Thread Number: 28578
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
A dream vacuum found ... and the price was a shocker! |
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Post# 318961   3/21/2015 at 17:57 (3,295 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY)   |   | |
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Well, today I decided that I would stop into Savers, one of my favorite local thrift stores, on the way home from a congregational meeting at my church in Tonawanda. And I have to say, it was a darn good thing that I did because I found one of my most sought-after dream vacuums: the Bicentennial Edition Hoover Convertible model U4085! Perfect running condition, but pretty dirty inside and out. Outer bag torn in some spots, but not bad enough to be unusable. Light bulb burned out: missing the nut and bolt that holds the handle together.
And the price? A shocking $4.99! Took it home and cleaned it up -- what a nice machine! Funny thing I noticed about it is that the previous owner must have become tired of buying paper bags for it, because inside the outer bag was a homemade cloth bag exactly the same size and length as a type C bag! I promptly threw it out -- but on reflection I think I might rescue it from the trash, wash it, and save it for "show and tell" at a future collectors' get-together!
Bill W. |
Post# 318982 , Reply# 1   3/21/2015 at 21:00 (3,295 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 318983 , Reply# 2   3/21/2015 at 21:08 (3,295 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 318984 , Reply# 3   3/21/2015 at 21:14 (3,295 days old) by Firebirdman55 (Owensboro Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 318991 , Reply# 5   3/21/2015 at 22:31 (3,295 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 318994 , Reply# 6   3/21/2015 at 22:43 (3,295 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY)   |   | |
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I remember that song too! And I guarantee I couldn't get through it today without being seriously out of breath at the end!
Hoover made this machine from '75 to '76, just for the bicentennial.
BTW -- here's the homemade cloth bag that was inside the bag jacket when I bought the cleaner! I've rescued it from the trash and washed it. Take a look at the pictures: it's actually the length and width of TWO Type C bags PLUS some room at the top for filtration! I've got to hand it to the previous owner of this machine ... they certainly were creative, if not anything else!
Bill W. |
Post# 319070 , Reply# 7   3/22/2015 at 19:25 (3,294 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY)   |   | |
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