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can someone please post pictures of their guardsman
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Post# 17188   7/26/2007 at 15:02 (6,111 days old) by myvacsrock (USA)        

Can someone please post pictures of their Hoover Commerical Guardsman...I mean the older ones with the crome base. Please? I really want to see one! thanks so much

Kyle


Post# 17189 , Reply# 1   7/26/2007 at 15:11 (6,111 days old) by ian88 ()        
It's the red one you want isn't it?

;]

Post# 17194 , Reply# 2   7/26/2007 at 15:28 (6,111 days old) by buffalo-joe ()        

How's this........

Post# 17195 , Reply# 3   7/26/2007 at 15:30 (6,111 days old) by myvacsrock (USA)        

oh thanks! anymore?
hey joe have you polished it since then?!


Post# 17200 , Reply# 4   7/26/2007 at 16:08 (6,111 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT)        
Guardsman

Here's one of mine. It was my Grandma's, and it has seen tons of wear and tear. I replaced the hood with a convertible one becuase the headlight lens was missing. It still runs great though.
Most of my family had Guardsmans. My Dad's Grandpa was a Hoover dealer in Provo Utah. When he died in the early 80's he had a couple dozen of these stockpiled. They got dispersed to the family, so everyone had one. My aunt brags about how she had someone work on hers and he told her it was the last good Hoover made.
Nicholas


Post# 17208 , Reply# 5   7/26/2007 at 18:42 (6,111 days old) by myvacsrock (USA)        

any one else have a guardsman or are they that rare?

Post# 17224 , Reply# 6   7/26/2007 at 20:06 (6,111 days old) by swingette ()        

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Post# 17226 , Reply# 7   7/26/2007 at 20:08 (6,111 days old) by swingette ()        

Why the pix, Kyle?

Post# 17242 , Reply# 8   7/27/2007 at 07:47 (6,111 days old) by ozhoover (London UK (but born and raised in Melbourne, Australia ))        

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Post# 17243 , Reply# 9   7/27/2007 at 08:03 (6,110 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
Mark.....

Hey Mate

To quote Andy Pipkin from Little Britain...

WANT THAT ONE!!!!

LOL :)

Seamus


Post# 17247 , Reply# 10   7/27/2007 at 08:13 (6,110 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
The switch cover.....

I notice some have a cover on the switch and some dont- was this a production change or have they just gone awol on the ones without?.

Seamus

P.S to David- did yours have the same red bag as the others originally?


Post# 17249 , Reply# 11   7/27/2007 at 08:29 (6,110 days old) by thunderhexed (Edmond, OK)        
HAHA!

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I LOVE Andy from Little Britain! Lou and Andy are the BEST! I have three seasons' on dvd as well as their live show. It sucks though having all these funny quotes from teh show that I say to people and they have no clue what I'm talking about cuz they are clueless about that show here in Oklahoma.

Post# 17252 , Reply# 12   7/27/2007 at 08:47 (6,110 days old) by buffster ()        
Little Britain

Don't worry Cory; you're not alone. I'm a huge fan of Little Britain.

This is a bit off topic... and I don't mean to hijack this thread...

Seamus,

Are you a fan of the new Doctor Who series? Is season three available on DVD in the UK yet? I can't wait to get it.


Post# 17253 , Reply# 13   7/27/2007 at 09:44 (6,110 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
Andy...

Corey...

I think Andy is great- my favourite sketch is the one where he climbs the pylon after his frisbee :).

Mike...

Im not sure - I watch it occasionally but not a huge fan I have to admit!

Seamus


Post# 17254 , Reply# 14   7/27/2007 at 09:47 (6,110 days old) by myvacsrock (USA)        

i want the pics cuz i have one on hold AT A THRIFT STORE and i am obsessed with that model

Post# 17258 , Reply# 15   7/27/2007 at 10:41 (6,110 days old) by swingette ()        

The earlier models did not have the red switch actuator.

Hello Seamus. I changed the bag on mine. The original on mine WAS the one you see on the others.


Post# 17259 , Reply# 16   7/27/2007 at 10:48 (6,110 days old) by ian88 ()        

I'd have made a better Master imo, Seamus >.>

:p


Post# 17303 , Reply# 17   7/27/2007 at 20:58 (6,110 days old) by myvacsrock (USA)        

WOW! Brett your guardsman is so beautiful! You polish like a dream!! Do you have the original bag or are they hard to find with the original bag????

Post# 17317 , Reply# 18   7/27/2007 at 22:08 (6,110 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT)        
Switch cover

Kyle, mine had a cover. But it was broken and has a sharp edge. So I took it off. Works just fine without it.
As my Dad would say "useless weight on the dragstrip."
Nicholas


Post# 17332 , Reply# 19   7/28/2007 at 01:00 (6,110 days old) by swingette ()        

I purchased my Guardsman new. I didnt care for the original bag, so i changed it. Listen and you will hear the Hoover Purists SCREAM...lol.

Its not impossible to polish these up. A little Mothers Polish and elbow grease works wonders.


Post# 17345 , Reply# 20   7/28/2007 at 07:44 (6,110 days old) by myvacsrock (USA)        

Really i have heard so much about this mother's! Is it really THAT good???

Brett---Lucky man to have bought it new! Does it still work like new?? Do you use it??
This may sound weird but i have an allergy to dust! What vacuum cleaner collector can have an allergy to dust??
That is why i like the original bag because it has a type "A" in it! Shake outs in my house are not used withen 100 miles! HAHA


Post# 17366 , Reply# 21   7/28/2007 at 14:26 (6,109 days old) by hoover1060 ()        
my 2 Guardsmans

an early U4313, and the first Guardsman with cloth original bag and rear tool conversion, vintage 1976. I think the model # is U7033.
I paid a whole $10 for the U4313 at a thrift store


Post# 17375 , Reply# 22   7/28/2007 at 18:15 (6,109 days old) by buffster ()        
Agnes...

Very nice display. I love the color palate. I'm going to expose my ignorance here... What are the two vacuums displayed in the upper right corner of your wall? (It appears that one has a blue ribbon attached to it.) Are they Concept Ones?

Alicia


Post# 17387 , Reply# 23   7/29/2007 at 00:18 (6,109 days old) by hoover1060 ()        
Mike dear

Yes those are Concept Ones, a U3101 and a U3305. What looks like blue ribbons is some spinny thing(what they call it escapes me) with planets on it.

Post# 17411 , Reply# 24   7/29/2007 at 09:32 (6,108 days old) by myvacsrock (USA)        

hey jeff can i get some more pics of your guardsman with the red bag? Please? Can you take a pic like you did with the singer golden power master???

Post# 17437 , Reply# 25   7/29/2007 at 19:42 (6,108 days old) by hoover1060 ()        
Guardsman

Model U4313, an early one from maybe 1981. This is the only one I have ever seen that had the "Hoover Commercial" on the bag, all the others just had "Heavy Duty"
I found this at the local thrift store back in 2003, I paid a whole $15 for it!


Post# 17438 , Reply# 26   7/29/2007 at 20:21 (6,108 days old) by myvacsrock (USA)        

Thanks so much Jeff!

Post# 17444 , Reply# 27   7/29/2007 at 23:02 (6,108 days old) by hamiltonbeachbo (Milwaukee )        
Jeff, you the man ...

Hey Jeff,

Love the Guardsman series.
I didn't realize there was a model in that series with rear conversion. With the cloth bag the air flow had to be much better. Reminds me of when I converted my college 69 to a cloth bag. The airflow was amazing. It really helped the tool suction.
My older sistetr has a Guardsman and loves the machine. It had the shakeout bag which they converted to the top fill. Great traditional convertible design and performance.

Pat


Post# 17449 , Reply# 28   7/30/2007 at 07:42 (6,108 days old) by hoover1060 ()        
last of a classic

I bought my sister a Guardsman for a wedding present in 1986, a U4313. This model was discontinued at the end of '86 and replaced with the full hood model(still on a metal chassis too)
I paid $159.99 for my sisters, and she let it go in the divorce a few years later...GRRRR!



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