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Louis...You have a 475 Special. This one was rebuilt by the Hoover Company. It should have a month and a year (last two digits) as to when it was refurbished. The 475 was the cheaper comanion to the 825 in 1935-36. It was replaced by the 25. Yours is in outstanding condition. The "specials" were rebuilt models priced lower than the new machines. Hoover abandoned this practice in the early 1950s. They just added cheaper new cleaners to their lineup and that way did not have to rebuild older machines and print different owners manuals and recreate tool sets for the older machines. It was a cost cutting measure. The bag is a genuine replacement made after 1950 but it is nothing like the 334 bag. The opening at the bottom is much larger and the 334 bag only said "Hoover" in large red letters. This was one of the last of the "coffee can" Hoover cleaners. Congrats on this find!--Tom
Louis...
You have a 475 Special. This one was rebuilt by the Hoover Company. It should have a month and a year (last two digits) as to when it was refurbished. The 475 was the cheaper comanion to the 825 in 1935-36. It was replaced by the 25. Yours is in outstanding condition. The "specials" were rebuilt models priced lower than the new machines. Hoover abandoned this practice in the early 1950s. They just added cheaper new cleaners to their lineup and that way did not have to rebuild older machines and print different owners manuals and recreate tool sets for the older machines. It was a cost cutting measure. The bag is a genuine replacement made after 1950 but it is nothing like the 334 bag. The opening at the bottom is much larger and the 334 bag only said "Hoover" in large red letters. This was one of the last of the "coffee can" Hoover cleaners. Congrats on this find!
--Tom