p.s nearly forgot.
Lee - you mentioned the waste hose.
Yep- this 1828 also had its original black rubber waste hose fitted, but it had been cut off at half full length.
We think it had literally rose out of the machine and curved once, before going into the standpipe.
As such it was very short and lacked flexibility, so it was replaced by the ugly modern plastic affair.
Should be temporary though, as we have three or four full length black hoses - fingers crossed they arent all toploader ones!
Also, the modern pump that the machine came with was also replaced! Its replacement is an actual Liberator pump which was manufactured by Hotpoint themselves in Peterborough.
I am told that it sounds slightly different to the more usual pumps that we all know and love, which were fittd to the later 18s and all the 95s.
Cant wait to plug and play!
Paul
p.p.s brochure cover from 1976 below
