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[turquoisedude]

WOW - looks like you fellers out on the west coast sure know how to throw a party! Fortunately I have a good excuse for not being able to attend... LOL
Kelly, what a great show of vacuums and smalls! You have inspired me to shine up the few vacuums I have in the collection and enjoy them more!

 

[pdub]

Washernoob

Thanks for all the great information. I didn't know how rare this vacuum was except for the fact that I had never seen one in person. I appreciate all the info on the bags too and if I come across a stash of them you'll be the first to know!

Patrick

 

[1972lkdishwash]

The old hoovers....

This Model that you say is so rare, I have seen in this city MANY TIMES at 2nd hand stores and salvation army type places...I HAD NO IDEA, they were such great machines.. I have a constellation canister Hoover in Mom's attic, it floats with air from the bottom.... 1959 Pink and beige, and I have the Hoover upright, Metal head and light, sky blue and parchment color, 1970.....and my mother has the 1986 version of the Liberty Kirby in Gold (was gold) it became ugly with age and she had it plated in nickel for durability, I think it was nickel....they removed the gold Plating, said it looked like it belonged to "Liberace"...I saw it in a Kirby Sales store window on my way to the bank one day, and had to have it for HER, this was Nov. 1986>>>In Wheeling...I'll def. look for those rare bags, and the sweeper that goes along with that UNIT. Please REMEMBER>>> I am a new, and ecstatic Member for this Wonderful World of Appliances....BIG & small, AGAIN, Thank you ROBERT, for this WEBSITE>>>>Harold in Wheeling, WV

 

[washernoob]

!!!!! COOL!

Any hoover with a headlight in the raised motor "coffee" can style is definitely worth getting.

The non headlight models are not quite as rare (with some exceptions) but still great machines. The headlamp ones were just later ones, so more powerful motors.

The gold kirby was a promotional model. Whichever dealer sold the most kirbys in a year or month was awarded one.

I was literally just having a conversation with a friend who has just about all kirby models (and 2 S&F sanitation systems) who was looking for the goldy ones. A local store has EVERY gold model ever produced. (multiples of some) Really cool weird vacuums.

Definitely a liberace vacuum!

 

[mixfinder]

Tip the Boat Over

Paul,imagine the energy of the two of us in the same place at the same time. You can bet it would cause the world to rock on it's axis. All that food, the appliances and laughter. We must make it happen. I've been very bad lately rebuying a lot of the smalls I sold before moving away 10 years ago. If there's an earthquake here you'll find me under a pile of old mixers speared with shards of mixer bowl.
The moments at Greg and Lynn's flew by far too quickly. As testimony to our great company we seldom got far from each other and spent precious little time doing anything but visiting and eating.

 

[DysonAnimal]

Since Brandon's already shared my photo of my Jubilee Model 800, here's a few of my 'coffee can' Hoovers, including the 925 and 800, on display at the gallery earlier this year. They're among my favourite machines of all time - throughout the production of each model, Hoover's engineering department subjected samples to over 100 years' worth of simulated abuse in their test labs. This is why they're all still going strong today!

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[washernoob]

There it is!!!!

The left most hoover in full view! The 925!!! most beautiful vacuum cleaner ever made!!! Probably one of the rarest of the later coffee can hoovers too.


I have the 1926 model 700, which is the the farthest one on the left with the curved handle. I have painted the handle of mine. Now its time to buff it to a new kirby shine! The bag isn't original, but its a genuine hoover replacement, with the bag spreader design.
Also have the '29 model 575, not as nice, and not a shiny model like the 700. And of course the 1919 model 102. Just a good ol oldy model. Not so pretty. But hey it runs, and is very very quiet.

Just amazing machines.