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Post# 64389   3/30/2009 at 11:18 (5,505 days old) by kirbyclassiciii (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Does anyone know whether or not any of these dates for these vacuums Hoover had introduced are correct? 1952 - Constellation 1955 - Pixie (replaced Dustette here) 1956 - Lark 1957 - Convertible 1962 - Portable 1963 - Dial-A-Matic 1964 - Slimline 1965 - Lightweight Upright (replaced Lark Upright; called Junior in the U.K.) 1969 - Portable Super (wheeled version of the Portable) 1970 - Swingette 1972 - Handivac (replaced Pixie) 1973 - Celebrity (replaced Constellation) 1975 - Portapower (replaced Swingette; would also replace the Portable and Slimline after 1980) 1978 - Concept One (replaced Dial-A-Matic) 1981 - Spirit (replaced Celebrity) 1982 - Dimension (upscale version of the Spirit line) 1983 - Concept Two (same as Concept One, with Help-Mate hand vac included); Decade 80 1986 - Innovation (called Turbomaster in the U.K.) 1988 - Elite (replaced Convertible; BOL versions called Turbolite in the U.K.) 1989 - Sprint/Tempo (replaced consumer-line Portapower) 1990 - Legacy (replaced Innovation); Futura (replaced Spirit) 1991 - Supremacy (this was an upscale line of uprights and canisters; the canisters were based on the former Spirit line) Thank you, Ben (KirbyClassicIII) |
Post# 64395 , Reply# 1   3/30/2009 at 14:39 (5,505 days old) by ohio_tuec ()   |   | |
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Well, I'm pretty sure 1954 was the year of the first Constellation (model 82) as a replacement for the Aerodyne, and the first Celebrity was introduced in 1974. |
Post# 64397 , Reply# 2   3/30/2009 at 15:16 (5,505 days old) by kirbyclassiciii (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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I would like to mention that the Portapower Deluxe (model S1029; with wheels and onboard tool storage) had replaced the wheeled Portable Super (model S3015) in 1979. The other two Portables and Slimline continued until 1980. The Quik-Broom was a new name in 1974 for the Handivac Upright. The Elite became the Elite II in 1991; the Legacy model would follow suit as the Legacy II the next year. |
Post# 64567 , Reply# 4   3/31/2009 at 21:57 (5,504 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 64580 , Reply# 5   3/31/2009 at 22:46 (5,504 days old) by kirbyclassiciii (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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