Finally finished my Spirit!

[jfalberti]

That is a beautiful machine!

Congrats Fred!

 

[portable]

<span style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Just beautiful, Fred! That is one cute machine.</span>

 

[eurekaprince]

Fred - that last photo of you is amazing. The vacs, the display, the T-shirt, and you!!!! Can you please be our "poster-boy" for vac-lovers the world over? *eyelashes fluttering*

 

[henry200]

Hey guys, Fred's new Spirit is quite a dandy little Hoover!  I saw it last night, along with all the other treasures in the house from basement to attic.  Fred gets my vote for vacuum poster-boy, and he's so gosh darned cute to boot!  (Lucky Robert)

 

[kittingerhoover]

YEP!

YOU'VE GOT THE HOOVER SPIRIT!!

LOVE IT

 

[thevacuumman]

Hoover Spirits are my Favorite Hoover canister next to the Slimline I have one and i just love it

 

[eurekastar]

Fred, that is a fantastic restoration!  It looks brand new!

 

[constellation86]

Great job on the Spirit! It looks new.
I'm also green with envy on your neon sign. What a great addition to a vac room.
Nicholas

 

[vacfanatic]

Excellent Job!

Fred,

That turned out better than great - sometimes you get a cleaner that restores easier than others as far as the finish goes, but this one tops the cake. It really looks like new from the photos.

Andrew

 

[hamiltonbeachbo]

Fred, beautiful machine.


Always fun to reassemble a machine that's been torn down with all parts completely cleaned and detailed.


Great job!!


Enjoy!!


psf

 

[hoovercelebrity]

Thanks, Everyone!

I sure gave this new Spirit of mine a workout last Friday... We had out of town company this weekend, and the house got a good cleaning.  I absolutely loved using this cleaner.  My only *tiny* gripe is that it's just kinda noisy.  But other than that, it did a wonderful job!  There's something wonderful about being able to use a cleaner you've put lots of time into!


 


Thanks, everyone for your nice compliments on the machine!


 


The neon Hoover sign actually came out of the Hoover store I used to work at in Milwaukee.  When I got word that they were closing, I talked to my old boss and asked for a few things from the store.  I got a few boxes of parts and repair manuals -- and I had also requested this sign.  It needed a new transformer -- which was only like $70, and pretty easy to replace.  I remember when I worked there, every time I walked past that sign on the outside, I thought "ugh, if only I could have one of these..." 


 


While I'd rather the Hoover stores were still around; having the sign to which many memories and 5 wonderful years of employment are attached is a good consolation prize. 


 


Here's the store with the sign in the window from Christmas one year... one of the only shots I have of the outside of the store.


 

 

[brandon_w_t]

Cool!

That hoover store is almost identical in layout to the one that was hear. Now its just a regular vacuum store, that sells commercial hoovers and riccar.