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Well done James! Congratulations on a superb restoration James! The difference from what it was, to what you made it into, couldn't be more stark. Its a really smart looking cleaner and so pleased you have been able to work some of your magic and get it looking fantastic. Well done. Paul

Hi Sam. A great find you have got there, as this is most definitely one of the rarer Turbopower softbags and is one of the missing cleaners from my Turbopower history thread. Looks in superb condition and a bit of polish will make it shine even brighter than it does already. Cheers for...

Hi Benny. I meant to ask that question - whether you or anyone knew of Turbopower freedom conversions? The black generic blank replacement doors were intended for the entire range then and werent part of a Freedom conversion kit? Paul

Thats your lot for the moment! The Turbo2's, 1000's and 3's will have to wait till another thread, as I need a bit more time to process photos of them and, by the time thats completed, this thread will have fallen off the bottom of the forum. Hopefully this thread and its photos will provide a...

U5132 Turbomaster Freedom Close up of the Freedoms original trade...

U5132 Turbomaster Freedom Certainly the conversion was simpler, as far as use and number of components were concerned...

Hi Benny The impression that myself and Rob both got was that the conversion that we acquired was a bit one-offish. It will be interesting to see whather anyone has seen a colour co-ordintaed conversion elsewhere, or whether they were all a generic replacement black. Totally agree with your...

U5132 Turbomaster Freedom Compare and contrast further...

U5132 Turbomaster Freedom Compare and contrast...

U5132 Turbomaster Freedom The two versions...

U5132 Turbomaster Freedom With the saga of the Freedom cleaners proving embarrassing for Hoover, with complaints being received of cleaners sucking up dust and then spitting it back out again, Hoover developed a conversion kit for the U5132. All this did was dispense with the permabag system...

U5132 Turbomaster Freedom Ingredients of a U5132 - front to back: the cardboard mesh filter which fits into the plastic frame (the component on the left) which clips into the upper front of the bag box (the component on the right) which clips to the main bag box body which then fastens to the...

U5132 Turbomaster Freedom Whats inside? Usual story of dust up the tube and into the box, with air passing through the filter and back into the atmosphere, with dust falling into the dust box at the bottom. Success of the system depends on the filter a? being good at waht it does and b)...

U5132 Turbomaster Freedom ratings sticker

U5132 Turbomaster Freedom Same bag arrangement as the Turbopower Freedom U2662, with the clean filter slide lever. Colour scheme is Ramsey Slate Grey...

U5132 Turbomaster Freedom 1991 saw the introduction of the final installment of the Turbomaster story, in the form of the flawed Freedom model U5132...

C1314 Commercial see what you mean Benny about the colour. So the colour is, at the very least, Cotswold Beige and then a kind of Bambi Brown colour! lol. Its a smart combination and thanks for the info about the Quadroflex beater bar. I have the leaflet for the C1314, but its deep in the...

Hi Benny. Autoflex - whilst I was dealing with the U5080, right about the time you posted your nudge about the chord rewind, I remembered about the autoflex function on the U5080 and U5096. Perfect timing! :-) Regards the Turbo2 in deep red - I managed to pick up one of these machines late...

Thats all for tonight Tomorrow I will deal with the final model in the history of the original series of 'Turbo' models from Hoover, in the form of the troublesome Hoover U5132 Freedom! Cheers Paul

& a finally for tonight .... a quick detour into the work of the Commercial division of Hoover. With the predecessor Senior having had Commercial versions, the new top of the Range Turbomaster was also adapted to have a Commercial spin off model - in the form of the C1314. Derived from the...