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[compactelectra]

Looks Like I Don't Have The Right Hose

Tom - should the actual hose for this machine match the short one between the base and the bag?

 

[compactelectra]

One of The Problems

With this first machine was that that short hose from the brushroll used to clog and was difficult to clean out. They changed it so that you could easily disconnect it to clean it out.

 

[jolhof]

Thank You, Thank You

Thank you compactelectra for posting those wonderul pictures those are great.

 

[hoover1060]

Hoover Dial-A-Matic

Samantha's DAM was a model 1100, as was major Nelson's from "I Dream of Jeannie"

The 1100 did not have the full bag indicator or an easily removable nozzle hose. The ductwork inside the bag door was also smaller, so the poor things suffered from frequent clogs.
The owners manuals instructed users to set the carpet suction between medium and low.
One of the most interesting facts of the rarly DAM is the backwards spiral of the brush roll, away from the suction. I would like to know what they were thinking(or if they even thought of it at all) but the brush rolls on the early DAMs actually worked the dirt away from the suction stream.
The spiral was reversed in 1969 with the intro of the power drive machines, which dramatically improved the cleaner's performance.
The fun is to see this backwards brush in action. Take an earlier DAM(1100/1110/1118/1120) and try and sweep up unpopped popcorn kernals with it.
Then use a reverse machine(such as a powerdrive) and see how fast the popcorn disappears.

 

[myhooverco]

Wow Fred...great shots of your DAMs. You are right in that the hose on your 1100 is a replacement. The original was colored to match the base of the machine and it was not tufflex but a rather flimsy type of hose with no reinforcement and a smooth texture.

The lady that I work with at the Hoover Historical Center (a retiree with 45 years experience) says that the machine that had the highest rate of request for parts was the 1100. She worked in the parts dept. all of those years so Jo knows!!

It is great to see you back Jeff!! Thanks for adding your insights to the DAM saga.

--Tom

 

[compactelectra]

Another Problem

With the DAMs was that people picked up the machine by the handle and it came loose. It is not unusual to find these machines with loose handles.

 

[compactelectra]

Hoover 1100 - I Dream Of Jeannie

Here is a thread we had when we set up the site - Thanks Robert. Laura Petrie also used the Hoover 1100 on "The Dick Van Dyke Show." This is fun!

http://www.vacuumland.org/TDDEV/THREADS/SANDBOX/169x8.htm

 

[compactelectra]

Major Nelson

Is breaking the cardinal rule about DAMs. Don't pick it up by the handle!!!

 

[vacman1961]

Going back to the comment about the Cone Heads, the Power Nozzle and hose that she used in the movies was a white Douglas Power Nozzle hooked up to a replacement white vinyl Electrolux 1205 hose, the machine end was direct connect, the handle end is pigtailed.

 

[raycarter]

Ian

The vacuum cleaner you saw in Close Encounters of the Third Kind was a Hoover Convertible model 1076, which was finished in Ceylon Yellow and Light, Medium, and dark Taupe.

 

[anthony]

vacs in movies

anyone remember the episode of The Outer Limits where the cleaning lady sucks up a bit of fluff that turns into some kind of monster inside the vac its on youtube if anyone is interested

 

[tolivac]

Outer Limits "shop Vac"that machine used in the show looks like a Craftsman fiberboard drum machine my Dad used to have.The motor and filter were inside-under the lid.The vac was for dry pickup only-the fiber drum and no water ball shut off valve.Beleive some of Shop Vac early models were like that Outer Limits machine.Loved how it burst open and the energy "monster" came out!!Have the original Outer Limts on DVD.Have tried the newer ones-but they are so hokey to me.Older was better!

 

[louvac]

Does anyone know what machine was used...




<p>..in one of the sitcoms from the same era that involved a lighthouse keeper who was vacuuming with a "Royal-like" machine and as I could remember, then carried it up stairs? Can't remember the name of the show, but I do recall the woman using the machine as being fairly masculine, or should I say, butch? She was a regular character.


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[anthony]

vacs in movies

just seen another in an old black and white movie called phonecall from a stranger theres a guy vacuuming in a night club around 50 mins into the movie cant work out what kind of machine it is though it looks like a hoover upright but im not sure

 

[opelgtkarl]

A couple I found recently...

In the movie Rosemary's Baby, near the beginning of the movie they open up a closet in an apartment to reveal a Lady Kenmore upright. I believe it was from the early 60's.
Also in the movie We Were Soldiers, near the beginning of the movie, you can see the familiar red handle grip of a 500 series Kirby, but later in the movie, a scene opens up with a housewife vacuuming with a 1978 Wild Moss Eureka 2315 Upright.
Have a great day!

 

[fantomvacuumfan]

As someone mentioned...

There was Super Sucker, a movie which stared a modified Fantom Cyclone XT. I just pulled a picture off the internet of the poster, and am going to attach it below.

 

[tolivac]

I remember another Super Sucker vacuum in the movie-the early Super Sucker vacuum-looked like a metal Koblentz upright.The machine had a white bag instead of Koblentz blue bag.And a shot of the Super sucker trade in pile-you see a Filter Queen.

 

[vacuumkid47]

Electrolux Model G

In the movie, "Mousehunt", Ernie used a modified Electrolux model G to suck up a mouse. I am not sure, but by the look of the outer body it was. The machine was not with the original hose, it was a 70's hose that went with a Special Edition.

 

[fantomfan]

Here are some more:

"Date with an Angel" had a Hoover Dial A Matic with powerdrive, "Big" had the basic Hoover Spirit with quadraflex powerhead, "Men Don't Leave" had a basic f&g Eureka,
"Edward Scissorhands" had a Hoover Convertible, "Raising Helen" had a commercial Sanitaire, "The Borrowers" had a Kenmore Commander and an Early Electro Hygiene upright, "Uncle Buck" had a rare version of the Hoover Innovation, "Little Man Tate" had an old Kenmore stick vac, "Prancer" had a very old Hoover upright, and "Casper" had a Kirby Classic III.

 

[fantomfan]

Another Eureka!

The late, adorable Estelle Getty using a low-end F and G in "Stop, or my Mom will Shoot!." You really have to appreciate Getty to like that film. Also, in "Dennis the Menace" you see an old shop vac, and an old upright (it's in a box, you can only see the handle. I forgot to mention that "Casper" also had an old Dustbuster.