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here is putting on some bondo to fill in that missing gap

The front of the handle was broken above the screw, so in order to make it strong again I poured some fiberglass into the cavity there. I was a little worried this would melt the plastic but it didn't.

Well I got this Constellation at a store called the Goodwill outlet a while ago. It works fine but unfortunately I didn't get there in time to save it from getting its handle broken. The Goodwill outlet is not like a regular store and things can get thrown around a bit. I was fortunate to...

That sure is an attractive bag.

How bad is crumbled?. You could glue it with modeler's glue. I see that there is a plate on the top so a lot of "shoring up" could be done inside and not visible from the outside.

Thank you, yes, that is the same machine. First thing I did was shine up the bakelite top. I have an HVLP paint sprayer, though I shoot it (th air) at 100 psi so it isn't very "low pressure" but I find it just works better that way. I too had the paint color matched to a piece on the bottom...

Hero shot I am really a fan of this Dreyfuss design. I know this is a relatively common machine but I will be sorely tested if another one shows up in not picking it up. Hopefully this one will survive another 60 years. Thanks for looking, and again, if anyone has a specific year to the...

Almost done This is the fun part

Familiar 28 These are pretty easy to work on in their own way

Handle needed painting too Lots of wear on this handle so it got the treatment

Painting So it really is just in need of some cosmetic restoration. After disassembly I sand it down with 220 grit and mask off the parts I don't want painted. This one was plagued with snafus so it ended up getting 4 coats BTW the bag had been put on backwards, how many years ago I couldn't...

Hoover 28 restoration say, thanks so much for the information. Just thought I would bump this up in case anyone else has any information regarding the serial numbers, etc. I just finished working on it so why not bump it up that way Anyway, this sat at the local re-store for quite some time...

Hi all, here are two Hoover 28s and I am noticing some differences between them, most notably that fancy trim on the I think newer one. I know these had a long run, just curious if anyone has done a history on them or knows some more about them. The far one is serial number 2746077 while the...

Here it is with the new brown cord BTW I thought I would clean up the white cord which I saved for perhaps a future restoration. Boy, I must have scrubbed that thing for a half hour with soft scrub with bleach to get it to look okay. Not so hot on white cords... Thanks for looking

Well, I was inspired to go through the effort of changing the white cord on my Hoover 28, by a recent thread here where a member had done a similar thing. I was able to track down a more recent but brown cord that fit fine. It is a little lighter brown than the origial would have been but I...

Thanks all For the information. But it sounds like the older Kirbys had the smooth wand and then were followed by the ridged ones? 509/510.

While this one has ridges. I have another Kirby with this type of pattern on the handle shaft though it is different than this one.

These two handles, or rather the shafts, are both on Kirby 561s, but this one is smooth...

Great job I can tell that black cord looks much better than the white one would have, did you salvage that off of another machine?

Can anyone tell me a little more about this vacuum? This was my daily driver for about 20 years. I sold it a few years ago and now I have a little seller remorse... this was before I was interested too much in vacuums I just wanted something retro. In searching through the archives I don't...