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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">I have two Hoover 918s that I am going to put together to get one good one. One is cosmetically nicer than the other one, but has a shot motor. The other one has a good motor but is all scratched and dinged up. As soon as I get an original 918 bag that someone promised to send me</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;"> (hint hint!)</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">, this may be my first project in my new workshop (see off-topic department).</span>



 



<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">If you'll look closely you'll see that while these are the same model, they are slightly different -- most notably in the color. One is a sort of slate gray wrinkle finish and the other one is a lighter gray, almost silvery hammertone. I am sure they are both the original paint.</span>



 



<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">The other difference is that the lighter-colored one has a metal "shelf" for the bag to rest on. See photos. I had never noticed this before. So I wonder which one is older. I didn't think to look at the serial numbers, and I've already finished out there for the day. Anyone wanna guess?!</span>



 



<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Other than those two differences, however, the two machines are identical.</span>



 



<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">P.S. Sorry about the crummy quality of the photos. My good digital camera is being repaired so I had to use my cellphone camera.</span>



 



 


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