Hoover Aero-Dyne - Interesting Story
The Aero-Dynes were always machines I was fascinated with. Between the Lucille Ball Life Advertisements of the 40s-50s and the parts listings in the Hesco catalog. This machine came up on Ebay for which I was given a heads up on the old Vacuum Cleaner forum (long gone). Anyway, I was going to get this machine at any price. I ultimately paid almost $400 for it. It was listed as a brand-new machine. And indeed, it came with the original waxed paper wrapping and rubber band around the cord. It has the original box and all original packing materials including the instruction manual.
The story was that the nephew of the original owners found it in the Aunt's closet after the uncle gave it to her for Christmas. My mother used to say that if my father gave her a vacuum for Christmas, she would strangle him with the hose. I never understood that, since I would love a vacuum for a present. Anyway, she used it once and put it away, in her air-conditioned kitchen. It stayed there in it's box for almost fifty years, was finally discovered and I got it. It won a blue ribbon for "Best Original Machine" at the Vacuum Cleaners Collectors Club convention in Milwaukee. Truly worth it, don't you think? Vacuumed with it and a beautiful Hoover 61 upright this weekend. What fun!
