Vac Collectors/Your Rarest Vacuum cleaner

[westytoploader]

Rich and Charlie, your Air-Way twin-motor uprights are just beautiful. And Rich, your Baby looks like it's in really nice shape as well; very neat that it came with the original tools! One of these days you should put a few drops of lightweight oil in the motor, make sure it turns freely, and plug it in!

 

[eluxomarty]

Hoover Conquest 507

I LOVE this machine!!! I wish we had this in the US! I especially like the flip carpet/floor tool!!

 

[gansky1]

Rub your eyes, honey - it's a brand new Singer!

Charlie, you don't have a sewing machine? I'm shocked! We'll have to fix that!

 

[seamusuk]

Si!!!!!!

Hey mate

Great to see ya

Now you know if the 507 ever needed a good home ...... lol

Seamus

 

[74simon]

Hands off

my 507 you!!! I'll leave it in me will for you though

So sorry to hear about your Portable, but at least you got a bargain U4003 now!

 

[74simon]

Thank you Elexomarty!

It's a lovely machine, and has barely been used. Until the 1980s, Hoover USA only did the Aerodyne and the 407 Holiday as standard type cylinders, no? There were far more Hoover cylinders in the UK for some reason, but Electroluxes were always more popular.

I think I saw that floor tool on a Canadian Handivac on Doug Smith's website. Wish we'd had that in the UK - the Hooverette/Lark is a cutie, but a bit lame in terms of actually being able to clean!

 

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[seamusuk]

A quick one on my U4003

Hey Guys

It has a UK switch assembly- did the 913/8 etc have this type????

Seamus

 

[seamusuk]

And the inside......

Note the plastic mount

 

[thor]

English vacuum cleaner

My wife's parents have a beach house whith a basement which flooded about a month ago. It is a four hour drive from Buenos Aires, but we went to give a hand for clean-up.

Inside a wooden wardrobe there was this big cloth bag. Look what I found inside. Pictures were taken as I found everything, meaning full of mud.

 

[thor]

Shot from another angle.

 

[thor]

Toggleswitch!!!

Another angle.

 

[thor]

Other end

Notice the rust!

 

[thor]

Goblin

Made in England, 240 V

 

[thor]

Complete tool set

My mother in law said the vacuum cleaner was mint before the flood. Belonged to her parents in law, probably bought in the '30's.

 

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My westinghouse converto vac

Wel it made it's grand arrival today, Boy am I on cloud nine