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Hoover and Eureka songs I have the sheet music for the Hoover and Eureka songs. Got the Hoover music from Collector and Vac Shop Owner Don O'Connor, Youngstown, OH, on way in 2000? to convention in North Canton. Got Eureka song off ebay. Perhaps we should have a VCCC barber shop group! Jim...

Telephone no. of Topeka flea market The telephone no. of Boyle's Joyland Flea Market, 29th and Adams, Topeka, is 785-266-5401. Ask for Jerry Boyle. Tell him Jim Kirby (he calls me Vacman) referred you to him. If there are problems with his shipping the cleaner, let me know. I'm in Topeka...

This past Sunday I stopped in a flea market I often frequent because they sometimes have vintage vacuums I'm interested in and found they had two Hoover Dial-a-Matics. One was a Model 1110 with green front, and the other was one with Power Drive and an orange front. The flea market also had...

Could Bertram Electric have made the Kenmore? Am wondering if Bertram Electric wasn't the maker of the Kenmore pictured. Jim K.

Hoover 634 sold for $165.00 The Hoover Model 634 sold on ebay Sunday for $165.00! Jim K.

A 63 now on ebay A Model 63 Hoover with a complete set of attachments is now on ebay. It is Item No. 250153174718. Jim Kirby, Kansas

Hoover Model 634 on ebay Matt, There is a Hoover Model 634, which I believe is a slight variation of the Model 63 but sold about the same time, on ebay right now. Tom Anderson, myhooverco, can give you more details about the 634. Jim Kirby, Kansas

Dog said he'd reformed! Clay, on "Larry King Live," Dog said he had done bad things in the past but had reformed. What do you think? Jim

Bisons I knew Clay Floyd had been a Bison distributor but didn't know that Shane "Dog" Chapman sold Bisons for Clay! Where in Texas did Dog come from? I lived in Houston for a year and in Fort Worth for 13 years. The first Kirby and the first Bison I ever saw were in Fort Worth. When I first...

Bag design The bag with your 541 was the design used on the Hoover Model 25 and the Model 150 although I believe their bags were black with red lettering. We had a Model 25, which my parents bought in 1937. Jim K.

Dog out of trouble Mexico several days ago dropped the charges against Dog. However, his attorney, who also appeared on Larry King Live, pointed out that the dropped charges automatically go on appeal in Mexico. Dog was pictured repairing a vacuum and running a couple of them on the TV show...

Learned last night on "Larry King Live" that Dog the Bounty Hunter has a soft spot for vacuums, likes to repair them, and sold Kirbys before he was a bounty hunter. Jim K., Kansas

That was Lewyt's slogan back about 1955 when vacuums like the one pictured as Vacuum of the Day on the home page today. Cheers! Jim K., Kansas

Have Vacuette In my vintage vacuum cleaner collection, I do have a Vacuette, just like the one pictured. However, the mechanism in mine is "frozen up"; so the cleaner won't operate. The Vacuette and other similar cleaners had large back wheels and operated by friction. A vacuum collector and...

Kyle, I saw you and your sweepers on the CBS Evening News last night. You, your mother, and your sister provided an interesting story to Correspondent Steve Hartman on the "Assignment America" segment. I think I even spotted the Hoover Model 63 I sold you last summer. Keep on vacuuming. Jim...

I'll be glad to find out Will ask if GE 111 was any good and if they reverted to horizontal fan. Jim K.

GE Model 111 in collection I believe Collector and Vacuum Shop Owner Jimmy Martin in Elizabethton, TN, has one in his collection and that he got it in a vacuum shop in a city where VCCC held convention a few years ago. Jim Kirby

Contacts for A-W77 and Hoover 31 I'll bet Charlie Watrous, vice president of the VCCC, can help you with the Air Way 77 parts. In fact, Charlie sells Air Ways. If you will contact Jeff Parker or Tom Anderson, they'll probably be able to help you get what you need for the Hoover Model 31. Best...

Hoover redheads Tom, The red motor covers on Hoover 800's, etc., are called red heads. Machines having these motor covers were to be used as demonstrators only. Collector and Vacuum Restorer Bob Kautzman knows about these and has one. He thought these covers were first used on the Model 575...

913, 918, 90, 91, and 925 Commercials I suspect some of you remember the commercial models referenced above from the 1940's and 1950's. The 925, I believe, was from the 1930's. The only one of these I've seen is Stan Kann's. In my vintage vacuum collection, I have several Model 913's (made in...