I agree with you AKA...I too was always attracted to the Hoover brand...heck I even moved to North Canton (it was only 5 or 6 miles from my hometown anyway). I even became involved with the Hoover Historical Center. I now have well over 300 Hoover vacs and many more appliances with the name on it. I saw Hoovers growing up all over <br
1. My grandmother had two a Convertible 1070 and a model 6
2. My mother had a Convertible 719 and a DAM U501
3. My neighbor the police chiefs wife had two Convertibles a bicentennial model and a similar U409
4. My neighbor across the street had the full hood Convertible
5. My neighbor diagonally from me had an orange Connie
6. My grandma's neighbor had a 63 and a blue Connie
7. My best friends mom had a Portable and a brown Convertible (plastic
8. My good friend behind us had a Decade 80 in brown
9. The family I babysat for had a Decade 80 in green and chrome
10. Even now on my walks during the summer I hear Concept Ones and Elites and Wintunnels going when people have their windows open <br
So I say...say it loud and say it proud...Hoover is one of the greatest companies and made some of the greatest vacuums in the last century. No one around us could afford a Kirby or Lux...they always seemed so expensive. The people that I know and knew bought what was available and on sale and something that had quality without the big price tag. I am happy to own a few Hoovers...they have always been great machines and I enjoy displaying them <br
--Tom
