Hoover box

[hoovercelebrity]

WOW!

That's an amazing find! And in the box!

Tom--I, too was wondering about the woven hose vs. the Veriflex hose. I've never actually seen a woven hose for the Hoover tanks. My model 50 came with a Veriflex.

How does it run? Does it seem like it spent most of its life in the box? Original cord?

Congrats!

~Fred

 

[vinvac]

Reggie,

Congrats!!

I notice that there have been a couple of those machines listed on E-Bay lately. I have an Ad for that machine that shows that same cloth hose.

Does it have the bag cleaning mechanism? Would love to see how that works. Fred Nelson has a near mint machine, but for whatever reason I have never had the chance to see it up close.

Morgan

 

[compactelectra]

Woven vs Veriflex

I believe that they switched over during the run of the 50 or 51 from woven to veriflex. In the parts list it also shows a woven hose available for commercial service. I'll check my list.

 

[vac-o-matic]

Hoses

I've had a couple of 51's, the first one had the woven hose and I thought that was odd, I gave that one to Phillip when I found another 51 in pristine shape with the veriflex hose. Really a nice vacuum, but can you imagine the attached cloth bag if it had heavy use? You would've had to have another vacuum to clean it out!

 

[constellation86]

Wow!

What a find! My Dad says his mom had one of these when he was a kid. He remembers working a lever that knocked the dirt out of the bag.
Is there a way you can scan the manual? I would love to see what it looks like.
Thanks
Nicholas

 

[compactelectra]

Here's The Answer

About the woven or braided hose. The parts list for the machine.

 

[compactelectra]

The Veriflex Hose

Started with serial number 6,175,013. Prior to that it was the Braided Hose - Part number 22140. $6.30. Don't you wish you could still order from that list?

 

[arh1953]

Wow, what a great looking machine, and neat parts list. I hope sometime someone could post things like that for the GE Swivel-Top models.

 

[myhooverco]

Fred,

Thanks for posting the parts list. Now we all know why some 51s had the cloth hose and some had the Veriflex. To me the Veriflex was far superior. It is more agile and more sealed than the old woven hose. I imagine that it was much less expensive to produce as well. Thank you for clearing up this mystery!

--Tom

 

[compactc9]

It is all original, and seems to have hd a very easy life. After cleaning the bag and pre-motor filter it runs very well and hs good airflow.

 

[hoovercelebrity]

Has anyone asked...

How much did you get this bad boy for? If I may ask?

~Fred

 

[ian88]

Ones on ebay...quite a looker too ;]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Hoover-...yZ115993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[dial-a-nap]

Very nice, Reggie! It looks better than you described - that is probably my favorite of the older Hoover logos.

Congrats on a good find!