Hoover 575

[toastermike]

This morning I found a Hoover 575 at my local Goodwill Outlet store. Based on the serial number I believe is was built in 1931. It looks likes it has had very little use for an 84 year old vacuum. There is no rust and almost no signs of wear and it runs great. The bag has a couple of wear holes around the knobs in back used to disconnect the bag that can be patched from the inside. I am guessing that it is probably original. There are some very old and newer service tags from local Starks Vacuums. The newist one dated 7/14/1999. It will make a nice addition to my collection and will compliment my 1939 Hoover 305!

 

[boxer_rules]

Nice!

what a great machine! congrats to your find!

 

[dysonman1]

That is awesome. The model 575 was the lower-priced machine to the model 725. The model 725 was the first Hoover upright with a cooling fan on the Armature to independently keep the motor cool. All other versions were sealed motors that did not produce enough heat to overheat. The 575, in reality, is the wonderful model 700 but with a painted motor instead of polished aluminum. There is no other difference. While the bag is a genuine Hoover bag, it is not the original to that machine. Again congratulations.

 

[bikerray]

A really great find !!!!!!

I had the models 725 and 450, one thing you can say about the older Hoovers if there is anything crawling around in the carpet if the Hoover doesn't kill it it will at least knock it senseless.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Mike,

That's another cool find!

~Ben

 

[constellation86]

Neat find! That looks like it is in very nice shape. I'll bet it sounds wonderful running.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Excellent find!!

84 years old!!!!  Can you believe that?  Well,  of course you can!


  Hard to find a NIB, though.  Just IMAGINE what this cleaner has seen.

 

[jmurray01]

You can't kill a HOOVER!!  What a beautiful machine you have found - I hope to get a few from the 20s and 30s myself one day, my oldest at the moment is my 612 which was likely manufactured in 1949 and of course it works like brand new, no surprises there.  Although that said I think I need to grease the motor bearing soon (the original grease lasted 66 years, can you imagine that happening on a modern day vacuum?), but that'll be another thread.

 

[jmurray01]

"Just IMAGINE what this cleaner has seen."

I thought I was perhaps the only one who thought like that!  It is very...  Strange, for want of a better word to look at a vacuum and know that it was around when the world was basically a different place to what it is today.  The stories they could tell.


 


I would like to say the same for today's vacuum cleaners, but I think I'd be within my rights to assume that in 20-30 years time there will be precious few left!