Hoover Connie Pics and Info Needed:

[hygiene903]

Connie 82

Here are a couple pix of my Connie 82. My Grandfather bought it for my Grandmother for their Anniversary in 1955, which was their last Anniversary, as he passed away in Feb. 1956, about 4 1/2 months before I was born. It runs like new, and will always be a special part of my collection.
Jeff

 

[luxg]

Jeff, that is a beautiful Connie, how lucky you are to have this very special machine in your collection.

 

[rugmaster37]

TTI......

I think it means "Totally Tradition Ignorant". I don't think they have the wherewithal; or a solid, or otherwise workable plan to restore the lustre to the Hoover name. IMHO It would take millions if not a few billion to Make Hoover great again. I know fully that this will NEVER happen. I've talked to the high muckity mucks from thier Royal "division", and came away knowing I was right on.

TTI's main advantage to their acquisition of the name of Hoover was to simply whip out a few more years of the name and heritage of what was once #1. That said, their second lesser advantage is that they can sell, and end up pushing onto the "consumer ignorant"; their rebadged Dirt Devil garbage, like the Elite "Rewind", and the new "Convertible", nee' Saavy; nee' Dual-V. Which yes was a "Hoover" design per se', but should have been killed off after the first wave of complaints and problems began.

A minor bright side from my viewpoint, is that they may have a winner on thier hands with the Tacony built canister that is the Miele knockoff. One could only wish for such grand proclamations for the very tarnished, and bloodied name of Hoover.

Just an opinion of course. It just breaks my will that there will never again be an honest to goodness Hoover product that has the DNA , and heritage of the wood and tin contraption that swept a rug in Susan Hoovers front hall.

Now for the positives!! Wonderful Connies everyone...let's see more FLOATERS!!!

Chad

 

[ge1969]

Hi Guys! If someone can help me figure out how to get the photos from my Kodak software to the Forum, I'll post pics of my Constellation Model 87, the rare bird, or so I'm told, with the on/off switch in the hose handle. Later, Trg

 

[collector2]

Hey Jeff:

That looks to be the same as our model 826 (Canada). Wasnt the plain blue one model 82 as well down there (it was 822 in Canada)

Doug

 

[hygiene903]

Hi Doug,

If the 826 is the one on the right in your picture, then yes, they are the about the same. But to my knowledge, the only all blue model in the US came out several years later ane was a lighter shade of blue. The 82's were all two-tone like mine. Next model was the 83, in a color scheme to match the Citation upright If I'm not mistaken.
And Terry, thank you for the compliment. And since it was my Grandmother's makes it even more special. Another note about its history is that my Grandmother moved in with us in 1965, about 6 months before my Dad passed away. From then on, Grandma only used the Connie to clean her room, and Mom cleaned the rest of the house with her Lux XXX and later the 966 Electro-Hygiene that I bought for her (which I also have). So my 82 Connie is a 53 year old machine with maybe 20 years worth of use on it!!
Jeff