Just won on eBay...

[jmurray01]

I didn't know that, interesting indeed!

I understand why some people may feel the need to pull it out from the inside, as I have a couple of plugs which are obstinate to remove. One of which being the Nettle one on my Ranger, that is a bugger to get out sometimes, even though the pins are fine.

Luckily it has good grip slots at the sides which counteract this.

 

[uksausage]

adams and jarret

adams and jarret is on norman road in st leonards (hastings) i used to be in there all the time they used to give me the old vacs they taken as trade ins many years ago and the collection of machines in there was out of this world almost every model that was on sale. the place is still there today and does an amazing trade
dave
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[kirbyclassiciii]

(video credit: U5096)

This appears to be one of the last Dustettes ever made, from 1989. It is gray colored with a white/gray bag.

~Ben

 

[guido]

Colour impossible to match, I fear...

I think the last thing you should ever try to do, is repainting it ! I have a DUSTETTE like yours - also with few scratches - and :

- the front is gold-hammer-color quite DIFFICULT to match
- the main body is brown with ( crazy ) wrinkle-finish, IMPOSSIBLE to match ( and tricky to polish too ! )exept in case you want to create a fake.

That's why I would suggest you to give it a good polish and leave-it as is. If it can be of any help, BRASSO-cottons for SILVER - sometimes also sold as DURAGLIT ( but don't buy the liquid one ) are very useful to remove old spots and much dirt from such items. Every hardware store has it and - even if it smells gazoline for while - it's the best product for polishing both metals and plastics without causing any damage or leaving powder traces. Brasso is often used to polish plastic screens such on cell-phones ond other sensible plastics so...you risk no damage at all.

I suppose they kept this colour scheme - typical of other Hoover upright cleaners from the late 30's like the 160,262 or 612 until the new generation of cleaners ( 652 Deluxe Cleaner, etc ) were introduced in the late 50's, even if I have no precise dates for the DUSTETTE.

But it's very nice to display them together, as the DUSTETTE looks like their "little sister" ! And 5 pounds certainly IS a great deal !

Cheers, GUIDO