optima
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TI Creda
The closest find yet to the classic Rhythm Spin 10500
The closest find yet to the classic Rhythm Spin 10500
Creda One Thousand Electronic 10700 Restoration
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matchboxpaul
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Flippin' heck!
Hi James.
Well, what can be said, apart from another great job!
The machine looks superb and, like Craig, I cannot wait for the videos.
Thanks for taking the photos of the inside of the machine. The simplicity and tidiness of the inside is why I asked, as it didn't look festooned with wiring looms. Very neat and tidy.
The blingness of the chrome door, polished to perfection alongside the new paint finish. Just like they were when new. Brilliant.
Lid wise - put the word around your repair shop contacts! Would have to be square edged with no trims - so no Hotpoint 95. No formica tops - so no Hoover. Regular width - so no piano key Servis.
I would imagine a Creda tumble Dryer lid would work, though the deep lid only. Maybe a Zanussi FL lid?
Fingers crossed you find a suitable replacement, as it would (obviously) totally finish the job.
Honestly, the restoration is great. It took a while, but finally a black fascia Creda is preserved!
Roll on the videos.
Paul
p.s you missed a bit - get that bloody kickstrip wiped over!
Hi James.
Well, what can be said, apart from another great job!
The machine looks superb and, like Craig, I cannot wait for the videos.
Thanks for taking the photos of the inside of the machine. The simplicity and tidiness of the inside is why I asked, as it didn't look festooned with wiring looms. Very neat and tidy.
The blingness of the chrome door, polished to perfection alongside the new paint finish. Just like they were when new. Brilliant.
Lid wise - put the word around your repair shop contacts! Would have to be square edged with no trims - so no Hotpoint 95. No formica tops - so no Hoover. Regular width - so no piano key Servis.
I would imagine a Creda tumble Dryer lid would work, though the deep lid only. Maybe a Zanussi FL lid?
Fingers crossed you find a suitable replacement, as it would (obviously) totally finish the job.
Honestly, the restoration is great. It took a while, but finally a black fascia Creda is preserved!
Roll on the videos.
Paul
p.s you missed a bit - get that bloody kickstrip wiped over!
electradeluxe
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Hi James
The machine looks like new! Well done mate, looking forward to the videos!!
Neil
The machine looks like new! Well done mate, looking forward to the videos!!
Neil
supermaticjames
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Hi guys,
Thanks for all your lovely comments. I'm just glad it's back to it's former glory, it makes the effort 100% worth it.
Mathew, I hope that won't happen to me with mine! They fill so high during the rinses - exactly half way up the glass, which can be quiet scary! A Hoover 1100 of that kind must get its airtime by any means possible haha! I must post a thread on it ASAP now that the all important parts have arrived.
Craig, I think you're right about the interim spins although I haven't had the chance to find out. I will get a wash done soon and see what it does. I do hope that one day a square door Creda can be saved, they are really smart looking machines.
Neil, many thanks! I'm having a little problem with the plumbing to my wash house at the moment but once it's sorted I will have videos to produce of several machines haha!
Paul, thank you. Yes it's a very neat and tidy machine both externally design wise and internally. Hopefully it won't be long until I find a new lid but if I get a dryer I won't have to worry haha! The kickstrip will be sorted soon just in time for its video debut.
James
Thanks for all your lovely comments. I'm just glad it's back to it's former glory, it makes the effort 100% worth it.
Mathew, I hope that won't happen to me with mine! They fill so high during the rinses - exactly half way up the glass, which can be quiet scary! A Hoover 1100 of that kind must get its airtime by any means possible haha! I must post a thread on it ASAP now that the all important parts have arrived.
Craig, I think you're right about the interim spins although I haven't had the chance to find out. I will get a wash done soon and see what it does. I do hope that one day a square door Creda can be saved, they are really smart looking machines.
Neil, many thanks! I'm having a little problem with the plumbing to my wash house at the moment but once it's sorted I will have videos to produce of several machines haha!
Paul, thank you. Yes it's a very neat and tidy machine both externally design wise and internally. Hopefully it won't be long until I find a new lid but if I get a dryer I won't have to worry haha! The kickstrip will be sorted soon just in time for its video debut.
James
optima
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Creda "TI" One Thousand
The wait for this is unreal.
The wait for this is unreal.
supermaticjames
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Hi Craig,
I'm getting work done to my wash house, so I can't use anything apart from the Hoover New Wave, Hotpoint 1509 and Hotpoint 1600 for the time being. I'm hoping the work will be finished soon so I can get it back to normal.
James
I'm getting work done to my wash house, so I can't use anything apart from the Hoover New Wave, Hotpoint 1509 and Hotpoint 1600 for the time being. I'm hoping the work will be finished soon so I can get it back to normal.
James
keymatic3203
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How is the 1600
coming along James, you've been quiet over the past couple of weeks.
Mathew
coming along James, you've been quiet over the past couple of weeks.
Mathew
supermaticjames
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Hi Mathew,
The Hotpoint 1600 has went through its maiden wash and works beautifully, I’ve just posted an update on its thread. Sorry for being quiet recently, a colleague was on holiday for a week so I had to cover for her and work has been busy in general with the good weather getting more people out and about. I’m using my days off wisely haha!
James
The Hotpoint 1600 has went through its maiden wash and works beautifully, I’ve just posted an update on its thread. Sorry for being quiet recently, a colleague was on holiday for a week so I had to cover for her and work has been busy in general with the good weather getting more people out and about. I’m using my days off wisely haha!
James
supermaticjames
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Video!!!
Hi all,
Apologies for the ever increasing delay in getting this video uploaded - my personal life is taking first priority at the moment. Finally! Here is a video of the Creda One Thousand doing a great job with some bed linen. The programming is similar to that of a pre-Logic Hoover but what I really like is how stable this machine is when it’s spinning, it seems that Creda’s 3 strategically placed weights around the tub work really well.
Kind regards,
James
http://https//youtu.be/x2yHtGXCLy8
Hi all,
Apologies for the ever increasing delay in getting this video uploaded - my personal life is taking first priority at the moment. Finally! Here is a video of the Creda One Thousand doing a great job with some bed linen. The programming is similar to that of a pre-Logic Hoover but what I really like is how stable this machine is when it’s spinning, it seems that Creda’s 3 strategically placed weights around the tub work really well.
Kind regards,
James
http://https//youtu.be/x2yHtGXCLy8
electradeluxe
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Hi James
Great work!! Really enjoyed this thread and it's so great after all these years to see one in action,
Well done mate!!
Neil
Great work!! Really enjoyed this thread and it's so great after all these years to see one in action,
Well done mate!!
Neil
warmsecondrinse
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Ah yes, another morning's coffee time spent on a restoration thread on aw.org instead of attending to my own much less interesting administrivia.
I never knew that paint finish was called Hammerlite.
A GREAT read. Thanks!
Jim
I never knew that paint finish was called Hammerlite.
A GREAT read. Thanks!
Jim
Makes me smile. I know every sound it makes.
Superb James. Yep I’m pleased you bought it. I’m pleased I was able to sell it, rather than take it down to the council tip and scrap it, for that was what would have happened if I hadn’t stumbled on this website.
Here's how it looked just prior to selling it and sending it off to James.
It was still working and in use, but it was tired, and as you can see from what James had to do, it needed two things **immediately**, -- both of which I couldn't find. 1) A left suspension leg/damper. 2) A DECENT quality drum bearing. (I'd fitted what were obviously cheap copies, and they didn't last).
So sadly after owning this from new, bought for my mother when she was alive, it was ** VERY RELUCTANTLY **, time for me to buy a new washing machine.
Having been used thousands of times, and washed the filthiest of grease stained overalls and jeans, washed out all kinds of dirt and grime including building site filth, and on numerous occassions, it just shows you how well it was made.
Mind you, I have to say, I do look after things. When this was bought, it was because research at the time, suggested it was the best for the price, which was always and still is my philosohy. Buy the best you can afford and look after it. So once it was bought, it was ALWAYS going to be looked after. But 3 house moves, and kitchen rebuilds and decorating around it, took it's toll.
Sadly too, I threw away the top cover -- which I'd kept for years before throwing it away. Originally it stood with the matching dryer and stacking kit. When I first moved, I still had room to stack them, but my last move meant that I had to have them free standing, and the 10700 had to go under the worktop as in this picture. But by then, I'd thrown the top cover away. Bummer.
But anyway. The strap on the top of the drum is my replacement for the original which snapped one day, and allowed the rear to fall back and try and eat it's way out of the back. The noise was horrendous. This bit of webbing is from some upholstery stuff I had, and has been on there for at least 10 years. The chrome door, was always wiped and kept clean and dry, for the very purpose of preventing it rusting. But that said the quality of the chroming is very good anyway.
The programmer.
Many years ago, when I lived in Streatham (London), there was an appliance spares supplier nearby(Brixton Hill) who kept an amazing array of parts. One day the programmer got stuck mid programe. I looked at the price of a complete new assembly and baulked the price. But this supplier even kept the internal blades for the programmer. So being a bit techy -- and a bit tight lol--, I took it apart and replaced the worn blades/contacts. I didn’t have a wiring diagram or the like, so I made my own. Here’s the schematic I drew at the time, as I took it apart, so that I knew how to put it back together again. That was over 20 years ago, so I must have done it right. Lol.
Apart from that, it has had remarkably little work/parts replaced – prior to the rebuild by James, and it was actually still useable – albeit noisy and not very stable when spinning.
Yes indeed, brilliant job of restoration James. I can’t see why it can’t do another 35 plus years, worth of washes.
I hope my Miele replacement lasts at least half as long.
And meanwhile the Creda Reversair 37405 rear vent tumble dryer, that used to sit on top, just keeps on going, and is in pretty much showroom condition.
Superb James. Yep I’m pleased you bought it. I’m pleased I was able to sell it, rather than take it down to the council tip and scrap it, for that was what would have happened if I hadn’t stumbled on this website.
Here's how it looked just prior to selling it and sending it off to James.
It was still working and in use, but it was tired, and as you can see from what James had to do, it needed two things **immediately**, -- both of which I couldn't find. 1) A left suspension leg/damper. 2) A DECENT quality drum bearing. (I'd fitted what were obviously cheap copies, and they didn't last).
So sadly after owning this from new, bought for my mother when she was alive, it was ** VERY RELUCTANTLY **, time for me to buy a new washing machine.
Having been used thousands of times, and washed the filthiest of grease stained overalls and jeans, washed out all kinds of dirt and grime including building site filth, and on numerous occassions, it just shows you how well it was made.
Mind you, I have to say, I do look after things. When this was bought, it was because research at the time, suggested it was the best for the price, which was always and still is my philosohy. Buy the best you can afford and look after it. So once it was bought, it was ALWAYS going to be looked after. But 3 house moves, and kitchen rebuilds and decorating around it, took it's toll.
Sadly too, I threw away the top cover -- which I'd kept for years before throwing it away. Originally it stood with the matching dryer and stacking kit. When I first moved, I still had room to stack them, but my last move meant that I had to have them free standing, and the 10700 had to go under the worktop as in this picture. But by then, I'd thrown the top cover away. Bummer.
But anyway. The strap on the top of the drum is my replacement for the original which snapped one day, and allowed the rear to fall back and try and eat it's way out of the back. The noise was horrendous. This bit of webbing is from some upholstery stuff I had, and has been on there for at least 10 years. The chrome door, was always wiped and kept clean and dry, for the very purpose of preventing it rusting. But that said the quality of the chroming is very good anyway.
The programmer.
Many years ago, when I lived in Streatham (London), there was an appliance spares supplier nearby(Brixton Hill) who kept an amazing array of parts. One day the programmer got stuck mid programe. I looked at the price of a complete new assembly and baulked the price. But this supplier even kept the internal blades for the programmer. So being a bit techy -- and a bit tight lol--, I took it apart and replaced the worn blades/contacts. I didn’t have a wiring diagram or the like, so I made my own. Here’s the schematic I drew at the time, as I took it apart, so that I knew how to put it back together again. That was over 20 years ago, so I must have done it right. Lol.
Apart from that, it has had remarkably little work/parts replaced – prior to the rebuild by James, and it was actually still useable – albeit noisy and not very stable when spinning.
Yes indeed, brilliant job of restoration James. I can’t see why it can’t do another 35 plus years, worth of washes.
I hope my Miele replacement lasts at least half as long.
And meanwhile the Creda Reversair 37405 rear vent tumble dryer, that used to sit on top, just keeps on going, and is in pretty much showroom condition.
matchboxpaul
Well-known member
Hi Peter.
Well, as far as I know, your machine is still the only preserved black fascia Creda out there and I am so grateful that you offered it into the hands of appliance preservationists.
Had you not done that, then there still would be a big gap in the ranks of preserved UK manufactured machines and, to put in bluntly, Creda needs all the help it can get as far as machines in preservation is concerned.
I have James' Creda video saved into my own YouTube favourites - a superb machine!
Regards
Paul
p.s seems that during development there was a plan to produce a model below the 10700, with just a single option button. Likely to be a prototype, as far as I know, no such model ever went into production which makes this image (courtesy of one of RobM's catalogue dvd's) rather rare.
Well, as far as I know, your machine is still the only preserved black fascia Creda out there and I am so grateful that you offered it into the hands of appliance preservationists.
Had you not done that, then there still would be a big gap in the ranks of preserved UK manufactured machines and, to put in bluntly, Creda needs all the help it can get as far as machines in preservation is concerned.
I have James' Creda video saved into my own YouTube favourites - a superb machine!
Regards
Paul
p.s seems that during development there was a plan to produce a model below the 10700, with just a single option button. Likely to be a prototype, as far as I know, no such model ever went into production which makes this image (courtesy of one of RobM's catalogue dvd's) rather rare.
Hi Paul,
It's amazing to think that this is so rare. All the time it was sitting in my kitchen, it never occured to me that it was of interest to anyone excpept me, and for as long as I could get spares for it and keep it going, I had no reason to replace it. If I'd have known of a source for the suspension leg and a genuine drum bearing, I'd probably still have it.
Although with my creeping age, I have to confess I'm glad not to have to contamplate working on it. So I'm doubly pleased that this group exist, and that James has given it a new lease of life.
That picture of yours jogs my memory. I seem to recall that was for sale at the time I bought the double button version. I seem to remember thinking that the small saving on cost wasn't worth it. But maybe that's just a false memory, as I'm pretty certain I bought the machine as early as 1980 or maybe even in 1979.
Peter.
It's amazing to think that this is so rare. All the time it was sitting in my kitchen, it never occured to me that it was of interest to anyone excpept me, and for as long as I could get spares for it and keep it going, I had no reason to replace it. If I'd have known of a source for the suspension leg and a genuine drum bearing, I'd probably still have it.
Although with my creeping age, I have to confess I'm glad not to have to contamplate working on it. So I'm doubly pleased that this group exist, and that James has given it a new lease of life.
That picture of yours jogs my memory. I seem to recall that was for sale at the time I bought the double button version. I seem to remember thinking that the small saving on cost wasn't worth it. But maybe that's just a false memory, as I'm pretty certain I bought the machine as early as 1980 or maybe even in 1979.
Peter.
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