60 yrs of the Hoovermatic @ Malmsbury Meet

[chestermikeuk]

60 yrs of the Hoovermatic @ Malmsbury Meet

Heres the replacement arm ready for fitting, I do love these metal worktops that came with the Hoover single tubs and spinners, really finishes them off and also act as handy trays to take the laundry outside to be pegged out on the washing line.

 

[chestermikeuk]

60 yrs of the Hoovermatic @ Malmsbury Meet

The beauty of these machines is that they they are built on a rigid chassis to which the motor is bolted, the rest of the outer cabinet is then built with the spin can and pulley inside and then this is placed on top of the base in the factory and bolted together..

Final pic with the pulley nut undone and hose pump disconnected the base swings out of the way to get to the hose and arm inside..

 

[chestermikeuk]

60 yrs of the Hoovermatic @ Malmsbury Meet

With the base out of the way we can release the old pipe and arm and get ready to replace the old waste pipe which had many cracks in it, not bad for lasting 50 yrs old though...

 

[chestermikeuk]

60 yrs of the Hoovermatic @ Malmsbury Meet

The original pipe was a formed one with bends in it to take acount of the discharge arm being swung in eith direction, ie over the washer for sudz return or the sink for rinsing...for that in mind we used a new rubber type flexi hose, while not one for the purists aka either black or rubber, needs must when we need a working model, this provided the right amount of flexibility to allow it to be looped and to flex either side when moved around and up and down in the housing....

 

[chestermikeuk]

60 yrs of the Hoovermatic @ Malmsbury Meet

With all that done its just a matter of tucking everything back in, tightening up the base and checking all okay...

 

[chestermikeuk]

60 yrs of the Hoovermatic @ Malmsbury Meet

Just time for more tea, dinner and chat and admire the small appliances before we all got on our way, time goes too quickly when enjoying time with friends and the hobby...

 

[chestermikeuk]

60 yrs of the Hoovermatic @ Malmsbury Meet

Before leaving Jack ready to crash ...

 

[chestermikeuk]

60 yrs of the Hoovermatic @ Malmsbury Meet

And on my way home "Its time for Take-Off, passing Kemble another "Queen of the Skys" bids us all final boarding and farewell ...

Many thanks to Jon for organising another great meet and Jack for hosting us mad lot, hope you caught up on the rest ha ha.

ps plane spotters "Is this old girl a 747 200 series ?

 

[rolls_rapide]

Gosh!!!

Reply #25, photo #2... the Kenwood Chefettes!

My mum had a dark blue and white one similar to/same as the right-hand model, early 1970s. She burned the motor out one year doing Christmas cake mixing.

My gran had the left-hand model, a little later in the 70s.

Mum later bought another Chefette, similar in style to the left-hand model, white with blue trim. It still gets used a couple of times a year, as a handheld for whipping cream.

And seeing the old red GPO telephone, the Hoover Junior 1334 with tools, the Kenwoods, and the Hoover Senior 612 reminded my of my childhood.

Cheers for that, muchly appreciated!

 

[nickuk]

Thanks for posting Mike and sharing the wonderful pictures. Pleased to see everybody looking well and having a good time.

I had forgotten all about the Hoovermatics belching wash water on to the floor - reminded me of using me nan's when I was a nipper and getting the odd shoe full of warm Persil juice

 

[launderess]

Another fine meet for the lads!

Very well done indeed.

Thank you again for posting such lovely pictures documenting not only the great time had by all, but providing Hoover service information to the group.

 

[rolls_rapide]

@chestermikeuk

"And on my way home "Its time for Take-Off, passing Kemble..."

I had visions of you passing the planet Kembel in a space craft!

 

[unclejohn]

Thanks for sharing, guys ...

... 60 years of the famous Hoovermatic, yeah, that really is something !

Being a fan, myself, of the good old Hoover twinnie (most notably for me in its various north american incarnations), i can just say 'congrats' to everyone involved in that cheerful commemoration.

 

[keymatic3203]

Thanks for sharing these photos Mike

A lovely record of a great weekend, you caught the appliances and indeed us all looking our best.

Mathew