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Well, the final classic Hotpoint purcahse of the year occurred a few weeks ago and I thought it about time to show her off a bit!

A total b1tch to move.
A total b1tch to store...
but what FUN.

She is a May 1985 Hotpoint 'New Generation' 96702 Super De Luxe L.E, complete with slightly cracked facia - wouldnt be a New/Next Generation Hotpoint without the wonderful fragile facia.
To give it its dues though, the cracks are due to escessive stresses placed on the facia during its life time.

Words of warning to all plastic facia Hotpoint top loader owners out there - dont pull the machine back by holding the middle of the facia. Causes the facia to want to buckle in the middle and causes the two end corners to ping!

I hasten to add - the machine was like this prior to purchase - not guilty guv'.

Anyway - enough waffle - to the piccies.

The first is as she was, when me and rob first clapped eyes on her. A bit mucky, but good bodywork and retaining her 5 year guarantee rosette...

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And here she is the day that she was collected by me, with help of Chestermike. Much obliged Mike - without your help, there is no way that that Saturday would have run as smoothly as it did. Thanks for doing the Transit van driving too.

Also has a spare (chipped at the corners as well) facia, following the usual Hotpoint New Generation habit. Namely me and Rob acquire a machine, but any spare facias are from the other colour machine!

This is a 96702 - its spare facia is from the white 96700.
We own a 95620 - its replacement facia came from an Almond 95622.

Have resigned myself to this occurring all the time with our new Gen purcahases - a roll of the eyes and shrug of the shoulders, accompanied by a brief sigh, sees us get over it.

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and the 5 year guarantee sticker.

I think it was this feature that really made myself and Rob smitten with the machine.
It is a lovely feature and matches our Next Generation Hotpoint 9410 Supermatic De Luxe, which also retains its rosette.

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Hi Kevin.

More piccies following soon!

She has the Hotpoint Spiraclean agitator with filterflow feature on the top, where you place your powder and which sifts the fluff and bits out of the wash.

Some vids will follow in a bit.

Cheers for viewing
Paul
 
The the weakest link - literally!

That brown plastic produced a very smart looking range of machines in the 'New Generations', even if it was their weak point in old age when it becomes very brittle.

Here we go then - the options buttons.

All pretty self explanatory, except for the Super Wash option.
All L.E (Low Energy) Hotpoint machines would wash, I think, 10 degrees lower than adververtised on the facia for each programme.
This could be overridden by pressing 'Super Wash' which bumbed, for example, a 40 degree programme upto 40 degress rather than 30.

Something like that anyway. If I am wrong, someone will put me right.

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Nothing really important to say except I was born in May 85 hehe. Nice machine! Always interested by the hotpoint top loaders. Ever since I saw one in Emmerdale lol. Oh! Congratulations!

David
 
and the programmer, with the wonderful see through plastic dial. The sign of a New Generation - easy to crack with too much force, with many a New Generation front loader seeing their see through dial replaced by the much less classy Next Generation solid dial. Much sturdier, but not as stylish in my opinion.

My intention, when the machine is permanently plumbed in and unlikely to be moved for a few years, is to remove the facia and to glue and strap that right hand crack back together again.
The left hand crack is slightly more difficult, as it has some plastic missing.
Still trying to fathom getting round the left hand one!

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Hi David.

Hope all is well with you.

Although my top loader interest was never as strong as that with the front loaders, I too have memories of them.

a Hotpoint 1504 lived opposite me and, for a good couple of years, I would open my curtains each morning and see it sat at the side of the neighbours house, after it was replaced by a Philips.
A mate of mine had a 1509 Liberator top loader. Obviously made an impression on his mother for, when it gave up the will to live, it was replaced by a 9604/9605 machine.

Cheers for commenting.
Paul
p.s I think the Emmerdale top loaders were 9600/9604/9605's. could be wrong though. Only watched emmerdale for their appliances - seem to remember a black facia Philips series 90 right hand drive and a grey facia Zanussi dishwasher.
 
Final one for tonight - taken the morning after she was collected and just before she was placed into 'shed store' for a few weeks waiting the day water would be added!

Will post the second chapter, involving water, and some vids tomorrow!

Until then - nighty night.
Paul

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Paul

I remember someone washing too many woolen jumpers and flooding the kitchen in Emmerdale. Well, i think it was! There was a grey Zanussi dishwasher in the big house.

Everything is well up here. bit cold!

David
 
Speaking of soap drama washing machines

Anyone noticed that Gail Platts kitchen has been replaced but she has hung on to her old Zanussi jetsystem washing machine..............says some thing for it

Paul & Rob it is great too see this machine coming along and i know it will be well restored and looked after.

one other thing, in the 1970s Ronnie Corbett was in a sitcom called "Sorry" in this his nagging mother had an early Hotpoint toploader in the huge open plan kitchen it was often in shot

Gary
 
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Nice one guys, glad you took the plunge and got the machine you wanted, I`m sure you can get that fascia sorted!!!

The great thing about these machines is the simple robustness of them, the design didnt change (except a few modifications & beefed up parts) since its inception in the 60`s, a porcelein spin tub with holes, poly plastic outertub, SpiraLator gyrator and Filter-Flow action, 10lb load, 2.8kw heater all topped off with a 1150rpm spin...

Heres Rob with the money shot getting his first fix:

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Hi Gary.

Yep - 'Sorry' provided a Hotpoint liberator top loader in the first series - have it on DVD.
Dont know how many series there were but, in a later series, they had a Hoover A30XX. Havent seen any Youtube footage of the latter but it was either an A3006/A3058 or A3060.

Memories eh!
Cheers
Paul
 
To the fun!

A couple of weeks ago Alex (Super Electronic) popped in to say hi, having been on business in Manchester.
Took the opportunity to try the 96 out.

We had to fill it up via hot water from the kitchen tap, balanced out with cold from the outside tap - bloody cold fill only provision!

I think Alex got a bit chilly - sorry mate:

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