Interesting...
Jack I like your story, and can add what I know about the return of the Connie.
Back in 2006 when the Maytag Sattelite was first rumored, Fred S was put in contact with a man named Nick who in his email claimed to be responsible for bringing the cleaner back. Nick offered Fred one of the prototype Satellites he had for his collection, and as it turned out Nick's office(Maytag International) was in Schaumburg Illinois, 10 minutes from where I work, so I went to pick up the cleaner for him.
I had a nice visit with Nick, he demo-ed the Satellite for me, and talked about its history, and the high hopes they had for bringing back a classic old cleaner. Nick did NOT tell me it was his idea, but he did push to get this going and see it thru. Hoover's reputation suffered greatly under Maytag(they knew it too) and the Connie/Satellite was an attempt to rescue some of the rep. They were just kicking themselves because they could not call it HOOVER anyplace but in the US.
When Maytag was sold, Nick went to work for Whirlpool in Benton Harbor Michigan. He had a long Greek last name. I wish I could remember it!
