This "sucks"... the Hoover And Other Vintage Vacuum Cleaners

[bobbydavis]

THE HOOVER MODEL 750

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Pic of my 750 w/original bag.

 

[bobbydavis]

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The 925 commercial that I wish belonged to me.

 

[bobbydavis]

Glad you like and approve the photos.

That is the 825.

I'll post some photos of the one I had. Sold it recently. Beautiful machine.

Thought I was in trouble when I read your post. "Let's get one thing straight".

Like what did I do to The Fedora Lounge?!
I love this site!

Actually you could download the picture and keep it. I have the original sent to me by a friend along w/The Hoover Baby. I have dozens of vintage Hoover pics.

I was first introduced to a Hoover 425 at one and a half years old.
Loved em' ever since.

I'll send more soon.

Thanks!

BD

 

[bobbydavis]

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My mom had this exact Apex. I remember it well.
Strictly a suction cleaner. The switch was a round grooved knob at the top of the handle. Twist it in the same direction to turn the machine on or off.

 

[bobbydavis]

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My dad bought the Lark in the early fifties. It was a nice apartment Hoover but not really for the amount of use we gave it. Never knew what happened to these vacuums.

 

[bobbydavis]

THE POPULAR 700 W/ORIGINAL "SICSSOR" BAG ASSEMBLY.

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Hope you're not getting too very tired of these.

I was going to send these later but wanted to show them to you now.

BD

 

[bobbydavis]

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My 825!

I think I'm sorry I sold it last month. A georgeous machine!
Ran like the day it was made. It sold for 260.00.

 

[bobbydavis]

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Head shot of the 825.

Ok. That's enough. Sorry, I couldn't resist sending these.

 

[bobbydavis]

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This Hoover badge is from one of the earliest models.
Not sure which one.

 

[bobbydavis]

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None of these guys look at all happy.

Demonstrating the Model 575.

It looks like the 425 with a white matte chassis.

The Hoover Duster was quite the machine.

 

[bobbydavis]

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The Hoover Special. Picture courtesy of the Hoover Historical Society,
North Canton, Ohio.

 

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The Hoover Special. There were many "Specials" in various forms.

They were all refurbished Hoovers. The Hoover Co. painted the chassis, added new badges and bags and hence, "The Hoover Special".

Another picture from the Hoover Historical Society.

 

[bobbydavis]

Another Hoover badge. One of the earliest Hoovers.

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Badge for Hoover Model 541. 1923-1926.

 

[bobbydavis]

Model 575 1929-1931

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Cover page for the Model 575.

Identical to the 425 except for the white chassis.

 

[scotrace]

WONDERFUL STUFF! Thank you for posting these!

 

[bobbydavis]

You are welcome!

Please tell me the difference between, "The Forgotten Man" and "Scotrace".

Are they two different people or one in the same? It helps to know who I'm responding to. This forum is fantastic but a little different than the few I'm familiar with.

Thank you!
BD

 

[scotrace]

We are each an individual member.

 

[bobbydavis]

[/IMG]The Hoover 800 w/brass trimmed badge.

The brass triangular badges were used on the top of the range machines up to 1932 ie. Model 700, 725, 750 (orange with black edging). In 1934 both the 800 and 450 had brass triangular badges. The 800 was black with gold edging; the 450 was orange with black edging - the last orange badged machine and also the only one incorporating the royal crest. For 1936 both the 825 and 475 had brass badges but in a rectangular shape - but chromed so they are silver. Most of these have suffered from overpolishing through the years and so the brass shows through.

The cheaper priced machines such as the 425 and 575 started life with the black aluminium badges. After the war Hoover did a generous part exchange programme and thousands of pre-war machines were refurbished and resold by them at Perivale factory in England. These machines were re-polished which meant that the original badges had to be removed for the repolishing process and presumably chucked. The freshly repolished Hoovers were then refitted with the black aluminium badges - the standard badge which Hoover had for reconditioned machines. It stands to reason that a lot of these reconditioned machines survived - they were given a new lease of life by Hoover

 

[Forgotten Man]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! THOSE ARE GREAT!!!

THAT APEX IS AMAZING!!! ORIGINAL BAG AND ALL!!!!! My friend who introduced me to vintage cleaners LOVES Apex! He has an earlier one like that and two later models from the mid to late 30s that are highly polished aluminum... streamlined and just beautiful machines.

I'm going to send him the photo of that early Apex... he'll dig it!

Keep it comin' friend! This is really enjoyable!

 

[bobbydavis]

Would love to see the Apex in action!

Thanks,

PLEASE tell your friend to post the Apex on YouTube.

Some of my machines are posted as videos.

Go to YouTube and type Hoover 800. My 800,28,750,425,Eureka Sanatiare and 700 are demonstrated.

First time I've done that.