My First Hoover Dustette

[gsheen]

Joanne and I found this at a store called Just junk, One of these places that come's and clean's up your junk and then resells it. Got a few good deals from them. 


 


The top handle is busted /missing, going to have to fabricate a new one. BUT it works 


 

 

[Deleted member 1090]

great find

That vacuum cleaner seems to be in good shape and condition and has the hose and attachments a great deal indeed .

 

[tolivac]

My first Dustette came with a fixed upolstery nozzle.The woman that sold it to me(yard sale)said when she had a cleaning business she used it to vacuum windowsills.Never seen the attachments for these.The handle on mine is OK.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Gareth,

We Americans called this the "Pixie" when referring to the version that had the hose and above-the-floor tools.

~Ben

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Great little machine

It looks like that one saw a good time.
John

 

[gsheen]

Apart from the handle it must have led a good life, The motor still fires up well enough but needs some fresh grease. I wish there was some way of repairing the weave on the hose though.

 

[caligula]

Pixie!

This looks like the Hoover Pixie I have, but with a 'Dustette' bag and replacement hose. In later years, Hoover redesigned the Pixie to look like a smaller version of the Handi-Vac.

Mine's a great machine, too bad somebody chipped a fan blade, it squeals like a stuck pig. Anybody got a replacement fan?