I finally found my dream machine... the Hoover Model 150

[2011hoover700]

Here's the other brush strips you'll need.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-Of-2-H...8c9a2966f8586996&pid=100675&rk=4&rkt=15&mehot

 

[human]

Oreck_XL wrote:
Thank you for that information about the Hoover 150. I wonder if that was the only time Hoover "sold" vacuums to their employees that way. I read somewhere that in order to be an employee at the Ford Motor Company you had to purchase and drive a new Model T.

I reply:
My dad worked for GM and they had a similar policy that employees were required to own a vehicle of corporation manufacture. It didn't have to be new but it did have to be GM.

Handle:
Looking at that deteriorated handle, I'm wondering whether that plastidip you can coat tool handles with wouldn't be a good option to seal and preserve it.

 

[2011hoover700]

I don't know if you bought the brush strips in my second link but if so you'll need the set in the first link to complete the set.
Happy to help.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

It's almost impossible to find

a handle grip intact now. That's very old rubber.

 

[durango159]

Congrats, that's a neat find!

I hope someday you come across a solution for the rubber handle cover.