Hoover Constellation 867A

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Side.

 

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Front.

 

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The only problem it the handle, it broken at the back and badly scuffed at the front.

 

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The next one has arrived, managed to smuggle this one in under the radar.

 

[suctionselector]

Connies

Where do you find all these?

eBay, tips, car boots?

 

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All over, skips, car-boots and ebay, the yellow one I spotted in a garden shed sitting on a shelf in the window. The owner of the shed was glad to be rid of it along with the 862.

 

[brandon_w_t]

Whoa!!!

Ok thats it. You are going to be recieving a few constellations at your doorstep. Inside each will be an undisclosed shipping address. Restore them and mail them back to that address. A suitcase of unmarked bills will be on your doorstep within 36 hours.




That is beautiful. You have an amazing gift at restoring these!

 

[fan-of-fans]

That looks great, as does the others. I do like the Constellations.

I was wondering, when these were new, did they use the same kind of plug with three pins that they use now?

 

[twocvbloke]

With regards to the plugs, the BS1363 13a standard was introduced in 1947, so come the 50s and 60s, they would most likely have come with a 13 Amp plug, unless the area they went to was still using older style plugs (such as Wylex, BS546, D&S, etc.), in which most cases they would have had a plug fitted to suit the place they were to be used in...

Back in the days when people were allowed to wire on their own plugs, they would even probably have come without plugs, just bare ends, so wouldn't have had a plug at all unless it was fitted by the people at the local electricity shops...

 

[appliancelou]

lee,s love job

hi lee another beautiful job well done!! I know alot time an energy but saved another piece of history keep them coming enjoy seeing them restored lou

 

[vacbear58]

Plugs

Hoover were exceptional in that, for a great many years they supplied moulded on two pin plug on all their machines in the UK - these would be colour matched to the flex (cord), so that by the end there were two colours of blue and pink plugs. Normally these were 2 pin 5 amp although I know one collector has a two pin 15amp Hoover plug - these would be exceptionally rare - 15 amp plugs were usually grounded so as to accomodate metal bodied appliances with a high current draw like washing machines and room heaters. The 5amp plugs would also have been supplied with a baynot adaptor so they could be plugged into a light fitting.

It seems like these moulded plugs were deopped around 1962 with the introduction of the grey Senior (convertable) Junior & Constellation - I have never seen a grey moulded plug - i do know they were still being fitted in 1961. Not a surprise (and indeed I am surprised they were not dropped many years earlier) as by that time 5amp two plugs were no longer common - and 15amp (round pin) were fast on the way out. So, like every other appliance, they were supplied with no plug and the purchaser (or the shop selling if the customer would pay extra) would fit the plug themselves - often in a very poor (not to mention dangerous) manner

Al

 

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"often in a very poor (not to mention dangerous) manner&

That's known as "Darwin's Law", get it wrong and you find out the hard way...

I've got a 2-pin to Bayonet adaptor somewhere (not Hoover), aswell as a few bayonet plugs too, I like old plugs me...

 

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Thanks folks.

Al, your right about plugs being fitted very poor, dangerous when left to the customer to fit some people have no idea on the colour code goes to which terminal, and I have found vintage appliances with tin foil wrapped around the fuse, how mad is that.

Photo of the line up so far.

 

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All I can say is,

"W O W "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If I showed up at your door,  could you make ME look that good?