My Extensive Collection Part 3

[kirbyloverdan]

Another

Favorite Royal Vacuum 9100 Powercast a huge and heavy machine but is very easy to push through my thick Frieze carpet a true deep cleaning beast that I love .

Dan

 

[gsheen]

Now that Is a machine I would love to have, I wish they still made it, I love the Look of it 

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Gareth this

Royal is an awesome Vacuum I wish they still made it also it is a machine that is a MUST keep !

Dan

 

[madabouthoovers]

There is something satisfying about buying new vacuums and storing them away or never using them. We are preserving these models now such that in 20 years time we can look back at them long after they have all burned out or otherwise gone to hoover heaven, and think to ourselves - I wonder how many other people still have an unused one of these?


Folk might think we are mad buying vacs and then never using them, but we are actually preserving these models hopefully to be appreciated by generations to come.


I know how excited I get when I see a NIB old stock machine that was last sold many years back. Its the same with old cars - how often do we see a mint condition car that's 20-30 years old, that we remember from our childhoods, long after they have disappeared from the streets?


Its great that some of us are doing it with items that most people would never think of preserving.

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Steve

Wow that is exactly what I am doing and haven't thought of it that way .
How else will anyone get to see a new in box old stock vacuum years from now ?
Thank you so much for the explanation I could not give I really appreciate that .

Dan

 

[madabouthoovers]

When you think about it, those of us with large collections now, could become the future vac museums. I only wish I'd started collecting properly in my 20's, so that by my 60's I'd have my own museum of vacs dating back at least 40 years.


The only thing you need to have is security of tenure, or your own property in which to store your machines. Vacs we store away now are tomorrow's investments.


When Candy took over Hoover in the UK, they destroyed all of Hoovers old machines and paperwork so far as I know, such that the only old hoover machines now are in the hands of collectors, or in little old lady's lofts, much like the vac in my avatar picture.


Rather than junk it, the family sold it on ebay and I snapped it up as it had very little use. That vac was made in March 1967, so is older than me. I can look at it and reflect on times long gone. I have no right to destroy it, and will do my best to preserve it for another 20 odd years, so that by the time I'm 60, that little Hoover Junior 1346 will be 65 years old and all original.


We are preserving the antiques of tomorrow, and I feel very honoured to own mine. I'm sure you do with yours Dan - look after them because not many other people would. 

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Steve

I am VERY proud of my large either brand new or very mint vacuum collection .
I am very picky with my collection no expense is spared as I only want the
best vacuum possible . I wish I would have thought more about collecting when
I was younger had I had known of the rarity of the older vacuums I would have
purchased many more and kept them sealed in their boxes .
So that's what I am doing now buying select new machines and storing them away
so future collectors can enjoy the past as I have .

Dan

 

[madabouthoovers]

Even a common as muck bog standard machine now could be worth a lot in the future - purely because they are so common. No-one nowadays would dream of saving one for the future. Its often these models that die out completely in years to come. In the UK, a good example would be the Dyson DC07 - in its day, every Tom Dick and Harry had one, and they still do now in some form or the other, usually buying them reconditioned. But in 25 years time, how many people will still have a mint DC07? They will all have been scrapped years back, no-one ever thinking that they will be rare one day.


 


Take the UK Ford Cortina, in the 1960's they were everywhere, and I mean everywhere. Now, 50 years on, they are worth an absolute fortune. Even common 80's cars like the Ford Sierra are so rare now, that they have all but disappeared, and they are already getting highly sought after, especially the early 80's ones.


So don't dismiss saving some models of what you Americans consider Walmart throwaway vacs. Many people will remember them in 2030, but who will still own one? and who will actually own an unused one?


Contrary to what we might think, brand new rare models now, TOL expensive models or unusual models WILL be saved, as people will EXPECT them to be rare in the future, so many more than you might think will survive the test of time.

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Steve

Great idea plus the cheap ones are so affordable I can buy a few of each and put them away .
I will have all the ones no one ever expected to find years later .
Thanks for the awesome tip I will start buying the close out and sale lower end models to save away for future collectors .

Dan

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Another Hoover

I love this wind tunnel II a great Hoover that not too many like .

Dan

 

[gsheen]

Steve and Dan , You guys have really hit the nail on the head, Its about preserving things so in the future people can look back and go Wow, I don't have many NIB machines I prefer to use them and try them out but my specialty is taking the discarded and destroyed and bringing them back to their original beauty. Even then I may use them once or twice but they are put on display in my shop on special shelving for all to see.


 


I love that Hoover Windtunnel . To me it looks like a modern concept one, I would love to own one, One day my Brother when I come and visit we will have to go vacuum shopping and I will need to get a container to send the stuff back to SA

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Gareth

I wish I had the time to restore vacuums I would love to restore old Hoover convertibles .
I would love to change the color of all metal parts kind of an update but keep hoods original
so I guess that will have to wait until retirement for now it's new vacuums or restored machines
by other professionals .

My Brother that would be awesome I can't wait until you visit the US plus you know I will send you home with some of my collection to ad to yours .

Dan

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Another

Favorite Hoover not liked by many
Hoover V2 Turbo power 7300 I sold these in my store I saved two
for myself .

Dan

 

[hoovercelebrity]

Ugh, that Windtunnel V2 was a disaster... the early versions, anyways, when there was no circuit breaker to prevent the 4 little brushrolls from getting completely stripped out. It was a good idea, but one that needed to go back in the oven to bake a little longer. We repaired sooooooo many of those under warranty at Hoover. Then they made production changes, so you couldn't just replace the brushes -- you had to basically replace the entire base of the cleaner. I had one of the early Windtunnel V2 vacuums, but ended up selling it on eBay. They then renamed it the "Dual V", then the "Savvy" -- early Savvys had the 4 brushes, and they had gotten better by that point. Then they finally wised up and went to a single brushroll. I have one of the single brushroll models, and I love it.

Those Windtunnel V2s were launched around the same time as the Steamvac V2 ... with those paper thin clean water tanks that would leak if you looked at them the wrong way. We would get those tanks in 100-200 at a time, and blow through them in a week or two, between dealer orders and repairs.

The Windtunnel 2 was also not a very good venture for Hoover. They were good cleaners, but that's where it ended. They were way too heavy. The bagless models had the "self cleaning" filter, some models had automatic or electronic height adjustment, too. Lots of problems with circuit boards going bad. The brushroll housings were also made out of a flimsy plastic. If you took the screws out to access the brushroll, or banged it into something by mistake, it would crack and break, and that whole lower housing needed to be replaced.

Thanks for the walk down memory lane!

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Fred

Glad I could help with your trip down memory lane .
I remember when I had my store the Hoover store in Frazer Pa .
sent me the brush rollers with metal ends to replace the plastic
Ended ones that were the problem I would swap them out and
they seemed to help . My friend Cindy bought the V2 from me way
back then 2001 ish and she's still using it today it's her favorite
Vacuum . I can't use mine because of the frieze carpet .

Dan

 

[ctvacman]

Dan

I love that hoover turbo power. Always intrigued by those v2 models, would you ever sell one of them?

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Colby I have

Two V2s might part with one and I have a bag less Wind Tunnel II that I will sell I am keeping the bagged WT II .

Dan

 

[gsheen]

I believe any vacuum can last a long time if you take good care of it and use it properly, Take the Eureka 4700 series, sold here in SA as the Electrolux petlover, It was a disaster I have never seen so many vacuum come back under warranty in my life, The problems were simple the filtration system was not the best so the filter would clog easily eventually causing motor failure. This was made worse  by the fact that most people had a straight suction canister before buying it, meaning the upright would remove piles of dust from the carpet left behind by the previous vacuum.


They had no sooner been replaced on the market by the much better powerglide than you could walk into any recycling plant and see vast quantity's of them standing their.


That all said I have a few customers ( generally the more mature ones ) who come into my shop to buy new filters and belts every few month perfectly happy with their 6 year old machine, The reason, they look after it.  

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Gareth

That is a huge part of vacuum longevity but most people don't care to be gentle when using vacuums nor do they want to maintain a vacuum manufactures are so smart for bringing bag less machines to sell
because they know consumers won't maintain them and they will eventually be thrown out and another one will be purchased hence " planned obsolescence "

Dan

 

[ctvacman]

I've always

Found it funny how people scratch the crap out of their machines by ramming it into stuff. I personally don't want my furniture or walls banged up hence why my vacuums don't have a scratch on them . But people are so sloppy and trashy esp the wal mart crowd so I guess I shouldn't be surprised by the condition of some machines.