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Here is the basic set of tools for a Lark. This is the short set but I have read where you could get a deluxe set. I have yet to find a nicer set. Heck, it is hard enough just to find the machine let alone a tool set for it. This was a very simple set of tools, just the bare essentials. The Lark was a good idea. Had it not been for the Lark, we may not have had the Convertible Special model 31!

--Tom

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Thanks for posting those pictures, Tom!

Your attachment set looks wonderful! Everything in such lovely condition. I'll be watching eBay for a set to go with mine, but somehow I think it'll be unlikely! For obvious reasons, I don't have any chance of coming across a set anywhere else over here.

What an interesting converter they have! I imagine the suction through the tools is quite good? The floor-suction on the Lark seems better than on a Junior, and the tool suction is quite good on those - better than on any of the post-war Senior models.
 
Lark 14

Jack -

I rented a house years ago. I had known the former (deceased) lady of the house. In the front closet was her pristine Model 14 with the tool set that Tom shows above. But, my roommate and I hated it because the darn bag was so hard to change. I remember that the local vac repair store was able to get me a Hoover switch plate cover in white, which I painted to the correct color. Apparently, they warped so frequently that Hoover made replacements available to buy. Nice looking machine, though. But not too well engineered.
 
Very nice, Jack! :)

What a lovely design! :)

As you know, my knowledge of many Hoovers... well... sucks! LOL :) (How many of us say something like that that regularly?! :))

However, I can appreciate it, and I can assure you I would pop over if I could (if invited beforehand of course!). :)

And hello, Mike! :) Sorry I’ve not spoken to you lately. :(

Carl :)
 

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