Can a Candy-era machine be dated?

[beko1987]

Morning Chaps

A banana yellow TP2 fell into the boot of my car the other week, and I started the spa treatment last night.

I am having trouble dating it though. The ratings sticker is candy-era I think... (I forgot to take a picture of this, so I had to pause and screenshot the youtube vid I made...)


 


 

 

[beko1987]

The machine in question

 

[beko1987]

There were what I thought were date stamps on the chassis parts, but these ranged from 1992 to 1997 so I gave up on that idea, was I right or wrong?

 

[vintagerepairer]

If you look at the graphics, they are the 2nd style, the type used for a good deal of years. The this was changed around 1999. I think your machine is one of the last ones made with this lettering.

 

[turbo500]

I'm not sure how to date this era, but these were on sale around 1997-1999 before being replaced with a virtually identical cleaner with slightly different lettering. This would've been the base model of the 2nd style of TP2's. They were VERY popular, being a decent cleaner that was pretty inexpensive.

 

[beko1987]

My latest service manual is 1995, and the model number on mine is a fair few digits higher than the ones in the book, I remember these being for sale in Argos around 1998ish too.

Do the random stamps on the parts mean anything?

 

[thekirbylover]

it may be January 2000 going off the 001 in the comer, i have this machine nicknamed the banana hoover

 

[beko1987]

That's what I've been calling it too!

 

[turbo500]

I believe the "banana Hoover" that Michael has is the last of the T2 range and a few years younger than the one that you've got? Michael, correct me if I'm wrong, but yours isn't yours the later style with the naffy Times New Roman writing on it?

 

[a007kirbyman]

Sam & your 'other' machine (ie: Hoover)...

Hello Sam.

I am not into the 'other brands'; however, this much I can tell you, the item/piece you posted in Reply #2 above, was made in July of 1992.

Unless this was a piece replaced on the machine at a date, then this would have a production & sale date at least after that point in time. And, if there are other pieces with similar dating on the machine, then it would get you in the ballpark.

Cheers & hagd/n all,

Bill

 

[thekirbylover]

yes but mine isn't one of the last with those weird sounding motors in them

 

[alexhoovers94]

From what I believe on a Candy machine...

The date is the 4 number after the serial number (well only the first three) so as yours says "9729" to the best of my knowlege this was made in Febuary 1997.

 

[madabouthoovers]

Could that not be Week 29 in 1997? That's how I thought it worked? maybe wrong though. That was towards the end of the TP production run when the Purepower was launched.

 

[alexhoovers94]

I think you are very right there, thinking about it.