Thread: Vintage tractors the rage in Tasmania

They had some footage on Landline last night. Also showed a collection of old household appliances, such as old washing machines and clothes wringers. There was a Simpson with a wringer on top, and another which looked like a Lightburn, but could only see the back of it.

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Originally Posted by Old Farang

and another which looked like a Lightburn, but could only see the back of it.



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Pity they didn't turn it on, then you'd have known for sure. We had them in barracks back in another life. Things made a noise like a Boeing in full reverse thrust when the spin drum was running.

Originally Posted by Tins

Pity they didn't turn it on, then you'd have known for sure. We had them in barracks back in another life. Things made a noise like a Boeing in full reverse thrust when the spin drum was running.

The same company made cement mixers. It was always a joke about them where I grew up about which was which.

Originally Posted by Old Farang

The same company made cement mixers. It was always a joke about them where I grew up about which was which.

I remember the mixers. Dad had one. But, do you remember the Zeta?

Originally Posted by Tins

I remember the mixers. Dad had one. But, do you remember the Zeta?

Oh yes!

Motoring in Australia: Lightburn Zeta -1963 (australiaforeveryone.com.au)

Originally Posted by Old Farang

Oh yes!

Motoring in Australia: Lightburn Zeta -1963 (australiaforeveryone.com.au)

Reckon Albert should have stuck to mixers.. Still, I reckon a good (?) one these days would be worth a bob or two...

The Simpson above looks like the one my mother got in the late forties.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

The Simpson above looks like the one my mother got in the late forties.

The early ones did not have a "skirt" on them, that came on the later ones.

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Electric washing machine and wringer by A Simpson & Son Ltd - MAAS Collection

Simpson electric washing machine and wringer, serial number M49932, steel, made by A. Simpson & Son Ltd, Australia, under license from Maxwell Ltd, Canada, 1940s