Hoover Junior U1104 (1988)

[thekirbylover]

long story short I saw this on ebay, put a maximum bid on and was the only bidder, went to pick it up it was VERY local to me, down the road in fact, anyway here are some before and after photos, a youtube video is soon to come.

 

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Showing how truly compact the Juniors were.

 

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Dusty

 

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Stripping the motor to say the least there is a bit of dust build up.

 

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So after a scrub, cif and polish here is the final result.

 

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Cleaner head.

 

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The ratings sticker. January 1988

 

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Showing the newer style activator.

 

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Showing the top fill, fill tube.

 

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A rear view.

 

[vintagevaclover]

You did a great job, that's a very nice machine!

 

[thekirbylover]

"This ones made in Britain"

 

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Handle reclined.

 

[turbo500]

You did a great job, Michael, well done! Those were the very last Junior's. Even though they were budget vacs, I do have a real soft spot for them

 

[rolls_rapide]

A word of warning...

I had a U1104. I experienced long-lasting drive belts, but at the expense of the belt pulley wearing down quite quickly.

With the older round belt machines, the belts wore down quickly, but the belt pulleys lasted well.

I also found that the plastic fan didn't quite generate the same amount of suction as the older metal fan Juniors; i.e larger grit particles simply rattled about in the agitator cavity, whereas older machines sent them on their way with a "ping!".

 

[vintagevaclover]

I am absolutely in love with your new Hoover, I've always wanted an authentic British Hoover lol. I also didn't know they made Juniors as late as the 80s.

 

[thekirbylover]

vintagevaclover

I may possibly sell this so I will message you if your interested, for now it is part of the Junior collection.