O.K. Model B

[hoover300]

Yes it is higher in price(these all seem to be) and the plating is gone. With some brasso and a buffing wheel, I could see this becoming a very unique looking vac, being all brass.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-19...696247?hash=item1cf8c443b7:g:-L0AAOSwhnNfjhly

 

[lesinutah]

Umm

I'm pretty sure that's not brass. It looks like painted or adoninized aluminum. It looks similar to the apex hand vacuum.

 

[hoover300]

Its the original design

I have the sweeper vac version, it has wear spots where the chrome is coming off to reveal a surface like the above. Seems its only on the motor with mine, the rest is polished aluminum. Even with plating it has a yellow-ish tint to it compared to the rest. Brass or adoninized aluminum, either way I get the feeling it will look pretty slick polished up.

 

[hoover300]

Wait

I stand corrected. I just noticed the swatch of gold paint on the other brush cap and rating plate, I though it was just an extremely weathered version. I know my Sweeper vac is like this though, even if just on one piece.

 

[lesinutah]

Yours

The sweeper vac is super cool. I'm not sure what yours is made of but it's not the same as this one.
Les

 

[madman]

Yeah it's just sprayed with crappy gold paint. Even the screws and motor brush caps are painted. Matter of fact, it *almost* looks like the edges of the model plate were painted over.. so likely not a factory paint job.

 

[huskyvacs]

The price is fine. But that $45 shipping charge is not.

The vacuum has been resprayed with gold Krylon - but not any time recently.

These only came in one color then - highly polished chrome. The exception was when Polar Cub came around and started making the lower assembly painted.