A little Hoover clinic ... my model 70 cuts out when you lower the handle.
My annual trip to North canton
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Lubing bearings on another model 70.
vacuumlad1650
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"Model 70 turning off when the handle reclines" sounds like a torn wire. Easily fixed with another harness, or with a new wire fed through.
Ahh yes, the Hoover Grease Gun. I purchased my tips brand new from Ed, At Morrison's Sweeper Place. It is my understanding that they were his last spare set. I use mine nearly every day...here is mine greasing a model 51 Upper Bearing.
Ahh yes, the Hoover Grease Gun. I purchased my tips brand new from Ed, At Morrison's Sweeper Place. It is my understanding that they were his last spare set. I use mine nearly every day...here is mine greasing a model 51 Upper Bearing.
After the spa here they are. The 719 on the end was a three dollar church find.
real1shep
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Seeing that abandoned factory was kinda sad. Endemic in America now; so many of our great old companies are gone and the towns the factories supported had to fend for themselves.
All those decades that Electrolux US flourished in CT and then gone like thieves in the night.
Kevin
All those decades that Electrolux US flourished in CT and then gone like thieves in the night.
Kevin
That 719 was given to me by a co worker
She found it in a church flea market. It was listed at $5.00. At the end of the day, my friend offered $3.00. She brought to an end of the year picnic. It was a mess. NOT anymore! I actually assisted Tom tonight with some of these projects. (He did MOST) of it, really.
The cherished building is a total disaster area at the moment. But, I'm sure it'll be marvelous once it is all completed. It still has that same smell to it. I was a little shocked at the condition of the place. I was given a few bricks from the front of the building where the "Home of Hoover Appliances". was. I'm told the letters are going back upon completion. You'll notice that the "iconic" smokestack was torn down and REBUILT! It's wonderful to see it when you enter the town. Sadly, the factory is no longer there, but.................
To quote Sonny and Cher, "History has turned a page, huh".
Tomorrow will be another fun filled day. I picked up a great little HOOVER refrigerator today at an estate sale. It belonged to aHoover employee who passed away last week. That, a washing machine, and a few other cleaners are returning to PA. I also found an BEAUTIFUL "Celebrity, with all of the accessories. WE were in the "Canton Preservation Society". It was in a corner, next to a vintage Electrolux and a Regina electric broom in orange. Tom was amazed that the Hoover caught my eye from so far away. Silly boy, Tom...
More news tomorrow.
John
She found it in a church flea market. It was listed at $5.00. At the end of the day, my friend offered $3.00. She brought to an end of the year picnic. It was a mess. NOT anymore! I actually assisted Tom tonight with some of these projects. (He did MOST) of it, really.
The cherished building is a total disaster area at the moment. But, I'm sure it'll be marvelous once it is all completed. It still has that same smell to it. I was a little shocked at the condition of the place. I was given a few bricks from the front of the building where the "Home of Hoover Appliances". was. I'm told the letters are going back upon completion. You'll notice that the "iconic" smokestack was torn down and REBUILT! It's wonderful to see it when you enter the town. Sadly, the factory is no longer there, but.................
To quote Sonny and Cher, "History has turned a page, huh".
Tomorrow will be another fun filled day. I picked up a great little HOOVER refrigerator today at an estate sale. It belonged to aHoover employee who passed away last week. That, a washing machine, and a few other cleaners are returning to PA. I also found an BEAUTIFUL "Celebrity, with all of the accessories. WE were in the "Canton Preservation Society". It was in a corner, next to a vintage Electrolux and a Regina electric broom in orange. Tom was amazed that the Hoover caught my eye from so far away. Silly boy, Tom...
More news tomorrow.
John
Interesting shots of that Hoover site-does the place still have power?Looks like the remains of a power company substation in front of the Hoover smokestack.The site must of had their own HV to MV substation.The VOA Bethany,Ohio transmitter site had a similar substation.
Yes, there IS power
You can see work lights burning all through the place. They HAD made their own power at one time. They just don't generate their own anymore.
I'm sure, one it's done, it will be great. But, at the moment....................
You can see work lights burning all through the place. They HAD made their own power at one time. They just don't generate their own anymore.
I'm sure, one it's done, it will be great. But, at the moment....................
making Pittston hospital iced tea in North Canton Ohio
Me with Jane who worked at Hoover for almost 40 years. She gave me some leftover notepads embossed with her name and the Hoover logo. How wonderful! She even signed it for me.
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Just a little baby Hoover.
For homes with electricity
Now 105-year-old junior
Now a 1909 Hoover Senior
Always waiting for me when I return
This was 7944 off the line most likely day two of production in 1973
A nod to the Brits
An array in green
Around the room around the house around the world
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You can scrub in the dark
The big guns by Hoover for big messes
Well, it's just about time to
pack it up and head for Pennsylvania.
It certainly was a whirlwind of activity. Many thanks to Tom, Heather, Glen, Jane, Ed, Dick, JoEllen, and the rest. It was a wonderful time. I'll be back again, hopefully sooner than later).
I hope you've enjoyed 'coming along with me on my trip to North Canton".
I'll be home in a couple of hours, God willing.
Until then..........
"HAPPY HOOVERING".
John
pack it up and head for Pennsylvania.
It certainly was a whirlwind of activity. Many thanks to Tom, Heather, Glen, Jane, Ed, Dick, JoEllen, and the rest. It was a wonderful time. I'll be back again, hopefully sooner than later).
I hope you've enjoyed 'coming along with me on my trip to North Canton".
I'll be home in a couple of hours, God willing.
Until then..........
"HAPPY HOOVERING".
John
real1shep
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Outstanding, John....many thanks!
I sure wished I could find a Euro Constellation with the "diffuser" for the motor brush dust. Taken care of in the reissue Connie, but not in the original US run. Imagining too what that prototype Connie PN must have been like and why it never made production.
Kevin
I sure wished I could find a Euro Constellation with the "diffuser" for the motor brush dust. Taken care of in the reissue Connie, but not in the original US run. Imagining too what that prototype Connie PN must have been like and why it never made production.
Kevin
portable
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<span style="font-family: helvetica;">Wow, thanks for the great pictures. It looks like you had a lot of fun. Tom has so many unusual vacuums. That very old Junior was a real surprise.</span>
The Kinston NC DuPont plant used to generate their own power.Becuase of environmental issues they don't anymore-probably the case with Hoover.The transmitter plant I am at is on the same 115Kv line as DuPont and Weyerhasuer.Probably Hoover sold surplus power to the utility.So that is a substation I see there.Like looking at power substations!
real1shep
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University of Missouri @Columbia sat on its own coal reserves. They generated their own power for the campus....no doubt they sold their surplus to the local power company. I wonder now with coal being so un-PC if they quit that practice.
Kevin
Kevin
kirbyvertibles
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A huge thank you goes out to John and Tom for sharing this with us. I enjoyed all the pictures as always.
kirbyvertibles
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Real1shep,
I would imagine the Hoover power nozzle idea was probably put on hold due to the disaster with Lewyt as did many companies. Had it not been for that I think everyone would have had a power nozzle much sooner.
I would imagine the Hoover power nozzle idea was probably put on hold due to the disaster with Lewyt as did many companies. Had it not been for that I think everyone would have had a power nozzle much sooner.
