matchboxpaul
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another of the dryer...
March 1982 was good for MATCHED HOTPOINTS!
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matchboxpaul
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even if i wanted to Rob, I aint got one - thank god!
matchboxpaul
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and finally....
another of the intimidating tower views....
another of the intimidating tower views....
aquarius1984
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B*ll*cks!
Just remembered who took them lol.
Im sure Mike will be along at some point to post one ..... bout time you showed your angelic clock - awww how sweet, your so shy I know but man,,,, that picture was just pride in the first degree.
R
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Just remembered who took them lol.
Im sure Mike will be along at some point to post one ..... bout time you showed your angelic clock - awww how sweet, your so shy I know but man,,,, that picture was just pride in the first degree.
R
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matchboxpaul
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Cheers for the kind words guys.
I will post a vid tomorrow night as, as i mentioned before, it will take all evening more than likely. So will deal with it tomorrow.
Cheers for the offer of the Hotpoint dates scan Seamus - will hopefully fill in the missing blanks on my spreadsheet.
Once sorted I will repost it.
Paul
p.s below is the machine that started it all off - the Hotpoint 1850 Liberator De Luxe
I will post a vid tomorrow night as, as i mentioned before, it will take all evening more than likely. So will deal with it tomorrow.
Cheers for the offer of the Hotpoint dates scan Seamus - will hopefully fill in the missing blanks on my spreadsheet.
Once sorted I will repost it.
Paul
p.s below is the machine that started it all off - the Hotpoint 1850 Liberator De Luxe
matchboxpaul
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Just noticed that i span a yarn about deciphering the age on older machines!
The number to the right of the serial number, in a box with code written above it, is for the version of that particular model and is not the month/year number.
The month year number is after the forward slash of the serial number.
Mine and Rob's Liberator dryer is month/year code 87, which dates it to March 1977.
Sorry for causing any confusion.
Paul
The number to the right of the serial number, in a box with code written above it, is for the version of that particular model and is not the month/year number.
The month year number is after the forward slash of the serial number.
Mine and Rob's Liberator dryer is month/year code 87, which dates it to March 1977.
Sorry for causing any confusion.
Paul
liberator1509
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Really fantastic work guys - the washer looks like new...amazing! Love the angled side-by-side shot - classic Hotpoint brochure...can just see the one now, with the 1464 twin tub - something like the pic attached from the 1983 Superbuy range
Your real thing is much, much cooler though...
Your real thing is much, much cooler though...
Hey, well done on the restoration! Love those Hotpoints, classy is too weak of a word to describe them! I remember my mum's friends mum having the 4 button version, nice machine but quite scary to watch as a 5 year old!
Love the miniature programme guide, as well as the Ariel/BBC Grandstand style atom on the powder drawer! Classic Hotpoint.
Jon
Love the miniature programme guide, as well as the Ariel/BBC Grandstand style atom on the powder drawer! Classic Hotpoint.
Jon
What a lovely duo these Hotpoint's are, they almost look like new lol. Considering they're the same age as Channel 4 and Countdown (Nov 1982)
My Auntie had the 4 button version of this machine with 1000RPM spin, but I used to be a bit scared of it, especially when it went into spin.
But still, they look great. Hope it'll last for many years to come lol.
My Auntie had the 4 button version of this machine with 1000RPM spin, but I used to be a bit scared of it, especially when it went into spin.
But still, they look great. Hope it'll last for many years to come lol.
electron1100
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Family Fot
Come on Paul we want a Family FOT.......go on, go on, go on, go on, go on go on go on go on go on go on go on.....
Ps i am glad that tumble dryer isnt the one I though it was, otherwise i would ne pestering the life out of you to sell it to me.....
Come on Paul we want a Family FOT.......go on, go on, go on, go on, go on go on go on go on go on go on go on.....
Ps i am glad that tumble dryer isnt the one I though it was, otherwise i would ne pestering the life out of you to sell it to me.....
Hi Paul & Rob, yes right, now I have seen that the "door handle" is in fact the hinge cover, and that it's a door release botton. (like for Candy machines)
I've noticed that this washer have two fill connections (cold & hot) and that the outer drum is made like those in old Indesit (you can take out the inner drum from the rear) The most strange think is that the motor is on the upper side.
Very interesting !!!
Bye, Ingemar
I've noticed that this washer have two fill connections (cold & hot) and that the outer drum is made like those in old Indesit (you can take out the inner drum from the rear) The most strange think is that the motor is on the upper side.
Very interesting !!!
Bye, Ingemar
aquarius1984
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Ingemar
Wisk was sold in the UK 1988 - 1993 in its destinctive red and yellow bottle.
It was a semi budget liquid detergent that boasted excellent grease removal and ingrained dirt digesters but protected colours IIRC.
I have the advert somewhere so il dig it out and scan it in when I can.
My mother used to use it occasionally as a change from her regular Ariel but it used to create such a harsh rash on my brothers backside from the using it to wash his nappies.
With the advent of Radion - another Lever bros detergent at budget level to compete with it lost popularity I guess (what it had anyway) and Radion superceeded it.
Some of the detergent collection on top the stacked Hotpoints.
Wisk was sold in the UK 1988 - 1993 in its destinctive red and yellow bottle.
It was a semi budget liquid detergent that boasted excellent grease removal and ingrained dirt digesters but protected colours IIRC.
I have the advert somewhere so il dig it out and scan it in when I can.
My mother used to use it occasionally as a change from her regular Ariel but it used to create such a harsh rash on my brothers backside from the using it to wash his nappies.
With the advent of Radion - another Lever bros detergent at budget level to compete with it lost popularity I guess (what it had anyway) and Radion superceeded it.
Some of the detergent collection on top the stacked Hotpoints.
aquarius1984
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More detergents from the Wash in... Got the Servis Starlight out too.
aquarius1984
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few others
hotpoint95622
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wow
Absolutely fantastic tread, well don. I noticed that someone pointed out that the Hotpoint has the motor at the top, dose any one know if any other manufactures do this, as it’s a great aide to servicing and repairing Hotpoint’s so the design team were thinking of the repair man from start to end.
Hotpoint are the best, well used to be!!
Lee
Absolutely fantastic tread, well don. I noticed that someone pointed out that the Hotpoint has the motor at the top, dose any one know if any other manufactures do this, as it’s a great aide to servicing and repairing Hotpoint’s so the design team were thinking of the repair man from start to end.
Hotpoint are the best, well used to be!!
Lee
paulc
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aquarius1984
I LOVED wisk liquid, the smell was heavenly!!! My Mum used to be a tester for lever bros which meant we got new products before they hit the shelves, I remember she had wisk cold wash liquid to try but hated it in her supertwin, it never hit the shops hasten to add.
Congrats on the Hotpoint, a great machine, such a pity they don't make them like that now. They really did wash well and in a short time.
I LOVED wisk liquid, the smell was heavenly!!! My Mum used to be a tester for lever bros which meant we got new products before they hit the shelves, I remember she had wisk cold wash liquid to try but hated it in her supertwin, it never hit the shops hasten to add.
Congrats on the Hotpoint, a great machine, such a pity they don't make them like that now. They really did wash well and in a short time.
matchboxpaul
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Cheers Alan, David, Jon, Paul for the comments - really glad you are still enjoying the thread.
Ingemar and Lee.....the placing of the motor on the top side of the drum does indeed make for easier servicing. Whenever my dad had to replace the brushes of my parents 95452, he always commented on the much better design, over the matchbox hoover, of having that motor on top.
With the Matchbox, because of the tight space in their kitchen, it always had to be totally unplumbed so it could be moved to a place where you could lie flat before anything could be done with it.
The New Gen was simply pulled out at an angle, the lid removed and ta-da! Hey presto, the motor there ready and waiting for you.
I did break the news to him that the motor on their Merloni Hotpoint WF740 is now down below - frown and sigh resulted!!!!
Anyways, it took over two hours to load up - ancient computer and poor broadband set-up (cheers Rigsby) - but here is the vid I promised last night.
You catch the tail end tumble of the final rinse - then distribute - the two spins at 500 and the final at 800rpm.
Enjoy!
Paul
Ingemar and Lee.....the placing of the motor on the top side of the drum does indeed make for easier servicing. Whenever my dad had to replace the brushes of my parents 95452, he always commented on the much better design, over the matchbox hoover, of having that motor on top.
With the Matchbox, because of the tight space in their kitchen, it always had to be totally unplumbed so it could be moved to a place where you could lie flat before anything could be done with it.
The New Gen was simply pulled out at an angle, the lid removed and ta-da! Hey presto, the motor there ready and waiting for you.
I did break the news to him that the motor on their Merloni Hotpoint WF740 is now down below - frown and sigh resulted!!!!
Anyways, it took over two hours to load up - ancient computer and poor broadband set-up (cheers Rigsby) - but here is the vid I promised last night.
You catch the tail end tumble of the final rinse - then distribute - the two spins at 500 and the final at 800rpm.
Enjoy!
Paul
Believe it or not, mine has the same back as yours!
Hi Rob and Paul
Great thread, and great restoration. I love these machines and it's interesting to see that this machine has a profile spin! I think this was a better system than mine.
Believe it or not my machine has a replacement back cover which has the same model number as yours on it! The code is 63 (March 83). So this will now mean I will probably never know how old my machine is. It has 3 support legs so I know it pre dates 81.
Anyway happy washing! Here is pic of mine again.
Hi Rob and Paul
Great thread, and great restoration. I love these machines and it's interesting to see that this machine has a profile spin! I think this was a better system than mine.
Believe it or not my machine has a replacement back cover which has the same model number as yours on it! The code is 63 (March 83). So this will now mean I will probably never know how old my machine is. It has 3 support legs so I know it pre dates 81.
Anyway happy washing! Here is pic of mine again.
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