vintagevaclover
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I have been anxiously waiting for this one to get here! This is the same exact model that my grandparents had when I was a kid, a TOL Hoover Concept I Model U3327, and I had been avidly looking for one ever since it disappeared years ago, then one of my best friends, Jonathan Radesky found an identical model on eBay for me so I jumped on it because I haven't seen the same one anywhere at all since the original disappeared. This one finally arrived today after about 2 weeks of anticipation and I was absolutely ecstatic!! It's in absolutely MINT condition! It was obviously a very lightly used machine as the Quadraflex Agitator shows very minimal signs of wear and the brush strips look nearly new! And there are no scuffs or marks like with the green one I just picked up. The only things I had to do were: give it a good wipe down as it was sort of dusty, vacuum out the cloth bag, put in a new Air Freshener tab, and install new headlight bulbs. The PowerDrive is still very strong and it already had a new belt. One thing I found very creepy(in a good way) and very interesting was the fact that when I first turned it on after unpacking it and testing it for the first time, it smelled IDENTICAL to the one I remember as a child, my grandmother was an avid believer in potpourri scented Carpet Fresh powder and when I first turned it on, it was the exact same smell!!! It's one of those scent memories that we all have I suppose. I couldn't believe it though, it was almost like my grandmother was speaking to me saying "I'm glad you got my favourite Hoover back!". The other thing I love is the fact that my grandfather was a human computer and kept the most meticulous inventory records for absolutely everything and because of that, I have every piece of literature & advertisements and then some for for the original one they purchased in 1988, owners manual and all. I also have all of the literature that came with the 2 Dial-A-Matics they bought in the late 60s as well. There will be many pics to come for all of these! I hope you all find these as interesting as I do! I can't wait to hear what you all think!!!
