Here is my U4387 Hoover Convertible. It belonged to my grandmother. I have the instruction book where she wrote the date when she bought it. She bought it at Marshall's Dept. Store, Barberton, OH on November 6, 1984. You see grandma saved everything. She bought it in the vacuum dept. where all of the machines were put together for you as well as serviced for you later on. The man even put it in the car for her. Keep in mind that the vacuum dept. was in the basement with the other appliances. Too bad that the store went out of business in 1989. Grandma's house where my parents currently live is only about 1,000 sq. feet. She kept things very neat and rarely used this model. I bought her a new Soft and Light in January 2001 to replace it as it was too heavy for her. She went to a nursing home in November that same year and died in June of '02. When my mom cleaned out the house, she gave me the vacuum with the tools. She traded her Marine Blue Hoover Convertible model 1070 for this one. I was very disappointed when I saw the new maroon one as it had squared off corners unlike her all metal Convertible. However, she kept the still working all original model 62 in the basement. That one was more fun to play with anyway!
Here is a close up of the machine and the instruction booklet. You cannot see the writing which is in pencil. It says "Bought 11-6-84 at Marshall's - Joe Hollaran"
That's a really pretty vacuum, I wish I had one like tha--oh wait, never mind, I do! Vacuumfreeeke, Electrogirl, Myhooverco, and Arh1953, all proud owners of this model.