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Thread Number: 9633
Odd "Hoover" |
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| Post# 105442 8/8/2010 at 20:20 (5,008 days old) by kirbyotronic () | ||
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Interesting... CLICK HERE TO GO TO kirbyotronic's LINK on eBay | ||
| Post# 105445 , Reply# 1 8/8/2010 at 21:03 (5,008 days old) by crevicetool (GA ) | ||
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Alex, I'm not a Hoover expert by any means, but I think that is quite a rare machine and would clean up rather well. Rick | ||
| Post# 105458 , Reply# 2 8/9/2010 at 02:55 (5,008 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
I have not seen many in this colour on here
Well not so far anyway. The nearest equivalent I have seen is the Canadian 418 - there was a thread about this about three or four months ago - I am curious as to where it fits into the Hoover time line - we had our equivalent of this model in 1953, yet it seems in the US that the model 50 derived machines went on past that time. I have also glimpsed versions with blue endcaps, which from a UK veiw would date them after the budgandy version. Al | ||
Post# 105462 , Reply# 4 8/9/2010 at 06:30 (5,008 days old) by arh1953  ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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I think the one in this picture is identified as a Holiday | ||
| Post# 105465 , Reply# 5 8/9/2010 at 10:09 (5,008 days old) by joe22 () | ||
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looks like a uk version | ||
| Post# 105579 , Reply# 6 8/10/2010 at 19:18 (5,006 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
Yep, Alan
that's the Holiday. The Holiday had an interesting history. It was the first vacuum that Hoover chose to "outsource" the distribution of to an outside company. At first, it appeared to be a "marriage" made in heaven. But that company badly botched the job. Complicating this was the fact that the Constellation debuted around the same time, which got HEAVY advertising copy, while the Holiday did not. As a result, the Holiday is a rare collectible now, as not many of them were produced, and purchased, in the US. A similar model style was in production longer in Europe than it was here, though I don't believe it was called the Holiday. It got numbered as part of the "41...." series. Too bad. It was a cool machine. Somewhere I have the 2-page ad for the Holiday that was in (Life?). It may be one of our Pictures of the Day items - I think I've seen it posted. I have the story of the distribution company being hired by Hoover, published in Electrical Merchandising Magazine. I'll dig it up and start a new thread...JL | ||
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Post# 105647 , Reply# 7 8/11/2010 at 06:06 (5,006 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Post# 105656 , Reply# 8 8/11/2010 at 09:34 (5,006 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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It was the first vacuum that Hoover chose to "outsource That's not what I remember being told ....I remember being told that the Holiday was a true Hoover Product but that it was imported from Britan......PAT COFFEY | ||
| Post# 105666 , Reply# 11 8/11/2010 at 13:44 (5,005 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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Wait wait wait.....
The manufacturing of the Holiday was NOT outsourced....it was the DISTRIBUTION of the machine that Hoover decided to give to a distribution company. As far as I know, The Holiday was built in the North Canton factory, though you might be right, Pat, that it was made in Britain. I wish there had been more of them in circulation. I can't BELIEVE that cool NIB one that Michael Pletcher has. Thanks for that photo, Fred. JL
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| Post# 105686 , Reply# 12 8/11/2010 at 16:40 (5,005 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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UK made?
I suspect that if not made in N Canton it was made in Canada rather than the UK - there are some detail differences between this machine and the UK version - notably the cord grip behind the switch and the UK version had "pip and clip" attachment fixings - the first machine to have them. Although maybe not strictly an accurate difference, the Uk box graphics are very different to the one illustrated above too When I get a chance I will take some pictures of mine for comparison Al | ||
| Post# 105691 , Reply# 13 8/11/2010 at 17:45 (5,005 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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Hey Al - | ||
| Post# 105716 , Reply# 14 8/11/2010 at 19:20 (5,005 days old) by electrolux~137 () | ||
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I had one of these a long, long time ago. It was in nice condition with the original hose, but wasn't something I was all that interested in at the time, so I gave it away. | ||
| Post# 105742 , Reply# 15 8/12/2010 at 00:53 (5,005 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Holiday In UK? | ||
| Post# 105971 , Reply# 16 8/14/2010 at 16:15 (5,002 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK) | ||
I once had one.. | ||
| Post# 105972 , Reply# 17 8/14/2010 at 16:17 (5,002 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK) | ||
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Oh and BTW.. | ||
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