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Thread Number: 908
HOOVER MODEL 90 AND IT'S MANY DESCENDANTS. |
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| Post# 9308 , Reply# 1 2/7/2007 at 13:32 (6,280 days old) by junior1975 () | ||
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912A. Above is my U7008. Here is her older sister, my 912A. U7008 is 1980 virage and the 912 is 1970. :D:D:D:D:D:D CLICK HERE TO GO TO junior1975's LINK 
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| Post# 9324 , Reply# 2 2/7/2007 at 15:23 (6,280 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
912-7008
Hello! I'm very fond of these hoover models. I also have memories of these quiet beasts while I was at school! When I was six years old, I found a Hoover U 7008, just like yours, in a closet at school, it was used to clean the carpet in the gym. I remember myself looking at it and being just a little bit taller than its handle;-), good perspective for it. Then, when I changed school at the age of 11, I found another one there, and I have been seeing it in use everyday while I was waiting for my parents to bring me back home. At that time these vaccum cleaners were very popular in Italy in shops, offices, museums etc.,probably because they were "heavy duty" in the real meaning of the word! When I was 12 I picked up from the trash an early verson of U 7008, with black bag, and it had a problem with fan/pulley, the pulley couldn't be screwed to the shaft tigtly, so the fan didn't work properly. I solved the problem replacing pulley and fan. I'm finding U 912s quite frequently lately, I have three of them now, and I'm impressed by the way they still work, though they usually need bag replacement and very often a new brushroll!Hoover repair centers still offer the new top fill bag (white) to replace the older ones. I own three 912s, one 7008 with black bag and one with grey bag. According to my Hoover brochures and my memories, Mod U 7008 has been produced til 1990-1991 and the last version featured the same orange bag as the Conquests,and were shown in the hoover commercial cleaners brochures. tommy | ||
| Post# 9444 , Reply# 5 2/9/2007 at 09:20 (6,278 days old) by rexairman () | ||
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Those were great, indestructible old machines! I once heard that the unions wouldn't let women use them because of the weight. No wonder. It takes 3 men and a donkey, or one medium sized bull dyke to operate it. | ||
| Post# 9454 , Reply# 6 2/9/2007 at 13:00 (6,278 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
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Orange bags from commercial brochures in Italy | ||
| Post# 9455 , Reply# 7 2/9/2007 at 13:11 (6,278 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
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| Post# 9457 , Reply# 8 2/9/2007 at 13:33 (6,278 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
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| Post# 9477 , Reply# 10 2/9/2007 at 17:05 (6,278 days old) by kirbyvacuum (Long Island New York) | ||
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carbon brushes Hi Tom a real nice display of Hoovers. Tom maybe you could help me out i am looking for a set of carbon brushes for my Hoover 918. I have tried in my local vacuum shop with no luck maybe you could refer me to a vac- store that could help me out. Thank you Doug. | ||
| Post# 9491 , Reply# 12 2/9/2007 at 18:32 (6,278 days old) by myhooverco () | ||
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Doug... email me and let me know what you need...I bet I have a nice used set for your machine. We have to keep these old Hoovers running!! --Tom | ||
| Post# 9588 , Reply# 15 2/11/2007 at 08:36 (6,277 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
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| Post# 9589 , Reply# 16 2/11/2007 at 08:38 (6,277 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
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| Post# 9955 , Reply# 17 2/16/2007 at 01:00 (6,272 days old) by charles~richard () | ||
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I finally found some photos of my 913 Here's the first one: (again noting that I no longer have the machine) 
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| Post# 9956 , Reply# 18 2/16/2007 at 01:01 (6,272 days old) by charles~richard () | ||
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and the second with our dear sweet Oz (R.I.P.) looking on- 
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