Hoover UK Washers & Dryers - 1st Keymatic to Final Electron

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A3112 Keymatic 1100...

 

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As was the case with the A3064...

so the A3114 Selectamatic 1100, was the ignored, seldom mentioned and seemingly hardly ever advertised top of the range machine...

 

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Higher model still...

but bottom of the pile, was the budget A3166 Automatic 610 - the first round door Hoover machine...

 

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Mystery machine...A3170 Automatic 800

as was the case with the A2020, A2044 and both Selectamatics, the Hoover A3170 Automatic 800 was an ignored model.

Probably introduced just before the start of the Electron branded machines, as the second budget round door machine, it was likely to have not been in production for all that long.
As such, apart from a single sided A4 servicing leaflet, information on this machine is hard to come buy and I have never seen a photo of it.

Anyone?

 

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and 2 dryers...

D6074 Dryer de luxe...

 

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and D6096 Dryer de luxe Creaseguard...

 

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Next comes the 1st Generation Electrons - later in the week.

Paul

 

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Ooops

forgot the exclusives again!

A3E10 Electra electronic 800...

 

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A3E12 Electra electronic deluxe 1100...

 

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A3H18 Aristocrat electronic 1100 by Hoover...

 

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This is probably...

the A3C16 Carlton electronic 1100, exclusive for Currys.

NO proper picture of this machine appears to have surfaced yet and only this mystery facia pic has ever been found.
Not being any of the other confirmed A3110 based models, all I can assume is that this was for an A3C16...

 

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Matching dryer for th Electras - the D6E16 dryer de luxe...

 

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Matching dryer for the Aristocrat - D6H28 Dryer by Hoover...

 

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and finally, the spare parts bin machines...

this was the final proud door machine, introduced in the summer of 1980 as a 'Summer Special' machine.

A3138 Automatic AS1...

 

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A3140 Automatic AS2...

 

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A3146 Autocare...

 

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and finally for tonight....

A3156 Autocare 1100...

 

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Electron's next, later in the week.
Paul

 

[markt5004]

Hi Paul

Firstly fabulous thread and I appreciate the time and effort you are putting into it.

Secondly you have cleared up a mystery for me. I now know the first second hand dryer I purchased when I got my flat in 1996 was a D6074. I have never known the model number so great to find out the info.

Its demise was due to the motor keep cutting out. I would have to let it sit and it would start again but eventually it wouldn't start at all. I new nothing about dryers then so it got replaced.

Thanks for the info.

Mark
x

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Mark.

Glad that you are enjoying the thread and that it has proved useful to you, in being able to identify your first dryer.
Thats a definite aim of this thread - to help people get an idea of what was made, when it was made and help in identifying machines generally.

Paul

 

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1982 - 1st series of Electron's

This series of machines were simply warmed over Smoother Hoover machines.

Model A3182 Electron 600 replaced the A3166...

 

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Model A3184 Electron 800, replaced the A3170...

 

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Model A3186 Electron 800 Dual Spin, replaced model A3108...

 

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A new Model....

in the form of A3188 Electron 800 E Dual Spin was introduced.

Despite the 'E', this model was core range and not an electricity board exclusive.
The 'E' was for economy (hence the extra button)...

 

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Model A3190 Electron 1100, replaced the A3110.

With the end of production of the Topline, Keymatic and Selectamatic, the A3190 became the top of the range model for Hoover...

 

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For this series of machines, only the Electricity Board Shops were graced with the production of an exclusive model.

Branded not as Electron, but utilising the old Electronic title, model A3172 electronic de luxe 1100 E was a smart looking model, courtesy of its flashes of green...

 

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the Electricity Board Shop exclusive dryer was the D6060 Dryer de luxe E...

 

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Hoover and its dryers....

...from this point onwards got a bit confusing.

The Electron range dryers, to the end of the Electron series, tended to be warmed over dryers from the previous ranges.

The first series of dryers, to match the Electron washers, were not branded Electron at all.

The basic dryer was model D6142 Dryer de luxe...

 

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with D6144 Dryer de luxe & Creaseguard being the top of the range - this was Hoovers first reversing dryer...

 

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The dryers were quickly restyled again, with the new models straddling series 1 and series 2 Electron washers, being sold with the end of the line A31XX machines and the early production run A32XX machines.

Model D6150 Dryer de luxe replaced model D6142...