Hi,
Does anyone here know anything about how Hoover's line of canisters has changed since they introduced the original Constellation back in 1952?
The original Connie - here - was superseded by the Celebrity line around November 1972 (Hoover Ltd. of Great Britain continued selling the Connie for the European market well into the mid 1970s, just after they'd introduce their Freedom line that was to supersede it). These were the first Hoovers (along with the European-market Freedom series) to sport motorized floor nozzles (on the top-line models).
Like the Connie line before them, the Celebs were identifiable by their dome-shaped bodies and, on the entry-level units, the distinct "air ride" feature.
Hoover also brought out the portable Swingette Model 409 two years before the Celebrity line debuted. The Swingette evolved into the Portapower S1015 in November 1974, with an all-new color scheme of mainly Oyster White to accommodate the new name. A version of the Portapower (model S1029) with wheels and onboard tool storage appeared around 1980. A QS (quiet series) version was sold starting in 1978. Around 1983, the S1015 (original) and S1029 (wheeled) Portapowers had all new model #s: S1075 and S1077 respectively. The motor design was similar to the Dial-A-Matic uprights.
Janitorial versions of the Portapower series appeared around 1983, and there were, once again, two different models for this market: the C2093 (red body) for the office, and the S7065 (orange body; was red at first) for general janitorial above-the-floor cleaning.
Prior to the Swingette, Hoover had two lines of portable canisters: the Suitcase Portable introduced in 1962 (wheels were available on the Deluxe and Super versions, both introduced for 1969) and the Slimline which they'd come out with in 1964. Both of these model series were finally dropped by 1980.
Hoover then introduced the Spirit and Dimension line of canisters in 1982. The boxy design of this new series of vacs was influenced by their European-market Freedom line. In the European market, the Dimension was called the Sensotronic and the Spirit as the Compact Canister.
For 1989, Hoover replaced the consumer-market Portapower line with the Sprint/Tempo line of portables. All of them had wheels. The most expensive of this then-new line was the Tempo 450, which featured the Powermatic motorized floor nozzle. Hoover continued to market the '70s Portapower for sale in the janitorial trade until the early 1990s.
The Spirit line was to superseded by the Futura line, which Hoover had come out with around 1990.
If anyone has any thoughts about this timeline (preferably to add to it), do not hesitate to reply to this thread.
Thank you,
Ben Edge (KirbyClassicIII)
Does anyone here know anything about how Hoover's line of canisters has changed since they introduced the original Constellation back in 1952?
The original Connie - here - was superseded by the Celebrity line around November 1972 (Hoover Ltd. of Great Britain continued selling the Connie for the European market well into the mid 1970s, just after they'd introduce their Freedom line that was to supersede it). These were the first Hoovers (along with the European-market Freedom series) to sport motorized floor nozzles (on the top-line models).
Like the Connie line before them, the Celebs were identifiable by their dome-shaped bodies and, on the entry-level units, the distinct "air ride" feature.
Hoover also brought out the portable Swingette Model 409 two years before the Celebrity line debuted. The Swingette evolved into the Portapower S1015 in November 1974, with an all-new color scheme of mainly Oyster White to accommodate the new name. A version of the Portapower (model S1029) with wheels and onboard tool storage appeared around 1980. A QS (quiet series) version was sold starting in 1978. Around 1983, the S1015 (original) and S1029 (wheeled) Portapowers had all new model #s: S1075 and S1077 respectively. The motor design was similar to the Dial-A-Matic uprights.
Janitorial versions of the Portapower series appeared around 1983, and there were, once again, two different models for this market: the C2093 (red body) for the office, and the S7065 (orange body; was red at first) for general janitorial above-the-floor cleaning.
Prior to the Swingette, Hoover had two lines of portable canisters: the Suitcase Portable introduced in 1962 (wheels were available on the Deluxe and Super versions, both introduced for 1969) and the Slimline which they'd come out with in 1964. Both of these model series were finally dropped by 1980.
Hoover then introduced the Spirit and Dimension line of canisters in 1982. The boxy design of this new series of vacs was influenced by their European-market Freedom line. In the European market, the Dimension was called the Sensotronic and the Spirit as the Compact Canister.
For 1989, Hoover replaced the consumer-market Portapower line with the Sprint/Tempo line of portables. All of them had wheels. The most expensive of this then-new line was the Tempo 450, which featured the Powermatic motorized floor nozzle. Hoover continued to market the '70s Portapower for sale in the janitorial trade until the early 1990s.
The Spirit line was to superseded by the Futura line, which Hoover had come out with around 1990.
If anyone has any thoughts about this timeline (preferably to add to it), do not hesitate to reply to this thread.
Thank you,
Ben Edge (KirbyClassicIII)
