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Year of production : September 1969
Country of Origin : Italy
Country where it was purchased : Italy
Serial Number : 4058
Power : 1000W
Closed boiler, Piston actuated by spring
Dimension of the tamper: : 58mm
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Translated by Enzo |
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This machine was the
result of a double opportunity that was presented to me, that is to say
that it was purchased at the same time than the Bruni. An opportunity
that I won’t have again in a while.
Moreover, to make Bruni and Kim travel head-to-foot …, I think
that we are not that much who have been able to make them do
that… Hum, well…
If purchasing the Bruni was more linked to an esthetic
/ passion impulse that I couldn’t contain, the purchase of the
Kim was more out of curiosity, regarding its intriguing architecture. I
wasn’t deceived. |
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Unboxing: |
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A bit dirty, hat damaged.
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The accessories, on the other side…
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The disassembly can start … for a first cleaning
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The
spring was disassembled from the top, which means that I had to take
off all the lever/spring part by unscrewing the four nuts.
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Limestone |
Rust
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yeak!
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Italian socket and here we can’t see it, but the switch is just soooo huge!
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Inside, the spring compartment
with on the bottom the holes for water admission.
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The crazy fastener, very pressure
cooker like. |
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The piston of the Kim (left) close to the one of the Bruni. |
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A little trip on the inside just to check that the basic electrical wiring is clean. |
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Reassembling: |
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The gaskets seemed in good shape. Vintage and serial numbers as well are well readable, unlike many other machines. |
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I
knew that the restoration wasn’t completed yet, but I had
succeeded in getting a first decent shot with it and laziness being
what it is, I decided that I would finish its restoration later
on… but at my second attempt to make a coffee, I had to face
boiling water coming up from the top where the lever pin is. So I
disassembled it to check the gaskets and that’s when I realized
that the nuts from the lever/spring group were screwing into space!
Ouch ouch ouch! Thread pitch was dead…
Pronto Armand? Huuuuuum, I have a new machine and… Well he just
came, did reshape the threads, used bigger bolts to fix it and as it
wasn’t enough, reshaped the small dent on the cover hat.
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… I should really buy him a coffee
one of these days…
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I ordered the gaskets on the other side of the Atlantic and while waiting I polished it. |
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An other machine that leaves me amazed by its crazy esthetics and by the unique and exceptional quality
of the shots that I can pull out of it!
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Finally I got the gaskets and now I can perfectly remove the
spring/piston from the underneath. The tension is not that much and it
allows leaving the screws quietly on their aluminum base. The
reassembling is a tad harder, but I think it is the best solution.
I didn't have to wait long before I got the first shot and the result was awsome
! Woooou! And then the second shot was just as "woooooou" as the first =) and
the third one, and all the following shots! I entered in a world of woooouu
(amazing) shots.
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This kim really deserves the 9 and 1/2 (out of 10) that she got a few years ago
(somehow to me, she is just as wonderful as the other Kim ... the one from the
movies =).
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