newwave1
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Full view! Beautiful machine!
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Bendix Autodrier De Luxe 7448
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matchboxpaul
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How do David.
The six button,twin dial machine.....indeed the 7168. The absolute ideal find! I am gutted about the one that ws on ebay about 6 months ago - why did it have to be in london. grrrrr.
The picture with all the facias is fantastic, but unfortunately a little small.
It came from the VADS website, linked below....
Core Record
Title Kenneth Grange at the Boilerhouse
Collection Design Council Slide Collection
Manufacturer Bendix (Firm)
Exhibition Organiser Conran Foundation
Designer Grange, Kenneth
Exhibition Designer Hillman, David
Exhibition Organiser Victoria & Albert Museum
Date 1980 (ca)-1983
Description Display on washing machines designed by Kenneth Grange for Bendix, c. 1980, in the 'Kenneth Grange at the Boilerhouse' exhibition at the Conran Foundation's Boilerhouse Project, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1983.
Location Creation Site London
Subject industrial design, appliances, exhibitions, washing machines
The site has a number of appliance piccies - for those who havent discovered it, type in the likes of 'washing' 'bendix' 'hotpoint' etc and find some wonderful stuff.
Cheers
paul
p.s I make no apologies for posting the piccy again.
The six button,twin dial machine.....indeed the 7168. The absolute ideal find! I am gutted about the one that ws on ebay about 6 months ago - why did it have to be in london. grrrrr.
The picture with all the facias is fantastic, but unfortunately a little small.
It came from the VADS website, linked below....
Core Record
Title Kenneth Grange at the Boilerhouse
Collection Design Council Slide Collection
Manufacturer Bendix (Firm)
Exhibition Organiser Conran Foundation
Designer Grange, Kenneth
Exhibition Designer Hillman, David
Exhibition Organiser Victoria & Albert Museum
Date 1980 (ca)-1983
Description Display on washing machines designed by Kenneth Grange for Bendix, c. 1980, in the 'Kenneth Grange at the Boilerhouse' exhibition at the Conran Foundation's Boilerhouse Project, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1983.
Location Creation Site London
Subject industrial design, appliances, exhibitions, washing machines
The site has a number of appliance piccies - for those who havent discovered it, type in the likes of 'washing' 'bendix' 'hotpoint' etc and find some wonderful stuff.
Cheers
paul
p.s I make no apologies for posting the piccy again.
matchboxpaul
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HI Paul
Cant help you with your aunts Bendix, I am afraid.
I have had a quick gander through the pictures i have of older bendix machines and the bolt downs and none jump out at me as matching your description.
They seemed to do so many different versions - maybe someone else has a piccy of it.
fingers crossed
Paul
Cant help you with your aunts Bendix, I am afraid.
I have had a quick gander through the pictures i have of older bendix machines and the bolt downs and none jump out at me as matching your description.
They seemed to do so many different versions - maybe someone else has a piccy of it.
fingers crossed
Paul
matchboxpaul
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Hi Philip.
Would love to see a piccy of your machine so be great for you to set up a thread about it.
I havent, to the best of my knowledge, seen a 7128 before so I am really intrigued to know what one is.
I am afraid I cant remembre the specific episode of Ever Decreasing Circles. I dont think they had episode titles - the programme was just on, around 7pm, BBC1, maybe on a Monday (clutching at straws with the last snippets of info).
I will have a quick look myself tonight - miracles do happen! I stumbled across a snippet of a Hinge and Brackett episode, where they have some fun with a washing machine. I was about 5 years old and was shouted downstairs and lifted over the baby gate at the bottom, by my mum, and plonked in front of the telly.
Paul
Would love to see a piccy of your machine so be great for you to set up a thread about it.
I havent, to the best of my knowledge, seen a 7128 before so I am really intrigued to know what one is.
I am afraid I cant remembre the specific episode of Ever Decreasing Circles. I dont think they had episode titles - the programme was just on, around 7pm, BBC1, maybe on a Monday (clutching at straws with the last snippets of info).
I will have a quick look myself tonight - miracles do happen! I stumbled across a snippet of a Hinge and Brackett episode, where they have some fun with a washing machine. I was about 5 years old and was shouted downstairs and lifted over the baby gate at the bottom, by my mum, and plonked in front of the telly.
Paul
matchboxpaul
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here is the Hinge and Brackett snippet...scroll through to 4minutes 33seconds.
enjoy
Paul
enjoy
Paul
matchboxpaul
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Totally agree Darren.
They are smart looking machines.
Have posted a piccy of the 7148 Autowasher Electronic below would be the first version of the machine, pictures of which you posted Darren (yours was a 71258).
cheers
paul
They are smart looking machines.
Have posted a piccy of the 7148 Autowasher Electronic below would be the first version of the machine, pictures of which you posted Darren (yours was a 71258).
cheers
paul
matchboxpaul
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and finally, the replacement for the 7148.....the 7168, from circa 1986.
Cant really see any difference to be honest. Any ideas?
This is the final piccy I have of the four digit 71xx's.
To see any others would be great.
regards
Paul
Cant really see any difference to be honest. Any ideas?
This is the final piccy I have of the four digit 71xx's.
To see any others would be great.
regards
Paul
matchboxpaul
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told a porky.....found this.
Its part of a full facia piccy of the 7148/7168, which shows the programmer and timedisc.
Paul
Its part of a full facia piccy of the 7148/7168, which shows the programmer and timedisc.
Paul
westingman123
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I never see a Bendix but I think of the wonderful Jean Kerr.
I suppose they were more of an east coast brand, as I have no
recollection of them in my early midwest memories, but "ain't"
they pretty!
I suppose they were more of an east coast brand, as I have no
recollection of them in my early midwest memories, but "ain't"
they pretty!
paulinroyton
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Hi Paul, (Matchboxpaul), Think my Aunty had it on a wooden floor at first, then they moved and washer was on a concretre floor. Would love to see a photo of this machine again, it was fab.
Regards
Paul
Regards
Paul
paulinroyton
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Bendix
I remember my Mum having a Bendix 7147. It was a fab machine. I use to play with the spin switch, flicking it from 400 / 800, lol. If I can remember programme 2, a hot wash, would be done in just over 45 mins. Had a massive big drum, sloping door, and stainless steel door to.
What a pity these machines are not made anymore.
Paul
I remember my Mum having a Bendix 7147. It was a fab machine. I use to play with the spin switch, flicking it from 400 / 800, lol. If I can remember programme 2, a hot wash, would be done in just over 45 mins. Had a massive big drum, sloping door, and stainless steel door to.
What a pity these machines are not made anymore.
Paul
matchboxpaul
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Hi Paul
The much missed 7147.
All silver facia 7147A machine, or the follow on 7147B with black and brown facia bands?
My home Economics room had a 7147A and I bagsied the table right at the back of the room - for three years of Home Economics, I was less than a metre away from it!
Fantastic machine and VERY quiet and smooth.
Paul
p.s 7147B below
The much missed 7147.
All silver facia 7147A machine, or the follow on 7147B with black and brown facia bands?
My home Economics room had a 7147A and I bagsied the table right at the back of the room - for three years of Home Economics, I was less than a metre away from it!
Fantastic machine and VERY quiet and smooth.
Paul
p.s 7147B below
matchboxpaul
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Ever Decreasing Circles
First episode you catch glimpses of their Bendix machine - think its a one dial jobby (monitor is a bit rubbish to be able to make it out for sure).
Scroll through to around 2.00mins - he even loads football kit into it, but the camera never pans down! grrrrr.
Anyways enjoy the fleeting glimpses.
Paul
First episode you catch glimpses of their Bendix machine - think its a one dial jobby (monitor is a bit rubbish to be able to make it out for sure).
Scroll through to around 2.00mins - he even loads football kit into it, but the camera never pans down! grrrrr.
Anyways enjoy the fleeting glimpses.
Paul
matchboxpaul
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From clicking on Davids link to the Instruction manuals, I stumbled across this version of the square door Bendix, but in rarer single dial form.....the 7129 Autowasher
aquarius1984
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tut tut Paul, did you not notice anythng else in the EDC clip?
aquarius1984
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1.06 Hotpoint Liberator dryer - back of it minus vent hose
3.30 - he was using Persil Automatic
clearer at 3.50
3.30 - he was using Persil Automatic
clearer at 3.50
nickuk
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OK, confession time. I have all Ever Decreasing Circles on VHS. There is an episode later on whereby Martin overloads the machine with curtains and it jumps about. (Fake unfunny `Man can't cope' type scene) You see the machine really clearly, but I don't know how to put VHS to Youtube and don't really have the time.
Anyway, the machine is the 3 button, 500 spin Bendix. We had the four button 800 spin version of it. Dreadful machine, and certainly no relation to the `round button' predecessors made by Philco despite looking so similar. I suggested my parents bought one due to my high opinions of the round button Bendix machines and was sorely disappointed. Think these were actually Merloni (not Indesit, Servis) machines. Ours was an absolute pig and neither ingested detergent, washed, rinsed or span well. Oh and it took the softener down on about the first rinse too. I have heard better things about the single speed model, the one Martin had.
Well done Rob - had always wondered what dryer that was, wonder if Peter Eagon still has the matching Liberator washer and what he'd take for it LOL
Anyway, the machine is the 3 button, 500 spin Bendix. We had the four button 800 spin version of it. Dreadful machine, and certainly no relation to the `round button' predecessors made by Philco despite looking so similar. I suggested my parents bought one due to my high opinions of the round button Bendix machines and was sorely disappointed. Think these were actually Merloni (not Indesit, Servis) machines. Ours was an absolute pig and neither ingested detergent, washed, rinsed or span well. Oh and it took the softener down on about the first rinse too. I have heard better things about the single speed model, the one Martin had.
Well done Rob - had always wondered what dryer that was, wonder if Peter Eagon still has the matching Liberator washer and what he'd take for it LOL
aquarius1984
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No probs Nick,
Funny you should mention about the Bendix being made by Merloni (Servis) as the picture above of the 7124 shows it has a different drum to the other Bendix machines.
Its been bugging me for days about that one but it does look like the Servis drum although it has a hint of Candy Domino too.
Not a true Bendix me thinks.
ANyways back of a Hotpoint dryer....
Typical cant find a pic of the back of one of ours, wonder if Paul has one????
Funny you should mention about the Bendix being made by Merloni (Servis) as the picture above of the 7124 shows it has a different drum to the other Bendix machines.
Its been bugging me for days about that one but it does look like the Servis drum although it has a hint of Candy Domino too.
Not a true Bendix me thinks.
ANyways back of a Hotpoint dryer....
Typical cant find a pic of the back of one of ours, wonder if Paul has one????
paulinroyton
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Thanks Paul
Hi Paul.
The photo of Bendix 7147b looks great. I can remember my mums 7147. The machine was so quiet, even on spin. It also took under 1 hour to complete a load, unlike machines today.
Paul
Hi Paul.
The photo of Bendix 7147b looks great. I can remember my mums 7147. The machine was so quiet, even on spin. It also took under 1 hour to complete a load, unlike machines today.
Paul
superelectronic
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Spotted - more mid 80s Bendix action on TV
Last night at 1am I was drawn into watching an episode of Dempsey and Makepeace on ITV3. The plots are totally implausible but it's good for a look at the mid 80s on location (reminder of my early childhood) and seems to have been shot in and around inner South London where I currently reside. Anyway, in this episode from 1985 featuring Suzi Quatro as the villain (wearing a jump suit and sculptured spiky hair requiring at least one can of hair lacquer - one of my sisters had something similar) one scene has Dempsey in the laundry room of a block of mansion flats...and in that laundry room there were several of the Bendix machines as shown in this thread! He was using the 6 button version with progress dial by the looks of it.
Talk about coincidence!
In later episodes he has a Hoover Electron in another flat.
Just wanted to share that one...haven't got time at the moment to track it down as link, if one even exists.
Alex
Last night at 1am I was drawn into watching an episode of Dempsey and Makepeace on ITV3. The plots are totally implausible but it's good for a look at the mid 80s on location (reminder of my early childhood) and seems to have been shot in and around inner South London where I currently reside. Anyway, in this episode from 1985 featuring Suzi Quatro as the villain (wearing a jump suit and sculptured spiky hair requiring at least one can of hair lacquer - one of my sisters had something similar) one scene has Dempsey in the laundry room of a block of mansion flats...and in that laundry room there were several of the Bendix machines as shown in this thread! He was using the 6 button version with progress dial by the looks of it.
Talk about coincidence!
In later episodes he has a Hoover Electron in another flat.
Just wanted to share that one...haven't got time at the moment to track it down as link, if one even exists.
Alex
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