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    Guess what I found...

    lark tools i love this!!! si
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    vacs for sale!

    hoover elites no just maybe a senior 652c, a hoover junior1334 recon a dustette and a hooverette missing a lot of its bits. I will know more once ive had a good look may be my connie 86 speak to you soon si
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    vacs for sale!

    sorting out am gonna spend sometime tomorrow sorting out, but the house move maynot go a head for a while so we will see, yea not to bad jb ta you? si
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    vacs for sale!

    am selling collection due to downsizing!! have got to sort out exactly what i have, then will post a list in case anyone is interested!!! speak to you later si
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    Guess what I found...

    cheers matt cheers matt well done. those memories are special and seem even more fun now we are older looking at them as collectable machines, but at the time were general household appliances si
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    Guess what I found...

    hi matt hi matt remind me , could anyone place this at the time you were asking? si
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    Guess what I found...

    hose converter i take it the front cover snaps off like the early junior and the converter snaps on after the belt is manually lifted off? and it would take a hooverflex double stretch hose in blue? maybe its the same converter as used for junior? si
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    Guess what I found...

    red ball switch didnt someone ages back say they were trying to identify a vac from childhood with a red ball switch? si
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    vac of the day

    what a lovely pic i love that machine, it has a double stretch hose, right? and angled converter. anybody else got this type of machine ? would love to see the pics as they came after the brown ones and just before the more modern rear conversion seniors , yes? si
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    funny junior story!

    A customer of mine , now in his late 70s,Ron, used to work for Hoover in the 1950s/60s and often has a tale to tell! Many years ago when the Britain wasnt quite used to paper bags, in vacuums, Ron was called out to a very irate customer whose 6 week old Hoover Junior wasnt picking anything up...
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    Canadian Hoover Model 281

    suction i bet thats better suction than the later senior with rear converter as thats quite a poor seal and skinnier channel to get blocked. i must look for a machine with side converter port like yours to use my toolkit on which i got from a junk shop 2 pounds and have never had a machine to...
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    Canadian Hoover Model 281

    hose converter having had a late 50s uk senior which has the back slide in converter which kicks the high power switch on entry and has the metal pate attached to reach under and lift the brush roller off the carpet, i was never sure how these earlier side hose converters worked,. you say you...
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    Goblin upright info?

    hi folkes hi folkes all i can tell you about goblin upright is that a family in our street had 1 from in the 1960s. it had a blue bag and black and cream striped cloth hose with straight chrome handle and you had to take the belt off with your finger.... cant remember much else... sorry! si
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    Hoover 63 Blue & Gray serial A11...

    tools port i thought the tools port had a spring loaded flap? si
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    Hoover 63 Blue & Gray serial A11...

    tools Do you have a tool set for it? I would love to see a view of the underside with fan cover off and the hose converter i place..... as i never have... only the later version where converter goes in from the back si
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    Hoover 700 1920's? and photo.

    beautiful machine what a beautiful machine! and the tool set... well . its examples like this that put todays cheap plastic rubbish to shame. at my hotel our hose is taped up by the handle and by the coupler, the rug nozzle doesnt change over properly and has a bit missing etc etc. well ... the...
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    Found ths DAM and Porta Power today

    hose does the dam take the same hose coupler as the pp? i know the cylinders and dam do si
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    Hoover or Lux

    lux/hoover hi guys one of the most popular feature electrolux tools of yesteryear was the sprayjar which came as standard here in the uk, up to circa 1970. did hoover do one?
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    Hoover or Lux

    cheers mike cheers mike for that .... interesting si
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    Hoover or Lux

    blow port hi mike, where is the conquest blow port? si
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