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66 Wow, small world. I grew up in Churchill and I remember Faller's well. My parents bought their Hoover Convertible at Community Electric in Wilkinsburg.

Wow. I have seen Fred's display before, but didn't notice until now that it is not only color, but model coordinated. And I can see the answer to the question that I asked. The early green (66) in between two pink models before the blue era. The 28 and 29 along with the early 60 models, 1060...

Was this model really green? I saw the pic of the day from a few days / weeks ago and that image was green, but I assumed that was just the advertisement which was a drawing. I have never seen an early model, green convertible, but didn't think to ask this till I saw one on ebay that isn't clear...

Another offender - Hoover Anniversary "convertible&quot One of the worst offenders that I have seen is the new Hoover Anniversary "Convertible" aka Saavy. This has a hepa filter and I use the hepa bags, but still smell dust when I use it, dust accumulates on the outside of the bag canister and...

Thanks !! You have to wonder why, back then, when the machines were so similar other than the name and the electric current, why they put a switch on the base on U.K. and on the handle on U.S.

517-519 Can't speak for the omission of the earlier models, but they might think that the 517-519 did not appear different enough from the 516 to warrant an appearance here. But I'm kind of surprised that they don't include the 561 which I believe was the first with the triangle belt lifter and...

UK Senior I've always wondered this. What is the red nob on the right side of the base on the U.K. senior that we did not have on the U.S. Convertible?

A memory As soon as I hit submit on the above message, I had a memory from the late 60s of going with my Grandmother, on a bus, taking her prized Model 65 to the Pittsburgh Hoover "authorized" service center (in it's previous location in Green Tree) for the yearly "overhaul". She is gone, and...

Voice message at the Pittsburgh Hoover Service Center gives the hours of operation and then says the store will be closing on December 19th and "thank you for 27 years".

Definitely Bagged I've never understood what the big deal is with changing the bag every so often. You're supposed to empty a bagless canister after each use. And when you consider the cloud of dust, you really have to go outside to do it. I had a Hoover Windtunnel 2, for 2 weeks before I...

Convertible? Don't get your hopes up too high. This is the Hoover Anniversary "Convertible" but has nothing to do with what we know as a Convertible. They only renamed the Savvy and previous Windtunnel V2 as "Convertible" because it can be converted from bag to bagless (as each of those...

wow You have it all, right there. So do the dusting tools work very well?

Question I know this has nothing to do with the nostalgic $ value of these antique sets, but I was always curious, did these "dusting tools" work very well. My closest experience is with the 60s Convertible attachments, which looked like they should have been great (especially considering the 2...

I've never owned a Dyson and am not a fan. But I am curious as to why the leading consumer rating magazine generally rates them as mediocre, but in actual user reviews (in that magazine's web site) the owners love them - more so than I've seen with other brands. I'm a Kirby fan tried and true...

Hose Suction Interesting. This confirms what I always thought. My mother and aunts that owned convertibles (model 65 pink through the early 60s light blue model - US) at that time, always looked down their noses at the tool suction, either didn't buy the tools or threw them away and insisted on...

I also have another question. By the way, beautiful job with this!! I would love to bring my model 65 convertible to you and see what you could do with the warped motor head. I know, can't fix that on that model and everyone has that problem. Anyhow, my question is this. The owner claimed that...

Hi all. I am new to this site, but bring over 30 years of vintage vacuum fascination with me. I wanted to comment on how the sound is so different from previous windtunnels. I once owned the orignal WindTunnel from 96 or 97, can't remember the exact date. It was maroon and was not self propelled...

As I recall from age 3, it was watching the bag inflate on my family's Kirby 516 that started my fascination. And to this day, when I turn on my Ult G - Diamond, I always watch the bag inflate, though not as satisfying as the older models. If you are a devoted Kirby fanatic, the cost of bags is...

Hey Alex It didn't break other than the spring came off. And I did try to put it back, but it was not at all intuitive (at least to me) as to how to get it back in without breaking it. It seemed very delicate and when it came off, it's not like I was tugging at it. To be honest, I'm not sure I...