Chrome Quadraflex Brushroll

[bagintheback]

I just picked up a Hoover Concept 1 from the Goodwill. This will be my fourth Concept I've owned. Everything about it seems usual, so I was extremely surprised to see when I flipped it over that it has a metal chrome brushroll. I have never seen this before. Every Quadraflex I've ever seen in person or online has been black plastic. Is this something unusual to find or have I been living under a rock?

 

[ctvacman]

They never used plastic brushrolls on any concept. They were black painted metal, someone must have removed the black or was used in a sandy place and it wore off by default. Or hoover could've made a chrome one before the black painted steel ones.

 

[kirbyvertibles]

ok, the first ones were chrome from 1978 till about 83 or so., some time in the early 80's they were coated. I don't know about any other machines that used this brushroll but I do know about the concepts.

 

[kirbyvertibles]

also this model was among the first four models that were introduced in 1978. You can tell this one was early in production because the plate is blue

 

[rugsucker]

Hoover brush

I think the later versions of the Concept style with onboard hose & atts used a black plastic brush that could have also been used as replacements.

 

[ultralux88]

I have a concept with a chrome brush roll too, is yours the blue U3101? Thats the one I have, and the brush roll is most certainly chrome, and was made that way. Every on of that model that I've seen has the same brush roll as well.

 

[suckolux]

Mine is painted metal, later model I think. Never saw one with hose or attachments onboard, sounds more like elite or legend

 

[ultralux88]

The concept with attachments is called the PowerMax.

 

[super-sweeper]

No, definitely NOT a Legend!!