Model 960 Cleaning Ensemble transplant surgery!

[vintagehoover]

Next...

...is the crest on the spare 160 motor cowl which came with the set of parts I won on eBay. This simply says 'By Appointment'.

 

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Last...

Is my 960 cowl, dating from March/April 1947: 'By Appointment Manufacturers of Electric Suction Sweepers'.

 

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Ratings plates:

From the 160:

 

[vintagehoover]

And from the 960:

Notice this one has nothing engraved on it! A factory error?

 

[74simon]

I wonder if the one on the 960 is a replacement part? The theory being that the engineer should have stamped the details on it when it was replaced. I suspect that's why it has blank panels instead of the ratings being part of the design.

 

[vintagehoover]

Ah, right!

That could be a possibility, because there is a factory service date or code stamped on the underside of the chassis. Looks like it had a hard life, even the (possible!) replacement hood has a little damage to it at the back, and the handle ratchet mechanism is broken. Not to mention the previously-dodgy motor! All I know of it's history is that it came from a large farm house in Devon.