Hoover Junior 1348

chestermikeuk · Aug 4, 2009

From Hoover...Who better..!!!

vintagehoover · Aug 4, 2009

My favourite later Junior, Model 1334. This one dates from 1958, and was made during the first 3 months of production.

luxg · Aug 4, 2009

Mike that is one amazing collection!!!! We really need to consider a convention across the pond!!! Terry

williamr1248 · Aug 4, 2009

Hoover junior

Jack,Mike and Chris,
Thanks so much for the pictures and information.Now I have to find my grandmother's little Hoover and put it togeather for a run!
Rob

z30soulbrother · Aug 4, 2009

junior

i never saw a dirtsearcher in the brown colour scheme before now!

cart1531 · Aug 4, 2009

I just love the dirtsearchers! It's too bad they didn't have them here. I wish that the blue and white larks were more common too, I think they're really nice looking vacuums. The grey and black square handled junior in chestermike's pic kind of reminds me of a mini 913 for some reason lol.

briankirbyclass · Aug 4, 2009

Please forgive my ignorance of Hoovers,,just wondering, did all Hoover Junior's come with hose and attachments,,or rather, were they all meant to take hose attachments?
How did the attachments fit onto the models that have a headlight? (Assuming you didnt/couldnt access the motor fan from the front.)
They sure are neat little vacs,,wish i had room for one!

normvac · Aug 4, 2009

Blue Hoover Lark

Mike
I noticed you have a Blue "lark" in your jr. line up.
It has the wider beater bar. We had them in the States
Back in the early to mid 50's. I have one and really
like it. Needs new brushes when ever I find them !
Would like to find the attachments too. As well as for
my 115
A good size and weigh for my 2 bed apt.
Norm

vintagehoover · Aug 5, 2009

Norm, the Lark Model 14 in the photos Mike posted belongs to me - and I imported it from the US. The Lark was never on sale here, although we did have the Junior 1224, which shared the same colour-scheme!

vintagehoover · Aug 5, 2009

Brian - all Juniors were capable of using tools. I don't know if they came standard with any model, or if they were always an extra-cost option.

On the Dirtsearcher models with headlamps, the whole headlamp unit just unclips and lifts off, same as the non-headlamp models. Perhaps Mike or Seamus would post a picture of this - I no longer have my 1354A Dirtsearcher. But that's another story.

On the square-handled Juniors, the tools attach via a pan-converter.

chestermikeuk · Aug 5, 2009

Hoovers

Hi Guys...thanks for the comments, just to clarify the first couple of pics are all mine, the later ones are are combination of the UK guys!!! we had a UK mini Meet at Alaisters (back middle) in London to commemorate Hoover 100th and we brought together just about every available model to make the complete line up!!!

Terry....you know the score..get that ticket booked!!! Norm, the Lark is courtesy of Jack who imported it here, lovely runner, slightly larger than our 1224...

Rob yes find that Junior now!!! lovely runners and you do get the "IBAISAIC" roar through your floors!!!

Casey, enjoy your Junior , a lovely find!!!

chestermikeuk · Aug 5, 2009

Hoover DirtSearcher with Tools...

All the early Junior Dirtsearchers came with tools that fitted directly onto the front fan chamber, the adaptor had a belt lifter like a Kirby, (in all my time of using one I never used it as a lifter, always slipped the belt off and the stuck the adaptor in!!!

The suction was better than the Hoover Senior (convertable)believe it or not, with a double stretch hose, extension & dusting tools etc...