Interesting Italian Washer 1959

[keymatic]

Afternoon All,
Recently i have been doing some fascinating research of a weekly publication that was available in the UK, called Electrical Radio & Trading, this was targeted at the electrical distributor and it covered all new electrical releases of products, i was looking through the 40 odd magazines the other day from 1959 and found this entry for a “Ready-Matic” washer, it is a bit like a Thor Automagic / GEC Double-plus machine, it has the spin tub inside the wash tub. Econu Ltd were the imports.
Cheers Keith

 

[fandpsmartdrive]

It looks to be like something Hoover would have made just by looking at those images.

 

[chestermikeuk]

Ready-Matic

Wow, never seen or heard of that make & model Keith, it does look like a cross between the GEC and Thor, will be worth asking Seb (Candybimatic) and Louis etc to see if they know anymore.

I see its on castors, wonder how stable it was on spin as the GEC and Thor are really heavy machines.

Youve got a great resource library there Keith , Why dont you start a ERT thread ? it would be invaluable for information and a great thread starter group discussion thread etc !! [this post was last edited: 10/7/2021-04:30]

 

[gizmo]

I noticed it says "designed and styled in Italy" not "made in Italy."
Is it an Italian design made under license in the UK?

 

[foraloysius]

I've never seen this washer before and I don't have a clue what it could be. It reminds me a bit of the Perobot with the position of the spin drum, but it's rather different ofcourse.