I always thought it would be neat to see some of those good-looking 60's and 70's Sears models how they look today in 2010.
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good-looking 60's and 70's Sears models how they loo
Well Pete, Bob Griese still look pretty darn good for being 64 y/o.
Well Pete, Bob Griese still look pretty darn good for being 64 y/o.
For me He is a turn off
The Vibe I am getting is Wayyyy TOO Self Foucused. It comes through in his face. Too many people today are way too self foucused! I do not need your cell phone blather in my ear, you are not in a Hollywood movie, nor will you ever be!
Can't stand self centered people, they are useless at the best of times and destructive at the worst of times! That was a hard lesson to learn believe me!
The Vibe I am getting is Wayyyy TOO Self Foucused. It comes through in his face. Too many people today are way too self foucused! I do not need your cell phone blather in my ear, you are not in a Hollywood movie, nor will you ever be!
Can't stand self centered people, they are useless at the best of times and destructive at the worst of times! That was a hard lesson to learn believe me!
Now on the other end of the spectrum
those 1960's models are
"Cheerie" maybe painfully cheerie but they are trying to reach out instead of desperately trying to draw in.
those 1960's models are
"Cheerie" maybe painfully cheerie but they are trying to reach out instead of desperately trying to draw in.
Jon
I'm afraid that we live in an era with a lot of self centered people. A friend of mine and I just say to eachother when we see such people:"It's all about me!"
I'm afraid that we live in an era with a lot of self centered people. A friend of mine and I just say to eachother when we see such people:"It's all about me!"
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~Were all catalogue models; I remember all three of them from Sears catalogues.
REALLY!
oh the hours we all used to spend with our faces in that thing! I was mostly in the appliance section, what section were you looking at? (blinks blankly and innocently)
LOL
REALLY!
oh the hours we all used to spend with our faces in that thing! I was mostly in the appliance section, what section were you looking at? (blinks blankly and innocently)
LOL
Heavens to Betsy! Possible homersexuals!
Well, now I know where Tom Selleck came from. (and you said he was a three dollar bill!)
Tom-thanks for the post. I've always wanted to know what Borax did!
Well, now I know where Tom Selleck came from. (and you said he was a three dollar bill!)
Tom-thanks for the post. I've always wanted to know what Borax did!
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OMG ROFLMAO.
And that is SERIOUS stuff, not a joke!
Suddenly this costume of "Santa Pimp" does not seem so ridiculous!
And that is SERIOUS stuff, not a joke!
Suddenly this costume of "Santa Pimp" does not seem so ridiculous!
Jump Suits & High Waisters
Oh those Westinghouse guys certainly look ready for action in those Jumpsuits!! remember when High waisters were 6 buttons high...LOl you certainly felt tucked in!!! & platform shoes, in the North, girls would wear "segs" (metal tips) on the soles/heels of their platforms!!!still have a dent in my leg where a girl having a scrap lashed out at us schoolyard prefects while we where trying to stop a big scrap!!!
Oh those Westinghouse guys certainly look ready for action in those Jumpsuits!! remember when High waisters were 6 buttons high...LOl you certainly felt tucked in!!! & platform shoes, in the North, girls would wear "segs" (metal tips) on the soles/heels of their platforms!!!still have a dent in my leg where a girl having a scrap lashed out at us schoolyard prefects while we where trying to stop a big scrap!!!
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It Just Gets Worse:
A new photo of Ronaldo surfaced today, and I really have to wonder if maybe men aren't now being subjected to the same impossible standards women are rebelling against. No. Body. looks like this in real life - so perfect it's actually disturbing.
Certainly a company in the skivvies and jeans biz wants to show off the product on a guy who looks decently in shape, but this is absurd. The message I get here is:
"No matter how much money you spend with us, you are never going to look this good as a result of purchasing what we are trying to sell you."
Now, is that good salesmanship?
A new photo of Ronaldo surfaced today, and I really have to wonder if maybe men aren't now being subjected to the same impossible standards women are rebelling against. No. Body. looks like this in real life - so perfect it's actually disturbing.
Certainly a company in the skivvies and jeans biz wants to show off the product on a guy who looks decently in shape, but this is absurd. The message I get here is:
"No matter how much money you spend with us, you are never going to look this good as a result of purchasing what we are trying to sell you."
Now, is that good salesmanship?
Ronaldo does NOTHING
For me at all
But if this gentleman came calling to tinker with my appliances he would certainly get a cup of tea and, if I was feeling reckless, I might even break out a packet of McVities Chocolate digestives
For me at all
But if this gentleman came calling to tinker with my appliances he would certainly get a cup of tea and, if I was feeling reckless, I might even break out a packet of McVities Chocolate digestives
Shang A Lang
Ahh Mike, I can see it now - spiky hair and tartan down the side seams and hem of trousers and of course a tartan scarf. Of course in your case black watch to match the Hoover Harlequin
*ducks & runs - fast!*
I might add that as I was 6'4" tall at 14 years old, chopped off trousers was not a good look for me, nor platform soles. And my hair, when I had hair, could not have gone spiky if I had stuck my fingers in a mains socket and switched on .....
Ahh Mike, I can see it now - spiky hair and tartan down the side seams and hem of trousers and of course a tartan scarf. Of course in your case black watch to match the Hoover Harlequin
*ducks & runs - fast!*
I might add that as I was 6'4" tall at 14 years old, chopped off trousers was not a good look for me, nor platform soles. And my hair, when I had hair, could not have gone spiky if I had stuck my fingers in a mains socket and switched on .....
Thing is with those new model photo's you just don't know how much photo-shopping has been done to them. Not just like the old days of "air-brushing" out flaws. With just a mouse they can trim and sculpt the body to perfection, add shadows and definition that really aren't there., not at all the reality. I'll bet if you took a picture of Ronaldo in that pose at the same moment with your Kodak he wouldn't look anything like those pictures.
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All I can say to some of these photos is the old grade-school quip of:
Yer weird/ugly and your mother dresses you funny.
Photoshop? What's a photoshop?
OPA!
Yer weird/ugly and your mother dresses you funny.
Photoshop? What's a photoshop?
OPA!
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"Hoover Harlequin"
What series of machine was this? I've once seen a passing reference to it, but never been able to identify the machine.
What series of machine was this? I've once seen a passing reference to it, but never been able to identify the machine.
Can You Say "Big Daddy"?
One: That advert from JC Penny's looks like something out of a "Shaft" film, or at least 1970's pimp wannabe.
Two: Do not know whom "Ronaldo" is, but one finds this trend of men with over waxed and or shaped eye brows quite un-nerving. This coming from one who has been watching "Jersey Shore" on cable, and those men are comical at best.
One: That advert from JC Penny's looks like something out of a "Shaft" film, or at least 1970's pimp wannabe.
Two: Do not know whom "Ronaldo" is, but one finds this trend of men with over waxed and or shaped eye brows quite un-nerving. This coming from one who has been watching "Jersey Shore" on cable, and those men are comical at best.
Hoover Harlequin
Now to try and make a long story short ....
In 1948 Hoover introduced its first cannister cleaner to the UK - Model 402, a derivation of the Hoover Model 40 in the US. In 1953 it was updated to the Hoover 417 a model which persisted until about 1971, when replaced by the 427. When the Conestellation was introduced the 417 was taken down market and indeed hardly featured in any promotional literature beyond Hoover brochures - for example it did not feature in any of the early TV advertisments although all the rest of the products did. The Constellation featured as the "mainstream" suction cleaner.
In around 1964 Hoover produced a more upmarket "traditional" cannister (although the pre Connie 417 was actually quite an upmarket machine), no doubt to try and take some of the runaway success of the Electrolux 65, the 419 or Harlequin.
This cleaner had a higher wattage motor (650W, without checking), had a hard floor brush as well as the combination floor nozzle, a long hose and a more sophisticated LOOKING suction control than the Connie. It also had a metal rather than cardboard tool rack. With white plastic ends, it also came in a choice of three body colours - Red, Blue and Green - later supplemented by Black Watch Tartan.
Unfortunatly it did not have the hoped for success, partly because the Connie (and of course the Junior & Senior models) remained heavily promoted for many years and partly because almost at the same time Electrolux raised the stakes when they introduced the 90 - physically bigger with a self winding flex and bag full indicator, creating a whole new market segment in the process, as it was at a price band previously occupied by rare brands such as Nilfisk - or on the upright side the Hoover Senior (US Convertable). It took Hoover until late 1967 to come up with a competitor (by which time the 90 had become the even more elegant 100) - the 507 Conquest.
However the 419 soldiered on until 1969 when it became the 429 - now only in Black Watch tartan and sporting a bag full indicator along with the flip-over floor nozzle. This model continued until 1973 when replaced by the all new Freedom range.
The 417 previously mentioned was updated to the 427 which looked very similar in styling to the 429 although it was almost completely different being a physically smaller machine. Although officially dropped when the Freedom range was introduced, it carried on a an "Exclusive" for many years - indeed if I recall correctly, a model turned up on French ebay a couple of years bag with twist ring locking and plastic wants rather than pip & clip, which dated it to around 1981 or so, although the serial number was not disclosed to confirm that.
Here is the complete 419 lineup with the 417 at back - 1967, note how the Connie has a much larger picture, even over the (not popular here) Hoover Portable
Now to try and make a long story short ....
In 1948 Hoover introduced its first cannister cleaner to the UK - Model 402, a derivation of the Hoover Model 40 in the US. In 1953 it was updated to the Hoover 417 a model which persisted until about 1971, when replaced by the 427. When the Conestellation was introduced the 417 was taken down market and indeed hardly featured in any promotional literature beyond Hoover brochures - for example it did not feature in any of the early TV advertisments although all the rest of the products did. The Constellation featured as the "mainstream" suction cleaner.
In around 1964 Hoover produced a more upmarket "traditional" cannister (although the pre Connie 417 was actually quite an upmarket machine), no doubt to try and take some of the runaway success of the Electrolux 65, the 419 or Harlequin.
This cleaner had a higher wattage motor (650W, without checking), had a hard floor brush as well as the combination floor nozzle, a long hose and a more sophisticated LOOKING suction control than the Connie. It also had a metal rather than cardboard tool rack. With white plastic ends, it also came in a choice of three body colours - Red, Blue and Green - later supplemented by Black Watch Tartan.
Unfortunatly it did not have the hoped for success, partly because the Connie (and of course the Junior & Senior models) remained heavily promoted for many years and partly because almost at the same time Electrolux raised the stakes when they introduced the 90 - physically bigger with a self winding flex and bag full indicator, creating a whole new market segment in the process, as it was at a price band previously occupied by rare brands such as Nilfisk - or on the upright side the Hoover Senior (US Convertable). It took Hoover until late 1967 to come up with a competitor (by which time the 90 had become the even more elegant 100) - the 507 Conquest.
However the 419 soldiered on until 1969 when it became the 429 - now only in Black Watch tartan and sporting a bag full indicator along with the flip-over floor nozzle. This model continued until 1973 when replaced by the all new Freedom range.
The 417 previously mentioned was updated to the 427 which looked very similar in styling to the 429 although it was almost completely different being a physically smaller machine. Although officially dropped when the Freedom range was introduced, it carried on a an "Exclusive" for many years - indeed if I recall correctly, a model turned up on French ebay a couple of years bag with twist ring locking and plastic wants rather than pip & clip, which dated it to around 1981 or so, although the serial number was not disclosed to confirm that.
Here is the complete 419 lineup with the 417 at back - 1967, note how the Connie has a much larger picture, even over the (not popular here) Hoover Portable
Later on
The line up circa 1971
The line up circa 1971
