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With a Vitavac of course. I hit one of the usual thrift stores today and found this. I had never seen one before in the flesh so I had to buy it to play with. All that black and chrome it looks like it means business. The power nozzle is a little on the cheap side but seems to work well. I think...

And here we are all ready to clean kitty hair off the furniture!

The back of the caddy is fun too....notice the tools are marvelous.....Eureka's own words

It gets better inside the box........

So one day you know who and I went into a thrift store and guess what....

As I said in the off-topic forum.........when you know who was here we were busy getting into all kinds of trouble. A couple months ago I found this Eureka...my very first cloth bag Eureka. A great vacuum but I had no attachments for it and you all know how important it is to have a full set of...

Chris, The Convertible with the blue handle is a model 68. Roger

I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I found it and then to have the hose too. When I got to the checkout counter the woman said well the little Hoover is getting sold and then she said to me-good luck finding bags for it. I told her I had a few at home! Fred- it was a whopping $20! My...

We found this at a Goodwill of all places...one that never has any vacs. The one on Main in Mesa-just east of Stapley Rd I think. Morgan, Thanks for checking on the orange bag. I may have to put a grey one on it..which would be ok too. This does have edge cleaning channels so it is newer than...

Blower switch Something I didn't know...the trim around the suction opening is the switch to turn the vacuum on for use as a blower.

A few months ago I went in to the local Habitat store to do a vacuum check......only one vacuum in the whole place but it was this. Original hose and it works! The rug nozzle I think should be green so it seems this is a replacement.

I was in Phoenix a couple weekends ago and found this metal base Eureka in a Mesa thrift store. Never have seen one like this before. I thought the hood had been painted but it has not...the orange is the original color. I am sure the bag is not original. It has a Vibra-groomer brushroll. Can...

Michael Thomas came for the weekend....one of our projects was to do some concentrated thrifting. Unfortunately there wasn't much to be found in the stores this weekend. We saw a few vacuums but nothing that needed to come home with us. The other project was to detail and fine tune his latest...

Greg, Tell Terry I haven't changed my ways.....the wound up cord was only for the picture.It will never happen again. :-) Roger

Friday night on my way to Ross' house to work on his Thor Automagic I passed one of our usual thrift stores....should I bother to stop or not. Well I did and it's a good thing I did because there was a perfect Hoover 719 waiting to go home with me. I guess there are a few good vacuums out there...

Terry, That is a pretty nice machine you found. Can't wait to see it in person. R

Greg, That machine is in beautiful condition. The bag too-what a find. Roger

Terry, I found it where we got Greg's Centura.....how about that. Tom, Thanks for the info on these models. The one I found has the tweed printed bag although it doesn't show up in the picture. I love finding the old Hoover models....it reminds me of a quality that once was Hoover.

Tom that is a beautiful vacuum. I had no idea Hoover had so many orange models. I went into a thrift store last Friday and spotted (from a distance)what I thought was a model 34. Turned out to be this U4047.....in perfect conditon. It followed me home. The base and handle are taupe although they...

Ross, There is a Hoover Dimension 1000 close to home. I have one in my hall closet. The next time you are here we can get it out and use it. I too think it is the best cannister Hoover made. It has great suction and you can turn the machine on and off from the end of the hose-my favorite...