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Thank You. dear Turbo 500, Yes I agree with you, and have a great respect for the knowledge you have. You certainly do have the know how. I tend to agree with you on the autosense gimmick, hahahah and I thought I was the only one, however for a child the graphic of lights is the interest not...

Hey guys, this was another, being in the right place at the right time. With a visit to a charity shop, I found this Hoover Turbo Power2. Haven had the Turbo power 3 at home that needed a hose, I thought well let me take it, there will always be a space somewhere for a hoover or Kirby. Hence...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Dear Scary Vacuum- You have made ny day. In particioating in the climax of the poem, i was drifted to the todlers fear, yet funny was it then to be, the funny tickle bone. HAHAHAHAH Great Work. I loved it and smile my way through the day. Many Thanks Adrian Smith...

White handle and Fork Hey mr Vintage repairer- Looking at postings I see that these cleaners obroad has the pine greenish handle. In South-Africa all these had white handles, from the word go. The handle and fork on the above machine has signs of scuffs. and the idea is to have it...

This is a thread, dedicated to Ruan, a collector from Virginia, in the Freestate, South-Africa. He loves this specific model shampoo polisher, as it was a story of his mom who owned one, and interchanged brushes with the neighbour who had the exact same model who did not have the...

Hey Guys, Thanks for all the advice and information, I am so grateful to eachone of you, and how I can learn in areas where things are not to clear to me. Spending time at the Charity Shops as I do once a week, I stumble across this Hoover Senior. Another prime example of an era where either...

Anthony- Wow, clean intact and standing up straight and in pride, your 1334A. I have had many, and if I say many, I mean many hoover Juniors over the years. Let me admit to something, here on the net. I can take it apart hence can not fit it back together. Come 652's come senior rangers...

WOW Well done, or Welgedan- You did a great job, love the elites, love the way you kept them shiny. The photo that strikes me most, is the one of the Hoover Decade 80. Knowing that it originated there from the 80's, another hooded 652 system, I love the chrome handle, the streamlining lines...

Identi Plate on VK116- I have same difficulties with uploading the pix, and saw in the other threads I posted some pix were duplicated and others did not post.

Excellent workmanship Well done, WOW I am speechless You did an outstanding task with that machine. It comes across brand spanking new, with a cotton thread around the brush roll, demonstrating that it surely does what it was invented for, LOL hahahaha. I am not aware that we had that model...

Metal extention tubes All the aqua plus models that was sold in south-Africa had plastic extension tubes, and quite right the later models 3 in 1 Hoover aqua masters and Hoover Aqua Jet models had the aluminium x-tubes with the turn lock system, if my memory serves me right. They also had the...

Thanks thank you John- By looking at your profile photo, well what can I say. you can have any vacuum cleaner you can think of as long as it is a Hoover. I am still new to vacuumland and thought and was told that collecting vacuum cleaners were a sub conscious od deviar, well I quess then it...

WOW- Dear Garlee- I thank you for the model number identification. The model number probably was stuck on in the form of a silver metalux sticker, which came off with time, as there was no other mention made printed or engraved anywhere else. I still have the original bag, however it has been...

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The Hoover Aqua Plus was found in a vast majority of households in South Africa during the 80's, 90's and 2000's. It too, had an option of 17 litre or 22 litre drums, where the 22 litre drums were phased in more to the mid 90's. At a 1000 Watt it does a good straight suction cleaning of...

Hey Guys- This was my very first wet n dry. not this particular machine however, this specific model. I was still in school and at the time repaired vacuum cleaners for people, taking the ones thrown out and repairing them, replacing the broken parts even if it meant gran and I, driving around...

Herewith the photos of the mighty maid as it was known in South-Africa. Although this is a VK116 ET4 Type 26 in essence of the late 60's the red version the mighty maid, was sold along side the following et10 et 20 VK117. At least that was in South African markets. The original type 26 Vk116...

Columbus B30 Here is the post Office red/ Orange Columbus 3 brush, Being the original coulor you can polish and buff it until you turn blue in the face, it has a matt colour, it will stay a matt colour, and will not turn into red. Known to the South-African Market since the early 70's and...

Hey Guys, This is a machine I treasure dearly. As you have noticed in my previous threads posted, Gran and I was very close and this post in memory to her. Mrs Elizabeth Margaret Smith 25/09/1933 -21/01/2013. This was grans very first machine as she told me tales of it. She got Married to...

Thanks Turbo 500- I stand in adoration for your passion and history instituting accuracy. Over the years I had quite a few Turbo Powers, to a rough estimation about 30 off them. The wine-red autoflex, and the Turbo Power Boast U 2796, also the total system, of which I still have a brand new...