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Nothing quite like a freshly rebuilt Hoover motor!

Another hint.....

Fitting the new carbon brushes. Anybody notice something missing??

On the left, the hood that is now on the cleaner, courtesy of John Gregory. On the right, the original hood, sun faded, heat warped, and battle scarred.

While I was there, the FedEx man dropped off a stack of new toys for John. Can't wait to see what was in them the next time I visit!

Following a successful greasing, we put the armature back in.

A couple weeks ago at John Long's mini meet, I purchased from him a VERY beat up 1976 Bicentennial Convertible that was missing the cord, covered in filth, and in need of much cosmetic help. Today, I brought it in for it's mechanical rebuild after giving it a thorough bath. John Gregory...

Vac-U-Finder, I do believe I stated in my above postings that John Gregory would not take payment for the work and parts done to my machine. He is truly a wonderful friend. So your assumption of price total, while probably accurate for any other vac shop, does not hold to my machine.

I did, and they're fabulous! Thanks Mike!

All done! It's late now and tomorrow will be hectic, so this one will have to wait for the weekend for her maiden voyage. When I take this one for a spin, I'll make a thread about the new Platinum Series upright that John so generously gifted to me.

All ready to assemble!

Opening the box

As mentioned over in Vintage, I purchased a new SteamVac today from John Gregory. He gave me such a fantastic deal!

If anyone is interested in seeing the SteamVac, I'll be posting the unboxing thread over in Contemporary!

A fully serviced Convertible, the beautiful bagless Platinum Series that John so graciously gifted to me, and a fabulous new SteamVac that I purchased tonight at an unbeatable price.

Just for our very own Rob Shore, aka Zippy, a shot of your favorite Kmart special model. This one runs absolutely perfectly!

The other cleaner Robert gifted to John is also orange and white. Here she sits among her Ranger siblings.

Isn't that brushroll great looking? Every beautiful cleaner needs a good brushroll.

It runs beautifully and only the brushroll needed a little attention. It received new end caps, bearings, and bristles. These end caps were a little bit crusted.....Penncrusted, one might even say.

I wasn't the only visitor John had to the store in the last week. Last Friday, Robert Coonradt and his partner dropped by for a visit. Robert was very kind to bring John two beautiful Convertibles. First, we have this orange and white model from the early 80s.