Hoover US Full Line Catalog Late 70s

VacuumLand – Vintage & Modern Vacuum Enthusiasts

Help Support VacuumLand:

compactelectra

compactelectra

Well-known member
Joined
Aug 21, 2006
Messages
3,129
Location
Palm Springs
A few days ago Tommymilan graciously shared some Italian Hoover catalogs. Thanks again. Fred Stachnik asked that I scan the US line from a whole series of Hoover catalogs that he has left with me for scanning for the site. Fred, I think this is the one you are referring to. Let me know if it isn't. There are three binders here and most of them are single models. Anyway, these are fun and fun to compare to the Italian line. These would be from about 1978 as well since I had a Celebrity II Elite brand new. Wow! What a great vacuum.

12-2-2006-19-56-50--compactelectra.jpg
 
I did not know there was a U.S. version

of the "Junior" upright --- I've never seen one until now. They're really cute!
 
Charles

I remember an American orange version of the Junior from the late seventies. They really were great cleaners. Notice that the cord hooks are on the opposite side from the ones on the Convertibles. Were they manufactured in England I wonder?
 
Fred...Thanks for posting the brochure from Hoover! I would like to find one of those light blue Slimline canisters as they were the last of the line. The Convertibles pictured were the first of the top fill models and the first ones to use the new square handles. Great Pics!

The "Junior" or apartment sized cleaner was model 1348 and ran until sometime in 1979. It was the last of this type of cleaner. The base was made in England and the bag and handle were made here to reduce costs. The first one the 1330 in garland green had all been built in England then imported here in around 1965. Starting in 1969, the brown model 1340 was built the same way as the 1348. I always found the tools difficult to connect, but it was easier to pull around once you got going. They were very decent cleaners and had the famous triple action beater bars. They were also very cheap sometimes on sale around $30 by the end of the run. I wish we had more variety than just those three models over the years especially since we did not get the headlight models.

Thanks again for the pics, Fred!

--Tom
 
Thanks for sharing!

Awesome brochure, I had a U6039 DAM for a while but it wasn't nearly as new-looking, ha! Interesting that the 1348 is still around, but no mention is made of the U1025 (harvest gold/butterscotch version like I have). I would have been almost certain it was mid or late-70's!

I'm drooling over ALL of those machines. Of course my dream machine is the S2037 two-motor Quik-Broom. What I would give for that one!
 
Austin...sorry...I forgot all about the little U1025! That was the last of the line by 1979 not the 1348. It is interesting that the green model is still shown in this brochure. I am not exactly sure when the U1025 came onto the market. All in all they were great little cleaners!

--Tom
 
Really like that Hoover 1348-That would be a real competitor to the Oreck.Surprized those weren't more popular here.Maybe these should be reintroduced to compete against Oreck and other compact uprights-and yes with the metal chassis!and it can do something the Oreck and others can't be used with hand tools!
 
Wow, there were certainly a lot of variations of the Celebrity running all at once that particular year!
 
Awww...
Come on Charles! That is the one i took to the show!! I thought you were there!LOL Maybe you forgot!!HAHA
Kyle
 

Similar threads

wyaple
My First Dyson (DC14 Animal)
Replies
3
Views
23
suckolux
suckolux
J
HOOVER MODEL 90 AND IT'S MANY DESCENDANTS.
Replies
18
Views
19
charles~richard
C

Latest posts

Back
Top