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I finally finished my Citation Hoover Restoration!!!!!!
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Post# 268735   2/20/2014 at 18:06 (3,717 days old) by vacfan6384 (Larksville,PA)        

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Finally after days of cleaning and stripping and repainting my Citation it is finally done. Funny thing is I took the motor to get serviced and cleaned and when I got it back it sounds completely different??? It is the same motor only cleaned and serviced with new brushes and bearings greased. But all in all I think it turned out ok as I am not a expert at painting.

Post# 268739 , Reply# 1   2/20/2014 at 18:09 (3,717 days old) by vacfan6384 (Larksville,PA)        
here it is

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Here it is

Post# 268744 , Reply# 2   2/20/2014 at 18:33 (3,717 days old) by vac-o-matic (Saint Louis, Mo.)        

Hey Sam, nice Hoover, it looks great to me! I have one of those as well, with the narrow type bag like yours, which seems to be original, or later replacement. That's a rare find, the last model before the Convertible. I have seen that model with three different bag styles, different materials as well, but they all had the Citation name on them. Those were awesome Hoovers. I'm lucky enough to have a Hoover guru here in town to do the motor work on mine, and it runs smooth as silk. How about a glamour shot with it turned on? Congrats on a great find!

Post# 268745 , Reply# 3   2/20/2014 at 18:36 (3,717 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany)        

Congrats Sam!  It looks spectacular!  I've never been brave or patient enough to repaint any of my machines...

 

Does the bag you have on that machine say "Citation"?

 

If it does, you have a super rare bag!!  Possibly even more rare than the original bag, and a really peculiar bag at that.  I've never been able to quite figure that bag out... check out these old threads where I obsess about figuring them out:

 

www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-...

 

and

 

About two-thirds down:

www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-...

 

 

 


Post# 268778 , Reply# 4   2/20/2014 at 23:42 (3,717 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
SAm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Excellent job. It looks so different from "last year". Many more years of happiness with that great machine.
John


Post# 268781 , Reply# 5   2/21/2014 at 00:44 (3,717 days old) by chan55 (Green Bay, WI)        
Citation

I never met a Citation in real life. Did they have a 2 speed motor? With the side converter did they have better tool suction then the Convertible?
Chan


Post# 268789 , Reply# 6   2/21/2014 at 06:51 (3,717 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT)        

Great job! I hope I find a 64 someday to go with my bag.
Here is a like with some more pictures.
Nicholas


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Post# 268812 , Reply# 7   2/21/2014 at 12:33 (3,716 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
You need the vac,

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I need the bag!
One day. Isn't that part of the fun? The "FINDING"!!!!!


Post# 268838 , Reply# 8   2/21/2014 at 16:06 (3,716 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)        
"think it turned out OK"

It didn't.It turned out great!The Citation shows the change from the post war world with warmed over pre war products to the mid fifties with the beginning of change,style and color to the late 50s when more and more was truly 'all new'in the world of consumer goods.It was about 1956 with the 'Forecast Colors'.Happy Hoovering as it Beats as it Sweeps as it Cleans.

Post# 268852 , Reply# 9   2/21/2014 at 17:45 (3,716 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️)        
Great

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Job love that Hoover

Dan


Post# 268903 , Reply# 10   2/21/2014 at 22:59 (3,716 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        

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Great job Sam, it's beautiful!
Jeff



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