vintagefox
Well-known member
I can rest easy knowing that I found one of childhood Hoovers...
I can't describe it, but this machine left an impact on me when I saw it on display at a vacuum repair and sales shop. My parents we taking me and my younger brother to this Cuban restaurant in Downey, California and right next door to it was a vacuum shop. Within plain view I saw a machine very different than the others that surrounded it and for $30 it was steal, but being a child at the time without any money I could never even afford to buy that Model 69.. Sadder yet, the Cuban restaurant bought out the place 8 months after our visit to expand their restaurant. I've searched on and off since then, to no real luck. Some leads pop up here and there but they've been mostly beat to heck and back. (We couldn't afford a computer or internet connection at the time, so whenever I had some free time in the local library I would browse online for one)
After a while I just stopped looking.
Flash forward about 12 years later. A good friend, Tom contacted me earlier in the month about having one that he had acquired from a lot of vacuums. Looking at the photos he had sent me, I nearly fainted. It was a little rough around the edges but the least beat up Model 69 I've ever seen. He had serviced it prior to me getting it, but it was still a tad dirty. So about 3 hrs of cleaning later she came out quite nicely!
This Hoover is going to be one of my most cherished machines next to my Model 700.
I genuinely can't thank Tom enough in helping me find my childhood dream machines. The lines, and color drew me to it as a kid and seeing that Hoover logo on the machine just made it even better for me. Now I own one.
I sincerely apologize if my wording is rather all over the place, but I'm still trying to calm down after I finished with the cleaning LOL.
-Alex
I can't describe it, but this machine left an impact on me when I saw it on display at a vacuum repair and sales shop. My parents we taking me and my younger brother to this Cuban restaurant in Downey, California and right next door to it was a vacuum shop. Within plain view I saw a machine very different than the others that surrounded it and for $30 it was steal, but being a child at the time without any money I could never even afford to buy that Model 69.. Sadder yet, the Cuban restaurant bought out the place 8 months after our visit to expand their restaurant. I've searched on and off since then, to no real luck. Some leads pop up here and there but they've been mostly beat to heck and back. (We couldn't afford a computer or internet connection at the time, so whenever I had some free time in the local library I would browse online for one)
After a while I just stopped looking.
Flash forward about 12 years later. A good friend, Tom contacted me earlier in the month about having one that he had acquired from a lot of vacuums. Looking at the photos he had sent me, I nearly fainted. It was a little rough around the edges but the least beat up Model 69 I've ever seen. He had serviced it prior to me getting it, but it was still a tad dirty. So about 3 hrs of cleaning later she came out quite nicely!
This Hoover is going to be one of my most cherished machines next to my Model 700.
I genuinely can't thank Tom enough in helping me find my childhood dream machines. The lines, and color drew me to it as a kid and seeing that Hoover logo on the machine just made it even better for me. Now I own one.
I sincerely apologize if my wording is rather all over the place, but I'm still trying to calm down after I finished with the cleaning LOL.
-Alex
