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As promised, here is the thread of the restoration of this machine last summer. It will help me with the 1828 and hopefully will be useful to others. Original photo from eBay back in early 2014 – machine was in Sussex and bought for 99p. The paint had worn off the top round the soap dispenser...

Last Sunday I collected this purple treasure - a Liberator deluxe 1828/01. It was a lucky find as I spotted it next to a gas cooker that was being sold on eBay so I messaged the seller. They weren't going to list it as it hadn’t been used for 20 years so goodness knows what might have happened...

I was just saying to the guys the other weekend that I'd love to have found an old Hotpoint spin dryer with the timer on it as my grandma had one hidden behind a curtain under the kitchen sink. Anyway, this appeared on eBay and it's as good as - actually better really so collected it today. The...

As you may have noticed from the previous thread, Richard brought down the AEG twintub as a restoration project. I've put the link in from when he first got it. It had tripped out the electrics due to a leak from the spinner. We had a look at it last weekend and discovered the bellows had split...

Has anyone got any experience of changing the door boot on one of these? I picked the machine up a couple of weeks ago and it seems to have an unusual fastening for the boot onto the tub using a split pin. I'm not sure how to tighten the band up if I take it off by removing the pin. Here's a...

Hello all I finally have a fully working Servis Quartz 601 with the spincare drum that I thought I'd share with you. I have two other Quartz's awaiting repair - a 6030 with a spincare drum which works apart from the heating cycle and a 6035 which needs more attention. This one is in great...

As some of you know or worked out, I picked up the new unused Hotpoint 1504 that was on ebay a few weeks ago. The machine I grew up with and never thought I'd own one. Had to raid the house renovation budget but I can live without doing up the place for a bit longer! Thought I'd do a thread on...

just thought I'd share some pictures on here of a freebie machine I picked up a few weeks ago. In great condition and I like the styling and the spin drain. A slower spin speed than the earlier mark 1 but this one is variable. A few pics of the innards too. S :)

I picked up this spin dryer for free recently along with 2 other appliances. Not sure I've seen one in the flesh with the white trim before but unfortunately if is beginning to disintegrate - think it's been damaged by sunlight. Not sure what to do to stop it getting worse. Initially I though...

Haven't posted on here for ages so thought I'd show you my latest acquisition a Servis Supertwin 108. Been after one of these for a while so snapped it up for £10.50 but its not without its issues. It came from a house that had been bought to do up and rent out. Overall the condition is not too...

As some of you know I picked up this gem of a British Classic last night (it stopped me getting my A3060 fixed but that can wait a couple more days) and I have to say it is probably the best used machine I've picked up to date. It's in really good condition apart from the mouldy door boot and...

Seeing as the storage unit I booked for while I am between houses had a fair bit of spare space - it only seemed sensible to maximise cost effectiveness and make sure it is filled as much as possible. So I have treated myself to two more machines. The only problem is that I've not had time to...

I picked up this machine in the summer last year and have just pulled it out of the shed to get it back on its feet. It's a curious machine which reminds me of the Smash robot adverts in the 70s!! Here are a few pictures from when I first collected it.

Hi folks I recently acquired one of these machines - an old favourite of mine. It's in great cosmetic condition with just a bit of rust around the dispenser but the chrome, paintwork and controls are in good nick. However, it's not working properly - I'll come on to that in a minute. First here...

Thought I'd share a few photos of one of my recent acquisitions - a Microprofile in Almond. It's a great machine in really good condition and I'm really pleased with it. Here are a few pictures

Some of you will have heard me prattling on about my mum's old semi integrated built in Neff washer dryer that ousted the Hotpoint 1504 top loader when we had our kitchen fitted in 1979. I have been trying to track down more information on it but to no avail until last night! My mum and aunty...

Well not content with clocking up loads of miles between London, Cambridge and Wiltshire over the weekend, I managed to pick up this Spinarinse from Northampton on Monday. I've been after one of these for a while after our next door neighbour used to use one - she had to wrap a cloth round the...

Well I have to say that I picked up what is probably my best machine to date a couple of weeks ago. A Hotpoint 15972 top loader in Almond. It's in great condition cosmetically with the only damage being to the paintwork on the lid which I think was quite common and it had a table top In great...

Well as the song goes - breaking up is never easy I know but it has to go....... It was beyond repair as the gearbox had gone and leaked oil everywhere. I was going to have a go and see if I could fix iit but Austin warned me it would be difficult and he wasn't wrong. The seal by the pulley had...

Well to give the quartz machines a bit of a rest and following on from the London wash in at Al's earlier this month where i enjoyed seeing his machine in action I picked up 2 Hotpoint Supermatics from the same bloke I got my Hoovermatic T5024. Well they were only £12.50.