Hotpoint UK circa 1963 brochure & other pics

[keymatic]

Hi Mike, are the pictures you have loaded above from a set of pamphlets that EE produced ? I think I have this set too, laundry, cooking, etc.. Something tells me that would have been the first EE twinny, as those pamphlets advertise the Auto Liberator's, which date from about 1960.

4 1420's ??? I got it off ebay about 3 years ago, and collected it from North London, it was in a poor state, but managed to keep the top grey surround, spinner unit, and other bits. Very, very weird set up with the emptying of the wash tub and spinner. Currently @ work so can't access files, but will over the weekend.

Keith

 

[keymatic]

Hi Al,
Ohhh crumbs don't start about the Vactric..that machine is so in my top 10 of wanted machines..It had a fibreglass washtub, folding Acme power wringer and concealed emptying hose !! fantasic machine, finding one, would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
K

 

[aquarius8000]

thank you all for posting,

Much appreciate it and gives me hours of enjoyment.

 

[vacbear58]

OK, so the count is now up to three

Pre the "Supermatic" EE twinnie

From April 1964 - the 4043, no pictures I am afraid.

 

[vacbear58]

Twin star

The report says the 4043 has been updated to the twinstar - half way down on right hand side. And on a slight drift - I wonder will a Stella Gemini ever turn up

 

[vacbear58]

March 65

Still 4043 but now Twin Star

 

[vacbear58]

Control Panels

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[vacbear58]

A challenge

Try naming all the machines in this picture - i think the EE that Mike posted earlier is at the front, maybe his was the predecessor to the twin star

 

[vacbear58]

Moving on to 1967

This table of convience ratings indicates more forgotten models. The Liberator twin makes it appearence, but I find strange differences between it and the Supermatic considering they were so similar/ The twinstar is stil knocking about too

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi guys

my, how the thread is developing! great that it is expanding and wonder what other snippets will come out.

Thanks Al for the Which reports.

Keith - will email you the 1420 piccy on sunday.

Courtesy of the KAYS Catalogue archive, is a nice piccy of the English Electric Twin Star from 1966...

 

[matchboxpaul]

and Keith - you mentioned the name 'Challenge'.

Mail order catalogue exclusives and all through the 60s, Kays Catalogues were riddled with vacuums, irons and a selection of twin tubs bearing said title.

In 1964, they were provided courtesy of ACME...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Before English Electric got in on the act...

 

[matchboxpaul]

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[matchboxpaul]

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[matchboxpaul]

and a nice page, with the reversomatic front loader.

Unfortunately, this early on, KAYS didnt provide model numbers. grrrrr.

 

[rolls_rapide]

Oh! the Acme's side screws...

...look similar to the Rolls Rapide's!

You can just make 'em out in my avatar!

 

[aquarius8000]

English Electric liberator

Can you tell me more about it and its ancesters?

 

[aquarius8000]

And for above the matching washer,RARE ON EBAY

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/English-E...K_Collectables_Vintage_RL&hash=item19c6c49681

 

[vacbear58]

Challenge

Paul

Except that the Challenge is English Electric - it says so in the ad! And I believe that the cooker just visible in the back of the photo in reply 103 is an EE too. I believe Challenge was a Kays "exclusive" line - I have seen "Challenge" Hoover Juniors - the beautiful lilac one. And the picture in reply 104 very clearly shows the "Rolls" ancestry - with the re-circulation/tub emptying nozzle on the right hand side.

Al

 

[vacbear58]

Acme

Not seen that one before although it appears in Which reports. If it was manufactured by Rolls/Tallent then it is the only one I have seen with the Spinarinse/Supermatic type drain tube. I wonder how the filter worked?

Al

 

[vacbear58]

Liberator Auto

To kick off with the ebay item - that has been listed before, and discussed on here. I suspect the price might be more reasonable now than previously. Others can tell more about teh difficulties in trying to secure it.

The EE Liberator auto has its origins in Westinghouse Spacemaker designs, and first appeared in late 1959/early 1960. Although Bendix appear to have been the first autos sold in this country, and the Thor Automagic also appeared here before the EE, I suspect that it might have been the first auto manufactured in this country. There were several different iterations of this model before it was replaced by the later model (of which there were also several varities) shown above in reply 104. This too is a Westinghouse design.

Al

 

[ozzie908]

All I can say is ......

WOW.

How wonderful to see all these great machines again its like a trip down memory lane...

Thank you everyone for all the information its amazing !!

Austin

 

[keymatic]

EE - Twinstar Literature...

Hi Guys, found some of the stuff I was on about on Friday, there is an English Electric basic appliance line-up from 1966, an open-up A4 - A3 pamphlet showing the New Twinstar from 1964, i had forgotten that i have the user guide to the mid-60's machine.

 

[keymatic]

EE - Twin star 1964

"the new features....

 

[chestermikeuk]

Twin Star

Hi Keith good stash there, can you post the Twin Star instruction book please by page, would be great to see the differences etc... and yes its 4 1400`s in existance
,does the cooker lineup include the Rapide 66 by any chance??

Heres the assembly line!!

 

[chestermikeuk]

Hotpoint 1400

Washing away...

 

[keymatic]

Morning Mike,
I will see what i can do, I must pop out and get a scanner at some point, makes it soo much easier than taking pic's and then transferring.

With ref to the 1400's, do you remember that 1400 that was on ebay a couple of years ago which looked in mint condition, but the seller withdrew it before bidding started..do you know if anyone got it from memory..?

I have had to split the stash up now into folders with pockets in, Hotpoint/Hoover/Servis & Misc..

Hopefully upload that instruction book soon.
K

 

[vacbear58]

Rapide 66

Mike

I suspect that the Rapide 66 might be slighly later than this brochure. My parents bought the double oven Rapide 68 in 1974 (which I think was probably at the every end of its product line) although my aunt Jean had a Rapide 66 somewhat earlier than that, as I remember it.

Al

 

[chestermikeuk]

Hotties

Hi Keith, yes I find scanning easier, but I must say Paul does a grand job of making the photos look great, cant say I remeber the one on ebay, we are rebuilding / spa & spraying mine, johns & fannys at the moment...mines up next the plastic pump shattered when I tried to remove it, very problematic as its on the end of the motor, but I`m sure an electric one will do (Purists Take a Deep Breath..Lol)

Al, they where great cookers, I have a 57 but the family model was the Rapide 66, love the kool blue colour!!!

 

[keymatic]

1400...

Hi Mike,
Yep those pumps can be a nightmare, I have seen both types, one where the drive comes straight of the wash motor, and also the friction drive type that is sprung loaded against the wash motor fan. I took mine our and replaced it with a electric pump, it works just fine.
The other 1400's are they later or earlier models ? Do they all have the valve box, or empty via the nozzel ? Mine doesn't have the empty valve, but it is the latter 1400, with the blue control panel.
Keith