phaeton
Well-known member
Hello All,
I have received a Montgomery Ward Model 74SP437A Vacuum. I know they were manufactured by Eureka but I have never seen one like this MW. To release the handle, you push down and to lower it all the way down you must push downward on the machine again. Putting the handle up from the lowest position it will go back to the first position and to put the handle back into the straight up position you must push the handle and or vacuum downward. It seems to be sort of a pain but it is novel. It almost seems it could have gone in completion with the Hoover 60 the had the handle release on the handle up by the handle grip but I don’t think it is as old. The brush roll is held in and releases like Hoovers of the late forties. The hood is plastic and someone has painted the hood and handle with black wrinkle. The hood has a 3-inch-long crack and appears to have been heated for speeding up the wrinkle possess and has warped and shrunk it a bit. I believe the hood was shiny black plastic and the handle was painted shiny black. The Watt rating seems low at 250 Watts as it has really good power similar to the Hoover 28 or even 61. The base might have been painted a grayish green with the matching bag. I think the bag could be the original? I would guess the vacuum was manufactured prior to 1954 and after 1949 and if someone should know please let me know. When I first saw this vacuum I looked for the foot handle release and I do not know why but I push down on the handle and wow. I would guess this handle release feature was also incorporated into the Eureka. This handle release feature must have been short lived as I only have seen the foot release on the Eureka of this style and I do not remember seeing a plastic hood.
Thank you for looking,
Pete
I have received a Montgomery Ward Model 74SP437A Vacuum. I know they were manufactured by Eureka but I have never seen one like this MW. To release the handle, you push down and to lower it all the way down you must push downward on the machine again. Putting the handle up from the lowest position it will go back to the first position and to put the handle back into the straight up position you must push the handle and or vacuum downward. It seems to be sort of a pain but it is novel. It almost seems it could have gone in completion with the Hoover 60 the had the handle release on the handle up by the handle grip but I don’t think it is as old. The brush roll is held in and releases like Hoovers of the late forties. The hood is plastic and someone has painted the hood and handle with black wrinkle. The hood has a 3-inch-long crack and appears to have been heated for speeding up the wrinkle possess and has warped and shrunk it a bit. I believe the hood was shiny black plastic and the handle was painted shiny black. The Watt rating seems low at 250 Watts as it has really good power similar to the Hoover 28 or even 61. The base might have been painted a grayish green with the matching bag. I think the bag could be the original? I would guess the vacuum was manufactured prior to 1954 and after 1949 and if someone should know please let me know. When I first saw this vacuum I looked for the foot handle release and I do not know why but I push down on the handle and wow. I would guess this handle release feature was also incorporated into the Eureka. This handle release feature must have been short lived as I only have seen the foot release on the Eureka of this style and I do not remember seeing a plastic hood.
Thank you for looking,
Pete
