As of this morning I own a VERY rare Hoover...

[seamusuk]

And unusually for me its Pre War(Just).....

Any ideas lol???

Those who know are not allowed to say

Seamus

 

[swingette]

Duster? 9** Heavy Duty style?

Good Morning (from Texas)!

 

[seamusuk]

Nope.....

Hey David..

None of those lol- to be fair its not a model you or most US guys are likely to be familar with as its a UK only model, it is an Upright tho .

And that should give a big clue to the UK guys lol!

Seamus

P.s I must Email you at some point very soon- things have been kinda hetic and ive been crap at that kinda stuff

 

[vacbear58]

My guess

I am thinking it must be a 160 - has it got origional bag?tools?
Unless there was some sort of special edition Junior 375, but they are, generally not rare - so it has to be a 160
Al

 

[seamusuk]

Good guess but not quite.....

Hey Al

Nope- although it is the same colour scheme as the 160

Seamus

 

[seamusuk]

Its one of these....

Model 875- only made in Perivale for 6 months in 1938 prior to the release of the 262-The last of the "Coffee Can" Hoovers.........

 

[seamusuk]

Hood detail...

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[seamusuk]

Bag Detail...

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[seamusuk]

Window blind bag retainer.....

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[seamusuk]

Handle grip.....

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[seamusuk]

Base....

Pretty decent brush strips

 

[seamusuk]

Motor details......

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[seamusuk]

Finally......

Connected using its original 2 pin Hoover plug in conjunction with a lamp adaptor...

 

[vacbear58]

Excellent

Seamus,
it looks in suburb condition for 71 yrs old, and particularly good that it has an origional bag too. Was it a trade in? Do you know anything of its history? It does not look like it has been used much - especially as it still has the canvas bag retainer. Congratulations
Al

 

[vacbear58]

By the way ...

Seamus will know this already, but this is the style of bag used on the 160 as well. I wonder did this have the later type of tools (as used on the 160 & 262) or the earlier style. The hose on the 160 was co-ordinated with the bag, again I wonder if this was teh case with this machine
Al

 

[seamusuk]

Hey Al

I was told the history of this by the man I brought it from.

It was brought new by the uncle of the mans customer (he used to work for Hoover) from who he brought it about 25 years ago,it had been used by his uncles wife for about 6 months before being relegated to the attic as she didnt like it. When the Uncle died (after his wife) it was found when the house was cleared.

His customer then used it for a year of so before it was replaced with a modern cleaner and once again found itself stored away for a number of years.

The man I brought it from said it had probably been used a dozen times since he had owned it so im guessing its had a total of under 2 years normal use!.

Sadly the cable is cracking slightly(but still ok for occasional careful use- also the furniture guard has seen better days but is in 1 piece .

Seamus

P.S there was also the complete boxed tool kit with it - until it was stolen when it was in storage briefly

 

[chestermikeuk]

Oh Vey

Hi Seamus, what a very nice find, looks in great condition, the blue detailing does set it off!!

How do it run?? smoothly!!

 

[seamusuk]

My new Desktop pic

And taken in widescreen so it fits properly!

 

[seamusuk]

Mike...

The Guy did service it before he sold it to me- it runs like new