Estate Sale Find! 7-30-2011

[hoovercelebrity]

Robert and I were in Boston/Cape Cod last this past week, visiting appliance friends  -- I got home very late last night, after having my flight delayed 7.5 hours... This morning, I woke up to our friend Gary, whom we go to the sales with most weekends -- calling to tell me about a vacuum that was at a sale he had just been to.  He said that he had it all written up, but decided to pass on it last minute, because he wasn't sure if I wanted it or not, and it was $28 -- which was a bit on the pricey side.  So, it was only about 10 minutes away from my house, and I decided to drag my sunburned self out of bed to go investigate...


 


What a cute little machine, and a fabulous little find!   Does anyone know what year(s) these cleaners were from?

 

[hoovercelebrity]

Here's what I found when I opened it up...


 


Yikes!


 


 

 

[henry200]

What a darling!  I could very easily have seen $28 being charmed out of my pocket for that early 60's gem.  Here's a 1960 ad:


 


 



http://graphic-design.tjs-labs.com/show-picture?id=1237003749&size=FULL

 

[hoovercelebrity]

Wow!  1960, eh? -- much earlier than I thought!  Fabulous!


 


Thanks for the link to the ad!

 

[henry200]

I'm glad my short-term memory still works!  It's amazing the stuff I keep finding while browsing through the archived threads.

 

[markus79]

looks very same like this

It´s funny that this Volta/Electrolux Professional vacuum looks very same design like this older one.

 

[brandon_w_t]

Wow Fred! That thing screams style!!!!! Congrats!

Markus, is Volta a Finnish brand?

 

[lovecanisters]

Congrats...that's adorable...

 

[fairfax88]

OMG Fred!!!,

Just name your price and I'll by it from you!!!

~David

 

[markus79]

Volta

Volta is swedish brand made by Electrolux

 

[vinvac]

Great find Fred! The tools look to be in amazing shape.

Let's hope the motor did not take any damage from having the bag on incorrectly.

Morgan

 

[kenkart]

Hey Fred!

Those were made up thru the 60s, I have the other canister they made, The Light Look, in turquoise from a few years later, about 64 I think!

 

[suckolux]

A cutie for a cutie pie.

 

[Real1]

Amazing......

find!!! I even find the ad/promotional material very cool! "Hatbox" cleaner......;-)

Kevin

 

[kirbylover]

So cool! That would be the perfect size to stow in the trunk of your car or something.

 

[suckolux]

Does this exhaust out the bottom?

 

[vac-o-matic]

Congrats on your great find! Didn't you just plotz when you saw it? A five year warranty back then, other than the door-to-door vacuums, that was probably the best in the industry.

 

[floor-a-matic]

"Hatbox" vacuum

Nice vac Fred.