vintage hoover pictures

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Moar.

Was someone discussing the Dreyfuss designed 150? I have two. Beautiful machines. Awaiting restoration. These suckers are quite complex!!!! Vastly ahead of their time.

 

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The petite lil junior 115! A cute but effective machine.

 

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How bout that 305.

That bag is an original hoover 28 bag! Goes well with my mint 28. I have 3 28s and a 305 now.

 

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And now the fab 28. Still my smoothest running hoover. I got it off ebay and had to do nothing to it. It is impeccably clean, with only a few scuffs, and runs like butter.

 

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Moving through time we get to another one of my favorite eras. The 1950s. When the colors arrived.


My mint, all original 63, that Roger in Arizona taught me how to restore. Runs great now.

 

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Moar. The fabulous Convertibles. I have had many over time.

This was my great great uncles model 68. I, stupidly, sold it on ebay. It was virtually unused, containing its original from factory paper bag.

 

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And of course not as amazing as John's hoover stairs, my hoover bedroom is dwarfed by his coolness! I try hard to fit in.


Some day John! You inspire me! (don't tell my parents!)

 

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Another very fine piece of Hoover history is their dedication to extreme quality and sturdiness.


There is no other cleaner on the face of this earth that is as solidly built as the beautiful Hoover 913.

They run very smooth, and low, and clean quite well.

 

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And the fabulous Constellation is another Hoover staple.

Elegant and fun at the same time, and work fabulously too! My model 82 in pink, and my restored 86.

 

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And now probably the greatest and last of hoovers quality resides within these machines.

The power drive, concept, and dial-a-matic eras.

 

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This beauty recently escaped me. For the life of me, I can't recall what I did with it. It was a beautifully mint concept.

 

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This Dial-A-Matic is in loan to a family friend. I received it, and restored it, but honestly all I had to do was dust it off. It's practically new.

 

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And so concludes some of my hoover nuttiness.



I will leave you with a beautiful Hoover 68 similar to my uncles, but far cleaner! In front of the most fitting match of a stove![this post was last edited: 6/2/2012-00:32]

 

[hoover1]

i have a 68 too but it has a lot of mixed matched parts

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Brandon!

Excellent work there. We ALL get our inspiration from others. I'm profoundly flattered that I could contribute SOMETHING to you. You are taking nice photos, too.BUT... you got rid of a 68 ???????????? Remind me to "slap you" when I see you in person. Well, we all 'FALL'. A learning experience. You're sorry and you'll never do that again, right? Your endeavors are, in a word, "impressive".

 

[hoover1]

im confused, is there something extra special about a 68, sorry for my decreased knowledge on the subject.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

WELL, it seems very hard

to find one 'intact". It was the last convertible to have the handle painted to match the hood, bag, etc. 69 came with a white handle, and "Convertible" on the lens.
It is also the vacuum FEATURED in the Jerry Lewis/Agnes Moorehead comedy, "Who's Minding The Store?" That was a very 'big deal'.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Josh,

NEVER apologize. Everyday, I try to learn SOMETHING... SOMEWHERE....from SOMEONE.Remember; 'knowledge is power'.

 

[hoover1]

in that case i have a very odd looking 68, the top half of the handel is white and the bottom half is the blue like the hood.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

That's probably because

the 'diving board' (bag clip) snapped the handle in half. That happened sometimes, causing HOOVER to go back to the spring.