Constellation Help

[rickenbacker]

Hey cats

One of my first vacuum cleaners was my hoover constellation and I love it dearly (despite its rough cosmetic apearance) However I have never seen another like it so I am unsure of the model number and the date to it. I can only give my best shot at describing it to you. The bottom half of the machine is jade green, The top half is off white, The switch is red and the badge sits under the hose. My only guess is that it was made at the same time as the jade green juniors. so around 1969-ish?

Thank you guys very much, I will be restoring the machine soon with my good friend and hope to get it to original condition.

Charlie

PS: If any of you have a spare constellation handle/wand/carpet nozzle/ other small attachments and attachment locks would you? lol

 

[rickenbacker]

realy nobody?

 

[constellation86]

Sorry I can't help you. We didn't get that color combo on this side of the pond.
Nicholas

 

[vacbear58]

Jade Green Connie

Those Connies are rare in my experience, in 9 years of collecting I do not recall coming across any of them - although I have seen all of the rest of them in one state or another. If you post the serial number, you will be able to get an accurate date on it
Al

 

[rickenbacker]

Hey Al

Thank you so much, its kinda reasuring lol. I cannot post the serial number as the small plate with it on had fallen off before I bought it. I myself have never seen another one in my life so I feel quite privaliged lol (spite the matter that I cant use it properly at the moment)


Charlie

 

[tommymilan]

maybe I can help

Hello Charlie,
I have one of those constellations in jade green and off white in my collection, I'll check out the serial number and will post some pictures as well. According to my experience it should be made around 1970, before the version in light blue and off white and right after the series of the late Sixties whose color scheme was two tone greyish green.True thet the jade green model is very rare, in several years of collection I found only one!!!
Take care, Tommy.

 

[tommymilan]

serial number

Hello, the serial number on my jade green Constellation mod 867 A is in a circular metal label riveted to the very center of the bottom of machine, while later models had black rectangular adhesive labels and serial number is : I.C. 124518.
Can any of you interpret it?
Tommy

 

[westinghouseman]

Hoover Handle

Hi Charlie,

I sent pictures of the Hoover Constellation handle that I have.

 

[westinghouseman]

Hoover Handle

2nd picture

 

[westinghouseman]

3rd pic

 

[westinghouseman]

4th pic & me!

 

[crevicetool]

Hi Ken!

 

[westinghouseman]

Hi Rick,,,you freezing? Cold here!!!!

 

[luxg]

Hey Ken, great to see you!! Love those countertops!! It is way to cold here as well. I'm ready for the hot weather to return.LOL

Terry

 

[westinghouseman]

I am ready for summer too, Terry!

Ken

 

[vacbear58]

Dating cleaners

No, not in THAT way!
Tommy
If I am not mistaken the date of your cleaner would be February 1971.

Charlie
Those handles crop up on ebay from time to time. By the way, I think the jade Green Juniors are quite rare too
Al

 

[edgar]

I have one 2

I have a jade green one to. the plate says:

200-220 volt
600 watts
Model 867A
motor rating 8
serial number I.B. 875458
Double insulated
Made bt hoover great britain.

Hope this is the info you needed
edgar

 

[vacbear58]

Close but no cigar

Sorry Edgar, I believe that to be the Smoke Pine/Swedish Green version (although in my opinion a very attractive combination) where we are (I believe) talking about the next version, which has a white top and a rather darker green base - the Junior 1346 also appeared in this colour combination
Al

 

[eurekaprince]

Edgar, mon ami! Something IS wrong with your computer.....

The red Hoover logo on the Connie does indeed come out BLUE on my computer! I did not believe what others were talking about but it's true! This means that all the other colours are off too - so what we see in the photo are not the exact colours in the original photo.

This is the weirdest thing I have ever seen on the internet....does anyone have any serious idea why pics that Edgar posts are always showing up in the wrong colours?

Edgar, try and post a graphic of something with colours and label the colours for us and we can then see which colours are coming showing correctly and incorrectly. Maybe even try the official Olympic Games logo with the coloured rings.....

 

[edgar]

i do not understand

I do not understand what goes wrong with the colors either. So it is the wrong green sorry, I have a pink one also but it is older and the pic will probely turn out purple with yelow dots but I will try it annyway.

 

[xraytech]

Nice constellations Edgar.
BTW your pics are always the correct colors on my laptop.

 

[vintageroyal611]

Edgar, for me your colors come out wrong when I use Internet Explorer, yet come out fine when I use Firefox

 

[vacbear58]

We talked about this recently

I too get the blue pic, apparently its something to do with IE settings, however if you save the pic and then look at it with Picture viewer it comes out fine - that how I was able to identify it before

Al

 

[eurekaprince]

Aha! Thank you Al!

 

[eurekaprince]

Al....that's great.....it works if I save the pic & then

Now I can see the correct colours! Edgar - don't worry about this anymore....keep posting pictures and we'll save them and open them on our own computers to see the right colours.

EP Brian

 

[vacbear58]

Yes please Edgar

Keep posting pictures of your many interesting cleaners

Have you settled into your new home yet? A chance to try each cleaner from your collection as it gets unpacked
Al

 

[edgar]

oh dear all of them ?

hahha you want pictures of all of them? I will post you a few of all of them packed and ready to go. Wich will be in 14 days. and off me moving them.

greetz edgar

 

[collector2]

Is this thew machine you mean - just one of my file photos. (I think the pic came from ebay). It appears they were one of the few Connies to have a coloured handle.

Doug

 

[vacbear58]

Further away, so still no cigar

Sorry Doug, this is the preceeding version to the Smoke Pine/Swedish Green version, although this colur scheme was used on Juniors as well. The colour we are talking about it much darker, although not so dark as "Bottle Green" or "British Racing Green"
Al