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Great find Pete, I wonder if it's as rare as the UK Dustcup Powerplus? The idea is great, but the cloth bag section looks like it suffers the same problems as cloth filter bags in terms of messiness! Wish we'd had the Decade 80 over here - they do have a certain glamour the Powerplus could...

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Typical! Just put mine in storage, but have found a pic of the serial number - 276228, ISTR it dated her to sometime in 1960, she's got white bellows on her, and the darker footswitch. Congratuations on an ace find though guys, slippery slope ahoy! I love the sound of those one speed 652s...

Saw this on Ebay Germany... It looks like a U2718, but the seller says its a U2784 - a Europe only version maybe? I love those colours (is it another glittery one?), and its an autoflex!

I'd better explain... This cleaner, a Hoover Freedom S4070 built in June 1979, was actually my Grandma's. I remember unboxing it when it was new, and going through the instructions. I think it was used until the 1990s, when the hose finally gave out, and it was put in the attic. My Grandma...

What d'you mean, 'no'? What if I told you this cleaner was driven by me across the UK - a trip of 650 odd miles! Would you say I was losing the plot, maybe?

I've known about the existence of this cleaner for a couple of years, but only recently got her home - ain't she a beauty?

And finally, Spring/Summer 1996 I love the subdued colours of these late period machines.

Autumn/Winter 1993... No model numbers in this catalogue! I'm guessing the TP Junior is the U1290, and the Total System is the U2866, which appears in the next extract that I'll post. But the white one - it's not another U2408, note the grey height selector and wheels, bigger motor and crest on...

Autumn/Winter 1992... The U2798 is a very basic Total System machine.

Spring/Summer 1992 The U2408 is now white. The other cleaners are known models, but look at the prices - especially the Freedom, which has been miscaptioned as a Turbomaster...

And yet more Turbopower madness! I had a chance today to go through some pages from old copies of Argos catalogue. These were posted on Hooverland, but seem to have vanished since. Hope they help to fill some holes in the spreadsheet, Paul/Rob! First, from Spring/Summer 1989 - a U2408 in blue...

wow James, How do you fit them amongst the Kirbys? I'm well impressed at the scope and diversity of your collection. I love those 61 series Electroluxes, do they use a bigger motor than the 500 series? They seem to be awfully rare now, but they really remind me of what the Hoover...

She sounds gorgeous! I'm glad you've got an example with sorted paint now. Will the 262 tool adaptor not fit it? I'd guess you've tried that, though! Did you just glue the furniture guard? You need to make a sacrifice to the Hoover gods for the rest of the toolkit, maybe build a wicker man in...

Another John Waters! in 'Desperate Living', Grizelda the maid uses a Convertible early on in the film.

Great find, Clark! It's a dramatic colour scheme for sure, hehehe. the serial number seems to bear out its rarity - looks like the 75th one to be built that month, only Mike's Convertible has a lower one (no. 8 ISTR?) As its rated at 420 watts, I wonder if it has the standard Senior motor with...

Excellent stuff Alan, Connies are still pretty capable machines! They're also the best way to indoctrinate non-collector friends, people find them fascinating, I always have to demo mine for them... They were built until much later in the UK too - I believe the last ones here were built in...

Hey Pete, They used a circular solid scented block to dispense the fragrance, ISTR three different kinds were available. They always remind me of lavatory freshner blocks a bit... *ducks* Si

Anyone gonna bake a cake? I can lend you a suitable mixer if you are!

The Freedom... Mike, I agree with Rob - the Freedom isn't a dust beltcher in the way that, say, a cleaner with split bellows is. The filter seems to work well enough (apart from being a devil to clean out), the problem lies in the seal between the dust box and the dust tube, especially at the...