HOOVER 160 : OOOOPPS ! I did it again ! NEW ARRIVALS from UK

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guido

guido

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Hi all ! I just wanted to share some new items which arrived few days ago and made me so happy! Well...yes...I have decided to spend some money for my vacuum-collection in the last months, because I have decided to avoid holidays this summer so....I had some extra budget to spend. Hope It's well spent, please let me know what you think, as I care very much the opinion of other collectors - from the UK above all , as they know the uk-hoovers often better than me ! THANKS GUIDO

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A BETTER VIEW

The one on the left is also "new" but is still missing some parts...( bag, bag holder, switch,etc )

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HERE IS THE MOTOR-UNIT BOX

HERE IS THE MOTOR-UNIT BOX, with ART-DECO graphic.....

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THEESE CARDS WERE ALSO ATTACCHED TO THE CLEANER...

...I HAD NEVER SEEN THEM ! ALSO :THE CLEANER STILL HAS THE DOUBLE SPEED SWITCH AND WORKS ON BOTH SPEEDS VERY WELL !!!!!!

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My new and only 638...

unfortunately the front lens is missing....I probably will never find a spare one !Any suggestion ?

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HERE IS AFTER THE STRIP...AND TOTAL REPAINT

...THE COLOR DOES NOT MATCH THE ORIGINAL BUT LOOKS GOOD .
The previous owners had repainted it 3 times in the years. including the poor bakelite hood ( black,white and silver ! the original hammerite brown was simply destroyed ) and taking all that paint away took me lots of time. The hood looks repainted now butis not : its the bakelite colour. I repainted the chassis 6 times ( ! ) with acrilic paint + final transparent-paint finishing : THIS IS MY THIRD HOOVER 262 AND I HAVE REWIRED IT SO NOW I can USE IT for eveyday polishing, using a paper bag fitted in its fabric bag. Works great !

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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">Guido,</span>


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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">Thanks for the great pictures. Your Hoovers and other cleaners are beautiful. You do such nice restoration work. </span>


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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">I notice that you have many bagged polishers. This oddity seems to be popular in Italy (and perhaps other parts of Europe) and Australia. This is not something that happened in the US, except in rare cases when an industrial manufacturer used them on commercial machines. Are they still popular in Italy now?</span>
 
Hello Guido,

Good luck with the restoration work, those colours can be a nightmare to match!!

I had the same problem with my 1334A (grey) but then found a supplier of car paint who holds sample cards for just about any colour/shade you can image; metalic or flat?


Hi-low,

This place is in Telford.

Regards, Walter.
 
Hi Guido

I heard lots about your collection from Guy, It looks really great. I use a Auto paint store to get the colours right buteven they sometimes get it wrong.

I use a wire brush hooked up to a angle grinder to remove the old paint, It works great then just a flat final sand with 600gritt water paper before primer, base coat and clear coat.

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Hi everyone ! And thanks for the nice comments !

PORTABLE : yes they still produce and sell floor cleaners with fabric bags in ITALY, even if they are no longer popular like in the past ( in the first 90's the self-glittering waxes were introduced and floor polishers soon became obsolete ). I've also noticed that this kind of polisheres were a very Italian/French phenomenon : in the 50's and 60's carpets were not popular in Italy and every house tried to keep its marble/wood floors ( but also tiles ! ) clean and glittering like a mirror ! So we had this type of machines from brands like AEG,SIEMENS, PHILIPS, ELECTROLUX and even HOOVER Ltd produced its own line of floor cleaners in italy and for Italy , but they were different from every model sold in the rest of the world.

GSHEEN : I have been watching many of your posts for a long time and adore some of the cleaners I have seen ! With many interesting restorations like the last 652 in green . But I have not seen your restored 638 yet !Do you also have a 160 or do I remember wrong ? Would you post some image for me of the two !?
I also had much fun with GUY and Anthony and I am curious to see how the program will come out to be ?!!!

Well,as far as the 262 HOOVER restoration, I know its not the original color scheme but I already have 2 nice ones for display, and this one was missing so many parts and was in such sorry conditions that I wanted to create something different for everyday use, ...for another more precious model I probably would have spent more time finding the correct color...but anyway the hammeryte-effect of the paint would have been anyway impossible to re-create...

And thanks to the others for appreciating my collection !

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Unfortunately I don't collect only cleaners......

...but also kitchen electric appliances....

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