Hotpoint New Generation Exclusive 1535 and Creda Reversair 37404

[supermaticjames]

Picked up these on Saturday morning in good condition. The 1535 was a bit of a surprise, it is my first New Generation Hotpoint and it's an Exclusive model, I don't know exactly how rare it is but the sad part is that it is based on the basic 95130 and it lacks the original door or trim but luckily the trim isn't that noticeable but the door is annoying because the replacement Polar white one doesn't 100% suit it. I might try my luck at the spares shop that were so helpful to me before, they have some NOS so maybe they can help. Doubt any of you guys would have a grey door for it? It's from 1985 anyway and it works perfect it's actually really clean inside and out!

The Reversair shows much more use with the usual scratches in the drum and door area but that's just from zippers and studs I suppose. It also seems to have the same wear are the buttons seen on many Liberators with that faded kind of effect. The clockwork timer needed lubricated because it wouldn't countdown so I'm thinking that it ran for a good few hours and overheated by the smell of the drum, there was some cremated fluff about. However once the timer was refitted and the machine was turned on it all worked fine and the heaters were inspected to find that all is in safe working order. I suppose if I run it with some bounce or even run it outside for a while it will smell much more pleasing. I am really interested in how the reversing mechanism works it's so simple and accurate every 70 seconds. Venting the bugger will be tricky because its like an oversized compact!

James.

 

[supermaticjames]

Of course these are pre-cleaning pics

 

[supermaticjames]

In daylight at last!

 

[supermaticjames]

Ratings plate

 

[supermaticjames]

In the shed but I'm not sure where it will go yet because of the upcoming refurb.

 

[supermaticjames]

The Reversair. I know where it will go after the refurb so you will see soon.

 

[supermaticjames]

Finally the ratings plate, a powerful dryer anyway! Can anybody date? I think its 1980.

 

[optima]

Dryer

Lovely finds especially the Ti Creda Dryer.

Now if only they was a very very old late square door 70s Ti Creda Washer to be found, it will happen.

 

[supermaticjames]

Wouldn't mind finding the matching "one thousand" washer for it!

 

[seamusuk]

The 1535.....

Hey Guys
Was that machine not an English Electric badged exclusive for Comet in the UK mainland?
Seamus

 

[aquarius8000]

James!!!

Love it! Love it! Love it! That's all I can say alongside 'Congrats!'! Love these Hotpoints in the grey, fingers crossed a door will kick up! May be getting something on the lines of a L*******r soon lol as well as an AEG 16800

Seamus, yes, Gary (Electron1100) did find one but it got scrapped.

Chris

 

[supermaticjames]

Thanks Chris, I have grown used to the basic quirkiness of my exclusive now. Sadly I cant get a door locally. I have feeling that this machine will be keeping its polar one for a long time but it doesn't really throw me off, sure white door, white cabinet, the side and lid strips are white and original as some photos prove so it's not exactly Picasso. Trying the dryer out tomorrow and I suppose I could boil the 1535 up.

James.

 

[miele4life]

great finds once again, and 2 nice machines that I'm sure will do the business 4 u, my Nana has a Creda Debonair tumble dryer with 2 dials which would of matched the Micron washing machine and best of all, it's still going strong 2day, built like a tank these dryers lol

 

[fido]

English Electric

Yes, I think that washer would normally be English Electric but I suppose having the word "English" in the makers name would not have been a good idea in Ireland in those days. It might be possible to paint the door surround.

 

[paulc]

James

Are you entirely sure the door isn't original? The reason I say this is that the door has a grey handle and the side strips are white. The English Electric version had grey side strips if I recall. It is possible the machine was manufactured with a white door to match the white side strips and the addition of the grey handle to match the facia.

 

[aquarius8000]

Well, we'll see.

Anyway, I've just got a new machine, this pic may help! Hope you like it James! And an AEG 16800 too, but this is the best!

 

[electron1100]

English Electric

An EE Washer came in to work some time ago now, I don't think I saved it as it had too much wrong with it
The Reversair was my first reversing dryer and it was about 1980 that I had it, so its not to surprising its a bit knocked about

 

[supermaticjames]

Hey guys,

Thanks for the nice words, I think I will just live with the white door even if it's not 100% original. The strips are white so that will ease the pain haha! A lot of work will be going on in the shed of the next 3-4 weeks so I wont be able to clean and test it just yet. The Creda Reversair although working fine, smells horrible when running, I think it hasn't been used in ages because the drum and the elements have that "old" smell if you know what I mean. The elements are clean I just think it's old dust heating up. It will still keep going for another 30 years yet I can guarantee.

James.

 

[kevincampbell]

Hotpoint Creda

Are Hotpoint and Creda made by the same company?

 

[supermaticjames]

Hotpoint and Creda were two separate companies until Hotpoint bought Creda in the early 90s.

 

[matchboxpaul]

Having spent the last few weekends moving house, I am playing catch up with all the handful of excellent machines that people have managed to acquire.

Congrats to James on both of your finds. I've said it before to you, but wil say it again - remember your frustration, a mere couple of years ago, at not being able to find anything vintage in your neck of the woods? & look at where you are now!
Its great all the machines that you have managed to acquire and that you are in the enviable position of being able to plug and play with every single one of them - a situation that most of us don't find ourselves in.
All power to you.

The 37404 - one of those lived at number 16, operation alongside the very machine that Craid mentioned, in the form of a square door Creda 10500 Electronic de luxe. They are really solid dryers and hope that you manage to get it operating satisfactorily.

The 1535 was the basic Hotpoint/English Electric exclusive model, sold through Comet and Woolworths! Yep, Woolworths sold them apparrently too.
Dont be too troubled by its white door as, to my eyes, it looks perfectly fine and as paulc mentioned works well with the white side strips.
Any luck with testing it yet?

Paul

 

[matchboxpaul]

I moved out of Derby on Tuesday just gone but, before I left, I had to dispose of two woebegone wooden crates that my landlady had in her garage.

On taking them to pieces i discovered an old copy of, I think, the Sunday Express from 1985 when it was still a broadsheet paper.
I thought I'll just check through it, just in case, and on the penultimate page I found an advert that I thought might interest you.
Enjoy!

 

[supermaticjames]

Hi Paul,

Good luck with the move, I remember it like yesterday it was only 3 years ago, I didn't really know where to look online for a start but I think Gumtree helped, I found the Hoover and the Supermatic on that. The local free-ads paper has helped too and the local electrical shop has been getting in much better stuff this past year or so compared to when I started out when all they had on offer in the scrap was a measly WM52. The shed is getting a massive doing up too in a few weeks, I feel like starting with a blank canvas.

The Creda is lovely, the motor sounds unique to it which is what I like and although rough around the edges there is still loads of life in it yet. The reversing mechanism needs seeing to but because it doesn't always reverse but its not so much of a problem really.

The Hotpoint/English Electric is a lovely little runner which hasn't seen a lot of use in its past life, nothing wrong with it at all must have been the victim of an upgrade. I boiled it out yesterday and all was perfect. I was iffy about this one at the start since it was basic but it has grown on me now. I wonder if anybody has an EE drawer for it because there is no difference between the two variations of the machine bar the drawer. The white door doesn't bother me now so all is well.

Thank you for sharing that advert with us, I wouldn't mind the matching dryer or the compact even.

James.

 

[fido]

Interesting to see in that ad. that in those days the twin tub was a bit cheaper than the basic auto, although the TT must have cost more to manufacture. Later on the twin tubs became quite expensive when less people bought them.

 

[aegokocarat]

My mother had that creda dryer! she bought it second hand of my auntie Irene. When it was working it was briliant (according to mum), but it had a faulty safety switch and everytime the dryer was on, the catch would become soft and the door would open, she used to open the back door and face the dryer outside to vent it. She remembers being in my nans house having a cuppa and seeing some of our washing blow up into the garden because the door had opened, she got rid of it in 1998 months before I was born because it wasnt too safe and my nan had given her a creda reverseair condenser dryer which I grew up with.
Tom

 

[supermaticjames]

Just a little update. I think the 1535 may have came from Derry, there used to be a Woolworths there for over 36 years.