My Fabulous Hoover 427 Cylinder!

[supermaticjames]

I thought it would a be a good time to show off my third vintage cleaner that I received on Saturday morning. I was contacted by a lovely lady on Facebook last week who was clearing her Father's house and offered me his Hoover 427 cylinder cleaner. This one is from December 1977 making it 36 years old. It was very well kept, the motor runs like new and I was surprised at how quiet it is considering it is a 600 watt cleaner. The owner even built a sturdy wooden storage box for it so this has been a very special delivery. It comes with 16 spare bags and all of the tools and even some extra ones, some of these appear to be from other cleaners of that era but it doesn't bother me the slightest as long as I can use them. The whole thing cleaned up really well I am more than chuffed with it, a very usable collection piece. I took some pictures of it while it was in my Gran's sitting room. I just love the amber colour, what is the offcial name of this colour does anyone know? If anybody has the manual for the 427 I would love a scan if it was possible because I think having a copy of the manual would make the box look complete.

I'll start off with a picture of the wooden storage box.

 

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Here is a picture of the box opened to show you how everything fits very nicely inside.

 

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The assorted set of tools included.

 

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The cleaner itself.

 

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The side of it.

 

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Final picture, how does one usually wrap the cable around this model. Unlike the Harlequin this model doe not have anything on the back to wrap the cable around.

 

[tommymilan]

Hello James,
congratulations!
I have one like this too and I love it as it belonged to my partner's family and I got it as a present for my first birthday since we were together.Later I also found the orange version.
Greetings,
Tommy

 

[collector2]

Nice looking machine. Congratulations.

 

[vacbear58]

427

Congratulations James, this is a late one and was a store exclusive in the UK by that time - the Co-op in NI as I remember it - did it come from Northern Ireland by any chance? The model went on in Europe longer than in the UK and I have even seen a version with twist ring attachment locking and plastic wands that did not come in until 1980 or so. I got one just like this a few weeks ago myself actually.

The combo nozzle is a replacement, the original flip over ones could be a bit fragile, the hard floor nozzle is an extra as is the cream coloured nozzle which is not Hoover at all but were sold particularly for getting per hair of carpet and believe me they worked.

It was a replacement for the 417 Cylinder model and although it looks superficially similar to the Harlequin, it is in fact rather shorter and as you not the back is different - rather more like the 417 in fact. It was actually designated not to use bags although it was still possible to fit them. I have a copy of the instructions at home that I can post later

Well done

Al

 

[suckolux]

Good looking Vac!

 

[rugsucker]

Hoover

I'd be "chuffed" also!At least I think I would.That is a good thing,right?(As we speak almost the same language.)Great Hoover,box,color & attachments!!Enjoy.

 

[vacbear58]

Chuffed

= very pleased

 

[vintagerepairer]

Cord storage

There was no official cord storage facility on these cleaners, something which I always assumed was done deliberately so as to set it apart from the other cleaners they sold at the same time, these being the Freedom, Constellation, and Celebrity cleaners, all of which had either automatic or manual cord storage.

Electrolux seem to have been the only manufacturer to really take cord storage seriously, with all of their cleaners from the early 1960's having the facility to store the mains lead on the cleaner. Of course, back in the day when the cord was removable on so many cleaners, storage was much easier, but Electrolux even went so far as to build in storage on many models in the 60's where the cord was still removable. It wasn't until the very late 1980's that Electrolux finally dropped cord storage on it's base-model cleaners.

It has never ceased to amaze me that cord storage was so hit & miss on cylinder cleaners, whereas in all my years spent repairing cleaners I don't think I ever saw an upright which had no cord storage facility, whether it be hooks, automatic reel, or a somewhat primitive pouch on the dust bag.

 

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Latest Model

late model

 

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Instructions 1

 

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Instructions 2

The 429 (the later version of the Harlequin) had a longer hose and teh suction control that the the 427 did not have.

 

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Instructions 3

 

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Instructions 4

 

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Instructions 5