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matchboxpaul

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Hi all.

As some of you will remember, a while back Gary (electron1100) received a dryer in for scrap which he took home for safety and preservation.

As with all of us, we never have enough room (indeed i am panicking a bit as just this evening I saw another machine, which I have agreed to purchase, but thats for another day soon!) and so, for Gary, something had to go.

He very kindly offered the machine out and, through the generosity of Gary and Mathew, for the last 4 or 5 months the machine has slowly been working its way up the country to myself and Rob.

Thanks to Mathew (keymatic3203) for bringing the machine upto Cardiff, during a marathon machine moving run that would have had me collapsing through nerves! The move involved the dryer in his car and two hoovermatics in a trailer behind!!
The drag made for a very slow journey for him - I am glad you kept it quiet till after the event Mathew. I'd have been sick with worry for you.

Machine(s) arrived in cardiff for storage and I clapped eyes on the dryer, for the first time, back in July. I would have got the machine out from under Mathews feet at that point, but finished up with a Hotpoint 95360 in the car instead.

The dryer stayed down in cardiff then, until Mike's do, a couple of weekends ago, when mathew brought the machine the rest of the way to Cheshire.

A bit of tlc and it looks great, although we will keep an eye out for a replacement lid, or get the old one resprayed.

Here she is, in all her elctricity board exclusive glory - the D6E06 dryer de luxe...

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and under a work surface (a little bit anyway) probably for the first time in its life.

I asked gary about it and he mentioned that all it really needed was a new fan belt, but that was all.

So, yet again, something that with a bit of money spent on it was cast out instead of being repaired...

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Here is something that doesnt happen that often....thank god

namely a picture with my ugly mug in it!

Anyways, heres me with the new charge and mathew stood behind the 3314L....

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Grey splodge

Oh Paul don't worry just use the rubber stamp tool in photoshop..........It looks great! Im really pleased.......grey splodge or not.........now dont be shy about fots of yourself matey............we need a face to go with the name.........and there is nothing wrong with yours.....tis not gaydar yah know ;-)

Ah! one other thing i think i have a spare lid...........wheels and cogs turning slowly in my head

Right lovely fots again and thanks
Gary
 
it went unnoticed all day saturday as well, which really surprised me, as you could hardly miss this hidden machine in the porch.

Mind you, the walls are white, so perhaps it did blend in quite well!

The evening came and after tea (if you are a northerner - like me) or dinner (if you are a southerner) the hidden machine was quietly moved into position....

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he gatecrashed the party and we didnt know who it was at fir

How did you guess Gary?

Yep - its a slightly over weight and very oblong Michael Myers. I had to paintshop out the specs otherwise it would have been a dead giveaway! lol.
 
definately a washing machine, and not another tumble dryer!

see, it has wash programmes on the facia. honest - its not a dryer...

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