Gary's machines - an update on the Hoovers

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Here you go then Gary - an update on some of your machines a month and a bit down the line.
Sorry for the delay....

 

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A3060 Electronic 1100

A bit of background first.

First off the ebay photo of the machine at its first home in Cornwall Road, Darlington....

 

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Gary won it and me and my late father went and collected it. here is the machine in the back of my dad's car...

 

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it then resided in mine and rob's care for a few months, rubbing shoulders with some of its other Merthyr family...

 

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before heading down to Cardiff soon after, to meet its new owner who drove up to collect it....

 

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before it settled down into its new home in Cornwall - having resided in Cornwall Road in darlington, it was a bit strange that its second long term home would be in Cornwall...

 

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then came October and the news that Gary would be releasing his machines, for new owners to take them on.
With the passing of my father in March this year, this machine had taken on a degree of emotional baggage as far as I was concerned as I had collected it for Gary with my dad.

Thankyou to Gary for allowing me to take ownership of this machine.

Over the last few months Gary had done a heavy overhaul on the machine, the threads for which can be found in the forum archives....

 

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The machines were collected in October, with Al, Mathew, Mike and myself making room in our storage locations to squeeze these examples of Hoover's history into our collections.

Over 4 days, Mike drove from:

St.Helens to Cardiff
Cardiff to Saltash
Saltash to Cardiff
Cardiff to Crewe
Crewe to Derby
Derby to Crewe
&
Crewe to St. Helens

in a very BIG van dropping off and collecting machines en-route.

The four machines that I acquired were dropped off in Derby, to await a spring clean and a decision on where they would be based.

 

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Back to the A3060

Th A3060 was subjected to an external clean over and thick layer of polish a couple of weekends ago.

Here are some photos of the machine as the clean and polish progressed.

The New Magics were introduced in February 1978, with his machine dating from September of that year...

 

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lif off...

 

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details of the programmer timer...

 

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solonoids...

 

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pristine powder container...

 

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front to back view...

 

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after polishing...

powder drawer fascia...

 

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programme guide...

 

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programmer dial...

 

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and here it is!

 

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D6042 Dryer De Luxe

That same weekend saw me meet out some cleaning and polishing treatment to another of the machines - the matching dryer to the A3060.

The dryer dates from November 1978...

 

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The gubbins!

 

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The timer and heat switch...

 

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Standard bodyshells, so the dryer has all the cut outs required for it to be an A3090 Automatic, A3060 Electronic, A3062 Keymatic or A3064 Selectamatic...

 

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Nice clean backpanel, with vents for inhalation and vent aperture for exhalation...

 

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ta da!

 

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Door open...

 

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front...

 

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'New Magic' together

One weakness of many a Hoover of the 1960's and 1970's was that the kickstrip tape wrap would slide off the bodyshell, as the machine heated up and softened the glue.
The tape kickstrip on the washer has now been trimmed, so that it doesnt scrape and tear on the floor, and a layer or electrical tape applied to protect the base.
Unfortunately the tape is black, but doesnt detract too much. Do they do brown electrical tape ?

 

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