Hoover Celebrity III Model S3169

[arh1953]

Wednesday, I made my trip to Jensen Beach, and found this wonderful Celebrity III, languishing in a U-Haul box, with everything pictured, minus the mystery crevice tool that I thought belonged with it. It came with extra bags,(I thought)found out the machine had no bag, the cord is electrical taped to the back, and taped inside the case too. After installing the only bag that came with it, I tried it out, and what a performer! I found out the switch won't work either, but I plugged it into a computer extention box and went to town. It has great suction, picks the carpet up, and glides over the rug like a champ. What is the official name of the burnt orange and chocolate color scheme?

 

[arh1953]

Bottoms Up!

Here's his tushie, has no wheels, the tape holding the cord to the case can be seen, as well as the white rubber toe switch over the push button. It is really clean inside, it has a minimum of usage scarring, and all of the white trim has no schmutz and little marking.

 

[constellation86]

Congrats on the find. I really like the celebrities. They are real sturdy and have lots of power.
The cord seems to be a weak area with no strain relief. I had to cut off a few inches on one of mine. I also had to replace the switch, but it was the toggle type that looks like a wall light switch.
Any chance of an inside pic. I'm curious about the motor cover. Some of mine are white and some black. Go figure?
Also none of my floaters say celebrity on the machine. Just a Hoover circle in the center.
Anyways have fun with this one!
Nicholas

 

[arh1953]

The Motor Cover

Here it is. I love this thing, I hope I can locate more locally. I have the two tone blue one which is a Quiet Series, that is pictured in another thread. It cost about $9.00 with just the hose, and the orange/brown floater cost $21.40, with wands, floor tool, dust/upholstery brush, and wrong crevice tool.

 

[constellation86]

Thanks for the pic. It looks pretty clean inside.
On a side note you might want to take off the motor cover and make sure the wires inside are in good shape and not getting pinched. It looks like somebody did a sloppy job letting the wire stick out of the cover. Electric shocks and/or fires aren't cool!
Nicholas

 

[petek]

Lucky find Alan the floating Celebrity is my fave because it floats which is all that matters to me. Otherwise I don't care for them all that much like most other canisters. Unless they have some unique property.

 

[arh1953]

I like canisters mostly, and am getting addicted to Celebrities. I'll scope out my wiring sometime soon and see what it's like.

 

[logan]

I would love to find one of these, but I have a question. Are they suppose to have wheels? I've never seen one up close so I am not sure. Either way, I think it's a awesome looking Hoover.

 

[arh1953]

Hi Logan, some had wheels, some didn't. The orange one here floats over the floor, like a Constellation. This blue one has wheels.

 

[logan]

I love that blue one! Is it straight suction or does it have a power nozzle connection?

 

[electroluxxxx]

since it is a QS it should have the power nozzle attachment

 

[arh1953]

The blue vacuum was found only with that hose, and I didn't see an outlet for a powerhead on it. When I pull it out again, I'll look it over. I just got wands for it before Toby sent me a set of tools for it. The wands are not the aluminum like I was told it should have, they are chrome, and have electric cord holder fittings on them. They were the only things available in the only shop in the area that even had older parts. They even have a XXX Elux on display.

 

[arh1953]

Another floater!! Will wonders never cease!?

It's not the colors I wanted, but it's the design I wanted. It came with everything in the picture, including the strange crevice tool that swivels in the hose end, held in place by vacuum suction. The orange and brown vacuum has the same tool that I thought was a mismatch. This one is brown on the bottom with a working switch, and the cord grommet on the back. It set me back $6.35 in St. Vincent De Paul of Vero Beach. And, it floats! I wanna Constellation now.

 

[arh1953]

New Floater

I didn't want to keep opening new threads for practically the same vacuums. This is why this keeps coming to the top of the page.

 

[petek]

I bought one of those floating Celebrities new back in the 70's as a gift for a BF and it came with a power nozzle but for the life of me I can't remember if the power nozzle cord plugged into the vac or not.. I'm thinking you just plugged it into the wall outlet with the vac.

 

[arh1953]

I don't think the blue one has any place on it for a powerhead, and it's much more deluxe than the floaters. Bet the one you gave to BF had the little plug in on the vacuum.

 

[constellation86]

Congrats on the finds Alan! With luck like that you will have more celebrities than me soon.
I'm also curious about what model numbers you have. Could you post them? All of my floaters are S3005 (two yellow one orange).
Thanks
Nicholas

 

[arh1953]

I believe the new floater is S3121. The Celebrity III is S3169. I can't access the blue one at the moment, but I think I posted the model number in the original thread about it.

 

[arh1953]

The Q.S. blue one is Model S3187-030. Would you have any pictures of yours you could post?