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NEVER !!..... ....launder bags in a washing machine! It can and will destroy them. Tepid water with a mild solution of Woolite then VERY GENTLY hand wash - works best. Do not wring or brush. Rinse carefully in cold water. NEVER wring out a bag. Hang out or in the shower and allow to drip dry...

700 rubber bumper... The vac supply houses might have some bumper material. However, if you're a purist, you might want to look for a junk 700 series with a decent bumper.

Just finshed... doing exactly what you've described on an old 541. It WAS a tricky task and dirty too! In this case however, the brushes were stuck from years of non-use, so fortunately, they didn't go anywhere.

Perhaps if you remove the four screws from the lower bearing plate you will be able to remove the armature from the field housing, if you have not already done so. Before you remove the armature, it might be a good idea to remove the carbon brushes and springs from the commutator on the top...

How to Polish a Kirby... ...use Kielbasa ;o) (sorry - couldn't resist it)

Her Majesty's..... ...90th Jubilee!

Well..... ...the choice of that Electrolux would have to be by natural selection - who could resist?

Brandon.... You never cease to amaze me. What a beautiful monochromatic display of blues with the 68 in forefront of that magnificent mid-century range. "Those were the days!" (forgive me, Edith Bunker)

get another 700 machine.... with good wheels for parts. Some other older-model Hoover wheels might fit. The good news is that Hoover produced a lot of 700's. It was considered their "super-cleaner" and very popular 86 years ago - many are still in service. I don't consider them to be rare...

Brandon... Your 450 is in beautiful shape. It's rare to come across a vac nearly 80 years old in that condition

Kudos..... to Jim Beckwith for the patent research

First of all.... If this is not a joke, your link defaults to "Now that's cookin" website

Henry Dreyfuss'.. model 300 coffee-can was designed with a dull black wrinkle finish

Shining Coffee Cans Most of the coffee-can Hoovers, which would include the model 700, were finished in bright polished aluminum and can be re-polished. A couple exceptions might be some earlier and more primitive models with rough-castings (as shown). Then there was the model 541 in 1923 that...

Jim... ...may have hit a temporary road-block. Dreyfuss' autobiography "Designing for People" Simon & Schuster, New York, 1955, may shed some light on the question.

Hoover model 300.... ...less expensive companion to the model 150 c.1936

That 68... is a nice one, Josh!

Jim... I believe as well that Dreyfuss designed for Hoover long before the introduction of the 825. I heard it, I read it somewhere but can't remember because it was several years ago. The artistic bag logos on the early models were obviously the works of some good artist - why not neighbor and...

Hoover model 450 ...the less expensive companion to the model 800 c.1933

John! ...lovely sentiment! I'm in sync with you totally! Hoover is gone but not lost forever. We have our collections to prove it, and they only get more beautiful as time goes on.