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Drinking and driving? Charles I don't drink coffee whilst driving, only water! Stephen

The reason that I suspected that the connectors might not be original was down to the black insulators looking slightly 'chiselled' and out of round - the sort of thing that you might do in your shed at home..so I suppose you could be right about Universal hand making parts and using what...

Lucky find James! Well, as far as job lots and collections go, you've done well there James. Clarke is not the only one green with envy...plus you couldn't wait 'til I got home to tell me about it all either ;) Stephen

Jack, you're probably right about the transition from flat belt to round belt occuring during production..only I'm wondering whether mine has been modified since new. This is quite possible, since it's been reconditioned by Hoover in the past and though it's a 210 watt model appears to have the...

You could be right there!? You could be right there, though Seamus has/had one, which appears to have a slightly different bag - I think it has blue underlining. That's one of the things that attracted me to the auction; I'd not got that particular bag. One or two collectors have been saying...

Just finished my 3 day 12 hour work shift! Rick, it doesn't seem difficult to manoeuvre the machine, though I've only tried it out briefly. Terry, the terminals do look unusual; I'm wondering if these may have been added at a later date - perhaps there was originally some other type of...

oh BTW By the way I believe that I have one of those air-powered polishers still in the box somewhere (don't think it's the chrome one) ...but I've never used it. I might do one day if I have good reason to and find something strong enough to drive it. I believe that Charles has the polisher...

I remember that one Jack! I remember seeing that 541 listed on Ebay Jack and can't be sue now why I didn't bid on it (at least I don't remember doing so). Possibly it was because money was tight that week. Anyway I'm glad that you got it...and also glad with the one I've got off Jamey, which we...

a view of it working on the bed.. Here's a view of the cleaned machine working on the bed. I had to take it somewhere out of the way, since I've already had a warning about Hoovers today and didn't want to create any more tension!

Another view. Another view from the side..

I've cleaned it a bit! Here's another picture of the machine after a little cleaning..

Hi Walter This particular one is 210 watt. Strangely, it's also the only 425 out of the four which I have, which has the round belt pulley and the round groove in the brushroll; the others have flat belts - I use a Dyson DC01 or early Hoover Turbo belt on them. This one's been retro fitted...

Yeh, think I've seen the blue one There have been one or two of those Phoenix machines on Ebay recently but I didn't bother with them. IIRC, one of these was a blue one. I wouldn't have minded having them..but I've just got so much stuff..and now that Universal has come I've just been given...

Another view Here's another angle, must clean the camera lens!

Here's one I robbed earlier... Is this what you were looking for?! Then look no further; what a beauty, purring away...shall I go on? Needs a good clean and polish...and a cloud of dust blew out when I first plugged it in..but it runs and picks up well. Stephen

Ah, so there was a Phoenix version then.. I have a couple of Phoenix Popular machines, a red and a green one. The hoses are black and cloth-covered. Stephen

I'll keep out of your way on that! Rick, are you serious about buying it, after all you already have a nicer one - is it the same model? BTW, the seller Bolerado sold me my first upright Hoover from the US. Also, my Universal Upright has arrived..YAY! Stephen

Grub Screws These were tight in the handle bail and had to be eased slowly to remove. Fortunately, they came out in one piece. It's possible to manage without them with the steel bails, since they can be sprung in slightly by hand..not so sure about the aluminium ones though, such as on the...

View of bag logo Here's another view

I managed to find time this weekend to do a bit more work on one of my 425s, the one with the badge saying 'rebuilt by Hoover Limited at Perivale'. I'd already freed off a seized brush-roll bearing, regreased the brushroll and tested the motor, which still runs very well. However, the machine...