Hoovers, Hoovers, & let's see, MORE HOOVERS!

[vintagevaclover]

I went to see my good friend Ken Hedrick in Atlanta today to go vac hunting & work on a few we already own and came home with all these. We didn't have much luck in the thrift shops today but he has the past few weeks and I picked these out of the ones he already had, he does have a few more nice ones for sale as well. Anyway, there are 2 Convertibles models 36 & 66, a blue stick vac, a Dial-A-Matic w/ hose, and a fairly new Soft & Light. They are all in great condition, some just need to be cleaned up a bit and I will post more pics as I do that. I also left with a bunch of bags (all types), and a set of attachments for my '70s Eureka upright w/ the gold damask bag. We also got out the buffing wheel & the Mother's Polish to clean up some my Kirby Tradition & 516. The 516 is almost done but Tradition is going to take some work. So yeah, I'd say this was a pretty decent hall for today lol.

 

[penie396]

Those hoovers are great. I love the 66. Haven't seen any of those around my parts. Something about that green...

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Garland Green!!!!!!!!!!

They'll all clean up beautifully. Excellent score!!!!!!

 

[vintagevaclover]

This one was the dirtiest so I cleaned it up first. It just needed a wipedown, new bag & belt, & to be cleaned out. It runs like new too. It turned out very nice.

 

[vintagevaclover]

The model 66 turned out great as well. The bag is in good shape but the hood is slightly warped. This one was very clean too. If anyone out there has this same hood lens, I would be very interested in buying or trading something for it.

 

[nycwriter]

Wow!

Look at all of that ... **COLOR**!!!

 

[nycwriter]

And by the way ...

What a yummy-looking living room!!!

Can we see wider pics of that room??

 

[vintagevaclover]

Sure, I can post some of my living room as well.

 

[vintagevaclover]

Living Room Pics

As requested

 

[vintagevaclover]

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[marks_here]

You've got excellent taste!!! Good show!!! Love the Partridge Family art!!!!

 

[vintagevaclover]

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[vintagevaclover]

Partridge Family Paintings

Those are actually Piet Mondrian paintings

 

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So I'm common as house dirt

 

[vintagevaclover]

I didn't say that lol

 

[kirbyvertibles]

I have never seen that soft and light before. I love the elite 200 style hood

 

[super-sweeper]

Reply #10,

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that typewriter setup! wouldn't have it any other way (Except my machine has Electric-Assist, I was just using it about an hour ago for homework, my class loves it!)! BUT.....step up and get a REAL rotary dial phone! that fridge and TV too.....it's only a matter of time before the neighbors think they just drove by a warp in time! 

 

[nycwriter]

Austin!!

That room is gorgeous!!!

You have amazing taste.

 

[nycwriter]

I'm not ...

... normally a fan of blue living rooms because they feel too "cold" to me, but with that shade, and with your liberal use of browns, you've done a beautiful job of creating a "cool" environment with just enough warmth to make it comfortable for people like myself who prefer "warm" colors.

 

[vintagevaclover]

Thanks yea I try to. After all, I am an interior designer lol. Actually though, what looks like brown on the ceiling is actually a gold-leaf faux finish. It doesn't photograph well though.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

But, we LOVED The Partridge Family

"come on get happy"!!!!!!!!!!!
It is a very nicely done room, actually.

 

[vintagevaclover]

Thanks

 

[NumaticBasil]

Retro hoovers

Here is my Numatic NV250 in pretty bad condition. I believe this one is from 1977, but I cannot confirm that as there is no serial number present.

 

[vintagevaclover]

Here's the Dial-A-Matic, in near-mint condition. I have the hose and the manual but that's it right now. If anyone has a set of tools they'd be willing to part with, I'd be very interested.

 

[beekeyknee]

Austin,

We came across the same vacuum at almost the same time. I'd like to come across some more Convertibles again, but I don't see them very often. The ones on ebay are overprices and screwed up.

B.

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