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I feel the same, and to be honest if I had a bigger collection of Hoovers I would probably get rid of my "other" machines.  The only reason I keep them all is because I only have five Hoover models and the others keep a bit of variety too.  If I had 20+ Hoovers I'd have little/no interest in...

"I'll "transfer the body" later tonight.&#34 You sound like you have done this before...   Just make sure it stays within a safe distance of the Hoovers, wouldn't want any cross-contamination.   Do you ever get curious about other brands machines?  Even HOOVER themselves probably took...

Bored!? I think anybody who says they are bored of these wonderful pictures should receive an immediate ban from VL!   My only hope is that one day I will have even 10% of the vacuums you do, that would make me very happy indeed.

Thank you for coming back to this thread, you know I never tire of seeing those gorgeous appliances!   I have never seen a HOOVER Holiday before, and I've certainly never seen the logo altered so that is fascinating to me.

I am always in awe of your house John, it is absolutely beautiful and has a look of fantastic taste and class in every room.

You had to think about that?  Tsk tsk, if a HOOVER is being offered there is never a question, other than "how much?"

"Now that the convention is over, I must get back to posting more photos/." Please do!!

"The cords made today are very poor compared with what was made in the 50s and 60s, Many machines 50 or more years old still have good cords on them, they had cloth around the wires instead of whatever that stuff is now, the rubber covering the wires was much softer too." Indeed, my Hoover 612...

"Just IMAGINE what this cleaner has seen." I thought I was perhaps the only one who thought like that!  It is very...  Strange, for want of a better word to look at a vacuum and know that it was around when the world was basically a different place to what it is today.  The stories they could...

You can't kill a HOOVER!!  What a beautiful machine you have found - I hope to get a few from the 20s and 30s myself one day, my oldest at the moment is my 612 which was likely manufactured in 1949 and of course it works like brand new, no surprises there.  Although that said I think I need to...

It isn't duct tape, but I do have electrical tape on the power cables of both my '82 Electrolux 502S and HOOVER 119 where the insulation has split but the internal wires are still fine.  It doesn't look as clean as it would with a replaced cable, but I'm not a staunch restorer and I actually...

"how differently we all do this stuff?" Indeed, it's like everything else though I guess - cooking, driving etc...   As long as we all do it WELL that's the main thing.

That's a beautiful Citation John, and it looks great with the Pixie (or Dustette, as it was marketed in the UK!).   It is interesting that the HOOVER lettering is on the hood above the Hedlite, rather than below it as in the 612, I always thought it looked better below as it was thereby...

I agree with regards to throwing the bag away at 2/3 full, in fact I usually do it at 1/2!

<a name="start_29105.325157"></a>1) How do you start vacuuming? Do you turn the machine on first or do you recline the vacuum first? Uprights only. I do both really.   <a name="start_29105.325157"></a>I always turn the machine on BEFORE reclining, in my mind the motor should be able to...

That's a beautiful 612 you have there Olivier! 

"<a name="start_28912.323944"></a>Of course,  my collection in rather "concentrated',  being that it is only one brand."   But that is what makes it so unique!  Never change that.

Thank you for all that information Walter!  It is much appreciated.

"What a thoughtful gesture from you co-workers!!!!" Indeed it was.  Unfortunately my feelings towards the company itself (I.E. finding out that they had no legal right to make me redundant when they did) are what they are, but my colleagues were indeed very kind to me.

"How come they can buy vacuums ?" Or pay their internet subscription for that matter.  I don't know about anybody else but I'm paying £7.50p/m for my internet (excluding line rental) so the Vacuum Land subscription is nothing in comparison.    In fact, the $12 fee for a year's subscription...