Bosch 1966, we had one of those!

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foraloysius

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My mother bought this machine in 1966. It had four cycles, Stark (cottons intensive), Schonend (cottons light), S1 (permanent press) and S2 (delicates). There is a separate temperature control and a timer. The soap dispenser had two compartments, one for prewash and one for mainwash.

There was a separate insert that could be put in the prewash detergent compartment after the prewash for the fabric softener. The machine had a spinspeed of 760rpm which was quite fast for that time, Mieles in 1966 did only 700rpm IIRC.

Sweetest memories of this machine are the boilwash with the smell of the Dixan coming through the dispenser. How often did I open it just to smell!

Louis

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Prima !

..nostalgie ... double door (asko-like) Lavamats, squared door Siemens ... I remember my cousin's big door Constructa.
Maybe it was an hard mount design, as it was bolted on a cast iron pedestal to avoid spin jumping
I'd like to see some old Bauknechts and Zankers too :-P
Here they weren't as common as L. Clara and Mieles

Carlo
PS BTW your no-spin TL W402 & constructa are 2 jevels indeed !!
 
Carlo

Older Constructa's were indeed bolt down machines.

Thanks for your compliments about my little toploaders. My Miele is actually an Automatic. I love the Constructa too. Today I saw a Rondo Rondoflott in a thriftstore, that machine is even a bit smaller than the other ones. Unfortunately I didn't bring my camera.

Louis
 
Hi Louis

Thanks for sharing, I love these old Bosch machines. I was watching a great video on youtube by Vampyrxy and you can see how well made these machines were. If I'm not mistaken, I am counting 4 suspension mounts and a further side suspension mount.

Would love to own one of these but they are quite rare over hear. I get the impression AEG was more popular in the 60s and 70s.

Were these machines very expensive years ago?

Rob

 
Jon,

This machine doesn't have a double door, it's a single and very heavy one. The inner tub is stainless, the outer one enamel. Ofcourse it has two way tumbling like all European frontloaders.

Brent,

That wash tub is indeed quite huge for a European machine, it's 65 liters. Most other frontloaders had a tub somewhere between 42 and 50 liters. They rated the capacity for 5.5kg but it would hold much more.

Rob,

This Bosch is a totally different machine than the Siemens in that movie. Bosch and Siemens didn't have the joint venture in BSH yet. The Siemens is from 1982 and a much smaller machine.

My mother bought the Bosch for 1500 Dutch guilders back then in 1966 (€700.- or $940.-), a lot of money at that time, about the same price for a TOL AEG. Those only spun at 520rpm though. And this model wasn't even the TOL!
 
Hier kommt ... Constructa Waschautomat !!

I think my cousins'one was a latter model, as it had a no-spin switch on the right side.

Those had a shallow drum (more or less vol. 30 L ,so at ratio 1:10 they held 3 kg)

Jetcone - that Bosch isn't double-door. At those times only Aeg Lavamats were double door. It was necessary as safety device, as the glass door had a non flexyble gasket and the whole glass door moved with the tub while spinning.
Later when appliances started goin' under counter, also Bosch & Miele put the outer door. Indeed Miele has ever used a single door : the glass lid is mounted on the outer door

Carlo

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Waschvollautomat_Constructa_1950er.jpg
 
Digital archives...

I dove into my digital archives and found some more pictures of other models of this range. Bosch had a "Keymatic" kind of machine too, it was one step up from the model my mother had. An aunt of mine had this model. She bought it in 1966 too.

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The washer/dryer combo was also available with the key programming system. The keys allowed you to choose from 8 programmes. One of the rotary controls is the separate temperature control, the other the timer for the dryer. This is a 1969 model.

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Hi Louis, lovely machine to grow up with, looks so sturdy and solid, I bet it weighed a ton with all that enamel etc...was it quiet on spin?? did it whoosh straight up to the fast spin or distribute?? I wonder if it was an induction motor??

They do look similar to the bendix machines, I`ve thought that before...Ohh that keyplate Bosch would be a rare find I`m sure, but you never know!!!cheers, Mike
 
Mike

Yes, it was wonderful to grow up with such a machine. It was indeed a very heavy machine, must have weighed 130kg or something like that.

It had separate wash and spin motors, it spun straight up to 760 rpm, no distribution. With a separate motor for the pump according to American standards this would be a 3 motor machine. I don't think it had an induction motor, but I'm not really sure about that. The machine was not exactly quiet while spinning. It had a deep growl.
 

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