fading and disintegrating rule that blights the laundry range (must be the German quality plastic!).

Hi all, Yesterday I took delivery of yet another appliance that bears the famous Hotpoint Liberator marque and a particularly uncommon appliance at that - a dishwasher! I never thought a Liberator dishwasher would ever turn up as even the entry level model would have been a luxury to own in...

Hi Paul, It's Peugeot Midnight Blue, you are probably aware that Halfords no longer sell this colour off the shelf but their larger stores offer a paint mixing facilty that can produce any colour you request at the cost of £9.99 for a tin or £14.99 for a spray can. I'm relieved to hear it looks...

The kickstrip issue has now been rectified. Looking fab I reckon! James

Hi Luke, You're certainly right about the build quality of these old 17 series dryers! I shall be painting the kickstrip on Wednesday. Who knows, maybe a 1827 will surface yet! James

Hi Hass, Thank you for your kind words. I am so happy that a 1700 has surfaced at the right time for me as one did appear on eBay a few years ago but my circumstances were different back then - waiting patiently does pay off! I'm so pleased that a particular part of my collection is building...

Hi all, I seem to be on a roll altogether recently, especially where it concerns Hotpoint's offerings of the 1970s! This was a very coincidental Gumtree find. I had been searching on Google about the Best Buy range of 1978/1979 that was based on the final Liberator models and when I typed in...

Afternoon all, I haven't been on here as regularly as I could recently but here's an update on the 1826. I've done very little with it to be honest what with the arrival of the 1509/05 and the rebuild of the Hoover Keymatic 3224 amongst other "smaller" arrivals. I did manage to sort the issue...