Extremely rare Hoovrah

[dysonman1]

Demonstration tools. The one on the bottom is for the constellation, which was sold door-to-door when it came out. The other one is for the convertible. It replaced the outer jacket, kind of like a Kirby demonstration tool. Thank You Hans Craig.

 

[electroluxxxx]

I never knew they made such demo tools for the hoovrahs! Are you going to try them out this weekend?

 

[dysonman1]

Oh yes Mike. I got out my blue Constellation and my pink model 65. We used both of those demo tools and the guys were amazed. That's what I love about convention time. People get to see and try vacuums and attachments they've never seen before. I might be a "redneck from Missouri" but we sure do know how to have a good time. In my museum full of 'trade-ins' - you know - like Stan Kann had. I should start a facebook page on Hoovrahing.

 

[electroluxxxx]

Oh you should! Redneck?! There’s absolutely nothing redneck about you! Your mattress burning neighbor though... that’s a different story! Hope you guys are enjoying your time at the convention!

 

[lux14]

Got to see these very rare items at the convention and boy are they cool! The museum is just spectacular!!!!! I saw machines in Tom's collection that I had never seen before! Everything is laid out beautifully and we had such a great time turning on any machine we wanted to and sharing a lot of great information with each other. Tom, thanks for pulling just a wonderful agenda together for all the attendees at this years convention!

Thankful!

 

[Miss Mercy]

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[tolivac]

Neat Hoover dirtmeter!!!!

 

[luxlife]

The one for the Constellation

I always liked the look of those metal latches on the wands. It really gave the appearance of quality and craftsmanship in even the smallest of details.

 

[electrolux137]

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Ummm ... just exactly what is a "Hoovrah" ??

 

[dysonman1]

A "Hoovrah" would be kind of like a Filthy Queen or a Kirbeast or an Awfulwrek. Similar to the Rainblow or the Lectrylux. Along the same lines as a Cumpacked or a Rice Car. But not quite a Simple Isn't He. It's just tongue in cheek.

 

[uksausage]

Video

That dirt meter is awesome. Don’t know if we had them here in the UK
Don’t suppose there’s a video of it in use is there

 

[dysonman1]

Video

I'm not sure how to do a youtube video - but I'm willing to learn. I will make a video of it in use, as well as the Constellation dirt meter. With about 500 vintage vacuums, I'm sure I could fill up a lot of time on youtube with videos of them.