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Restoration tips! Hi guys – thanks for your comments. To restore the hood and chassis: First I washed it, using washing up liquid and a toothbrush on the hard to get at areas. Then I sanded it with medium, then fine grade wet and dry sand paper to take out most of the gouges and scratches. You...

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Motor and shell .

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Hi there everyone. Here are some photos of the vac before and after restoration. This machine works well - we are going to use it as our daily/weekly driver! Ive had a great condition orange, or should I say Aegean Gold, bag for years but have never got the Hoover to go with it until now. The...

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Hi all. Just making it into the vintage forum is this U4147 which I have just finished restoring. The other ones I've seen on the forum are bright red but this one is more of a muddy red colour. It's such a strange machine, with its US/UK mix. The Ranger hood with height adjuster window on top...

I bought the U4147 off ebay I'll post some pics once I have restored it. It's from Nov 1979 and the colour is a muddy red.

Hi there. I have recently aquired a Hoover Senior (Convertible in Canada and US) from the 1970’s which has a badly damaged outer bag. If it was a cloth I could use invisible mending patches, but I am at a loss as to how to mend the tears and holes in this plasticky material. Anyone have any...

What a lovely machine! On the UK model (262) the light opening never had a lens cover - it served as the air intake for the motor. I imagine that it will be the same for your Model 26. - so, nothing missing!

Fantastic catalogue Tommy Back to the 70s. Strange how so many of these cleaners are so rare today. It wasnt all that long ago - or maybe thats just because I remember being a teenager in the 70s myself!

or are Latvian Electrolux cleaners particularly rare?! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vacuum-cleaner-Electrolux-Model-V-/160477183614?pt=UK_Vacuum_Cleaners&hash=item255d2f7e7e

My 417E My 417E Serial number is 186123 making it around March/April 1958. Interesting - the manual indicates that it should still be maroon at this date! So an early 417E in blue with the old style toolset. Another thing that doesn't seem quite right - the flex and rubber grommit that holds it...

Production numbers up to 1964 .

1964 Hoover Manual 417 pic Here is the front sheet of the 1964 service manual.