My Red Hoover Concept I Model U3317 from EBay!!!!

[vacerator]

Austin;

At the bottom of the news paper add, it is written in cursive "Ted does what to manager"??????
Also, in the list of Hoover showrooms, the one for Michigan, in Detroit, is on Puritan avenue.
No one in their right mind goes into that neighborhood these days.
Just keeping it light!

 

[vintagevaclover]

I think that just means the a guy named "Ted Screws" is the Manager of the store lol

 

[marks_here]

Oh dear

Are you sure?? Hehe not just a title but a profession

 

[vacerator]

Marks here,

Yes indeed! One does need screws to put a vacuum back together! Or?

 

[gottahaveahoove]

or, you will,

according to the "late", great Patsy Cline..... 'fall to pieces.'

 

[vacerator]

Pieces cont.

Yes John! Although some modern vac's have more click tabs than screws.
They try and try but can't pretend.
One look at a vintage Hoover and they too fall to pieces.

 

[vintagevaclover]

Dial-A-Matic reciept

 

[vacerator]

reciept,

I see they purchased it from Rich's.
Nice to have that to add to the collectable value.

 

[vintagevaclover]

Rich's

My grandparents were both In-House Interior Designers for Rich's in Atlanta in the 50s and early 60s, back when they used to have a very nice furniture department and actually staged it like homes. For a very long time most of their purchases came from there.

 

[vintagevaclover]

The hang tag

 

[vintagevaclover]

A packing slip

 

[vintagevaclover]

Some more handwritten notes

 

[fantomfan57]

Congratulations on

your find!

 

[rugsucker]

"Rich's in Atlanta"

Does anyone else know of the 'Pink Pig"???

 

[vintagevaclover]

Rugsucker,

Most everyone who knows anything about Historic Buckhead knows about the Pink Pig! Although Rich's is gone now, the Pink Pig is still there

 

[vintagevaclover]

Invoice

 

[delaneymeegan]

 


 


 


 


Is there interest in these Concept Hoovers?


I'm not an upright person, but I saw 2 today for $5 each.  One was beige, the other was more of a late 70s, early eightys rust and brown colors.  I should have nabbed them for someone here.

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[brando_husky]

Woweee what a fine specimen. The concept one is another vacuum of my childhood. My grandfather still has two I distinctly remember playing with as a child in the library of their home. The sound is unmistakably the most recognizable noise of my childhood.

Amazing machines. Some of the best carpet groomers out there

 

[vintagevaclover]

Thank you Brando-Husky

This one is definitely one of the ones I remember most as a child. This one, and a few Convertibles and the 2 Dial-A-Matics I mentioned on this thread. I remember playing with several of them at my grandparents house too but not just in the library, they had lots of antique Persian rugs that had only ever been "Hoover cleaned" lol.

 

[vacerator]

Andrew,

it was a good bargain at $116 as well. Better than what you get today for that much for sure.
Are all Rich's closed, or is there still one up at the mall a little north of Buckhead?
Am I thinking of Dillards?
A friend of mine relocated to Sandy Springs several years ago.
We had a great time when I visited.