Hoover Starlight

[vintagehoover]

...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?

 

[turbomaster1984]

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

 

[turbomaster1984]

...

 

[petek]

Thanks for the info. So the Sovereign/turbopower size wise would be like the Electrolux/my Volta 503 I'm assuming.

 

[vintagehoover]

'I like how yours has altered compared to our "Lips

No, no...that's just the camera flash...

 

[chestermikeuk]

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!!

 

[chestermikeuk]

Hoover sizes

Hi Pete, heres a pic denoting the sizes of the TurboMaster, TurboPower, Junior De-Lux (Later Starlight) & Electrolux Z500 (Volta)

 

[chestermikeuk]

Side Profile

TurboMaster U5096, TurboPower U2336, Junior De-Luxe U2068(later starlight) & Electrolux Z500

 

[turbomaster1984]

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,

 

[turbomaster1984]

No more I think,

Bedrooms are being taken over!

 

[turbopowerpaul]

Finally got round to signing on again.....

Thanks guy for all the posts on the thread - great reading and viewing.

Thanks to Simon and Clark for the starlight and junior de luxe info. you do realsie what you have done dont you?

the info has spurned me on to start adding to and updating my hoover junior spreadsheet, although it will remain second in line for the time being (with Hotpoint shutting up shop at Kinmel Park at the end of July, i am rejigging my Hotpoint laundry appliances spreadsheet).
Although, thinking about it, i should be updating the Hoover laundry spreadsheet, as Merthyr Tydfil production stops this weekend!

Anyway...

Jack - what you mention about the handle was what really worried me about our machine and the postal system. they dont look particularly strong (in my opinion) and i had this image of the cleaner being sent with its body in a box, with the handle sticking out the top - or not!
Thankfully it turned up OK.

have to say that the U2068 is deffo an acquired taste! bold and brash is how i will politeley put it.
Love the green Junior De luxe Mike - lovey colour scheme.
Seeing your green junior de luxe alongside the U2332 Wedgewood Turbopower has made me think - a picture of the U2002 alongside the U2336.
two bright red uns.

Once again - thanks for all the useful info guys.
much appreciated.
paul

 

[turbopowerpaul]

The recent acquisitions....

Electrolux Airstream 1000 Z1490

 

[turbopowerpaul]

Back to Hoover...

and back to a successor to the Starlight and the machine which introduced the words 'Total' and 'System' to the Autoflex Turbopowers.

Thanks go to James (kirbymodel2c) for enabling me and rob to acquire this superb example of model U2604 Turbopower Total System Autoflex and thanks again to him for great Saturday. Will set up a thread on mine and rob's afternoon at 'Kirby Central' soon!

Regards to all
Paul

 

[turbopowerpaul]

having accidentally posted the picture below on the wrong thread, i will try and get it loaded on the right thread this time!

the hood detail...

 

[turbopowerpaul]

the branding...

 

[turbopowerpaul]

Oh....

and some unusual branding on this one!

 

[turbopowerpaul]

Model U2570 Turboboost

 

[turbopowerpaul]

and to Mike's place...

and his wonderful Junior de Luxe....

 

[collector2]

Since the red turbopower was being discussed I thought I'd post a couple of pages of an old hoover brochure here.

Doug

 

[collector2]

and the facing page

 

[chestermikeuk]

Heres the Starlights...!!!

This is what the motor & fan unit look like from the Starlight & Junior De-Luxe, nice & compact but very powerful at only 350watts....

 

[turbomaster1984]

Video.........

 

[petek]

Doug, we never had any of those above cleaners did we, other than the rare as hens teeth Junior

 

[rolls_rapide]

Hoover 'TurboBoost'

I think this was a Currys exclusive model. If I remember rightly, to operate the boost function, the user had to physically keep the 3-position rocker switch depressed in the '+' position.

Normal Turbopower 'Plus' machines had slow and high speed settings that stayed put when selected.

 

[hooverking]

Starlight from Allander House ofvFraser

Hi I thought you guys might like to see my Starlight it was bought from House of Fraser and is virtually unused .

 

[turbomaster1984]

May I just ask?

Out of curiosity is this ALLANDER STARLIGHT for sale?