Hoover D6294 At Work

[electron1100]

Picked up this rather nice example of a Hoover reversing dryer with the "Mean Machines" sticker on it

Havent tested it yet but visually looks to be in good condition

 

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pictures

full front

 

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Qaulity Control Sticker

Great Font

 

[chestermikeuk]

From Hoover Who Better..!!!

Nice one Gary, a classic dryer in every way, one of the best dryers around!! reverse action with creasguard, a gentle rumble and a steady warm breeze, took a couple of pence more than todays dryers, but perfect results!!!

 

[chestermikeuk]

Mean Machine..!!!!

Remember the new advertising campaign with these two..."Hale & Pace"..."Me & Ron"...!!!...everbody wondered "Why Use them"?? but it worked, couldnt forget them, give you nightmares!!!

 

[electron1100]

Hoover can handle it

Hello Mike

Nice to see you are now strong enough to leave your sickbed and tap a few keys )))

Thanks i am pretty pleased with it if and when i get a chance i will try it out............BUT as usual ROOM is a problem coz as you know i picked up the little gem on the left at the weekend............so i had made room for it.......argh what do i do now

Also i am going to look at a twin tub from a house clearance tomorrow , they dont know what it is..........

Anyway
Im glad you are up an about ;-)

 

[chestermikeuk]

And..a Brand New Factory as well

Built on the original Merthyr site, factory three, as seen back left, over the railway line!!! you can see the "WalkWay" above the railway line linking new & old...

 

[electron1100]

Hoover

This was their heyday in some ways............it so sad to see them now like other Britsh manufacturers..........

But hey ho gladly we mad gits keep them going and enjoy them all for what they are.

I do remember Hale & Pace.........yeah could have backfired on Hoover using them, but fortunately it didnt

Gary

 

[chestermikeuk]

Ohhh

Another Boys Toyz Set!!! well done, a lovely set, wow all these classics!!! You`ll have to do what the rest of us do, stuff & stack em, here, there and everywhere!!!

Thanks for your kind words and sympathy!!! I DONT reccommend this swine flu at all!!! It must be bad for me to miss your mini meet with the boys in Cardiff last weekend...LOl...I look like "Ron" in that pic above...LOL

 

[electron1100]

Caring 80s

Well having spent my 20s growing up with the caring conservatives through the 80s what else can i say........

We were all sorry you werent there, but we all got drunk an said "sod im" well have a good time , Mats Keymatic and selectamatic were wheeled out and played with!!! oh and filmed

I dont want to post pix as that is Pauls pleasure, though i have a few candid pix i would like to post but had better not.

So Mikey hopefully we will all meet at the ned of next month

Gary

 

[servisslimline]

another nice one

well done on finding a nice classic machine, not often you see one of those around, well done again
phil

 

[electron1100]

Hoover Dryer

Thanks Phil

I will try it out if it works ill clean it up and then find somewhere to store it

Gary

 

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Tested

Got a chance to try it uot today and yeah! it works, much as Mike described it, gentle motor noise........37 second reverse action, very nice

I will clean it up and try and store it some where.

Gary

 

[matchboxpaul]

Looks lovely Gary.

Always the case eh! The instant you make room, then something comes along and fills it again.

A fully operational, good condition machine, pensioned off for no real reason then? I dont know.

The A3060 and D6042 look stunning. Brings back memories for me, as a colleague of my mothers had the same pair, arranged like you have yours, but in an alcove just after you walked through the door.
Glad the A3060 has gone to a good home.

ta ta for now
Paul

 

[electron1100]

Dryers and things

Hello Paul

Glad your back with us.........
Aye tis a nice dryer sounds very nice, who knows why people get rid of working stuff.

But i will be doing the same, as you know i am not a lover of this range of machines (yes i know i am mad) so at some point i shall decide what to do with it.

I tried out the 3060 today and thought of you immediatly coz the programmer moans and clicks very loudly all the way through a cycle.

It all worked and washed beautifully (as these all do)......and even had balanced final spin......(it happens sometimes)

Two points, the belt is knackered and the suspension is a bit twisted so needs doing, i replaced the crush washer on the drum bearings and took up the slack and all seems well on that front.

Again thanks for a great weekend, not too long until the end of November!

Gary

Ps just one tiny thing, on Als thread about the dryer what do you mean "Usual Bendix" how very dare you!........

 

[aquarius1984]

Great weekend we had indeed, Gary those look fab together!
The more I see the more I may allow some more Hoover into the collection LOL.

Still cant get over the other find either as im sure Mathew cant too. To have both the unadvertised and probably only Selectamatic produced ever next to its matching dryer is unbelievable.

Hoover, Merthyr Tydfil well we couldnt go and see it on Tuesday without a few photos now could we.
Pleasant enough town too even if our spirits were killed with a horrendous downpour of rain forcing us to buy new jeans and socks to dry up.

 

[electron1100]

Weekend

Hello Rob

Yea twas a great weekend......all this stuff going on and then a knock at the door and there were two urchins clutching a Hoover ...... dryer! "ere mister wanna buy a dryer" .......what a find!!! just amazing round the corner to the selectamatic for god knows how long........amazing

I think you two were brave to go to the Hoover factory......as i couldnt do that now......it would depress me....

I understand a cetain other machine spat its dummy out of the pram or is that water ..........never mind it will get sorted

and the impromptu tour of Cardiff was a larf........

rob we are a bit closer to the end of November thats all i keep thinking.

Gary