UK Wash & Vac-In - Bank Holiday Weekend

[matchboxpaul]

To Mike.

Old Ella will be with you always. Great little lady and much missed at the do!

Below is a piccy of Rob with the old girl.

Paul

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hoover Ranger Senior, model, U4002, serial no, U400240800256

Hi Paul.

Will do the honours with the date thing:

U4002 = model number
4 = year! always refers to last digit of the year/you have to know the decade. Your machine is 1974.
08 = month. Your machine is August.
00256 = individual machine identity

This dating pattern was applied to most, if not all Hoover machines, until the mid 1990s and was a lot simpler that hotpoints, not requiring a date code sheet.

Paul

 

[matchboxpaul]

Individual style piccies....

here you go!

first off the Hoover Electrons, from the third generation of electrons.

On the left is A3348 800 de luxe
On the right is the A3350 1100 de luxe....

 

[matchboxpaul]

now to an 80s classic...

The Servis Mk600 Quartz.

A really smart machine, that is an icon of its time....

 

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with the unique style drum...

 

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can never have too many pics of a great machine, like this...

 

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Here you go Philip.

Not a Servis Mk310 I am afraid, but its Mikes Mk308S.

The Mk308S was essentially an upgraded Mk308, which had a door release slide, and was the prototype machine for the Servis Mk310.

The 308S boasted a stainless steel drum and electronic control, over the Mk308, both features carried over into the Mk310.

Paul

 

[matchboxpaul]

a bit smaller now

More compact, but same size drum - how did servis do it?

Its the Mk72 Automatic, which heralded Servis first foray into the world of font loading automatics...

 

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The first electra of the weekend was the Electra 11500, a clone of the black facia Creda machines. This machine was the leccy boards 1000rpm offering for 1983...

 

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the second offering from Electra was the leccy boards 800rpm offering for 1983.
Based on the Philips machine, this boasted the wonderful spin drain feature, which made for fantastic viewing.

Both this, and the 11500, were sold alongside each other.
the lineup was completed by the A3294 1100 Electronic de luxe E, which was still badeged as a Hoover, rather than an electra....

 

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Hoover A3006 Automatic de luxe - the machine that replaced the Hoover 3236H matchbox, in the hoover lineup....

 

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Hoover A3008 Keymatic de luxe - which replaced the 3243H matchbox keymatic, the only one so far found being in the safe hands of Gary (electron 1100).

This machine was operated on at the last 'do' with mike and mathew, resealing and rust treating the outer tub.

This was its first water test since then, which it passed. great stuff!...

 

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and the matching dryer, in the form of the D6008 dryer de luxe.

The only machine missing from the lineup is the A2044 cold fill machine. I have never seen a piccy of this latter machine, so if any one boasts a piccy, I would love to have a gander! The A2044 did not have a powder drawer and looked, to all intents and purposes, the same as the D6008 (I think!)....

 

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And a real gem - Hotpoint 1501 Automatic.

This is Hotpoints second automatic machine, after the model 1500. Goodness knows what the differences between them were, because the 1501 looked identical to the 1500...

 

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full width lid...

The 1501 shows all....

 

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the programme guide...

 

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and the ratings plate, revealing date code 52 (april 1966)...

 

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the back of the 1501 which, unlike later hotpoint toploaders, boasts a proper metal cover rather than a toughened cardboard affair...

 

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Servis laundry combo in the form of the Mk24 supa-dry and the Mk76 compact...

 

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Mike posted a piccy of the tarpaulined lot.

Here is what was underneath, earlier in the day:

far end on the right is a real real real gem in the form of Servis' first ever washing machine, in the form of the Model A! Only 50 of this machine were ever made and was rediscovered, in a shop, last year.

then Hotpoint countess
then Hoover single tub
then hoover spinner
then frigidaire spinner

on the left:

caravan single tub
morphy richards spinner
servis Mk44 spinner
Servis MkII supertwin......