UK market front & top loaders 195? to 1990 - theories, queries & rarities

[alanlondon]

Servis and Parnell machines

There is of course the first Servis top loaders and Parnell machines to add here, which sadly I do not have any info on, but would welcome others to share if they have., would be great to see any literature on these which is out there.

Cheers, Alan

 

[alanlondon]

And finally for today Zanussi

Here's a strange machine I never saw in the flesh, a top loader H-Axis machine (I assume?) from Zanussi. Has anyone ever seen one?

 

[vacbear58]

H Axis Zanussi

Hi Alan

Thank for posting all these great brochures, much appreciated

Sadly I have not seen the H Axis Zanussi and I would love a front view of that dishwasher too. Moving down though I have seen the machine shown at the front of the coupon - it's a DL6 washer same as my mother bought in April 1975

Al

 

[alanlondon]

Hi Al

I've blown up the some of the pictures and you can get an idea of the front of the dishwasher perhaps from the small group of appliances at the bottom, (now I've looked more carefully I can see it's got three racks too!) and of also the top load washer the controls look interesting, with the soap dispenser looks to be on the left.

Cheers, Alan

 

[hotpoint9534]

Zanussi P5

I have some technical information on the P5 which may be of interest:

 

[alanlondon]

Zanussi P5

Oh yes that is super interesting, so it had no suspension then looking at the diagrams. Will read all of that later on!

Thanks for posting.

 

[foraloysius]

Here is a Dutch ad of the Zanussi P5. It was a compact machine with even a space for the hoses and the cord. You could easily move it around when the wheels were down.

 

[robm]

Great thread Paul, I had no idea the 10300 has a stainless steel door, I just assumed the difference in numbers was something basic like an orange button.

Thank you Alan for the brochures, you seem to have a nice collection.

Rob

 

[alanlondon]

New Pol

You're welcome Rob, I was a prolific collector at one point, I have thousands!

Here's a rarity machine I think for the time.

 

[matchboxpaul]

CREDA 10300

Hi Craig and Rob.

Hope you are both doing OK.

After searching for information on the Creda 10300 for years, it was great to finally get an idea as to what it looked like, even if it was just fairly poor quality line drawings - although I think the fourth image is possibly a photograph, with the other three images drawings made from that fourth image.

The stainless steel effect door is quite a change from the main range - looks really smart in my opinion - certainly a bit different.

I too noticed the confusion re spin speed Craig - the official Creda brochure for the 10400 and 10500 states 850rpm, so pretty sure the 10300 will be 850 too.

Just reading the page for the 10500 and the brochure states '850 or 860 rpm rhythym spin' - quite what the 10rpm differential means, I don't know. Perplexed by what its trying to get at. Any ideas?

Paul

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Rolls_Rapide.

I don't remember Which magazine mentioning the ACME at all - might have missed them doing so though. There certainly was never an image printed of one though, thats for sure.

Perhaps it wasn't around for long enough and fell between the cracks, or too few sold to warrant a mention. Thats just my supposition though.

Paul

 

[vacbear58]

New-Pol

I think they were a Comet exclusive

 

[jetcone]

Holy BAT Underware ! "AJETACTION"

Wow a "new" Frigidaire word after all these years !!  OMG Louis love the Heiroglyphs on the wash diagram for the P5 - we need a full dictionary !! Robert incorporate these symbols so we can post at will !

Love how Mommy encourages little johnny to love the Hotpoint, now thats 20th century living ---growing gays all over.

 

 

[jetcone]

Hoover Keymatic --CANDY????

Whoa

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Alan.

Many thanks for posting the brochures - always a treat!

Wonderful to see a 3226 Keymatic brochure - this is the machine that my godmother had, when I was a youngster. The suspension cable snapped and the drum dropped and sadly that was that :-( The timedial always looked smarter than the timeline to my eyes - glad that a number of this rarer model have surfaced over the years.

Your image of the advert for the Imperial, reminded me of this advert detailing both their offerings ...

 

[rolls_rapide]

Matchboxpaul:

"Perhaps it wasn't around for long enough and fell between the cracks, or too few sold to warrant a mention. Thats just my supposition though."

I came to the same conclusion, that is appeared and disappeared in pretty quick succession.

The Acme contract might have been nobbled from both ends at the same time - here in the UK as Acme went out of business - and in Italy as Zoppas came under Zanussi control.

 

[matchboxpaul]

ROLLS Robot

... and rolling on from Imperial, through to another Italian machine sold direct to the customer - the Rolls Robot.

In fact the Rolls didnt roll very far from Imperial, cause it was another case of badge engineering and was a clone of the Imperial REX, manufactured by REX-Zanussi.

Mathew (keymatic3203) met someone who owned one of these, so they were actually sold. For many years I think there was some doubt that these machines ever reached market, with no images or advertising being known about and it just being a name in a book for a long time.

Paul

 

[matchboxpaul]

ZANUSSI P5 and A35T

I have a photo lifted from a similar advert to yours Alan.
I wonder of the P5 was a bucking broncho, like the compact H-axis AEG machines were?
Many videos on Youtube of the AEG top loaders doing their thing.

Other than the image and similar advert to yours, I dont have any more info on this model, so thanks to Tom for the technical information and to Louis for the advert.

On the subject of Zanussi top loaders, also sold was the A35T (see 2nd image attached below). I did think there was a video or two of this model on Youtube, but a quick search hasn't resulted in any videos. I must have been mistaken.

Paul

 

[rolls_rapide]

Why is it the old adverts always make things look so glamorous?

I want the New Imperial Superautomatic at 79Gns (or £82-19s-0d).

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Rolls_Rapide.

'The Acme contract might have been nobbled from both ends at the same time - here in the UK as Acme went out of business - and in Italy as Zoppas came under Zanussi control'.

Quite possibly true.
Whilst I was trawling newspaper archives, I stumbled across another direct sale front loader - actually two, but from one manufacturer - will try get them posted tomorrow.
No idea if either ever actually made market, or whether they were just cases of intent, but ending in failure to deliver.
Will have to try and find the adverts, which is going to be a headache! lol.

Mention of Zoppas though, made me remember that Currys adopted the name as their own in house brand in the mid 70s, flogging Zoppas fridge and freezers made by Zanussi and also the DL23T washing machine.

Paul