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This Apex model 58 has recently been listed on UK ebay? Can anyone give me any information about it - no i am not the seller. Is it suction power only or does it have a driven brush bar? Thank you Al

Some Facebook members may have already seen some versions of these pictures posted there by ChesterMike (with my permission). Firstly I must express my grateful thanks to Mike, Rob & Paul and Jack & Jon for their assistance in getting the room set up and loading and unloading the cleaners...

Sorry if I am a bit late to the game here as I am not that interested in contemporary vacuums. But this grabbed my attention this week as it looks, at least superficially, like a 1950s design updated. Of course I did not realise till I saw the video that it was a Vax so is it a Hoover in the...

I came across this whilst looking for something else - nice one :) Al

Just spotted this while browsing during my lunch break. We did not have these in the UK

This weekend has thrown up some interesting cleaners I think this is only the second of these I have seen, I bought the first one. This dust cup version was one of the last model Seniors ("New for 1984") and were pretty short lived. This one looks like it needs work...

I came across this film today, from 1950. This would have been a cinema "short" and was just one of the many ways that Hoover promoted their products. Whilst there is no doubt that Hoover produced good cleaners the real secret of their success was that they promoted them extensively - utilising...

I hope someone can give me an answer to this very frustrating problem. I have a number of Electrolux Automatic (as supplied with 310, 330, 345 & 710 cleaners) carpet/floor nozzles stuck fast on wands and for the life of me I cannot get them off. And I am here to tell you that that plastic is...

Well WE all know it isn't a convertible Whilst the later version (1348) seems common enough this earlier version must be quite a rare bird. Of course the bag is a replacement, the later green one would have been better but that has a different flange. It seems in quite good condition and...

This last weekend was a holiday weekend so what better excuse for a get-together for some vintage appliance fun :) A lot of the action focussed around washers, which you can see on the link, but vacuums were not left out of it either...

Its not often you find me posting in here, but I have just bought a new cleaner (the first since 2006) - a Dyson DC44 Animal

Benny (Vintagerepairer) mentioned in another thread about Morphy Richards cleaners so I thought we might take a trip down memory lane. Starting off with the 1950s Upright. This has been restored so its not quite the original colour although its VERY close. The handle was originally chrome but it...

I got this cleaner just after Christmas - a Colston 301. Colston is an name more commonly associated with washing machines and dishwashers here - it appears to be of Italian origin, which is why I hope Tommy can give is some more information about it

It is a bit confusing that in the UK the DAM was known as the convertable. I recently cam across this one. What is unusual about it? It appears to be from 1987

A few months ago I mentioned that I had managed to obtain a South Africian Hoover 4006 - this is a variant of the Hoover 4002 - the first Ranger model we had

Someone clearly followed some of Hoover's marketing campaigns Al http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-HOOVER-SENIOR-VACUUM-CLEANER-1950s-/300633103710?pt=UK_Collectables_Vintage_RL&hash=item45ff211d5e

Lets kick off with a model I have been looking for since I started collecting Vacuums - the Hoover 419 (Harlequin) in red

A while back I acquired a Lux model E (US) cleaner, something that is very rare in this side of the pond. Sadly there is a problem with the hose. Is there anyway that this can be removed from the coupling, the bad section removed, and re-connected. It would cost way more than the machine is...

Hoover 262

Bill (tazcatsdad) mentioned this cleaner in a thread a couple of days ago - and indeed it may even have been this exact cleaner he was referring to. So, I thought I would share some pictures. From the front