Some Hoover Vault Finds...
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myvacsrock
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Tom what about the all white and the brown JCpenny cleaners?
rexaircollector
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Tom
YAY! Glad you were able to rescue these wonderful machines. They truly deserve to be in their new adoptive home and I know you will cherish them for many years to come.
Robb
YAY! Glad you were able to rescue these wonderful machines. They truly deserve to be in their new adoptive home and I know you will cherish them for many years to come.
Robb
vac-o-matic
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Wow!
What great finds! So, will any of these be on the raffle table at the convention? (hint, hint)
Rick
What great finds! So, will any of these be on the raffle table at the convention? (hint, hint)
Rick
crevicetool
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It is amazing that you were able to....
grab machines that have those serial numbers,(OOOOO1) etc. Truly you will be able to protect the heritage of what was once the great Hoover company that, let's face it, us vacuum weirdo's owe so much to....
Thanks for being available to nab those legends
Rick
grab machines that have those serial numbers,(OOOOO1) etc. Truly you will be able to protect the heritage of what was once the great Hoover company that, let's face it, us vacuum weirdo's owe so much to....
Thanks for being available to nab those legends
Rick
hoover28
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great finds
thanks for the pic.s. glad you found all the vacuums.
chris
thanks for the pic.s. glad you found all the vacuums.
chris
OMG!!!
Tom,
Congratulations. Christmas came early this year! I'm having heart palpitations reading this threading and seeing all those wonderful cleaners. And, I'm sure I'm not alone. I'm just waiting to see a post from Fred S. and Jeff Parker. They're going to need smelling salts.
Mike
Tom,
Congratulations. Christmas came early this year! I'm having heart palpitations reading this threading and seeing all those wonderful cleaners. And, I'm sure I'm not alone. I'm just waiting to see a post from Fred S. and Jeff Parker. They're going to need smelling salts.
Mike
electroluxxxx
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Hi Really nice find. really makes me jealous because I really like hoover.
such a sad thing that they had shut down the factory I really would have loved a tour.
such a sad thing that they had shut down the factory I really would have loved a tour.
dial-a-nap
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Absolutely amazing finds - it's good to know you've preserved so many of these firsts and lasts of the Hoover company. Even though it's bittersweet, at least these fine examples won't be lost to the ages.
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WOW TOM!! Now you have your own "vault!" I am so happy for you because you are so deserving of all of these. I love the Constellation and the Convertibles!! Anyways, I hope you will continue to enjoy them, and Merry Christmas!
~~K~~
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!!!!!!x10^23
That's Effing amazing! Congradulations on the find of the century, you lucky bastard you! But remember, a truck's not full until you've pilled goods in the cab 'til you can just sit in it and change gears!!!
I love those branded units; the Wards one especially, and the oddball commercial models. Again, congrats!
That's Effing amazing! Congradulations on the find of the century, you lucky bastard you! But remember, a truck's not full until you've pilled goods in the cab 'til you can just sit in it and change gears!!!
I love those branded units; the Wards one especially, and the oddball commercial models. Again, congrats!
sleepdoc
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It's a good thing you were able to take those machines. Otherwise, they'd be lost forever, and I've never seen or even known of most of the uprights you posted above.
Tom, somehow it just makes one feel better about this whole sad story to know that you were able to at least save some of these older wonderful machines. They are now in a very loving home where they belong. Thanks for sharing these pictures with us.
kirbymodel2c
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Question??
A quick question for tom.
What happened to the older Hoovers and Hoovers competitors vacs?
Did u get any of those.
If they was auctioned off what did they go for?
James
A quick question for tom.
What happened to the older Hoovers and Hoovers competitors vacs?
Did u get any of those.
If they was auctioned off what did they go for?
James
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I just poured me a nice drink here at my x-mas party and saw
STARS!!!!
Holy crap Tom, what a freakin sweet haul. I had heard about your "vault resscue mission" from Kyle. The very first picture put me literally in shock. So much so that a dribble of my drink went down the chin and onto my sweater.
Im of course hoping that I may visit you again sometime to see all those Cord Reel Covertibles that you were able to save. I also LOVE those Wards Dial-A-Matics as well. I remember many of those Wards ones either model 870 or 880, and I believe were colors of "frosting white", and possibly "aztec gold". I have none of my catalogs with me as of now, so I can't pull the proper names out.
Where is Jeff P. He would rattle them off immediatly and not need a catalog.
I have never seen ANY of the Penncrest, or JcPenney badged DAM cleaners . Not one even in 14 years of being in the vacuum industry in one form or another.
I can imagine that your trip while wonderful for your collection was as described "bittersweet". To bad that TTI was hell bent and determined to empty it out. They probably need the room to store their collection of Dirt Devils from 1985 forward. Yeesh....
So wonderful that you got them, and I too am very curious as to what happened to the machines that were pre-1970, and where did they all end up.
I can only imagine that your wife was a bit stunned to see the machines as they came into the house....
Well Merry Christmas to you Tom, It's good to see that those you ahve obtained have been rescued and saved from TTI's plan, which was probably to dumpthem in the middle of the Atlantic...
Yours
Chad
STARS!!!!
Holy crap Tom, what a freakin sweet haul. I had heard about your "vault resscue mission" from Kyle. The very first picture put me literally in shock. So much so that a dribble of my drink went down the chin and onto my sweater.
Im of course hoping that I may visit you again sometime to see all those Cord Reel Covertibles that you were able to save. I also LOVE those Wards Dial-A-Matics as well. I remember many of those Wards ones either model 870 or 880, and I believe were colors of "frosting white", and possibly "aztec gold". I have none of my catalogs with me as of now, so I can't pull the proper names out.
Where is Jeff P. He would rattle them off immediatly and not need a catalog.
I have never seen ANY of the Penncrest, or JcPenney badged DAM cleaners . Not one even in 14 years of being in the vacuum industry in one form or another.
I can imagine that your trip while wonderful for your collection was as described "bittersweet". To bad that TTI was hell bent and determined to empty it out. They probably need the room to store their collection of Dirt Devils from 1985 forward. Yeesh....
So wonderful that you got them, and I too am very curious as to what happened to the machines that were pre-1970, and where did they all end up.
I can only imagine that your wife was a bit stunned to see the machines as they came into the house....
Well Merry Christmas to you Tom, It's good to see that those you ahve obtained have been rescued and saved from TTI's plan, which was probably to dumpthem in the middle of the Atlantic...
Yours
Chad
Vault Contents
Tom, I'm glad to see someone has preserved a nice assortment of Hoover oddities from the vault. I thought TTI was saving all of the vault contents. Good to see they will be preserved by someone who appreciates Hoovers. I would give my right eye for that Montgomery Ward's DAM, or even the JC Penney model (with the original bag no less!) I recall a long time ago Tom Gasko mentioned that there were also some non-Hoovers in the vault, like an early Air-Way Sanitary System and even an Ohio I think. There was also a Constellation with a motorized powerhead and either a Connie or a Celebrity constructed entirely of Lucite, so you could see the inner workings. Merry Christmas to all!
- Karl
Tom, I'm glad to see someone has preserved a nice assortment of Hoover oddities from the vault. I thought TTI was saving all of the vault contents. Good to see they will be preserved by someone who appreciates Hoovers. I would give my right eye for that Montgomery Ward's DAM, or even the JC Penney model (with the original bag no less!) I recall a long time ago Tom Gasko mentioned that there were also some non-Hoovers in the vault, like an early Air-Way Sanitary System and even an Ohio I think. There was also a Constellation with a motorized powerhead and either a Connie or a Celebrity constructed entirely of Lucite, so you could see the inner workings. Merry Christmas to all!
- Karl
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Such treasures, Tom! I join everyone else in congratulating you and am glad you were able to rescue these things. I also wonder about the storehouse of competitors' machines that were there -- any of them still around? Were you able to retrieve any of them?
A much sadder fate befell Electrolux historical memorabilia when the Greenwich Connecticut plant closed (in 1985). A man found my website whose father was a former CEO with Electrolux. He emailed me with commendations on my Electrolux History site, and said it was "too bad" I was not around when the Conn. plant closed, because dumpster after dumpster load went to the dump -- archives, prototypes, design renderings and models, paper materials, photos, decades of advertising collateral, you-name-it.
Other than a few things that some of the Electrolux oldtimers took with them as mementos, it all went to the dump. Now, even the factory is no more. It was leveled in 1988 to make way for a huge luxury condominium development.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpa...0A1575AC0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
A much sadder fate befell Electrolux historical memorabilia when the Greenwich Connecticut plant closed (in 1985). A man found my website whose father was a former CEO with Electrolux. He emailed me with commendations on my Electrolux History site, and said it was "too bad" I was not around when the Conn. plant closed, because dumpster after dumpster load went to the dump -- archives, prototypes, design renderings and models, paper materials, photos, decades of advertising collateral, you-name-it.
Other than a few things that some of the Electrolux oldtimers took with them as mementos, it all went to the dump. Now, even the factory is no more. It was leveled in 1988 to make way for a huge luxury condominium development.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpa...0A1575AC0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
ge1969
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Hey Tom! Merry Christmas to you! Just wondering what you could tell me about the green Constellation on the back of the truck, such as what model it is and if you were lucky enough to get the hose or tools with it. As the others have said, congrats on a great find. Later, Trg
It makes me truly sick to think of all the companies that jet their archives into the infernos or dumpsters the split second there is a buyout or bankruptcy. The Packard Motor Car Company threw out tons of invaluable documents and pictures the moment of their merger with Studebaker in 1955. Into the furnace. But thanks again for all those terrific pictures, we want more when you can!
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