Some Hoover Vault Finds...

[myhooverco]

Here is a look at the pristine business end of the vacuum...it is the usual Hoover fare two speed motor and the famous IBAISAIC agitator!

 

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This is a later JCPenney cleaner. It is only a one speed machine and has no headlight.

 

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A close up of the orange lettering....

 

[myhooverco]

This is the whole machine...love the bag pattern and the hard plastic matching top to the bag...

 

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Here is its tag with all of the important information for this model...

 

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Here is a look at the bottom...

 

[myhooverco]

One thing that I did notice was the difference in the bottom plate. The plate is notched for the edge cleaning feature that all Hoover cleaners had at the time. However, this JCPenney model is only notched at the top leaving two suction entrances in the plate instead of the usual four...any thoughts????

 

[myhooverco]

1982 JCP version of the Decade 80...

 

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another shot...

 

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Here is a close up of its tag...

 

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The bottom...

 

[myhooverco]

Here is a nice blue bottom of the line JCP cleaner made by the Hoover Company...

 

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Another angle...

 

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The information tag...

 

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The bottom...

 

[vac-o-matic]

1966 Penncrest Deluxe

Tom, I love that model, is it a taupeish color in person? Do you know when they dropped the Penncrest name?

 

[hoover1060]

Penncrest name

was dropped sometime in the early 70's when they changed the name of the store to JC Penney.

 

[buffster]

Penncrest name

Jeff,

Are you referring to the logo change in 1971 when it was changed from Penneys to JCPenney? The only name change of which I'm aware occurred in 1913 when The Golden Rule became JCPenney. Am I missing a piece of history?

Mike

 

[hoover1060]

Yes thats the one

when the name/logo changed to JCPenney...

Sorry for the confusion

 

[buffster]

Penncrest name

Jeff,

Thanks for the factoid. I love learning about the history of our iconic institutions, especially if it has to do with shopping. I just thought perhaps I overlooked some important piece of Pennys' history.

I hope you and Michael have a very special New Year's Eve.

Mike