Philips D162 Tumble Dryer

[newwave1]

Lovely bosch and zanussi set there Al! I love my bosch WFF2000, its awesome.

I love philips machines so much. a family friend had one and it was just so entertaining.

I remember because of the type of motor it had it wouldn't let me turn it anticlockwise freely by hand, it was like turnin a dryer drum and i was so confused as my own machine at home turned eitherway freely by hand lol.

Again another brand i wonder "what if?" If they were still around. Can you imagine 8kg spindrains? lol.

Such stylish machines that they were.

Darren

 

[mrprojectionist]

Philips R 164

Here is a R 164 Version, that I saved from going to the scrap yard!

I went past this pickup truck of a odd-job man and saw the R164.

I asked him if he was willing to sell it and to deliver it to me. He happily obliged for a fiver!

It needs a lot of cleaning up but it works!
I have de-fluffed inside and out and wiped it down.

Does anyone have experience in painting the top?
I guess I can't do much about the control fascia..

 

[mrprojectionist]

Another photo..

 

[matchboxpaul]

Good save there, Paul.

The R164 model is a new one on me - any change of a photo of the ratings sticker on the back?
Am after this to identify its AWB model number.

The Philips 'R' models tended to be exclusive models and this is a new version for me.

Congrats on the new find.
Paul

 

[foraloysius]

The R164 looks much like the AWB162. That was a BOL dryer in 1982. Above that were the AWB170 and the AWB180. Both these had round, chrome doors. At least that's how it was in the Netherlands in that year. The AWB170 had a signal, the AWB180 was en electronic model with sensor.

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Louis.
That's pretty much how it was over here as well in the late 70s and early 80s, but then Philips went mad and began producing exclusive models left right and centre through to the mid 80s.

Below is the AWB162...

 

[matchboxpaul]

AWB170...

 

[matchboxpaul]

and AWB180...

 

[mrprojectionist]

Philips R164

Here you are, pity the important part is torn...

 

[aquacycle]

1982?

the D162 dryer was out LONG before 1982. Here is a pic of my brother as a baby and he was born in 1979. He's not even 1 in this picture.

 

[foraloysius]

Great pictures! Thanx!

 

[miele4life]

great thread about the Phillips dryers, I grew up with a D153 compact model and the basic design still exists as the White Knights of course. Just 1 little question, when was the airflow pattern redesigned on the full-sized models?