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Post# 12661   4/16/2007 at 08:58 (6,191 days old) by frkirby511 ()        

...just wondering, how long was this model made?

I know its delux counterpart was the Model 62 [which was the first vacuum that I remember in our home]. But did its production run all the way through the model 64 Citation?

If not, what replaced it? Was there a Model 30 Hoover and 31? My recollection is that the "moderately priced" counterpart to the first Convertable Model 65 was the Model 32 in a kind of Sea Foam Green, correct? Or not?
Bruce C


Post# 12662 , Reply# 1   4/16/2007 at 09:34 (6,191 days old) by hoover1060 ()        
Model 29

went from 1950-1953, the popular price model between the deluxe model 62, and the cheapie 115 Junior. It was basically a model 62 minus the handle grip and handisac bag.
New it sold for $87.95 + $20 or so for attachments.

Model 29 was replaced by the model 12 Lark in 1953.
There was no model 30 Hoover.
The green Convertible you are thinking of is model 31. It came out in January 1958 and was discontinued in late 1961.
Hope this helps some
Jeff


Post# 12663 , Reply# 2   4/16/2007 at 10:08 (6,191 days old) by frkirby511 ()        
Thanks Jeff,

I always wondered about this and I appreciate your great knowledge of these details.

BTW, on the same subject of Hoover Models, this is another thing I have always wondered about: is there any logic to the numbering of Hoover models over the long haul? The model numbers seem to jump all over the place? How did they get from the Model 0 to a series of 500s then 700s to 800s and then back to 400s and then to the Model 150 and then to a series of 20s and 60s? Was there some reason behind these series or did they just pull these out of the air?
Bruce



Post# 12671 , Reply# 3   4/16/2007 at 20:09 (6,190 days old) by hoover1060 ()        
Bruce

To my knowledge, there was no rhyme or reason to the numbers, they did go all over the place!
I do know the 150 was numbered for its payment, $1.50 a week.
Tom would know more about this than I would.


Post# 12682 , Reply# 4   4/16/2007 at 21:18 (6,190 days old) by myhooverco ()        

The model numbers from Hoover are very frustrating. They made sense from time to time. Like the 700 series. They went by multiples of 5's. Along comes the 150 which was a lower number. (Jeff makes a point about the $1.50...but also Henry Dreyfuss was paid $150,000 to design that machine!) Then the 150 was replaced by the 60! Then from 1940 to 1965 they kept the numbers very much in order. From model 25 to 36 and models 60 to 70 all stayed in numerical order. Then they went to three and four digit numbers. In 1973, they went electronic so all model numbers had to have four digits preceded by a letter designation. This is what they have more or less today. It is just one of those things you get used to!!

--Tom


Post# 12686 , Reply# 5   4/16/2007 at 22:40 (6,190 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
The Hoover 29

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is one of my favorite Hoovers, right up there with the model 28. I only wish they would have made a burgandy (or maroon?) tool set to match it!!
Jeff


Post# 12733 , Reply# 6   4/17/2007 at 19:49 (6,189 days old) by sfovacman ()        
Lark Model 12

Bruce, Jeff, and Tom,

The first new Hoover I purchased was a Hoover Model 12 Lark. The purchase was in the fall of 1955, the year I graduated from high school in Fort Worth.

Jim K.


Post# 12747 , Reply# 7   4/17/2007 at 23:08 (6,189 days old) by frkirby511 ()        
Jim

Good to hear from you on the forum.

I remember seeing the Model 12 Lark on display in the major department stores as a youngster. I always thought it was pretty cool. Do you still have yours? Did you get the attachments with it?

Bruce


Post# 12765 , Reply# 8   4/18/2007 at 09:00 (6,189 days old) by sfovacman ()        
Do Have a Model 12

Bruce, I do have a Model 12 like the one I purchased in the 1950's. Did have all the attachments with the new one from 1955. About 1967 or 1968 I traded the Lark for a Hoover Convertible, probably a 68 or 69. Got attachments with it.

Several years ago I bought a Lark in a thrift store in Topeka. It was missing the the grey metal cover over the belt and opening for the attachments. However, R.J. Vanik had a cover and sent it to me. So the Lark is complete.

Opened the box with the Premier Junior yesterday. Mike Rogers wanted me to call him when I'd done that since I waited a week to open the box!

Jim



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