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    tv series vacs

    What about Everybody Loves Raymond? Raymond's mother had a Hoover 63 "one Day at a Time" "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" all shared a Hoover Convertible U4059 in 1976 or so. Edith Bunker also had an old Royal, a Convertible 719, and a Dial-A-Matic 1149 in addition to the 70's...
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    Hoovers in [I]Blondie[/I] films!

    What fun! I remember watching the hotel movie when I was a kid, the inner-tube bag thing has been done many times! I am not certain if thats a model 700 or a 725, it does appear to have a band around the motor, which would be a 725. The 3rd movie with the dogs is definitely not a model 28, the...
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    New Vac!

    That looks very nice!
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    Aunt Ruth's Eureka...

    Yes David I wish the cleaner were still here, I delivered it over to my parents tonight, they will take it back to Aunt Ruth when the go to visit her...she lives in Princeton Illinois, about 125 miles from me here in Roselle. My point is you'll notice from the pictures I did post that there...
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    Aunt Ruth's Eureka...

    Lux 1205 Logan, Next time I see her I will get a pic. I did see it this past weekend, in her kitchen closet. It was clean and shiny, and looked like new to me. All thats been replaced on it is the hose, which leaked badly. I have the original here...
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    how to de-dog a Dyson?

    Dyson, Bobby, A few years back I had a chance to use a Dyson for about a month, a DC07 Animal. I had always wanted to try one, but could not see shelling out the $$$ they want for one. So when I friend offered me use of the one in his collection I jumped at the chance. I was most surprised...
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    Aunt Ruth's Eureka...

    is it that rare? I'm not certain of the age of this machine, but I know it was after the green hood models, which were 1976. These brown models all had the 1400 series blender motor, that I do know. I had one from the trash maybe 20 years ago, same colors and styling as Aunt Ruth's, only this...
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    Model 61 holiday find

    by the numbers: model 61: Made from August 17, 1946 to January 5, 1950 Serial numbers 1,300,001 to 1,687,860 total sold: 383,972 Compare that with model 28 which had 897,376 units sold...
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    Aunt Ruth's Eureka...

    All cleaned and shiny... with its new bag installed, I think the new bag looks better than the original. Also replaced was the upper cord hook. This runs flawlessly!!!
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    Aunt Ruth's Eureka...

    the brokeb part the bag collar...These broke on Eurekas like crazy! It toook Aunt Ruth 30 years to break this one!
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    Aunt Ruth's Eureka...

    underside with the original Vibra Groomer I. I replaced the brushes about 10 years ago, the orginals were somewhat worn, but not bad. I was surprised at how spotless this was underneath!
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    Aunt Ruth's Eureka...

    I heard through my mom last week that my Aunt Ruth was having some vacuum woes, so Michael and I went over the weekend to see her, and assess the damage. First the vacuum, a 1978 or so Eureka that was won as a prize(she no longer remembers for what) Aunt Ruth has ALWAYS been a canister person...
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    What was the first power head?

    Not the expert but... Electrolux had the first powerhead, sometime in the mid-late 50's. For some reason 1957 is the year that comes to mind. Sears had a powerhead shortly after that. Eureka didn't have their powerhead until the 70's, 1972 I believe. I've seen the machine on ebay that you...
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    Magicord Dreams

    what made them loud was worn agitator mountings. Try cushioning/securing the ends of the agitator with some foam tape...it should quiet it down considerably
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    Hoover Convertible

    model 29... Made from June 12, 1950 to August 24, 1953 Serial numbers A 5,000,001 to A 5,351,896 Introduced August 28, 1950, for $87.95 total sold: 345,512 units Gotta: use your imagination
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    Hoover Convertible

    nope, not plaid.... There's absolutely nothing plaid about it!
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    Magicord Dreams

    Kenmore Model 2395 means its from 1973. The -95 means its one or two down from the top of the line, which was -99 Nice finds, especially the Kenmore, those are to be treasured today!
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    Magicord Dreams

    model # of the Kenmore? That will give the year and place in the line. Nice finds!
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    Hoover Convertible

    I wouldn't worry about the name too much.... but you might want to look your best for the uniform... :-D
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    How rare is a Hoover Lark Model 14?

    Model 14 Started production 12/19/1955 Ended Production 10/2/1956 total sold: 90,689 Compare that to model 12(maroon Lark) Started production 10/19/1953 Ended production 1/31/1956 total sold: 184,867
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