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I absolutely love the Seniors, as a wee nippa in the mid 70's mum had a 6525 as did the neighbours both sides as well as by best mates mum and another friends mum as well. Sydney were alive and well with them. By the mid 80's they started to appear at the side of the road in quarterly council...

You are right fan-of-fans The cog in the filter cage married up with the cog on the motor housing, each time the cord is pulled out of the machine it would shake / beat the filter. This was known as an automatic bag shaker. The automatic bag shaker was first introduced in to national branded...

Hi all My latest find, a 70's Hitachi canister cleaner in nice, tidy order. Cheers Mike

Hi Pizzini79 This machine was quite popular in the mid 80's in Australia. GE also put out the identical machine with the only difference being the floor tool and filter. It is a bagless machine like National and Hitachi where the dust collects in the body with either a cloth filter for the GE...

Q Hi all Your pic Beko reminds me to ask a question I've always wondered about. Why is it in some seniors the headlight lense appears to be yellow and others are translucent white? Is it ageing of the plastic or discolouration from heat or simply the bulb that is fitted? Can anyone shed...

Thanks for sharing your Senior link beko1987 most enjoyable. I love the Seniors, smooth running, robust and very easy to give the motor an overhaul. The hood should polish up very nicely. Mike

Hi Jan In Australia you vacuum was known as the convertible. Whilst the convertible has a very long run in various colours yours would have been manufactured between 1970 - 1974. It looks identical to the Australian built machine and performs superbly on carpets. My mothers one was 400/620...

Many thanks vintage repairer, that explains when you look through the exhaust port you can see what looks like a plastic motor cover, something I have never seen before. The instructions also make note of triple filtered air. So it's safe to say it does have an exhaust filter. I am stoked to...

There is no sponge filter attached to the exhaust. I!ve never seen or knew one existed. Do you have a photo of one you could share?

You're right Hoovermatic it was! the guy was selling about 15 of them. He emailed me and said theres quite a few 427's being listed soon so keep yr eyes peeled if yr interested. anyway received connie and was delighted. I've always had earlier model connies to this one which seemed more robust...

Look what arrived today all the way from England, an never used Connie. The serial number is 086771102172, Box is very tatty but all complete and not a single scratch or dent from her long journey to NZ Cheers. Mike

Hi guys Today I received my new Nilfisk GM80P in the post. This machine in NZ in the 60s, 70s and 80s was the Rolls Royce of vacuum cleaners and still available here today as a commercial cleáner. I bought at an exceptionally good price here of NZD $775.00......mike

Hi all, Excited to receive in the post my new Nilfisk GM80P, marketed here in NZ as a commercial machine but sold here from the late 60's till late as a domestic machine known as 'Tellus'. To give you an idea of prices, I got it at an exceptionally good price of $775.00 nzd from a local nilfisk...

Thanks Al for the info, I thought it may be 1972 - 1973, with the white ribbed cord and hoover changing it's plug in 71/72. The freedom had the same plug but with a smooth plastic cord, I guess to cope with the automatic cord rewinder. I believe Hoover ran this concurrently with the Freedom line...

Hi all Just bought a Hoover 429 and can't wait for it to arrive from Australia. I think it's very late in the run about 1972 - 1973 by the ribbed cable and plug. It's described in lovely condition and can't wait for this little baby to arrive. There's a few pics and one of the rating plate so...

Hi all I'm on the search for a 427 Hoover, complete and in 'as new' / 'near new' or excellent condition and great working and clean order, Preference to condition rather than colour! These hoovers were never released in NZ and seldom come up for sale in good order in Australia, Am willing to...

hi nicholas it does have a paper bag liner but you can use it with or without the liner cheers mike

My two favourite cleaners at our retro bach at Hanmer Springs NZ, 1967 Connie and 1961 Electrolux 65

was new but now used when I got my hands on it Mike

The Pinnock was sold in stores and was lesser in price to the constellation, senior, pye, GE and electrolux cleaners. In the 60's I don't think the expensive Kirby had hit our shores at that stage. There were also sewing machines branded Pinnock and whilst that brand of sewing machine was very...