found 2 old mail order cataloges

[anthony]

one isJohn Moores from 1972 the other Trafford from 74 this is the vac section from both thought you may like to see them

 

[anthony]

another

another page i like the Kenwood

 

[anthony]

and of course

the Hoovers of the day

 

[anthony]

next one

oh those prices

 

[anthony]

more

70s vacs

 

[anthony]

a bunny girl

a sunbeam and a Hoover

 

[anthony]

more Hoovers

in nice colours

 

[anthony]

more

theres that Goblin again

 

[anthony]

more Electrolux

and a goblin

 

[anthony]

there she is again

matching bunny and connie

 

[anthony]

thats all guys

unless i come across any more theres some great old wasingmachines and some vintage stereos all clad in teak off course

 

[portable]

<span style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Anthony....Thanks for these. They are great fun. That model is rather cheesey, eh?</span>

 

[kenkart]

I Wish!

Some of these would show up over here, I might have to install a 240 volt outlet!

 

[eurekaprince]

In North America, can we create a 240 volt outlet from the circuit on which we plug in our electric dryers? I am not that "electrically" knowledgeable... :-(

 

[gottahaveahoove]

That "bunny"

has got to go!!!!!!

 

[kenkart]

240 volt, yes

You can, the easiest way is to have a seperate line ran to a good location and have a European outlet installed, in a 120 volt circuit you have one hot wire and a neutral,then your ground, for 240 you have 2 hot,1 neutral and your ground, in other words, 2 120 volt lines and a neutral makes 240.

 

[eurekaprince]

Thanks Hans!!! Good to know we can also play with all those cool Eurovacs over here in the colonies!!!

 

[madabouthoovers]

Well, that's a good selection - 1972 was my birth year, and here is one of the models from that catalogue, the Electrolux 500 - this was very ahead of its time at its launch back then.

 

[madabouthoovers]

rear view of the 500, showing the yellow pedal and suction selector: