Well today was fun. I need to go to Austin to visit a friend who was in town, and something told me to visit the Austin area CraigsList before I went. SO glad I did! Picked up 3 machines, one of which I know nothing about.
So here's pictures from today's haul....
First up: Plastic based Hoover Convertible U4123. I don't know how vintage this is, but it was $5.......Figured it was a good candidate to replace our horrendous bagless monstrosity at work. It's a Type-C bag too......I thought the plastic ones all pretty much took the Type-A bag?
Now to continue more on topic for the "Vintage" forum post. I also picked up this Royal tank cleaner while I was in town. I know NOTHING about these, but this one looks to be fairly old. It is a model 401 and has it's original wands, cloth bag, tools (except the crevice tool), and the woman says the hose is original, but it appears to have been re-glued at some point. At any rate, an interesting machine! Needs some bearing grease though.....
Here is a closer shot of the Royal tank. It's so cute! The writing originally had some sort of silver leaf type stuff on it, but it was all flaking off, so I just wiped it and everything came off.....now the logo is white!
And finally for the one that made the trip worth it.....a Classic III WITH boxed tools, WITH the original bag, from the ORIGINAL owner!! I need to find a crevice tool and a dusting brush for it and that's IT! The motor is in flawless condition, the brushroll is in excellent condition, and the bearings are in like-new condition. You just don't find machines that well cared-for every day...
So here's pictures from today's haul....
First up: Plastic based Hoover Convertible U4123. I don't know how vintage this is, but it was $5.......Figured it was a good candidate to replace our horrendous bagless monstrosity at work. It's a Type-C bag too......I thought the plastic ones all pretty much took the Type-A bag?
Now to continue more on topic for the "Vintage" forum post. I also picked up this Royal tank cleaner while I was in town. I know NOTHING about these, but this one looks to be fairly old. It is a model 401 and has it's original wands, cloth bag, tools (except the crevice tool), and the woman says the hose is original, but it appears to have been re-glued at some point. At any rate, an interesting machine! Needs some bearing grease though.....
Here is a closer shot of the Royal tank. It's so cute! The writing originally had some sort of silver leaf type stuff on it, but it was all flaking off, so I just wiped it and everything came off.....now the logo is white!
And finally for the one that made the trip worth it.....a Classic III WITH boxed tools, WITH the original bag, from the ORIGINAL owner!! I need to find a crevice tool and a dusting brush for it and that's IT! The motor is in flawless condition, the brushroll is in excellent condition, and the bearings are in like-new condition. You just don't find machines that well cared-for every day...
