Hoover Constellation Modelo s3029
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Terrific!
Nice find indeed! Never knew they had a plant in Mexico!
Jeff
Jeff
It is a very nice find.
I have a hunch that it was made in Ohio for the Mexican market. I notice it is rated for 127 volts, 50 - 60 Hz.
What a rare find and in such outstanding condition.
Wow never knew there was Mexican Hoovers!
If it was made in Ohio, how did it stay in Ohio?
Someone bought it in Mexico and later moved to the US. Could have been an immigrant or someone from the US whos job took them to Mexico for a spell. Ohio built Hoovers were sold in the UK in 240 volt form with British plugs. The same way the French made Sensotronic was sold in the US briefly as the Electronic 1000. Hoover made a market specific model for Mexico. It's not like they had to ship them very far. Hoover was a global brand back then.
Hoover was a very big global brand back then. And, yes, that does make sense.
When I have bought foreign market vacuums from within the USA, the vacuums have always been in major port/hub cities I find them. LA, Chicago, Miami, etc. People emigrate from overseas either by plane or by ship with all their stuff, they throw it in storage lockers, then they filter through it as they find a place to live and get rid of stuff they don't need. Then they find out the USA power voltage means their machine wont work, and then they just send it to the thrift store. They can move further inland too sometimes. A lot of people move with all their homely belongings a lot more than you'd think. Most people these days just leave it all and rebuy it in the new area. I sometimes find a lot of Australian stuff in my Goodwill - I have no idea why. I got a nice Felix cat food dish which was never sold in the USA and a few other souvenirs from Sydney.
I found this at a vac store in Dover Ohio. I took it apart and I do think at least the motor was made in Mexico as the metal constructing it is a different material to the ones I’ve seen on the USA ones. It used a lot more mottled metal, I’m unsure what the name of it is but I’ve seen it used inside things like washing machines.
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