UK Classic Appliances - February 2015

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Look any more 1970s. Seems to be a lot of interest in this one. Looks in good condition. That style of oven (freestanding but built in under a hob installed in the work top) never caught on here although popular in mainland Europe. To the right of the hob I see a Corning Counter Saver. The fridge is interesting too, again a style popular on mainland Europe yet our manufacturers resolutely avoided it. The front door has a frame which allows a matching panel to make it "disappear" into the kitchen, I generally thought they worked quite well, certainly does here.

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That yellow kitchen is wonderful! Very stylish, I love the tiles too. The Neff appliances were expensive back then (70's). The fridge is a bit small, often the choice was a 250 liters model. I can't really determine it, but I guess the oven is still gas? Soon after the built under cookers the built in became in fashion. Around that time the combination of gas hob and electric oven appeared on the market, which was soon the most popular combination soon in continental Europe.

BTW, this kitchen looks very well kept!
 
Super Comet

Al
I never thought for one moment that a Super Comet would suddenly appear, the only other one I've seen is lurking in the large object store at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. I wish I could find somewhere for it. The 1960's blue kitchen got me thinking, with that Debonair sitting by the cooker is there a wringer washer hiding somewhere?
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Siematic Kitchen

Louis
I quite like that kitchen too although personally I would have preferred the cupboards to have squared off rather than round edges. I LOVE the tiles too though, 1970s style but much more restrained than many of that period. I wonder if they had a dishwasher or washing machine? Imagine if there was a Neff of similar era in there. You know I had quite forgotten that Neff supplied gas ovens (do they supply them still?) - I had assumed that it was electric but of course it could be gas.

That kitchen must have been someone's pride and joy as it has been kept so well although of course it would have cost a fortune when new

Al
 
Food mixer

That food mixer was made by Electrostar. Most of them were sold under the Starmix label. I have an older Starmix just like the Hoover in the picture. It's incomplete though, the doughhook is missing and the blender is missing too. Actually the blender was the basis, the food mixer an extra. The food mixer also came with shredding and slicing discs.

Here is a later Starmix MX4 with attachments and a picture of the front page of a manual. Starmix also sold a coffeemill, an icemaker, a juice extractor and some more attachments for it. I don't know if the Hoover sold those too.

Electrostar GmbH is based in Reichenbach, Germany (near Stuttgart).

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Hoover Automix

Louis

This was sold here primarily as a food mixer but also came with blender, mincer, coffee mill and the slicer/shredder which by the look of it was an adaptation of the food mixer bowl.

I have an Automix myself and its not bad although everything needs to be started at slow speed - even egg whites which need this to gain some volume before speeding up. The biggest disadvantage to my mind is that it is such a pain to remove the mix (especially creamed mixtures) from the beaters. Much easier on a Kenwood or Sunbeam.

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Hotpoint wringer washer, appears to be in almost printine condition. Tiny amount of paint loss on the bottom lip of the wringer, but still, not bad at all considering the state you see some of these in. No idea whether or not this is a good price, but I've seen people asking the same or more for machines in far worse condition.

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Thanks Al

for posting the link for the sunbeam blender, well I bought it, I've not seen one before and I love it, once its been serviced it will run as smoothly as the mixmasters.

Thanks for these threads Al

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