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This is a Penncrest from 1963. This is one of the first models. Check out all of the Penneys labeling!
What are your favorite Private Label Machines?
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Here is a close up...
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Here is a Penneys canister vac...circa mid to late 1960's...
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Here is a close up of the label...
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What about a Penneys clean air upright? Check out that unusual front panel...
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Here is a closer look at the base...
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A close up of the logo...
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Connie........
Hey Tom
Thats a really odd mixture of early and late! wonder why the 86/2 handle wasnt used. I wouldnt have thought it would have hidden the badge to a great extent?. Maybe Penneys wanted something a bit different!!.
That Convertible is amazing- is that the 1st cleaner Hoover made for Penneys??. Ive only seen Jeffs cordreel model before
. Does the bag have any Penncrest markings??.
The DAM looks very nice as well- I would guess you have some pretty rare "Hoovers" there!!!
Seamus
Hey Tom
Thats a really odd mixture of early and late! wonder why the 86/2 handle wasnt used. I wouldnt have thought it would have hidden the badge to a great extent?. Maybe Penneys wanted something a bit different!!.
That Convertible is amazing- is that the 1st cleaner Hoover made for Penneys??. Ive only seen Jeffs cordreel model before
. Does the bag have any Penncrest markings??.The DAM looks very nice as well- I would guess you have some pretty rare "Hoovers" there!!!
Seamus
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Karl...there were several color variations mostly browns in the DAM versions...I am not sure of the power drive version however...the Concept came in power drive but by then they were labeled JCPenney.
Seamus...The green upright is the first model Hoover built for Penneys...yes Jeff Parker does have a cord reel model. Jeff's cord reel was built by a company located in Massillon Ohio for the Hoover Company. I wish that I had their first cord reel model too! I have a later Penncrest cord reel model that Jeff helped me put together. I will have to post some pictures of it. The bag on the Penncrest upright has no markings what so ever. It just has a nice zipper that's it. The connie is a great combination of old and new...the lady wanted less for this Connie at a yard sale ($3) than for an orange 444 (yes...she had two Connies for sale). She wanted $6 for the Hoover version...she tried to tell me that the Penncrest was really the same, but it was not marked Hoover so that is why she wanted less money. I did not have to be sold. I had both of them in my hands before she could finish her speech!!! The Penncrest were not all built by Hoover...I am sure that Eureka built some too.
What are some other companies that built vacuums for JCPenney? Does anyone have these to share with the forum??
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Seamus...The green upright is the first model Hoover built for Penneys...yes Jeff Parker does have a cord reel model. Jeff's cord reel was built by a company located in Massillon Ohio for the Hoover Company. I wish that I had their first cord reel model too! I have a later Penncrest cord reel model that Jeff helped me put together. I will have to post some pictures of it. The bag on the Penncrest upright has no markings what so ever. It just has a nice zipper that's it. The connie is a great combination of old and new...the lady wanted less for this Connie at a yard sale ($3) than for an orange 444 (yes...she had two Connies for sale). She wanted $6 for the Hoover version...she tried to tell me that the Penncrest was really the same, but it was not marked Hoover so that is why she wanted less money. I did not have to be sold. I had both of them in my hands before she could finish her speech!!! The Penncrest were not all built by Hoover...I am sure that Eureka built some too.
What are some other companies that built vacuums for JCPenney? Does anyone have these to share with the forum??
--Tom
Kenmore/JCPenney/Montgomery Wards.
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PENCREST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My pap had a blue pencrest convertible with no headlite. He had its origonal box and pack of bags too! I wish I would have taken them all with me when we had to clean out his house cause he passed! He also had a teal hoover convertible with no lite also along with a regina floor scrubber and a constellation that would not turn on!
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My pap had a blue pencrest convertible with no headlite. He had its origonal box and pack of bags too! I wish I would have taken them all with me when we had to clean out his house cause he passed! He also had a teal hoover convertible with no lite also along with a regina floor scrubber and a constellation that would not turn on!
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Outsourcing.....
Tom
Im curious as to why the model Jeff has didnt come from NC- did it use Hoover made parts???
Seamus
P.s Ref the 444 Connie- Is it the same colour orange as the top of the 858?- if so thats one BRIGHT cleaner lol!
Seamus
Tom
Im curious as to why the model Jeff has didnt come from NC- did it use Hoover made parts???
Seamus
P.s Ref the 444 Connie- Is it the same colour orange as the top of the 858?- if so thats one BRIGHT cleaner lol!
Seamus
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Seamus...
Yes the 444 was all orange top and bottom...
The Penncrest cleaner that Jeff has with the cord reel was made in North Canton...only the cord reel mechanism was made by another company.
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Yes the 444 was all orange top and bottom...
The Penncrest cleaner that Jeff has with the cord reel was made in North Canton...only the cord reel mechanism was made by another company.
--Tom
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Doh!
Hey Tom
That will teach me to read posts properly- guess I was kinda tired
Seamus
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That will teach me to read posts properly- guess I was kinda tired
Seamus
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Wow! This is my first time ever seeing a Penncrest DAM or Connie! Very cool! I always did like their Convertibles.
By the time I worked there in the early 80s, at least the canister cleaners were sourced by Eureka, and things were already being called "JCPenney" instead of "Penncrest". I don't recall if there were any Hoovers in the mix at that time or not.
They had some great private-label products at that time and over the years prior. I still have a food processor I bought when I worked there. I had some great electronics from there too, including my first boombox and first "walkman".
Around 1982 or 1983 a lot of the hard lines started disappearing at Penney's and today of course it largely a softlines store. It was much more like a Sears or Wards when I worked there.
I always thought the Sears vacuums were cool, and I liked the Wards as well, particularly when they had the seal who balancing a beach ball on his nose via a vacuum blower. I miss stuff like that, washers full of poker chips, working dishwasher displays with see through fronts and things of that ilk.
By the time I worked there in the early 80s, at least the canister cleaners were sourced by Eureka, and things were already being called "JCPenney" instead of "Penncrest". I don't recall if there were any Hoovers in the mix at that time or not.
They had some great private-label products at that time and over the years prior. I still have a food processor I bought when I worked there. I had some great electronics from there too, including my first boombox and first "walkman".
Around 1982 or 1983 a lot of the hard lines started disappearing at Penney's and today of course it largely a softlines store. It was much more like a Sears or Wards when I worked there.
I always thought the Sears vacuums were cool, and I liked the Wards as well, particularly when they had the seal who balancing a beach ball on his nose via a vacuum blower. I miss stuff like that, washers full of poker chips, working dishwasher displays with see through fronts and things of that ilk.
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Jumping on finds......
Tom..
Forgot to say- bet you couldnt hand over your $9 quick enough lol
what tools etc came with them??
Seamus
P.s any chance of a pic of the 444
Tom..
Forgot to say- bet you couldnt hand over your $9 quick enough lol
what tools etc came with them??
Seamus
P.s any chance of a pic of the 444
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I remember I got a pencrest convertible from the trash but it didn't have the bag to it but it did work so I kept it for a week to find a bag.when I didn't one I trashed it.and I'm still kicking myself today for doing that.
