Lightburn Zeta car:
the car had a two-stroke engine. (2-cycle to you Americans) 2-Strokes can run in either direction.
The car has a starter switch in the centre of the dash, you turn the switch one way to start the car in the "forward" direction, or turn it the other way to start it in the "reverse" direction. Imagine how long it would take to do a multi-point turn at the end of a dead end street!
Other interesting trivia about the Lightburn Zeta - there was no traditional fuel gauge, the fuel tank was in the engine compartment and a short length of fuel hose led to a glass tube in the dashboard. You could see the fuel level by seeing the fuel in the glass tube!
the handling of the cars was said to be diabolical. I have read that one lady won a Zeta on a TV game show, was handed the keys to her car when the show finished. She drove the car home but the car ran off the road before she got home and she was killed.
Lightburn twin washing machine:
My Nan had a Lightburn twinnie the same as the one in the original post. I was just a little boy at the time - maybe 4 or 5? I remember steaming hot water sloshing around in the wash drum. To empty the wash drum Nan had to reach down through the hot water to unscrew a drain cap to let the soapy water out. The wash tub is not perforated, it has a drain plug in the edge of the drum which you unscrew to empty.
Nan's Lightburn was older than those shown above and had no lid over the spinner. When you moved the lever to spin, it spun. Keep hands clear!
I remember being fascinated with it.
