Hoover bits

[aeoliandave]

In the few spare minutes I have this week, I've been matching up hoses & nozzles to vacs, or at least identifying them if I can.

Broke open box of 'a plethora, a veritable cornucopia of attatchments and doo dads' that caught my eye from a big box under a table at the Dave & Pete Meet...Spent quite a while there in the near dark on the floor sifting through, snatching out anything that wasn't modern plastic. For now, here's the first 'mystery' pieces.

The small brush nozzle has HOOVER lettering raised on the bumper, all the wands have the same latch button mechanism and the crevice tool appears to be fibre. I would judge the shiny parts to be nickel plated, from their warm glow.

Who can precisely identify which model and year these belong to? I don't know...my best guess is a late 20s through 30s upright Hoover?

I'll post more accesories & bits from other mystery machines as I get them grouped

It was quite a haul. Although I did get the complete Filter Queen model 700 and the cardboard suitcase box of brown optional accessories (in fact I snatched 2 of everything) There remains at that place probably the same suite of FQ accesories/sprayers/foamer/hair dryer hood/massager/demother, etc in Salmon Pink and I'm sure Pete would be available to go bag 'em if someone has the need.

 

[vintagehoover]

The upholstery brush and extention tubes do indeed come from a 20's-30's Hoover - they were the same for each model, so it would be impossible to pinpoint exactly which machine they went with. The crevice tool doesn't look like it's a Hoover one to me; they were metal, and with a flat - not angled - end. I can't see a catch on it, from the photo, either. I'd suggest it probably goes with a different brand of machine.

 

[myhooverco]

Those tools could go back to the 541 of the early 1920's. The two wands and brush go together. I am not sure of the crevice tool. Hoover used these tools until 1935 with the last of the 825's. In 1936, they started using lighter weight materials for their cleaning tools. There would have been some sort of converter depending on the model, a crevice tool that was shorter, and a cloth covered hose. All of this would have been served up in a brief case type carrier with a metal latch.

I would hold onto them as they are getting more difficult to find. Thanks for the photo.

--Tom

 

[lux1521]

Looks like a model 725 or later tool set to me. The 700 and 543 attachment set I have has a removable brush on the upholstry tool and my 541 attachments have different style button locks so you can rule those out. I'd say 1931 to 1936.

The crevice tool is something that I don't know about but it looks interesting.

 

[aeoliandave]

Thanks guys, its all much appreciated.

I found the wands & the brush (first appeared in 1931?) pictured on The Vintage Hoover Emporium site. See link...and who runs this site, please. Are you here?
Anyway, I agree the crevice tool is from something else. It has a smaller diameter and a different connect fitting.
In any case I know its something to keep aside in the Gifting Department.

Dave.

http://www1.freewebs.com/vintagehoover/

 

[vintagehoover]

Dave...

I'm the webmaster of the Vintage Hoover Emporium - I'm here live and well! Glad to see my site's being used as a reference-point, that's exactly what I made it for

While we're on the subject of tools, here's a rare set; the 425's convertor was unique to that machine, so as you can imagine, they're not easy to come by!