HOOVER Contract Commercial Cleaners...

[seamusuk]

Hey Guys
Presenting 2 VERY rare examples (I don't know of another 652AJ and only 1 other U4002)!!
The 1st difference is the colour scheme and no provision for a headlight...

 

[seamusuk]

Hoods....

Hammertone.....

 

[seamusuk]

Details of the 652AJ

Rating plate... March 1969

 

[seamusuk]

Chassis- 652A and a hand stamped J

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[seamusuk]

U4002

August 1974

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Seamus,

Just seeing janitorial-skinned versions of these cleaners bearing the same model # as the consumer version makes me think of all those Royal domestic vacuums with 3-wire cords.

In those cases, the commercial equivalents were the model 3-501 Prince hand vacuum (mostly Turbo Groomers for horse grooming) and uprights models 3-153, 3-154, 3-602 and 3-604. Other than the 3-501 "Turbo Groomer" I've yet to see any one of those but I know for certain they do have 3-wire cords.

~Ben