Something a bit different from Ebay UK!

[favorit]

Another Smurf ( a Scandinavian one)

Great restoration ! Congrats Paul !! This is a case where "older is not better" : the Aquamatic 3 was a far better machine than the first model. Those fake baffles were a nightmare for "minimum iron" and "delicate loads" : the laundry just floated on the water without any rollover. Also in cotton cycles one had to run a full drum otherwise it performed that "float thing" instead of tumbling. It works better as an hamster wheel ;-)))))))

And now from ebay.it a ZannySmurf badged REX. Actually I guess is not Zanussi made but a true Electrolux, as that Asko-esque door without rubber boot screams "Scandinavia" ....

http://annunci.ebay.it/annunci/elettrodomestici/milano-annunci-legnano/lavatrice-rex/8817383

 

[revvinkevin]

Hey Paul.... you see, I WAS right!!!

IT IS A WASHING MACHINE!!!

LOL

Congrats Paul, what a neat little washer! I was going to ask what year it is, but I actually read what you wrote about it and learned it's late 70's. SWEET!

The detergent powder chute is really something else, I have NEVER seen anything like that before! I am assuming when filling the water flows through the chute to dispense the detergent, yes? I'd love to see a video of how that works if you have the time.

I may have missed it in the text, but what is the capacity and do you know what RPM it spins at?

Thanks much and CONGRATS again!

Kevin

 

[aegokocarat]

very kool candy got to be better than the crap ones today.
Tom

 

[richukbristol]

Hi Paul, congrats on the micro candy,it has scrubbed up great. Is it up and running, have you done aload in it yet. I had the same machine when I was about 11. It never worked, it would fill, heat, pump and the timer went through the motions but alas the drum never turned. it was fun watching it fill from the top through the door and flush the 80's persil automatic out, I was very easily entertained lol, what with that and the Hotpoint princess I also had that didn't work apart from the wringer I don't know how I slept with all the excietment.

 

[hotpoint95622]

hotpoint 95622

Hi, Paul

What a weekend, so busy fetching and moving around the country, it’s fantastic that all these machines have all arrived the same weekend.

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Gary.

There certainly has been a vintage machine rush on over the last couple of weeks.

Madness eh!
But such fun!

paul

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Richard

The Candy is now in Crewe, but its been a manic weekend so we havent really had time to plug and play.

Suffice to say, it ran through programme 5 and 6 and all appears OK with it - fills half way up the door on rinses! lovely.

Next weekend will hopefully offer some video opportunities. Fingers crossed.

Paul

 

[74simon]

Very nice little machine! Must be the earliest known surviving Candy Auto in the UK by a country mile too! And a bit easier to find space for ;-)

S

 

[favorit]

@ Kevin

It spins @ 400 rpm . The drum has a 25-27 cubic decimetres volume and a standard cotton load is just 3 Kg. As a clue : a single cotton load in the WP Duet/Dreamspace equates 3 or 4 loads of these Smurfs

IMHO the Electrolux one was better, as it span @ 800 rpm, although current Candy Aqua 1100 DFS spin up to 1100 rpm

current british Candy Aquamatic model

current Candy Aquamatic italian models

You can see in the italian pop-up how the current cylinder has real baffles unlike the vintage one

http://www.candy.it/prodotti/scheda_prodotto.asp?id=AQUA 1100 DFS&id1=844&car=242