A very special friend sent a very special cleaner!

[gottahaveahoove]

I've learned that , another thing that made these so rar

they only made about twenty thousand of them... a big difference to, say, one hundred and fifty thousand of a lot of other models. Can you imagine 150,000 HOOVERs rolling down the line? !Some were made for 2 years or so. Tom has an upright that was only made for 6 days. Yikes.
John

 

[andy-lux]

wow such a rare breed of senior. congrats

 

[vacbear58]

150,000 HOOVERs rolling down the line

John

Cannot manage 150,000, but what about a few Juniors - taken in 1958 I reckon this is the final test area for the all new Junior model

 

[vacbear58]

An idea for drapes

If you should need any as part of your re-model - yes Hoover bag material. This is taken from the bag cutting area, same vintage. The pink material for Juniors, the blue for 638 or Dustette models

Al

 

[brandon_w_t]

WOWEE!!! What a fantastic picture!

Is that the 638 in the background?

 

[vacbear58]

Brandon

I am sorry its not very clear but i think those are body shells for the 638, oh wait - the one on its own on the top shelf? That is 638

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Beautiful photos!

I would have LOVED to be in there seeing that in real life! All of those cleaners in a row look like the late pop artist "Andy Warhol" type of art. Are ye familiar with him? Thanks for those pics. Was that inside the famed Perivale plant?

 

[vacbear58]

Perivale

John

The pictures are from two sites, the Junior line is in Perivale and the bag plant in a newly acquired building behind the main plant. At that time Connies where manufactured a few miles away in another factory in Wembley. This in addition to the High Wycombe plant (about 20 miles away) which was given over to the steam iron (HY had been round a long time, I believe it was previously for bag manufacture)as well as the washing machine plant in Wales and the electric motor plant in Scotland.

The bag plant may have been a temporary addition as the Perivale production lines would have been changed from the old style 119/1224 range to the 1334 Junior and in 1959 the "Senior" lines would be changed from model 638 to the new 652. The Wembley plant had been in use since the introduction of the Connie in 1956 - at this moment in time I do not know when Connies would have been transferred to Perivale although it may have been with the introduction if the 862 which would also have been in the planning stage at the time of this report. I will also have to check to see when the 417 cannister series (which carried on here with variations right through to the early 1980s) went to Scotland

Al

 

[vacumaniac]

John:

I will make a deal with you. I will pay your water bill and you can ship me that gold 65. Fair enuff????

Congrats on a great addition to your collection!!!!