I finally finished my Citation Hoover Restoration!!!!!!

[vacfan6384]

Finally after days of cleaning and stripping and repainting my Citation it is finally done. Funny thing is I took the motor to get serviced and cleaned and when I got it back it sounds completely different??? It is the same motor only cleaned and serviced with new brushes and bearings greased. But all in all I think it turned out ok as I am not a expert at painting.

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[vacfan6384]

here it is

Here it is

 

[vac-o-matic]

Hey Sam, nice Hoover, it looks great to me! I have one of those as well, with the narrow type bag like yours, which seems to be original, or later replacement. That's a rare find, the last model before the Convertible. I have seen that model with three different bag styles, different materials as well, but they all had the Citation name on them. Those were awesome Hoovers. I'm lucky enough to have a Hoover guru here in town to do the motor work on mine, and it runs smooth as silk. How about a glamour shot with it turned on? Congrats on a great find!

 

[hoovercelebrity]

Congrats Sam!  It looks spectacular!  I've never been brave or patient enough to repaint any of my machines...


 


Does the bag you have on that machine say "Citation"?


 


If it does, you have a super rare bag!!  Possibly even more rare than the original bag, and a really peculiar bag at that.  I've never been able to quite figure that bag out... check out these old threads where I obsess about figuring them out:


 


http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?9783

 


and


 


About two-thirds down:


http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?18366

 


 


 

 

[gottahaveahoove]

SAm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent job. It looks so different from "last year". Many more years of happiness with that great machine.
John

 

[chan55]

Citation

I never met a Citation in real life. Did they have a 2 speed motor? With the side converter did they have better tool suction then the Convertible?
Chan

 

[constellation86]

Great job! I hope I find a 64 someday to go with my bag.
Here is a like with some more pictures.
Nicholas

http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?9936

 

[gottahaveahoove]

You need the vac,

I need the bag!
One day. Isn't that part of the fun? The "FINDING"!!!!!

 

[rugsucker]

"think it turned out OK"

It didn't.It turned out great!The Citation shows the change from the post war world with warmed over pre war products to the mid fifties with the beginning of change,style and color to the late 50s when more and more was truly 'all new'in the world of consumer goods.It was about 1956 with the 'Forecast Colors'.Happy Hoovering as it Beats as it Sweeps as it Cleans.

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Great

Job love that Hoover

Dan

 

[hygiene903]

Great job Sam, it's beautiful!
Jeff