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chestermikeuk
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Starlight de-luxe
Nice one Paul, glad it arrived safe & sound, thats more packing than i`ve seen on a few posted vacs!!!
I`ve got the Junior delux, nifty little vac, nice & powerful as well...BUT,,ask any repairer or service man about it and stand well back...LOl you have to take everything apart on it to get to the main bits, unlike other hoover vacs!!!
heres Jack doing what he does best!!!
Nice one Paul, glad it arrived safe & sound, thats more packing than i`ve seen on a few posted vacs!!!
I`ve got the Junior delux, nifty little vac, nice & powerful as well...BUT,,ask any repairer or service man about it and stand well back...LOl you have to take everything apart on it to get to the main bits, unlike other hoover vacs!!!
heres Jack doing what he does best!!!
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Sovereign
Pete,
The sovereign/turbopower is the smaller sibling of the Innovation/turbomaster range.
Here is Jack Copps U2336. I am sure he wont mind me using his pic here.
Had to link to it as here at work it would not let me embed it in the post. (Damn network restrictions).
Happy hoovering.
Clark.
http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/0...AGEHOOVER.jpg&dir=/COLLECTIONS/VINTAGEHOOVER/
Pete,
The sovereign/turbopower is the smaller sibling of the Innovation/turbomaster range.
Here is Jack Copps U2336. I am sure he wont mind me using his pic here.
Had to link to it as here at work it would not let me embed it in the post. (Damn network restrictions).
Happy hoovering.
Clark.
http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/0...AGEHOOVER.jpg&dir=/COLLECTIONS/VINTAGEHOOVER/
vintagehoover
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No problem, Clark! Link away, that's what they're there for 
I don't think anyone's mentioned yet the other serious flaw with the Starlight; they were notorious handle-snappers! Although made of metal, they would break in half if roughly handled!
Also, I think I'm correct in saying the on/off switch in these machines is unsual, in that the switch is in the neutral wire, not the live?
Here's a couple more pics of my Turbopower. As has been mentioned, the Turbopowers are direct decendents of the Starlight Junior / Junior Deluxe. This is my favourite of all the Turbopower models; you can't beat that glowing red!
I don't think anyone's mentioned yet the other serious flaw with the Starlight; they were notorious handle-snappers! Although made of metal, they would break in half if roughly handled!
Also, I think I'm correct in saying the on/off switch in these machines is unsual, in that the switch is in the neutral wire, not the live?
Here's a couple more pics of my Turbopower. As has been mentioned, the Turbopowers are direct decendents of the Starlight Junior / Junior Deluxe. This is my favourite of all the Turbopower models; you can't beat that glowing red!
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Coincidentally...
...Hoover were working on this 'sideways' motor layout as far back as - wait for it - 1918! It's an in-house design, too, since it's filed under the name of H E Hoover. Only real difference is that the belt pulley comes out of the fan-end:
...Hoover were working on this 'sideways' motor layout as far back as - wait for it - 1918! It's an in-house design, too, since it's filed under the name of H E Hoover. Only real difference is that the belt pulley comes out of the fan-end:
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...and they were still developing it in 1935! This patent is for a sound-muffling system for the air-outlet.
I'd guess the reason this never made it into production was that a) it was too ahead of it's time, and they didn't have the technology to manufacture it on a large scale, at reasonable cost, and b) because they couldn't get it to run quietly enough to be considered acceptable by the day's standards. All that metal must have made it pretty heavy, too!
There would have been various working prototypes of this machine; who wants to bet some still survive in Hoover's Vault?
I'd guess the reason this never made it into production was that a) it was too ahead of it's time, and they didn't have the technology to manufacture it on a large scale, at reasonable cost, and b) because they couldn't get it to run quietly enough to be considered acceptable by the day's standards. All that metal must have made it pretty heavy, too!
There would have been various working prototypes of this machine; who wants to bet some still survive in Hoover's Vault?
turbomaster1984
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Jack,
Yours seems to have taken on a loving glow evoking a few memories of my own with its radiant colour change.
Funny how certain colours do much for bringing things flooding back.
I like how yours has altered compared to our "Lipstick" red.
Such a whoreish colour really yet so fabulous,
Folks I give you Laquer Red and Deep Laquer Red
Yours seems to have taken on a loving glow evoking a few memories of my own with its radiant colour change.
Funny how certain colours do much for bringing things flooding back.
I like how yours has altered compared to our "Lipstick" red.
Such a whoreish colour really yet so fabulous,
Folks I give you Laquer Red and Deep Laquer Red
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'I like how yours has altered compared to our "Lips
No, no...that's just the camera flash...
No, no...that's just the camera flash...
chestermikeuk
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And..Deep Laquer Red it is then...Lol
lovely colours there!!! One could always rely on hoover for colour!!!
now Rob, whats the story to the vac?? I gathered you had something NEW, you`ve been all quiet!!!
Jack, wherever did you find that patent?? brilliant, I wonder how well it would have sold had it been made!!
lovely colours there!!! One could always rely on hoover for colour!!!
now Rob, whats the story to the vac?? I gathered you had something NEW, you`ve been all quiet!!!
Jack, wherever did you find that patent?? brilliant, I wonder how well it would have sold had it been made!!
chestermikeuk
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Hoover sizes
Hi Pete, heres a pic denoting the sizes of the TurboMaster, TurboPower, Junior De-Lux (Later Starlight) & Electrolux Z500 (Volta)
Hi Pete, heres a pic denoting the sizes of the TurboMaster, TurboPower, Junior De-Lux (Later Starlight) & Electrolux Z500 (Volta)
chestermikeuk
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Side Profile
TurboMaster U5096, TurboPower U2336, Junior De-Luxe U2068(later starlight) & Electrolux Z500
TurboMaster U5096, TurboPower U2336, Junior De-Luxe U2068(later starlight) & Electrolux Z500
turbomaster1984
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Me quiet?
God no we have had the Laquer TP for a while now.
It was about the last time you were over in Crewe.
Few new vacs,
the Kirby is still the fave at the minute along with the Starlight, Lux Airstream - forgotten just how good they were.
Also the newest aquisition the Cotswold Beige Turboopwer Total System to match the U5096.
Paul may be good enough to post some pix as he has them on our camera.
Next week we will be able to reveal a complete colourway collection we have been working on,
God no we have had the Laquer TP for a while now.
It was about the last time you were over in Crewe.
Few new vacs,
the Kirby is still the fave at the minute along with the Starlight, Lux Airstream - forgotten just how good they were.
Also the newest aquisition the Cotswold Beige Turboopwer Total System to match the U5096.
Paul may be good enough to post some pix as he has them on our camera.
Next week we will be able to reveal a complete colourway collection we have been working on,
turbomaster1984
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No more I think,
Bedrooms are being taken over!
Bedrooms are being taken over!
