hoover 612

[z30soulbrother]

production date

Cheers si for that, so we are looking about June 52 then for mine at a wild guess, 56 years old and still running like a dream im so proud,Si am gonna get a new bulb and give her a clean up in the week. I cleaned my car out this morning, it was great , but found hose a little short and stiff to work with, having been used to long 50s/60s ultraflex. Never mind I might look out for an ultraflex for it, didnt the next series up use one , cant remember model, same body as 612 using side converter, but in blue?
si

 

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Serial Number

Any idea when mine was made? J022594

 

[z30soulbrother]

j022594

i would say according to the given sequence yours is quite an early one
si

 

[74simon]

J022594

Is VERY early - production started in July 1949 with J010,001, and by January 1950 had reached J145,000!

Si

 

[z30soulbrother]

1949

sometime in the latter half of 1949 then
si

 

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Simons - both of you!

Ta very much indeed!

I remember as a kiddy (I must have been 4 or 5 at the time) that my mother had a repairman in to renew a few parts on it.

Out went the old brown bag, and a new grey one was fitted. The flex was replaced (a rather fetching, smooth, grey pvc flex, which itself only lasted 7 years before it cracked).

My mother tells me she called the guy in to fix it, because it wasn't picking up. Apparently the guy took one look, and said there were no bristles on the brush strips! Ha Ha!

I do remember the old brown HOOVER handgrip. It started to wear and perish, so Mum wrapped some duct-tape around it. The bumper snagged on something, and ended up flapping on the left-hand side. She taped that up too.

The motor made a terrible noise in 1982. The armature had gone, so she gave it to my dad to take into work, and the on-site electrician fixed it. She was without a cleaner for over a fortnight, and the dog hairs were rapidly building up. So they bought a Hoover 'Sensotronic' cylinder, in order that it could do the jobs where the 612 couldn't easily go (car, etc.). She used it twice, and hated it! That cleaner was relegated to the upstairs, and used for Spring Cleaning tasks.

 

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1949

July or August, perhaps.

Thanks, both of you.

 

[nazard]

bulb for Hoover 612

Hi
Anyone to tell me what bulb I need for Hoover 612 ?
Is it the same one as the Hoover 65?