I found one of my first vacuums!

My dad and I were driving home from Chicago an hour ago, and I saw a Bissell Powerforce in the garbage as we drove by, of course, I didn't think about stopping for it, but I looked past again, and saw something red laying on the ground. I had my dad turn around and I found a Hoover Encore upright! It is basically the same thing as the Elite 200 but red.

So here is the story with this one-
My great grandma had one of these, and I specifically remember vacuuming her shag carpet in her trailer with this when I was about 4 or 5. It was very hard to push! When she passed away, the entire family was at her house cleaning it out and what not after the funeral, and I wanted that Hoover! My grandpa promised that he would get it for me, but I thought someone else would take it. So I had him 'hide' it in the furnace room! A few weeks later I was outside of my house playing with two of my friends, when my grandparents pulled up and I saw the handle of the vacuum through the back window the van! That was so exciting. I used it all over the house I remember. The day my mom's Fantom Fury died, she used that to vacuum. We also brought it to clean our camper out once as well! One day I was outside with one of my friends, and we took the bag topper off and vacuumed the lawn with it! After that I'm not sure what happened to it. But I wanted to share that story as it is a very sentimental vacuum to me!

This one runs pretty good. It was rained on yesterday in a bad storm that we had, so the bag was clean inside and out when I got it! The inner bag was STUFFED, bad, with dirt. It also needs a good cleaning and a belt. I'm so happy that I found it though!


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Post# 138063 5/30/2011 at 20:04 (4,708 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)
Checkrate/Likes My dad and I were driving home from Chicago an hour ago, and I saw a Bissell Powerforce in the garbage as we drove by, of course, I didn't think about stopping for it, but I looked past again, and saw something red laying on the ground. I had my dad turn around and I found a Hoover Encore upright! It is basically the same thing as the Elite 200 but red. So here is the story with this one- My great grandma had one of these, and I specifically remember vacuuming her shag carpet in her trailer with this when I was about 4 or 5. It was very hard to push! When she passed away, the entire family was at her house cleaning it out and what not after the funeral, and I wanted that Hoover! My grandpa promised that he would get it for me, but I thought someone else would take it. So I had him 'hide' it in the furnace room! A few weeks later I was outside of my house playing with two of my friends, when my grandparents pulled up and I saw the handle of the vacuum through the back window the van! That was so exciting. I used it all over the house I remember. The day my mom's Fantom Fury died, she used that to vacuum. We also brought it to clean our camper out once as well! One day I was outside with one of my friends, and we took the bag topper off and vacuumed the lawn with it! After that I'm not sure what happened to it. But I wanted to share that story as it is a very sentimental vacuum to me! This one runs pretty good. It was rained on yesterday in a bad storm that we had, so the bag was clean inside and out when I got it! The inner bag was STUFFED, bad, with dirt. It also needs a good cleaning and a belt. I'm so happy that I found it though!

Post# 138088 , Reply# 1 5/31/2011 at 00:11 (4,708 days old) by thevacuumman (Borger, TX)
Checkrate/Likes It's always good to have a childhood vac I have 3 of mine my grandpas Kirby, My Rainbow D4C, and my grandparents Electrolux E

Post# 138090 , Reply# 2 5/31/2011 at 00:46 (4,708 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany)
Checkrate/Likes The Encore has always had a special place in my collection. I don't know why exactly I honed in on that model, and wanted one so badly -- but I did. Jay Leno gave me one when I was on his program in 1994. I should have had him autograph it...

Post# 138096 , Reply# 3 5/31/2011 at 05:06 (4,707 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)
Checkrate/Likes OMG!!!! Fred! You were on Jay Leno? I thought Kyle was the only famous vacuum kid! Now you too? Is there a YouTube clip of the segment from the show somewhere?

Post# 138102 , Reply# 4 5/31/2011 at 10:11 (4,707 days old) by fanonthefloor (Augusta,Georgia)
Checkrate/Likes Braian I tried to find it but when it was uploaded nbc called a copyright claim on it. I looked in the fourm archives and there was a link but it was copyrighted.

Post# 138144 , Reply# 5 5/31/2011 at 20:51 (4,707 days old) by myvacsrock (USA)
Checkrate/Likes *Definitely not famous. Lol..* Fred made the "circuit of shows" once before also. I suppose it's just the newer generation. Fred - that is an awesome photo, definitely a treasured machine. I had Jay sign a blue RSL4 Supralite for me, and that machine holds a special place. I remember the day before we filmed i was at the studio and requested to see the video of your segment, and the producer dug it out of the "vault" of tapes. It was quite a joy to watch. I chuckled watching you carry that 20's coffee can Hoover out. Very cool. Chase- congrats on the find! Didn't mean to hijack your thread. ;)

Post# 138152 , Reply# 6 5/31/2011 at 23:02 (4,707 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)
Checkrate/Likes We are in the presence of television stars here friends!!! Okay...when I finally meet the "famous" Kyle (famous even in Canada, buddy!) and our poster guy Fred - I WANT AUTOGRAPHS!!!!!!!!! :-) (G-d I wished I had seen other young vac fans on TV when I was growing up in the 1960's. It would have made a major impact on my self-esteem, and I could show my parents I was not crazy.)