Hoover box
- Thread starter compactc9
- Start date
Help Support VacuumLand:
rocketwarrior
Well-known member
- Joined
- Aug 29, 2006
- Messages
- 522
I'll guess!
Er, uh, a dead president?
Er, uh, a dead president?
A very impressive set. I have always liked the Hoover canisters of that style and they never seem to get enough attention from collectors compared to the uprights.
Oh, by the way, it says 51 on the front of the box. Makes guessing very easy.
Oh, by the way, it says 51 on the front of the box. Makes guessing very easy.
myhooverco
Well-known member
- Joined
- Aug 25, 2006
- Messages
- 1,516
Reggie...
Great find! These are very well built, quiet running machines. The good folks here in North Canton built them with pride from 1950-1952. They made 179,100 of them too. It is odd to me that yours has a woven hose and not the "new" rubber/vinyl "Veriflex" hose. Is yours an early serial number? It is hard to tell from the box tag. The serial numbers started with 6,154,601 and ended with 6,333,701. This tank type cleaner was painted to match the deluxe model 62 upright. Thanks for the photos!!!!
--Tom
Great find! These are very well built, quiet running machines. The good folks here in North Canton built them with pride from 1950-1952. They made 179,100 of them too. It is odd to me that yours has a woven hose and not the "new" rubber/vinyl "Veriflex" hose. Is yours an early serial number? It is hard to tell from the box tag. The serial numbers started with 6,154,601 and ended with 6,333,701. This tank type cleaner was painted to match the deluxe model 62 upright. Thanks for the photos!!!!
--Tom
eluxomarty
New member
Congratulations Reggie!!
What a great find!! I love it when something like this is found!!
Marty
What a great find!! I love it when something like this is found!!
Marty
hygiene903
Well-known member
Congratulations Reggie!!
That is one beautiful 51 you have there. And finding it at a thrift, you must have gotten a great bargain on it, too!
Jeff
That is one beautiful 51 you have there. And finding it at a thrift, you must have gotten a great bargain on it, too!
Jeff
rocketwarrior
Well-known member
- Joined
- Aug 29, 2006
- Messages
- 522
Goggles on forehead - Maniacal Bud Cort grin....
Nice, Reggie. What I could do with that machine. Do you mind telling us how you came to own such a fine piece of iron?
Nice, Reggie. What I could do with that machine. Do you mind telling us how you came to own such a fine piece of iron?
hoovercelebrity
New member
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
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
Well-known member
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
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
Well-known member
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.
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
Well-known member
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!
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
Well-known member
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
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
Well-known member
Here's The Answer
About the woven or braided hose. The parts list for the machine.
About the woven or braided hose. The parts list for the machine.
compactelectra
Well-known member
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?
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?
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
Well-known member
- Joined
- Aug 25, 2006
- Messages
- 1,516
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
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
