A major difference between US Mod 63 and the UK 638...

[marukap]

Model 305

Shares the same basic design with the 27 and 28 except that the 305 does not have adjustible height and tool conversion requires removal of the bottom plate as with earlier models. It does have handsome style with red graphics on a black and gray bag and a black Bakelite hood with H O O V E R embossed along the top.

 

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305 Undercarriage

 

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Hoover 150

Note the forked handle bale as opposed to the rear handle socket on the UK 160.

 

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150 Undercarriage

Fabulously complex - Note independent chassis assembly and positive action automatic height adjustment.

 

[marukap]

Hoover 25

Paint color and finish are not quite right. One of these days I'll get around to redoing it. This is the last model to use the forked, center-mount bale. The height adjuster assembly is a well designed and effective hybrid of screw-type adjuster and spring loaded floating "automatic." It is unique to this model.

 

[marukap]

25 Undercarriage

25 Undercarriage

 

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25 Undercarriage

Rear details

 

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Hoover 26

Original finish on this one! The bag is a prototype handisac assembly NEW from the famous North Canton "vault."

 

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26 Undercarriage

 

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26 rear detail - Pretty much the same as the 25 without the screw-down height adjuster. Nicer wheels, though.

 

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26 front detail

 

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Pretty-Maids-All-in-a-Row

305 - 150 - 25 - 26

 

[vacbear58]

"All I can say is WOW!"

Martin
Thank you for taking the time to prepare and load the photos - your cleaners are in such WONDERFUL condition, you must have spent alot of time restoring them. And thank you also for the schematic of the 60 handle - there was a lot going on in there! Given that it was dropped I can only assume that it was to costly to build or that customer response was not positive enough to warrant its continuation.

More questions though. Was the 25 a successor to the 150, or a reduced cost version to run along side it. As you have stated we had the 160 with the 26 starting soon after, although there did not seem to be that much difference between them. We had both models up to 1949 when our 612 was introduced. Interesting that after the 150, the range seems to have gone along a rather simpler technoligical route with the 25 as the basis of the TOL versions rather than the 150

I do not have a 262 but it appears to me that the 26 has a much more pronounced ridge going along the hood......

Thanks again for making this such a rich thread, and thanks too to Seamus whose sharp eyes kicked teh whole thing off
Al

 

[marukap]

Glad you like!

Arguably more attractive, the 305 was the lowest priced machine in the late 1930s. The 25 was the mid-range model and the 150 the very tip-top of the line. Then the 26 replaced the 25 and the 60 replaced the 150.

After the war the 305 was dropped, the 26 was replaced with the 27 and the 61 replaced the 60. The 27 and virtually identical 28 combined the motor and styling of the 305 with the suspension and side-mount tool conversion of the other machines.

 

[ohio_tuec]

I love all of your machines Marty. You are a wizard at making them look showroom new! I love that prototype Handisac assembly on your 26. It's kind of odd that the 305 was the model in the low-price field. By 1939 the forked handle bale already gave the machine a kind of dated look IMHO. I was wondering if anyone knows where I can locate a rear wheel for a 305? I bought one off eBay not too long ago in pretty good condition (even the celluloid lens is intact - which I have NEVER seen on a 305!) but when the box arrived, the UPS driver must have slammed it down. It's probably the same wheel used on a 28, but I hate like hell to cannibalize another machine.

 

[marukap]

305 Parts

Karl: I think I can help you. I'll send you a direct email.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

EXCELLENT SPECIMENS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just look at the way they were made.Simple to see how they would last forever! You have a true talent for restoration. If TTI could see and LEARN. Not to worry: "Boss" MUST be most pleased with YOU.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Look at the "evolution"

of them.From simple to complex. Amazing how some things remained. That's a lot of metal!!