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Thread Number: 12515
Hoover Turbomaster - Finally Completed the full line up! |
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| Post# 133814 4/23/2011 at 16:05 (4,744 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
Hi guys,
Well 4 years ago the search for one Turbomaster was difficult enough. So here we are today after countless avenues explored and fights battled and won who would of guessed Id be here typing this to show you guys the results of % 90% perseverance 9% perspiration and 1% prices postage and packing! lol. Really does just go to show that all the dream stuff is out there and to get it you really must look! Anyway here we go. Story starts when this beauty had its own little dating column on a local internet rag. U5094 Total System. Felt just lucky to own this one but something inside nagged and I wanted more! 
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| Post# 133817 , Reply# 1 4/23/2011 at 16:07 (4,744 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 133827 , Reply# 2 4/23/2011 at 16:19 (4,744 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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Soon others came flocking in,
Word got round, friends helped out where they could and even random emails from strangers seeing other threads id made here offering me models I had not already got! We finally hit a stumbling point when all the Core models were located and it was just down to 1 exclusive. 1 Exclusive or so we thought. Searching a scrap yard I found what I thought was a U5096 but closer inspection proved it was a little more. Seems to be either an Export model OR an electricity board version that never got advertised. I like to think its the latter and seeing as their is no mention in literature or service manuals elsewhere I will probably always believe that. One thing still nagged and that was finding the elusive (not too elusive seeing as one example turned up last year to Al Kerr) Carmargue Grey Leccy Board Special, My aunty Carole had one of these in her early days of marriage and i had never seen one elsewhere at all. Seems they really are rare birds. One last stab at owning one saw me finding a fellow collector selling one on ebay last week and I hope he dosnt mind me saying that it was a filthy minger of a machine having been stored in a garage for yonks on end unloved and uncared for. We decided to take a chance and buy it, well anything is always better than nothing especially when you really do have nothing. Roll to yesterday when she came! Excitedly took her out of the box and admired her shabbyness, for something looking so glum she still managed to smile and with some TLC and a lot of elbow grease and a lot of bleach, polish, cream cleaner up she came clean shiny and feeling brand new! So here we have the U5120 Carmargue Grey Leccy board special Turbomaster total system! 
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| Post# 133828 , Reply# 3 4/23/2011 at 16:20 (4,744 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 133838 , Reply# 4 4/23/2011 at 16:49 (4,744 days old) by pinkge (Indianapolis,Indiana) | ||
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Alsolutely Fabulous... Turbomaster you rock on with those Hoover Turbor's.Cool collection. | ||
| Post# 133841 , Reply# 5 4/23/2011 at 16:55 (4,744 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
Great Turbo... | ||
| Post# 133845 , Reply# 6 4/23/2011 at 17:18 (4,744 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK) | ||
Let's see now.. | ||
| Post# 133867 , Reply# 7 4/23/2011 at 18:14 (4,744 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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| Post# 133868 , Reply# 8 4/23/2011 at 18:41 (4,744 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 134186 , Reply# 11 4/26/2011 at 12:34 (4,741 days old) by turbopowerpaul (UK) | ||
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The U4362 and U5078. I am waiting for Rob to plumb his printer in, so I can print off the new Turbomaster badge for the U4362's handle (the handle is a brand new one, but minus the badge)... 
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| Post# 134187 , Reply# 12 4/26/2011 at 12:35 (4,741 days old) by turbopowerpaul (UK) | ||
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left to right - U5094, U5120 and U5078... 
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| Post# 134188 , Reply# 13 4/26/2011 at 12:36 (4,741 days old) by turbopowerpaul (UK) | ||
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left to right - converted U5132 (was permabag, but changed to bagged), U5094 and U5120... 
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| Post# 134189 , Reply# 14 4/26/2011 at 12:38 (4,741 days old) by turbopowerpaul (UK) | ||
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left to right - U5132 freedom, U5096 and then the slightly unusual U5096 with the leccy board symbol... 
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| Post# 134191 , Reply# 15 4/26/2011 at 12:41 (4,741 days old) by turbopowerpaul (UK) | ||
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The Electricity Board exclusive U2334 Autoflex Turbopwer (with the leccy board symbol on the hood) and the U5120... 
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| Post# 134192 , Reply# 16 4/26/2011 at 12:43 (4,741 days old) by turbopowerpaul (UK) | ||
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& finally... the missing link, in the form of the C1314 Commercial Turbomaster. Will one ever surface? Cheers Paul 
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| Post# 134517 , Reply# 17 4/28/2011 at 17:50 (4,739 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK) | ||
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I had the opportunity..
to buy the paper bag conversion kits when they were brand new..and it was only space and spare cash that stopped me. I used to get a good deal from TMS on Genuine Hoover parts but AFAIK, they eventually went out of business?
I can remember converting a smaller Turbopower Permabag U2662 machine; one came in from a guy I used to do the garden for. I rebuilt it with a new back box and bag door etc that came with the kit. There must be a few of those C1314s out there surely? Good luck Paul! Stephen | ||
Post# 134518 , Reply# 18 4/28/2011 at 18:12 (4,739 days old) by chestermikeuk  (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Turbos | ||
| Post# 342700 , Reply# 19 2/2/2016 at 15:46 (2,998 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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