Hoover Portable found in Cape Town

Well I must admit I was totally shocked today with a gift from a good friend,
Colin and i have been friends for 17 years or so,He owns a Dry carpet cleaning company in Hout Bay and what started out as a customer soon turned into a great friendship, In fact he came to our rescue years ago when Joanne and I got married, on the very morning of the wedding the Mercedes that was supposed to be used blew a welsh plug depositing coolant all over the driveway, Colin came to our rescue Driving Joanne to our wedding in his bright red Porsche 928, Nervous as I was the car nut in me heard the Porsche v8 burble driving into the church, My bride had arrived.
Any how back from a trip down memory lane
Colin is always keeping a eye out for me for vacuums ,, He found the U7013 commercial 652 I posted on here about a few months back and today while dropping off repairs he said he had a Gift for me,

I could not believe my eyes, I have never seen one before other than on the net, I had no idea they not only sold here in South Africa but were actually made here, This one is a May 1982 model
I cannot wait to give it a clean up and service tomorrow.
I have loads of Hoover literature from the 60's onward including a service manual of all things Hoover in SA, I also have contact with someone who worked in a Hoover retail and service center and no mention of this machine has ever been made,,,, But I also never asked

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Post# 381740 11/24/2017 at 17:48 (2,342 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)
Checkrate/Likes 2 Well I must admit I was totally shocked today with a gift from a good friend, Colin and i have been friends for 17 years or so,He owns a Dry carpet cleaning company in Hout Bay and what started out as a customer soon turned into a great friendship, In fact he came to our rescue years ago when Joanne and I got married, on the very morning of the wedding the Mercedes that was supposed to be used blew a welsh plug depositing coolant all over the driveway, Colin came to our rescue Driving Joanne to our wedding in his bright red Porsche 928, Nervous as I was the car nut in me heard the Porsche v8 burble driving into the church, My bride had arrived. Any how back from a trip down memory lane Colin is always keeping a eye out for me for vacuums ,, He found the U7013 commercial 652 I posted on here about a few months back and today while dropping off repairs he said he had a Gift for me, I could not believe my eyes, I have never seen one before other than on the net, I had no idea they not only sold here in South Africa but were actually made here, This one is a May 1982 model I cannot wait to give it a clean up and service tomorrow. I have loads of Hoover literature from the 60's onward including a service manual of all things Hoover in SA, I also have contact with someone who worked in a Hoover retail and service center and no mention of this machine has ever been made,,,, But I also never asked View Full Size

Post# 381741 , Reply# 1 11/24/2017 at 17:49 (2,342 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)
Checkrate/Likes The rating plate survived, If just View Full Size

Post# 381748 , Reply# 2 11/25/2017 at 00:41 (2,341 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)
Checkrate/Likes Huge motor for such a small vacuum, 1000 watt too View Full Size

Post# 381754 , Reply# 3 11/25/2017 at 03:51 (2,341 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)
Checkrate/Likes Wow! Are you sure that isn't a portable washing machine? haha Great gift!

Post# 381757 , Reply# 4 11/25/2017 at 05:58 (2,341 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)
Checkrate/Likes I just saw now auto correct changed it from Portapower to portable LOl

Post# 381759 , Reply# 5 11/25/2017 at 07:50 (2,341 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)
Checkrate/Likes Oh yes the Dial A Matic motor, also the Slimline and Portable motor. I think 1982 was the last year they had them in the Portapower, then they switched to the Spirit motor. At least here in the States.

Post# 382108 , Reply# 6 12/3/2017 at 14:49 (2,333 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)
Checkrate/Likes 1 Their was a slight vibration on the motor, so I partially stripped it down to clean the fans and fit a new main bearing View Full Size