Indesit brochure

[alanlondon]

Hi everyone, this brochure is actually 12 pages long, but I've omitted the fridge/freezers/television/radio pages that Indesit made at the time. In my repair days I had many of the dishwasher come through hands, never found they cleaned very well, were noisy and I missed the wheels on the racks. Ironically at the time it used to make me laugh at the words on the front 'one day everything will be made this way' and I used to think I hope not! Hope there's something of interest here for you. Cheers, Alan

 

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[paulc]

Thank you so much for posting these pictures Alan, older indesit machines are some of my all time favorites.

 

[chestermikeuk]

"One Day Everything Will Be Built This Way".....

Evening Alan, you did make me laugh with that comment, funny but back then they where much sturdier than today`s appliances dont you think?

Funny how these where still selling at the time in 1979 when you think that most other big brands where pushing the faster spins of 800 to 1100rpm and yet only one model the L10 offers 800rpm as its fastest spin - but sell they did on price!!

But as a brand they do have a relevant timeline to tell for us here in the UK..

Thanks for posting!!

 

[aamassther]

Thank you for posting! We had the 1978 version of that dishwasher when we lived in Essex during the late seventies. It was a fine performer. Better than the GE mobile maid we left in the US.i still remember scouring the shops for Bio Finish, to no avail. Lol

 

[docker]

My Indesit L8

My Indesit L8LI from 1979 is still going strong after 35 years! Although the Samsung TL is my main driver,I use the L8 about once a month,just to watch the spin drain. As SA was 220v in those days we had the Italian versions.

 

[paulc]

Indesit's of old were solidly built although prone to rust and sticky door boots. A separate spinner was a necessity if you owned a slow spin model. It appears the L8's spin was beefed up in 1979 from 380rpm to 400rpm, remaining a spin drain machine. ( Rule of thumb with Indesit, if the filter pump cover is screwed on, it's a spin drain machine ). I don't think the L7 was a big seller in the UK because of it's dimensions. 4cm wider than the standard 60cm kitchen space and having the dispenser on the top. I only know of one person who's mum had a L7 and have not seen one in person.

Indesit continued selling slow spin machines well into the 80's. For a lot of people on a budget they were the go to brand.

I knew a few people who had the D/W too, in fact the hotel I worked at when I was 16 had one as their secondary machine.

Thanks again for posting this Alan, it's made my day.

 

[kenmoreguy89]

Well, for those dishwashers I have heard good things actually, and that's why I would like to put my hands on one.
Have to agree that Indesits were not the strongest around and sure thinnier bodied than others, but otherwise functional and OK for what concerns the internal mechanical aspect...IMO.
Even the earliest indesit machines used to be way more filmsey than the average, in the era of good enameled thick panels as they should be, and of which the most of machines used to be made, indesit made thin bodies indeed since always...
I recall their earliest automatics (k5) that would make a twerking dance worth of the most bad ass ghetto girl.
Go to min 14 of first video


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[kenmoreguy89]

They should make a contest for the best performer.... LOL
Countless videos out there..

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Alan.

I have been using the following words many times in relation to your postings, but they never lose any of their meaning.

Thanks for posting another completely classic brochure from a , for me living in a world of Hotpoint and Hoover, rarer manufacturer.
Wonderful looking machines - though the L10 is a bit unusual. Never seen the L10 before, so that's another mystery machine finally identified - super dupa!

Below is the machine that my dad acquired from Aunty Eunice (family friend) in 1983. Forget what was wrong with it, but it was repaired and saw two to three years more service at my Aunty Joan's.
The teeth on the thumb wheel part of the two stage door handle, really dug into a little lads fingers.

Its the model L6 SGB - did it actually appear in the brochure Alan, or was it deemed bottom of the range and squeezed out pictorially, appearing only as a listing?

Lovely brochure Alan - thanks again.
Regards
Paul

 

[triumphdolomite]

L6

Hi Paul
I can't tell from the picture, is the central part of the fascia around the middle knob sky blue or silver? When I was at school a friend's mum had what I now think was an L6. The only thing is I remember that central section was blue and I'm as sure as I can be that it was a right hand drive machine. Not surprisingly she had a 704 Debonair too.
Somewhere I have a newspaper from the 1977 silver jubilee with a Tesco Home and Wear advert in and there is an L6 in the picture. I must dig it out and see which side the controls are on.

Ian

 

[aquarius8000]

Indesit

My friend has an Indesit TD5 thats fron the same range but not mentioned in the thread, its details are in German, but its from the same range. Video below.



Chris.

 

[paulc]

Paul

The Indesit L6 you posted was a pre 1979 model I think, the previous incarnation from 1975 had red accents on the control panel.

Ian, is this the machine you were thinking of? (picture posted by another member in a previous thread )

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[matchboxpaul]

Hi Chris.

Your mate has a great find in that TD5 - smart looking dryer!
Unless someone knows different, I have a feeling that the TD5 was Indesit's first dryer sold in the UK and arrived on the scene in very late 79/early 80. It appears in the 1980 Which magazine, in one of their lovely grainy images that they used at the time.
If anyone knows of the existence of a TD1, TD2, TD3 or TD4, let us know.

Thanks for posting the video link - never seen good images of the TD5 before.

Paul

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Paul.
I did think that the L6 SGB was an older model than 1979, hence probably why its a listing, rather than an image on Alan's brochure.

Hi Ian.
Possibly the model your school friends mum had was the L6 SGBT, which was out and about on sale circa 1975. UK model L6's tended to employ sky blue and silver on the fascia, whilst continental markets were fed alternative colour schemes such as the red that Paul mentions above, as well as the darker blue posted above.

Below are the only images I have of the L6 SGBT - fingers crossed it solves your mystery.
Paul