matchboxpaul
Well-known member
Firstly a big thankyou to Gary.
Some of you may remember that, before Hoovermatic 3174 and Keymatic 3243H, a rather rare dryer found its way to a tip down in Cornwall.
Thankfully a certain 'electron1100' was there to save the machine from a date with the shredder and he took it home.
Unfortunately, what with other more important machines turning up, the dryer had to be got rid of to release the room.
Arrangements were then put in place to pass on the machine to another safe home and, via trip from Saltash to Cardiff and Cardiff to Crewe, the machine reached its new home last weekend.
From recollections of when it was first saved, the machine was one of the prototype machines handed out to employees for evaluation (do correct me if I am wrong gary). That would roughly date it to 1972/73, when the entire series of drop down Creda's was first introduced.
The series comprised of the :
TD275 compact, which had been introduced in the late 60's under the Parnall name.
TD400 full size, which was a new machine (later to become the 'Autodry').
&
TD400A Sensamatic, which was a major step change in dryer mechanics and which would not be adopted by another manufacturer (to the best of my knowledge) until the late 70's.
The Reversamat would not be introduced until the range was restyled in the late 1970's.
So, a big thankyou to Gary for enabling myself and Rob to become guardians of his Creda TD400A Sensamatic.....
Some of you may remember that, before Hoovermatic 3174 and Keymatic 3243H, a rather rare dryer found its way to a tip down in Cornwall.
Thankfully a certain 'electron1100' was there to save the machine from a date with the shredder and he took it home.
Unfortunately, what with other more important machines turning up, the dryer had to be got rid of to release the room.
Arrangements were then put in place to pass on the machine to another safe home and, via trip from Saltash to Cardiff and Cardiff to Crewe, the machine reached its new home last weekend.
From recollections of when it was first saved, the machine was one of the prototype machines handed out to employees for evaluation (do correct me if I am wrong gary). That would roughly date it to 1972/73, when the entire series of drop down Creda's was first introduced.
The series comprised of the :
TD275 compact, which had been introduced in the late 60's under the Parnall name.
TD400 full size, which was a new machine (later to become the 'Autodry').
&
TD400A Sensamatic, which was a major step change in dryer mechanics and which would not be adopted by another manufacturer (to the best of my knowledge) until the late 70's.
The Reversamat would not be introduced until the range was restyled in the late 1970's.
So, a big thankyou to Gary for enabling myself and Rob to become guardians of his Creda TD400A Sensamatic.....
