Check out this Hoover !!!!

[ozhoover]

Hi All,

Have a look at the latest addition to the collection. It's a suction polisher model number F2006 it's made in Italy and from the colour I guess it's from the 70's it has three brushes.

I have a few Hoover vac polishers, but have never seen one with a hard bag.

Anyone have any info or seen one before.

Mark

 

[ozhoover]

Pic 2

 

[ozhoover]

It even came with a new bag

 

[ian88]

Oh, this is in one of Tommy's italian brochures...1970-something vintage.

I'd love more pictures, mate

 

[aussie-plugs]

Hi Mark,

Great find! Where do you come across such wonderful items? I read with envy about our American friends "thrifting", but there doesn't seem to be much opportunity here as most places (Salvo's, Vinnies, etc) no longer accept electrical goods for fear they may be unsafe. If you have any hints on how a guy's to track down a '57-to-'63 Convertible (preferably pink) I'd greatly appreciate it.

Nick

 

[arh1953]

What a raw deal for those of you down under. I guess you have to comb newspaper ads for those items. We're lucky we can find anything over here with all of the collectors cleaning out the stores for eBay sales. That is a really neat looking machine though.

 

[tommymilan]

Here it is!

1976

 

[tommymilan]

My neighbour had the yellow one! I had Mod F 2002

 

[tommymilan]

sorry, I had this 2002!

 

[1990740gl]

so why exactly do they have bags if they are polishers?

 

[myhooverco]

Mark,

Congrats on your lates aquisition. I am glad that it found a home with you. It is in very good hands. It is really beautiful. How well do they polish? Are they very efficient? What about the noise level? Are the bags still available for them? I hope to someday see one in action. Thanks for posting the photos!!!!

--Tom

 

[ozhoover]

Hi Nick,

I got this one from ebay, agree it's getting harder to find any sort of Hoover's here any more. Some of the second hand markets are good but it's not that easy anymore.

Will keep my eye out for a pink 652 for you. I have one in the collection and had another one that was in really bad condition so broke it down for the parts.

Where abouts in Sydney are you ? I'm in Redfern.


Robert,

Most of these polishers are made for Europe and really think they have bags because so many homes have hard floor coverings. Tommy may be better able to answer this one.

Tom,

Thanks for the kind words, to answer your question's yes there quite and are ok at polishing but the suction is weak about 400watts on this model. Will film it in action over the weekend.

Cheers
Mark

 

[ozhoover]

Here's a couple of pics of my other Suction polishers, love this one it's like a 652 on steroids ! check out the base, this is another 3 brush model

 

[ozhoover]

and the two brush models, the green one was sold in the UK not sure about the brown. (have posted this one before). These have a shake out bags

Mark

 

[aussie-plugs]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the offer to keep your eyes open for a 652. I see you have even more amazing machines in your collection - those polishers are incredible - I never knew such things existed. BTW, I'm just down the road in Mascot.

Nick

 

[luxg]

Mark thanks for all those neat pictures. What an interesting machine. I wonder why they never introduced something like that here?

 

[collector2]

Finding Old Machines

Dont know if you've tried this but a few years ago I put an ad in the paper. Wanted - Old vacuum cleaners and parts for collection - need not be working.

I had a couple dozen calls from it. Most people were willing to either give me the stuff just to get it out of the garage (Too good to throw out but didnt know what to do with it) or sell it very reasonably. I think there was only one call from a guy that figured his was worth a fortune.

Worth a try anyway. Think I may do it again this summer.

Doug

 

[louvac]

Come to think of it guys....

A Kirby with the floor polisher does the same thing as those Hoover floor polishers with the bag. The Kirby bag still inflates! Even though the nozzle isn't THAT close to the floor, it can still pick up dirt since the fan is still spinning. The spinning polisher brushes can still thrust dirt up close enough to the fan and thus allowing the fan to pass the dirt on into the bag.

 

[tommymilan]

Hello, I'll try to tell how the market of floor polishers developed in my country, Italy. I am an interior designer and it happens often to me to read old magazines dealing with architecture, interior design, trends etc. and one of my favourites is called "Domus" founded and directed by the famous italian Architect Giò Ponti. The magazine was released in 1928 and in one number of 1930 I found an interesting article on electrical appliances, showing among the others an electrical wax dispenser made of a larhe hard wax container over an appliance with a handle on topand a large pad through which resistence heated wax was released and efficiently spread on floors; then there was the first type of electrical floor polisher I've ever seen published in Italy: a small, cylindrical motor unit with handle ( with switch and power cord an it) and for polishing a large cylindrical belt driven brush, in the style of kirbies's but much larger i diameter.I'll post that page.
The next publication of of a floor polisher is in 1932 and it was the first Electrolux ad I saw, showing model Z 25 (of which I'm a proud owner and the triple brush floor polisher, with no suction, feature that that all Electrolux floor polishers (air operated polishers excluded)) have always lead on, later coinciding with carpet shampooers, think also about the hoovers.Follows,
Tommy