ultimatevacman
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I've just watched the program, and I must say that your collections are impressive. Especially yours, Guido. Nice work guys, keep on collecting!
CLASH OF THE COLLECTORS tv show airing now worldwide on NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
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Hi WALTER !
Thanks Walter,
the SPALESINA vacuum-brush was produced in ivory-white or blue colour, both with red finishings. But they were quite common in europe in the 1950's and many small appliance factory had their own ( similar ) models such as CGE ( the LIZ brush ), ADLER, ELCHIM, etc . HERE ATTACHED IS ANOTHER FAMOUS VACUUM brush from 1955 produced by Elchim ( wich stood for ELettromeccanica CHIMiniello ) with design by GIUSEPPE DE GOETZEN and won the 1955 COMPASSO D'ORO award for industrial design.
Yes, my HOOVER 541 runs good, even if it sounds little bit "tired" due to the fact that the fan is missing some blades . I will try to find a spare one in the future, Also the bag holder is missing, but I renovated the chassis quite well few years ago.
The TORNADO was found almost MINT IN BOX about 15 years ago but short after it was brought to the basement for about 12 years. All attachments, original stand, cable and original box were lost ( ! really sorry about that ! ) and it even collected rust, shame on me, really.
In case this years convention will take place in UK, I will surely be there ! Hopefully Tommy - wich I meet quite regularly - will also join us ! That would be great !
Thanks Walter,
the SPALESINA vacuum-brush was produced in ivory-white or blue colour, both with red finishings. But they were quite common in europe in the 1950's and many small appliance factory had their own ( similar ) models such as CGE ( the LIZ brush ), ADLER, ELCHIM, etc . HERE ATTACHED IS ANOTHER FAMOUS VACUUM brush from 1955 produced by Elchim ( wich stood for ELettromeccanica CHIMiniello ) with design by GIUSEPPE DE GOETZEN and won the 1955 COMPASSO D'ORO award for industrial design.
Yes, my HOOVER 541 runs good, even if it sounds little bit "tired" due to the fact that the fan is missing some blades . I will try to find a spare one in the future, Also the bag holder is missing, but I renovated the chassis quite well few years ago.
The TORNADO was found almost MINT IN BOX about 15 years ago but short after it was brought to the basement for about 12 years. All attachments, original stand, cable and original box were lost ( ! really sorry about that ! ) and it even collected rust, shame on me, really.
In case this years convention will take place in UK, I will surely be there ! Hopefully Tommy - wich I meet quite regularly - will also join us ! That would be great !
electrolux137
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The downside to this television program is that, as expected I suppose, there's a slightly mocking tone to the story -- little hints about all the collectors all being single (wink-wink-nudge-nudge), spending all their spare money on - what? - vacuum cleaners?! - having so many machines that their living spaces are overrun with them - their family members (with one VERY RARE exception) complaining about "all the damn vacuums" etc. etc. etc.
I love it when I tell someone I collect vacuum cleaners and their reaction is a blank stare and then a perplexed "--Why?"
Having been teased, mocked, ridiculed and dismissed all my life because I collect vintage vacuum cleaners does make me a bit sensitive to this aspect of my interest in them. Granted, the show does take a kinder approach than television shows have sometimes done in the past, where the hapless collectors are made to look like absolute fools. But still, there's that subtle undercurrent of "These guys really are kooks, aren't they!"
The upside for me, personally, is that the collector with 330 vacuum cleaners doesn't make me feel so had somehow! I only have about 40 or so - granted, that's down significantly from about the approximately 150 of them that I had at one time. But I'd never want to go back to having that many again. It really does become a burden.
The other upshot is the surprising number of people there are who like vintage vacuum cleaners. Most of my life, until 1990 when I met another vacuum cleaner collector for the first time, I thought I was the only nut on the planet who liked old sweepers. But I'm far from alone, as it turns out. The Internet has brought together all sorts of groups of like-minded people, and that does include the kooks who collect vacuum cleaners. We're gonna take over the world!! hahahahahaha
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I love it when I tell someone I collect vacuum cleaners and their reaction is a blank stare and then a perplexed "--Why?"
Having been teased, mocked, ridiculed and dismissed all my life because I collect vintage vacuum cleaners does make me a bit sensitive to this aspect of my interest in them. Granted, the show does take a kinder approach than television shows have sometimes done in the past, where the hapless collectors are made to look like absolute fools. But still, there's that subtle undercurrent of "These guys really are kooks, aren't they!"
The upside for me, personally, is that the collector with 330 vacuum cleaners doesn't make me feel so had somehow! I only have about 40 or so - granted, that's down significantly from about the approximately 150 of them that I had at one time. But I'd never want to go back to having that many again. It really does become a burden.
The other upshot is the surprising number of people there are who like vintage vacuum cleaners. Most of my life, until 1990 when I met another vacuum cleaner collector for the first time, I thought I was the only nut on the planet who liked old sweepers. But I'm far from alone, as it turns out. The Internet has brought together all sorts of groups of like-minded people, and that does include the kooks who collect vacuum cleaners. We're gonna take over the world!! hahahahahaha
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Thanks CHARLES !
Thanks for posting that !
And thanks for your comments, I totally agree with you. I was fearing they might make it sound like a "disease" or something similar, so - after watching the episode - I started breathing again !
But they were serious enough not to do that, as they had promised. Of course, they underlined the collections as "unusual", time consuming and "space-killers" for our families, but the main intro clearly and cleverly explaines that - all over the world - like it or not - people collect everything ( as you also say on your website, right ? ).
I also enjoyed the quick and funny cut of the episode - which is pleasant - and I suppose the imaginary competition among us collectors was the " blending element " for all three collections, that's all.
Finally, you Charlie are from an earlier generation of vacuum collectors then me...probably the ones that started it all !
Internet, online markets and well done forums like VACUUMLAND made the rest.
I remember seing some Hoover marvels for the first time on your site, many years ago, and saving much precious info about the different models.
Sincerely, I am not sure I would have started an "official" vacuum collection if I hadn't seen your wonderful cleaners first !!!! I probably had stopped much earlier with my few machines.
And also I remember getting sad when you had started giving so many vacuums away ! I couldn't believe you was getting rid of so much beautiful stuff ! ( at the time I was still looking for a pink convertible, i remember ! )
Maybe giving some stuff away really were the seeds that are now spreading around the world, who knows !?
Anyway it did work !
Maybe you didn't know about that but...thank you also for introducing me to this crazy-funny world of cleaners that I am enjoying everyday more !
Cheers from Italy !
Thanks for posting that !
And thanks for your comments, I totally agree with you. I was fearing they might make it sound like a "disease" or something similar, so - after watching the episode - I started breathing again !
But they were serious enough not to do that, as they had promised. Of course, they underlined the collections as "unusual", time consuming and "space-killers" for our families, but the main intro clearly and cleverly explaines that - all over the world - like it or not - people collect everything ( as you also say on your website, right ? ).
I also enjoyed the quick and funny cut of the episode - which is pleasant - and I suppose the imaginary competition among us collectors was the " blending element " for all three collections, that's all.
Finally, you Charlie are from an earlier generation of vacuum collectors then me...probably the ones that started it all !
Internet, online markets and well done forums like VACUUMLAND made the rest.
I remember seing some Hoover marvels for the first time on your site, many years ago, and saving much precious info about the different models.
Sincerely, I am not sure I would have started an "official" vacuum collection if I hadn't seen your wonderful cleaners first !!!! I probably had stopped much earlier with my few machines.
And also I remember getting sad when you had started giving so many vacuums away ! I couldn't believe you was getting rid of so much beautiful stuff ! ( at the time I was still looking for a pink convertible, i remember ! )
Maybe giving some stuff away really were the seeds that are now spreading around the world, who knows !?
Anyway it did work !
Maybe you didn't know about that but...thank you also for introducing me to this crazy-funny world of cleaners that I am enjoying everyday more !
Cheers from Italy !
gsheen
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Hi Guys
Here are some of my pics from when they filmed me, I have not seen the documentary yet, I tried to download Charlie's link but I only manage to get as far as Scotts Collection before it times out.
As I stated in another thread I am very worried as to how they portrayed me and how they twisted what I was saying, They also were only interested in part of my collection and would not let me Focus on many of the models I like the most.
All of these pics were taken when they filmed me. I have also downscale'd my collection considerably since then too
Here are some of my pics from when they filmed me, I have not seen the documentary yet, I tried to download Charlie's link but I only manage to get as far as Scotts Collection before it times out.
As I stated in another thread I am very worried as to how they portrayed me and how they twisted what I was saying, They also were only interested in part of my collection and would not let me Focus on many of the models I like the most.
All of these pics were taken when they filmed me. I have also downscale'd my collection considerably since then too
gsheen
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We had to totally Move our shop around to how they wanted it to look for the perfect shot.
gsheen
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They wanted to focus on the modern part of my collection instead of the older Vintage machines, Funny as These modern ones have mostly been sold off now.
electrolux137
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Gareth, did you try saving the file to your hard drive first? If you do that, there shouldn't be an issue with timeouts since you'll be running it locally and not via the Internet.
gsheen
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Here are some of my Vintage Ones
gsheen
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Hi Charlie
Yes I did but it only save half and times out, I am going to retry at my shop tomorrow morning Its 10.42 pm now, My internet is more powerful there.
Thanks G
Yes I did but it only save half and times out, I am going to retry at my shop tomorrow morning Its 10.42 pm now, My internet is more powerful there.
Thanks G
electrolux137
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Guido, thanks for your kind comments. I didn't know I was responsible for "introducing you to this crazy-funny world of cleaners." It makes me happy to hear that. 
Believe me, no one was sorrier (at the time) than me to have to give away and, ultimately, throw out, so many vacuum cleaners, accessories and parts. I cried many bitter tears during that process and I do still miss certain machines that I had cherished.
But in the passing time since then, I can say it was for the best, actually. I don't have nearly as much stuff to shovel around as I did before. I still have more than the average person of course! But the size of my collection is fairly manageable now. I just have to watch how many of them sneak upstairs into our apartment from my workshop, lest I start heard mumblings about "all these f$#%¢@£ vacuums all over the place..."
Believe me, no one was sorrier (at the time) than me to have to give away and, ultimately, throw out, so many vacuum cleaners, accessories and parts. I cried many bitter tears during that process and I do still miss certain machines that I had cherished.
But in the passing time since then, I can say it was for the best, actually. I don't have nearly as much stuff to shovel around as I did before. I still have more than the average person of course! But the size of my collection is fairly manageable now. I just have to watch how many of them sneak upstairs into our apartment from my workshop, lest I start heard mumblings about "all these f$#%¢@£ vacuums all over the place..."
Garret
Garrett why don't you try to do right-click on Charlie's link and save it as I did, it's an MP4 format.
Anyway - as I think you will notice - they have put 1 % of what they filmed for the show. I also would have like some more focus on certain models, but it seems they wanted to concentrate more on the collectors rather then on the collections themselves.
As I noted, the cut of the show is quick and quite funny, I personally feel well about it and - anyway - not offended at all.
( Wish they had avoided the last images of me, on the show - where I seem worried to win, or something : it was the last day of shooting and I was really ill and got a cold, so my face looks little bit strange and upset, but I actually was just going to SNEEZE ! AHAHAHA )
Anyway a funny experience !
Garrett why don't you try to do right-click on Charlie's link and save it as I did, it's an MP4 format.
Anyway - as I think you will notice - they have put 1 % of what they filmed for the show. I also would have like some more focus on certain models, but it seems they wanted to concentrate more on the collectors rather then on the collections themselves.
As I noted, the cut of the show is quick and quite funny, I personally feel well about it and - anyway - not offended at all.
( Wish they had avoided the last images of me, on the show - where I seem worried to win, or something : it was the last day of shooting and I was really ill and got a cold, so my face looks little bit strange and upset, but I actually was just going to SNEEZE ! AHAHAHA )
Anyway a funny experience !
gsheen
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I did have some fun,I got to complete the complete rebuild of this Hoover on Camera, Although the paint colour came out wrong I stuck with it and actually like it now
gsheen
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All done
gsheen
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A old Jet vac that we actually found while they filmed Me
gsheen
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Guy ( One of the film Makers ) Fooling around with a dc35
gsheen
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And lastly for now , My Columbus's still needing restoration
gsheen
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Ok Got to see it, I must admit it was not as bad as I thought. I am glad I stood my ground and didn't give in to there demands trying to instigate drama, One thing My Electrolux Model 11 ???? Really Model 1129. I am shocked at how much stuff they made me do that they didn't use, Some of it Rather glad they didn't.
AHAHAHA that's true Garreth !
The 2 COLUMBUS are simply crazy-wonderful !!!! Never saw one !
Were they made in SA ? Are they from the 1920-30's ?
Simply beautiful anyway, wish you could post some other pics, with handle and all !
The 2 COLUMBUS are simply crazy-wonderful !!!! Never saw one !
Were they made in SA ? Are they from the 1920-30's ?
Simply beautiful anyway, wish you could post some other pics, with handle and all !
gsheen
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Guido
I will do so, They are vacuum and polisher Units, you take off the vacuum plate and fit a polisher unit, In later life they were made Just as Polishers. I believe they come from the UK I know of one in the USA Owned by David Watters. hey were manufactured here for many years though.
G
I will do so, They are vacuum and polisher Units, you take off the vacuum plate and fit a polisher unit, In later life they were made Just as Polishers. I believe they come from the UK I know of one in the USA Owned by David Watters. hey were manufactured here for many years though.
G
turbo500
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Charles...
Charles, I think your site was one of the first I discovered too, actually. We got the internet in 2002, so I'm going back 12 years (and 4 house moves!) and even at 24 my memory ain't what it used to be.
Jack had The Vintage Hoover Emporium up and running too, with pretty regular updates. I remember reading through that and 137.com (as it was at the time) and being amazed by the stories and info and just STARING for hours at the pictures.
Having had a rather unsupportive family around me all my life up to that point, and being convinced I was somehow wierd or strange and should hide my interest as best I could, the discovery of those 2 sites and subsequent discovery of Hooverland on Yahoo Groups and then of course vacuumland was probably one of the greatest things to ever happen to me.
Be it intentional or not, stumbling across yours and Jack's sites all those years ago has led to some incredibly happy times and brought some of the greatest people (and the worst people) I know into my life, so I owe you both. Big time.
I think we can all relate to that startling, yet amazing discovery that we have all made:
OH. MY. GOD. There are OTHERS!
Charles, I think your site was one of the first I discovered too, actually. We got the internet in 2002, so I'm going back 12 years (and 4 house moves!) and even at 24 my memory ain't what it used to be.
Jack had The Vintage Hoover Emporium up and running too, with pretty regular updates. I remember reading through that and 137.com (as it was at the time) and being amazed by the stories and info and just STARING for hours at the pictures.
Having had a rather unsupportive family around me all my life up to that point, and being convinced I was somehow wierd or strange and should hide my interest as best I could, the discovery of those 2 sites and subsequent discovery of Hooverland on Yahoo Groups and then of course vacuumland was probably one of the greatest things to ever happen to me.
Be it intentional or not, stumbling across yours and Jack's sites all those years ago has led to some incredibly happy times and brought some of the greatest people (and the worst people) I know into my life, so I owe you both. Big time.
I think we can all relate to that startling, yet amazing discovery that we have all made:
OH. MY. GOD. There are OTHERS!
turbo500
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^Actually, that's given me an idea for another thread 
gsheen
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I remember Finding Charles site 137, I could not believe it, There were others like me I was amazed, blown away. I was a true relief to know I was not the only one out there.
singingrainbow
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I still have not had enough time to watch it yet. But I will say that I am not a hoarder, as Gareth has said many of the machines seen in the program either have been sold off or will be very soon. Plus, since the filming my garage has gotten about 10 times better. I now have it all somewhat organized and I now have a workstation set up. I think I should post some pictures of that!
I too have started ridding myself of newer machines which I do not and will never use, especially if there is a new one I would like to try.
Scott
I too have started ridding myself of newer machines which I do not and will never use, especially if there is a new one I would like to try.
Scott
Hey SCOTT !
Nice to see you here, Scott ! Sorry but I didn't know your username to contact you before !
Hope you will enjoy the show too, as I did.
In my case I must say that my house did not get better since the filming of the show, even if I have moved much stuff to an unused ex-guestroom for being able to make some polishing at least one day a week, with the help of a "well trained" maid.
But the number of vacuums really went up in the last months - reaching about 200 machines - especially during my last trip to London last november, where I was able to find some really old and nice HOOVERS ( I am posting some nice new arrivals on this same thread in few time ). I must admitt that the general interest for my vacuum-collection shown in this program, certainly gave me possibility to do make a step forward, above all with the persons around me and with my father, who had never considered the thing as "interesting" at all. I suppose he has now undertood that it really does make a sense.
As far as "hoarders" reference, well I suppose nobody spoke of hoarders neither here nor in the show. Hoarders are people that collect usually EVERYTHING or MANY KIND OF THINGS, with no project at all, in whatever condition they are, thinking they might actully need them one day, usually careless of higyenic conditions, etc. Which is not our case, no doubt. So I wouldn't worry about such comparison, if I were you.
Well, I will now post some pics of the AFTER-THE-SHOW-MACHINES ! Cheers from Italy
Nice to see you here, Scott ! Sorry but I didn't know your username to contact you before !
Hope you will enjoy the show too, as I did.
In my case I must say that my house did not get better since the filming of the show, even if I have moved much stuff to an unused ex-guestroom for being able to make some polishing at least one day a week, with the help of a "well trained" maid.
But the number of vacuums really went up in the last months - reaching about 200 machines - especially during my last trip to London last november, where I was able to find some really old and nice HOOVERS ( I am posting some nice new arrivals on this same thread in few time ). I must admitt that the general interest for my vacuum-collection shown in this program, certainly gave me possibility to do make a step forward, above all with the persons around me and with my father, who had never considered the thing as "interesting" at all. I suppose he has now undertood that it really does make a sense.
As far as "hoarders" reference, well I suppose nobody spoke of hoarders neither here nor in the show. Hoarders are people that collect usually EVERYTHING or MANY KIND OF THINGS, with no project at all, in whatever condition they are, thinking they might actully need them one day, usually careless of higyenic conditions, etc. Which is not our case, no doubt. So I wouldn't worry about such comparison, if I were you.
Well, I will now post some pics of the AFTER-THE-SHOW-MACHINES ! Cheers from Italy
AFTER-THE-SHOW-MACHINE
HOOVER 800 - working fine - the spring that protects the cable going from the motor-housing to the handle has been replaced with a plastic tube BUT the original spring has been kept ( you can see it hanging in the plastic bag on the left ! )
HOOVER 800 - working fine - the spring that protects the cable going from the motor-housing to the handle has been replaced with a plastic tube BUT the original spring has been kept ( you can see it hanging in the plastic bag on the left ! )
AFTER-THE-SHOW-MACHINE
A strange HOOVER 262 with grey hammertone color scheme.
Other collectors say it's a rebuilt machine, but I am not sure, as the underside of the machine and even the motor-space are that color. Many details - such as the screws, the HOOVER plaque indicating features, etc - have no trace of having been repainted. If it is a rebuilt one, must have taken really much time to do that !
A strange HOOVER 262 with grey hammertone color scheme.
Other collectors say it's a rebuilt machine, but I am not sure, as the underside of the machine and even the motor-space are that color. Many details - such as the screws, the HOOVER plaque indicating features, etc - have no trace of having been repainted. If it is a rebuilt one, must have taken really much time to do that !
