Thread Number: 15928
Hoover Model 638 |
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Post# 169860 , Reply# 1   2/17/2012 at 09:10 (4,423 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Hi Dave. Your dads 638 sound interesting. Esp if it's mostley original.
It's hard finding Hoover 638s with original Bag/cord and handle grips. Mine has the original cord and bag but the handle grip is not original. Hope you post some pics of it soon. With the tools if pos as well. I'm sure someone on here will be able to date the vac for you. My speciality are Kirby vacuum cleaners. Welcome to the ever growing group. James:o) |
Post# 169882 , Reply# 2   2/17/2012 at 15:08 (4,422 days old) by dibble ()   |   | |
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Thanks James. I have a couple of rather poor pics of it from a while ago. Just to show what it looks like. Dad replaced the black cable with a white one, but I would assume that can soon be replaced. |
Post# 169883 , Reply# 3   2/17/2012 at 15:13 (4,422 days old) by dibble ()   |   | |
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By the way, the base plate says it has a 400W motor. Don't know if that helps date it? My parents were married in 1953, so I imagine it was bought between then and when I arrived in 1957! |
Post# 169888 , Reply# 4   2/17/2012 at 15:45 (4,422 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 169914 , Reply# 5   2/17/2012 at 19:24 (4,422 days old) by pinkge (Indianapolis,Indiana)   |   | |
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Is one and the same as the USA model 63.Beautiful Hoover.Michael |
Post# 169961 , Reply# 6   2/18/2012 at 04:36 (4,422 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Welcome to the group
As James says apart from the flex the handgrips on these cleaners do not seem to last well - they disintegrate so if yours is still intact you are lucky indeed. These cleaners will just go on for years and years and as long as the belts and brushes are maintained (easily done) they will still be as effective and efficient as much that you can buy today. From the serial number it was manufactured between July and December 1955 - it is an early one in this series which carried on until 1959. I wonder did the ad on the link influence their purchase? Al CLICK HERE TO GO TO vacbear58's LINK |
Post# 169976 , Reply# 8   2/18/2012 at 09:15 (4,422 days old) by dibble ()   |   | |
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And vacbear, thanks for that link - a very nostalgic old ad! |