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6525 Your Hoover will be from the late 1960s until mid 1970s and will probably be model 6525c or 6525e. If you can post the serial number of the cleaner we should be able to give you an exact date - it is just possible that the cleaner was bought new to go with a new house. Although it may...

French Portable John You might be interested to know that European Portables (well the later ones at least) were manufactured in France Al

Over heating plug Its also a good idea to keep an eye on the socket your dryer is plugged into as well as the connections inside can get loose as well and overheat.

Connies in the UK The Constellation was actually launched here in 1956, they had their own production facility (at that time at least) in Park Royal - a largely industrial district about 5 or 6 miles from Perivale. The floating version was launched in 1958. Al

429 Mike That is a lovely example of one of these cleaners and the last of this line of Hoover cleaners. Please post some more pictures when it arrives. I think here in the UK the ribbed cord had been dropped for smooth cords earlier in the production run but, given the moulded Aus plug...

Predicta One of the guys over in AW posted a CL ad for one of these in somewhere called Barrie - $650. its reply #2 in the thread so you need to scroll UP in the link Al http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?57197_4#bott

Accessories That's a lovely cleaner and I hope you get many years enjoyment from it. BUT you should always have the handle lowered when using it with accessories - they are always shown that way in the manuals Al

Conquest You have done a grand job there James and you should be feeling very pleased with yourself. Al

Provenance Thanks for posting the story of the Trident in Birmingham, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Its always interesting to know the history of cleaners, I always ask when I am picking one up. I am glad the instructions worked :) It curious that she thought it old looking in 1974 as it...

507 James Thanks for the progress pictures, it looks like you are doing a really good job on it and I look forward to seeing the pictures once its painted. Al

Trident and Volta Benny As far as I am aware the (Rob's) Trident canister was never seen here as an Electrolux but one or two orange ones branded Volta have shown up over the years. The Floor nozzle would tend to indicate early to mid 1980s but that is not absolutely reliable as Electrolux did...

Copy & paste Benny I was glad you got a good response from that seller, it quite restores one's faith in human nature & good manners when things like that happen. If you want to share it with us it is quite easy. Firstly it is helpful to have windows open for both the message you received and...

Constellation It is so cool to see those spheres on the overhead conveyor :) Interesting too the closing comment that a skilled employee assembles the entire cleaner, as we have (UK) footage showing the production line for Convertible/Senior where it is a production line with the cleaners on...

Cordwinder There are probably a couple of reasons for this Benny. Firstly the Trident was based on the smaller bodyshell of the 65/80 so to accommodate the cord winder they would have needed to use the larger 90/100 body shell. Secondly, with the 90 and to an extent the 100, Electrolux...

Bean counters Benny I don't want to hi-jack Doug's thread by veering off, but a quick explanation. Quite often here and in the sister site AutomaticWasher folks will sound off about "bean counters" aka cost accountants as being the downfall of manufacturing in the western world. I do not...

Radiator Brush James I don't believe that Hoover ever supplied a radiator brush with any of its cleaners - I have no recollection of seeing one in any of the literature. That said, I never thought that Hoover did sprayers to use with their cleaners like Electrolux did - until I actually saw...

More Trident I have no recollection of seeing that Trident that Benny's search threw up, I wonder how I missed it as the listing title has several of the criteria words I use when searching ebay - I would have discussed it with Doug too had I seen it. Maybe someone got in quick with the best...

507 You are doing a great job there James, please keep us posted on your progress. With all the bitching that goes on about modern day cleaners people tend to forget just how comparatively expensive they were back in the day. £39 was not out of the way for the time though for this market...

More Conquest The attached link shows lots of pictures of the Hoover 507 Conquest models Al http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?12496

Conquest Congratulations James, these cleaners are not common so another one turning up is a good thing. Sorry I cannot help you at the moment with any ideas on the cord winder, but it would be great to see some pictures of your work. Did it have any tools with it? Al