Thank you Jeff & Vacuumbuy95,
I had a nice peaceful day, thanks! I had treated myself to three Hoovers just before my birthday, but spotted something on Ebay which I'm going to pay through the nose for when I collect it, but have wanted for a long time...
I haven't owned a vintage washer since 2002, and haven't had a Hoover washer since a mid-70s wringer washer was my everyday machine in the mid 90s. My main memories of it are it not coping with the metal rivet-type buttons on jeans, shirts with missing buttons which had been smashed off, and the fact it leaked the first time I filled it, and I had to bail it out with a saucepan!
This is a late 60s/early 70s 3314L Hoovermatic Deluxe with the automatic rinse - the Hoovermatic is the only twinnie out of the Big 3 (Hotpoint, Hoover, Servis) that I've never owned, so I can't wait to play with it!