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Thanks Jeff, I always wondered about this and I appreciate your great knowledge of these details. BTW, on the same subject of Hoover Models, this is another thing I have always wondered about: is there any logic to the numbering of Hoover models over the long haul? The model numbers seem to...

...just wondering, how long was this model made? I know its delux counterpart was the Model 62 [which was the first vacuum that I remember in our home]. But did its production run all the way through the model 64 Citation? If not, what replaced it? Was there a Model 30 Hoover and 31? My...

Constellation Smell I noticed the Constellation smell too and thought there might be something going on with the motor, like maybe the carbon brushes or something like that because to me it had a faint burning odor to it. I took it to a Hoover service center...the guy was blown away to see this...

Charles-Richard...! "machine that should delight Sandy and Fr. Bruce, in particular!" <br ...Ok...so the anticipation =is= killing me! <br Fr. Bruce

That's about right Charles-Richard... ...because the summer of 1970 was my first summer selling Electrolux out of the branch in Scranton, PA. I had just completed my freshman year of college seminary. At the beginning of the summer we were still selling the telescopic wands; but by the end...

This is from the Compact History Page.. If this is accurate, it looks like the Compact C-4 came out in 1955; but the Compact Revelation in 1953; and it's hard to tell whether that was turquoise or a blue gray. I feel sure it was not hammertone like the Electrolux or the Lewyt. But it doesn't...

Well... I would say that the candidates in the running for the first turquoise vacuum would be: The Compact C-4 The GE Rolleasy The Mid 50's version of the Kenmore Commander Kencart. I don't know which one of these arrived first on the scene, but I know theyhave to be very close in time.

Definitely... Mark, This is a prize! Absolutely a keeper. You can't carve this one up Mark. Where did you get this??? A thrift store? An estate sale? I have vivid memories of that vacuum in the Sears Roebuck in Scranton, PA in the 50's. When you walked in the front door of the downtown...

Filtrete Bags and Filtration... The 3M Filtrete Bags are great! I use them with my Kirby Legend and G6 as well as a Hoover Convertable, U4519 and the filtration as well as the air flow is amazing. There is NEVER a musty ordor and there seems to be consistent suction as the bag fills. And you...

Well.. ...they must have caught wind of their mistake because it now says Rainbow! In any case the sale was made!

...Rainbow attachments to you? In any case, these are definitely not "Kurby" [Kirby] attachments. Where do some of these folks on eBay get their info? http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Kurby-Vacuum-Accessories_W0QQitemZ300087148445QQihZ020QQcategoryZ42146QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

If you didn't see the Oscars tonight... there was a little vacuum skit: toward the end of the show, host Ellen DeGeneres was out in the audience on the front row vacuuming with a Sanitaire -- Red Bag, Sliver body and handle. It was a riot!

...how 'bout this article. Looks like someone's doctoral dissertation on vacuum cleaner dust...! http://rsh.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/123/1/39

The years... ...the telescoping wands were sold were 1968 to 1972. I was selling the 1205 and L at the time. I believe it was in the summer of 1972 that we switched from the telescoping wand to the long, steel wand with sheath. Then the cleaner came with two additional aluminum wands for...

I agree... ...it was not well written and had many inaccuracies. But what was interesting to me was simply the fact that such an article existed by this fellow who seems to be self appointed as an "expert." What's with all these self styled "critics," of vacuum cleaners out there? On this...

just found this web site. Thought it might be of interest... http://ezinearticles.com/?See-Why-Kirby-Vacuums-Rock---The-History-Of-The-Kirby-Vacuum-Cleaner&id=263229

PS.. You have to get through the commercial before the segment comes up.

Actually, it was the Today Show... and here is the clip. http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=2ae064f3-b396-4926-bb79-886b9249bcdc&f=00&fg=copy

Just looking over the new S & F manual [Thanks Fred] and wondering...why did vacuum manufactures stop including demothing units as standard attachments? For some time it seems that they were always included; but eventually stopped. Was there some research that showed they were simply not...

Tom.. Since the Model 82 coordinated with the Upright Model 63, and the Model 84 had the same colors as the Citation, and various collectors' pictures show a pink Connie that looks like it coordinated with the first Convertable, Model 65, then did this pairing continue? I remember that the...