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Post# 142372   7/8/2011 at 12:22 (4,940 days old) by hoover1 ()   |   | |
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does any one know what this is? Josh |
Post# 142374 , Reply# 1   7/8/2011 at 13:27 (4,940 days old) by whirlsonicmore (South US)   |   | |
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Interesting. Looks as if Hoover utilized the same method of keeping the handle together as their canister wands. |
Post# 142378 , Reply# 2   7/8/2011 at 15:07 (4,940 days old) by twocvbloke ()   |   | |
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I think "Quik-Broom" is a bit of a clue... |
Post# 142426 , Reply# 3   7/8/2011 at 21:25 (4,940 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY)   |   | |
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Hoover originally called this line of cleaners "Handivac", and then sometime in the '80s changed the name to "QuikBroom". I have a similar one to yours, but the nozzle broke on it, so I had to get an adapter from my parts supplier and replace the nozzle with a generic one.
I might be wrong, but I think these came out in the '60s or '70s and were made up until sometime in the early '90s.
Bill W. |
Post# 142430 , Reply# 4   7/8/2011 at 21:37 (4,940 days old) by briguy (Wichita, Kansas)   |   | |
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Post# 142431 , Reply# 5   7/8/2011 at 21:40 (4,940 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)   |   | |
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I believe '80's was the swansong for this model, by the '90's the Hoover Quick broom had a reuseable dust cup more like the Regina. IIRC, there was even a Quick Broom in beige that had a full bag indicator. Also, wasn't there a Quick Broom with a powernozzle? That must have cleaned fairly well.
- Hershel |
Post# 143476 , Reply# 6   7/16/2011 at 14:21 (4,932 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY)   |   | |
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Hershel,
You're absolutely right ... there was a Hoover QuikBroom made sometime in the '80s, I think, that was equipped with a Powermatic nozzle (from the early Celebrity II line). Natch, it would have been the TOL model for its time. And, it seems to be something of a rarity because I haven't seen a single one ANYWHERE since they first came out!
BTW if I recall correctly the color scheme of the machine was white with blue trim.
Bill W. |