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Jeffie?? OY!! The Baby is Michael's, a gift from Tom when I was out there in May working on convention plans with him

yes Bernie, That is a 103 Hoover Baby awaiting restoration

I am so used to seeing plastique junque in the thrift stores, that when something like this comes along I grab it even though I already have one... Presenting a rather dirty model 1030, it runs beautifully, but needs a little greasing. All for the princely sum of $12.00...

tis true... "It Beats...as it sweeps...as it cleans..." was first used in 1920, 6 years before the beater bar came out

150's chassis is floating...the wheel carriage is completely separate from the base, for the rug adjuster mechanism. Glad it arrived safe Jack, I know you were thrilled to get that!

why Hoover changed from the metal beater bars to the plastic This is my own theory, so its subject to being way off, BUT I think it was because of carpeting trends. When the beater bar was introduced, everyone had area rugs. The rugs were not glued or tacked down, and it was easy for the...

to the best of my knowledge.. The first cleaner NOT a Hoover to have beater bars after the patent was Singer, introduced on their re-designed model U-41 twin fan upright about 1961 or so. Theirs was a metal beater bar, kind of like Hoovers, but it was in a wood core brush roller and inserted...

If I'm not mistaken Kyle's Eureka is a model 270, and it would date from that late 60's, 67-68 somewhere. The height was adjusted by the rear wheels. Eureka introduced their up front adjustment about 1969 or so, roughly the same time as Hoover introduced the 4-position Convertible.

We've met Miriam back in April, at the Center On Halsted Gala. She's a delightful lady!

I didn't forget it Phillip... I didn't mention the U4095 because it had the older style round hood. To my knowledge no, there are not any full hooded promo models

Louis, The U4099 replaced the Bicentennial model U4085 at the end of 1976

As these machines are identified... I add them to the Convertible list, so we know what they are. So now the 3 models in the above style have been identified: U4075 - sea Blue U4087 - forest green U4091 - Persian gold All three models have squared hoods with the same graphics, and narrow top...

nope... the first Elites used the front conversion attachments similar to the Concept One. On board tools would come on the Legacy, which debuted in 1991.

Nicholas, to answer your questions, Yes there were at least a couple of instances where they used the same model number and changed colors. the first one is model U4001, which came in three color combos. The first was a seal griege/taupe, the second was persian gold/taupe, and the third was a...

Wow, the more I look at that The more I like it. The color is the same blue used on the later 1458 series Upright. I'm not a Eureka expert, but that looks to me like an EARLY Eureka p/n canister, not quite TOL but close. Their TOL model would have been a canned ham. This one looks very...

it is not the 80th anniversary model Its just a plain Elite 600 The 80th anniversary model has a lighter colored bag

Its both Phillip, That is on of the MANY promos not on my list, there were way too many of these bby the middle 70's. The promo models varied from store to store too. This model, like the gold model Tom has could be bought new WITH a set of 1031 tools for $49.99 Around here Zayre had a promo...

That was Charlie C... From New York, Deer Park? The cleaner was a Lux XXX with a MIELE motor, and a Simplicity hose/powernozzle. It really was a true monster vac!

The Heritage II originally had the grey lexan fan. If you have an aluminum fan then the original has been replaced at some point.

There has not been a metal fan in Kirby production since the Tradition. The grey lexan fan was introduced on that model.