Another little dream realised!

[vintagehoover]

I got a new (old) cleaner today. Can you identify it?

(and if I've already told you, you can't play! )

 

[crevicetool]

Rats!

Lets me out!

 

[aeoliandave]

One of those rare double 'D' Ddono sweepers?

"Ddono - do no harm to Milady's carpets" - famous not often heard slogan of the Do-Knot Vacuum Sweeper Company.

What did I win?

prankish Davy.

 

[vintagehoover]

Ok...how about...now?

 

[kirbyotronic]

Is it some kind of Hoover?

 

[vintagehoover]

Alex...getting warmer...

 

[thevacuumman]

is it a minor or a duster

 

[vintageroyal611]

Hoover Duster/Minor?

 

[kirbyotronic]

I kind of was wondering if it was a Duster/Minor too!

 

[vintagehoover]

Yay!

Tyler won, but both he and Matt posted within the same minute, so congrats, guys - you both win something so magical, it's barely perceptible to the average human. But you feel it, don't you?

Anyway, yes, I've finally found something I've been hoping to obtain for for many years - Hoover's first-ever cylinder cleaner, the Minor Model 200.

Now, you may be thinking, 'Didn't he have one of those already!?' Well sort of. I have a Hoover Minor 200B - but although they look identical at a glance, there is barely a shared component between the 1930 Minor 200 and the 1934 Minor 200B. Motor, impeller, main casting, runners, switch, bag...all different!

 

[vintagehoover]

I wish I could post some comparison pics of the 200 and the 200B side-by-side, but the 200B's on loan to the museum until the end of January

 

[vintagehoover]

The bag - the 200B's bag is bigger to allow for greater airflow.

Note the words 'An Empire Product' - between 1919-32, all our Hoovers were imported from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. In 1932, the Hoover Factory in Perivale, West London opened, and from that point on, the Minor was manufactured there.

This is an earlier, Canadian-made Minor.

 

[vintagehoover]

Beautiful toggle-switch! As far as I know, the American Duster Model 200 never had a motor-mounted switch?

 

[vintagehoover]

The impeller, held on with a rounded nut, rather than a belt pulley - aside from that and the switch, this is just a 575 motor, turned on its side!

 

[vintagehoover]

Ratings plate, and model/serial number:

 

[vintagehoover]

That concludes the pictures for now - it was already dark when I got home this evening, and the only light available was the horrible yellow glow from our energy-saving bulbs. I'll take some better pics sometime tomorrow, in natural daylight!

 

[portable]

Beautiful, Jack....

Here in the states, the Minor/Duster is a rare critter. Such wonderful machines. Congratulations on your find. JL

 

[crevicetool]

I knew it all along - but was told NOT to play.

I don't feel nothin'!

Nice machine Jack!

 

[hoovercelebrity]

Jack-

You're correct about the switch. The Duster in the US has an inline switch on the cord. That's why I really had no idea what your picture was...!

I'm extremely lucky to have a Hoover Duster in my collection; it was a gift from Jeff Parker a few years back.

Yours is absolutely gorgeous! A true gem, indeed.
Where did it turn up?

~Fred