However I have made some headway on appliances and will post here in case anyone else is interested. (I’m sure people would find it helpful if you added these details in the appliances section as many you mentioned there seem unavailable now.)

The Stoves Rangemaster (550 wide) was the only suitable looking cooker I could find which was normal size and could be used in a flat. It is quite nice because it has an enamel lid matching the colour of the cooker. I’m going for cream.

I’m also ordering a Gorenje RK60359OC (cream) fridge freezer, although getting a left hinged model is a special order. Rangemaster do a cream 60/40 fridge freezer which is a bit more modern looking but it is right hand hinge only which ruled it out for me. Baumatic Retro 14BL are quite retro looking too.
The Smeg fridge freezers look great but have a really bad reputation.

Smeg also do washing machines (with a full curved door covering the round machine door) and dishwashers (built under and free standing).

Wow how remiss of me – I had no idea it was so long ago that I last wrote anything.

No our opinion of Tony hasn’t changed at all. He’s done a great job, is still a perfectionist and apparently is considering specialising in ERK units now, alongside his pristine work on cars. Highly recommended still.

We have all the appliances we needed – well all except a usable stove. We bought a 5 burner on the basis of a photo on eBay, but realistically you can only use about two of the rings at a time because it’s so small. I’m sure I can work that one up into an amusing blog post when I’m not so busy being married!

Did anyone else use him for their units? What did you all think?

(Also have you got any further with appliances? I can’t see how to add a comment to that area. Are there any other potential retro look cookers and fridges to share with us?)

Thanks.

Looking forward to your next update.

So, with his permission, here are his details:

A L Babb
Unit 17 King’s Down Close
W10 6SW
020 8991 5499
tonybabb@aol.com

He’s a real perfectionist as you can see from the cars that he’s restoring. Twice now he’s sent paint back on our behalf because they didn’t clone the colour accurately enough for his taste. Usual disclaimers apply, but – oh sod it, no they don’t. You WON’T be disappointed!

And if you call or make it there, don’t forget to mention us to Tony!

Can you give me the details of the body shop in notting hill? we have just brought a fantastic ERK that needs restoring, thinking of taking it back to aluminium until we have enough money to get it resprayed. Did you find out anything about how to preserve aluminium once exposed?

Many Thanks

Laura

Welcome aboard the ERK journey! Our contractor asked around and found a body shop near Notting Hill. I can give you their details if you like, but I can tell you that the guy was a perfectionist and did a fantastic job. We have all the units back now and apart from anything else all the dents have disappeared.

The bottom line, a friendly body shop is the way to go.