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On Sunday, Tom Gasko and I went over to Stan's and had a fun day playing with his old vacuums and lunch at Applebees. Tom brought the new Dyson DC17 for Stan to see, and we put it to work on Stan's second floor and got up quite a bit of dirt that he wasn't aware was even there. Stan rotates his...

Tonight, I went to spend time and have dinner with my friend Patrick Dawson. He got off work early today and went to one of the used vacuum shops here in St. Louis and brought home two very cool Hoover Convertibles for me. The first one is a model 589. It's a very interesting color, somewhere...

I really went all out this Christmas and used my Christmas money from my family to get something I have been wanting. I thought this was an extremely pretty vacuum and decided to go ahead and bite the bullet and get one. It's the Miele Red Velvet with the SEB-236 powernozzle. What a dream this...

I thought this would be an appropriate thread to post during this time of year of my matchin set of red and green Eureka ESP uprights with the matchin powerteam canisters. The maroon canister and green upright were found on a treasure hunt that I went on this past summer with John Pease at...

A couple of weeks ago I saw this Hoover listed on craigslist.com They were asking $40 for it so I emailed him an offer of $20 and he sent me an email saying that he would accept. I went this evening to pick it up. The vacuum itself is in great condition with the exception that it needs to have...

Wednesdays are my regular day off and I usually go visit Tom G. at his vac shop for part of the day. I was surprised today when he presented me with an early Christmas gift, something that he had heard me mention that I want. Since I first saw the new Hoover Windtunnel 2, I knew I wanted one. I...

With all the recent sad news about the Hoover company, I thought it would be appropriate to post a picture of the two newest Hoover additions to my collection. I just finished the final touches on my Hoover Decade 80 a few minutes ago. It was sent to me by a vac shop owner in Pennsylvania. It...

Fred S. In the Dyson thread you had asked to see a picture of my Hoover V2. I actually have two of them, one that I bought from a friend, and another one that I took as a trade in at work. They are very similar, just seems that they are different colors. The one on the left in the picture says...

I had a lucky day going thrift storing here today here in St. Louis. The first store I went into I found this Eureka Vactronic powerteam for $6. It doesn't however have the hose or the powernozzle, but for $6 I couldn't pass it up. It's in good condition and just needs a bit of cleanup and I...

I wanted to share this picture of my amazing acquisition last week. A lady walked into my Electrolux branch and was inquiring about our new machines and after she had decided which one she wanted, she said that she needed to go home and get her machine to trade in. When she came back she asked...

On Sunday.. John Pease and myself went to Tom Gasko's house in Desloge to help him clean out his vacuum storage "pit" in preparation for the St. Louis mini meet. We call it the pit because it is the crawlspace underneath his living room so you have to crawl around on your knees to maneuver...

Hey everyone.. I was wondering if anyone out there has a Hoover Convertible model 69 that they would part with. I have no convertibles in my collection and this is my most favorite one. Let me know !! :)

I have been meaning to post this for a long time and I finally sat down at the computer to do it.. I wanted to post a pic of Tom Gasko with his new Electrolux 3500sr 75th Anniversary upright that I gave him for all of his help in getting me my Rainbow E2. This upright came into my shop after a...

I had the best time putting together this awesome machine with my friend Tom (Gasko). This is the coolest looking Rainbow so far and it works AWESOME. I love the PE powerhead and the spaceship looks. This will most likely be my new daily vacuum due to the fact that the water washed air coming...