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Lux 90 Anthony It might be worth contacting Gordon in Edinburgh to see if he has a handle assembly for the 90, I think the one for the 100 should be very similar with a very slight trim change. It would also be worth seeing if he has a front cover from a 100 which should be the same as the...

Lux 62 Hello there That is a nice looking Electrolux 62. Your best bet is probably to look around the island or around the south coast of England for an old vacuum repair shop which might have some old stock maybe as trade ins. Your problem is that this particular tube arrangement is that is...

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Closer date From the serial numbers your cleaner would have been manufactured around March/April 1960. The tools look to be in very good condition and could be original to the cleaner.

Pinnock? Here is an ad for the Australian Pinnock. i hope you got that Hoover Conquest too, that is rare and valuable

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This Apex model 58 has recently been listed on UK ebay? Can anyone give me any information about it - no i am not the seller. Is it suction power only or does it have a driven brush bar? Thank you Al

Hoover 417 Actually a similar model was sold in the US in the early 1950s - this is a derivation of the Hoover Model 41 also known as the Hoover Holiday I believe. This model was introduced around 1953 the replacement for the Hoover 402 (US Hoover Model 40). Originally well specified it was...

375 You will probably have to look around for a complete unit, fortunately there are still quite a few around and could also get you some other useful spares. You might find some useful information here: And here:

Eltra Agree with all that has been said above but there was another brand called the Eltra that fits in there somewhere too - similar to the Bustler. Were the CWS produced in Dudley or simply called Dudley as a brand name?

Serial number Sid If you post the serial number it might be possible to decode it from that, you are looking early to mid-1980s

Blow Adaptors Were available for Seniors and Juniors - possibly the same part in both cases. I do not recall seeing it in any brochures from the mid 1960s onwards. In the case of the Junior the hose may have been connected in reverse (with the hose handle connected to the adaptor) - at that...

Hoover Commercial Debuted in the UK in 1950, basically a commercial version of the Hoover 612 (US 61) which came out a short time earlier.

Roto Brush These were included in the tool set on the Hoover Conquest (TOL cannister) cleaner sold in UK, Europe and possibly other countries from around 1969 to 1973. Never saw them with any other Hoover Cleaner before or after as standrd equipment. Al