Fab Weekend Finds! Hoover Concept Power Drive and U1100

[turbomaster1984]

Paul and myself spent the weekend chasing appliances which included the collection of a recent ebay purchase from Glossop.

We planned to travel from Crewe to Glossop and from there down the A roads through the Peak District en route to collect a Hotpoint washing machien from Birmingham.

This route took us via Buxton, Ashbourne and finally through some of Leicestershire in which we stopped off for a nosey around.

One rather quaint little appliance repair shop tucked away in one of the stop offs had me and Paul nearly dying for seeing the obsolete parts they carried and when we got the owner in conversation about our collection it came out he had a self driven Hoover cleaner somewhere.

Well minutes later after a discussion about them he dissapeared upstairs to his store rooms and brought down one of these.......

 

[turbomaster1984]

After cooing over it for a few minutes we progressed the discussion onto other things, the guy was a haven of knowledge all things Hoover and Hotpoint and ended up giving us some Hoover Service manuals which we had not seen before.

As we were leaving he signalled for us to not forget the Concept 1 to which I nearly passed out. I offered payment but he wouldnt accept, such an unexpected gesture!!!!

 

[turbomaster1984]

Looks like it was hardly used!!!

 

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again hardly used

 

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base

 

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2 speed switch

 

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ratings plate

August 1980

 

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on to the U1100 from Manchester

The best example I have seen complete with sales sticker

 

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Hoover with original trunion

 

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AND!!!! original lower cable hook and cable

 

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Ratings plate March 1985

 

[gsohoover]

Wow

I have never seen a power drive in that good of condition. Usally they are really beat up. That one is mint! Congrats on the find.

 

[kenmore81]

Nice finds!!!

Both vacs are in very nice shape. I have an Innovation(Turbo Power) in good cosmetic and mechanical shape except it leans WAYYY back, It needs part of the plasic stu wich is part of the handle assembaly if you know what I mean lol.
Ill have to pop over to AW to see your Hotpoint!!!

 

[aeoliandave]

Trunion?

What is a trunion? Closest I can find in my Merriam Webster is 'trundle' (to roll along, to wheel) right before 'trunk'. Am I getting warmer? Oh, that colourful British language...much of which we use in Canada.

Excellent adoptees, Robert & Paul. A PowerDrive Concept one with cordwinder - very very nice.

Dave

 

[crevicetool]

If I'm correct.....

I have heard of a trunnion in relation to a steam locomotive. Like the hangy thingy that axle springs would be mounted on.

Or,

I think half of a universal joint is a trunnion.

maybe?

Rick

PS....spellcheck wants it spelled this way....trunnion.

 

[arh1953]

Merriam- Webster Says

A trunnion is a:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trunnion#

 

[aeoliandave]

TWO new words in one day! Wow!

Trunnion: especially: either of two opposite gudgeons on which a cannon is swiveled.

I'm in high dudgeon over truncheon-ing onions. I loathe onions. Won't eat 'em. Pick 'em out of my food; that's my opunnion. Do like vacuum cleaners. Hangy thingie?

Dave, Sunday night off, Monday is day off, playing with my refurbished upgraded 1.5 Ghz DVDdl Mac CUBE running Leopard. I WILL learn OSX and be converted. I WILL not buy into Windows7, which is damnittohell Vista with all the missing XP bits PUT BACK IN. argh.

 

[swingette]

What type of agitator does that UK Concept have? Did it come with the bottom plate?

I wonder how the cleaning performance compares with the Turbopower/master?

 

[thevacuumman]

i wonder why the concept was a big flop over in the UK