Hoover 612 refurb 1940s/50s

[thekirbylover]

Here is the semi finished product, I need to look into remaking an new bag as well as getting a new brush roll but overall I am very pleased with how its turned out especially compared to when i first got it.

 

[thekirbylover]

A full profile view

 

[thekirbylover]

Side view I as si happy as to how the respray has gone, all I need to do now is buff the bakerlite hood.

 

[thekirbylover]

Handle.

 

[vacerator]

Greetings Michael! Dude, you are an artist! I don't know If I'd have even bothered.
Is there any way to get a red hoover emblem from somewhere and glue it on? Maybe even make one from a resin kit from a craft supply store, or cut one from a box, or a magazine add, or even print one online and set in the resin, then seal it over with clear lucite or polyurethane?

 

[citroenbx]

hi there would you like to buy a hoover ranger

I will give it a brief clean first if you want it

p.s yours looks fantastic

 

[midcenturyfan]

Well done. The poor thing is feeling like it's old self again.

Robin.

 

[thekirbylover]

vacerator

that red logo wasn't original it was a cheap add on to the original respray before mine, and citreonbx I may be interested it depends what model it is my email is in my profile, @ midcenturayfan thank you all it need now is a bag.

 

[slomo]

Looking good. Funny how that old tired vacuum probably was still working. Everyone with a Dyson has repairs in six months. That Hoover was decades later. They don't make them like that anymore. Nice job.

slomo