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Thread Number: 14379
Lee's first constellation restoration 867A |
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| Post# 151800 9/18/2011 at 07:46 (4,593 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys, UK) | ||
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| Post# 151855 , Reply# 43 9/18/2011 at 08:55 (4,593 days old) by massagemiracle () | ||
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Fantastic Work!!! Great Job! I hope that I can do half the job that you have done! | ||
| Post# 151856 , Reply# 44 9/18/2011 at 08:56 (4,593 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys, UK) | ||
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| Post# 151874 , Reply# 56 9/18/2011 at 09:39 (4,593 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 151875 , Reply# 57 9/18/2011 at 10:03 (4,593 days old) by goadie12 () | ||
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Omg those machines are absolutely beautiful some of the best work I have seen can't wait to see the other two vacs done thanks. Zach | ||
| Post# 151886 , Reply# 58 9/18/2011 at 11:26 (4,593 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 151887 , Reply# 59 9/18/2011 at 11:27 (4,593 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 151888 , Reply# 60 9/18/2011 at 11:42 (4,593 days old) by electrolux~137 () | ||
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WOW, what beautiful work!! Excellent job on both machines!! | ||
| Post# 151891 , Reply# 61 9/18/2011 at 12:09 (4,593 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys, UK) | ||
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| Post# 151892 , Reply# 62 9/18/2011 at 12:17 (4,593 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 151953 , Reply# 64 9/18/2011 at 16:51 (4,593 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 151966 , Reply# 65 9/18/2011 at 17:52 (4,593 days old) by beerad (Beautiful Vancouver BC) | ||
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wow... those connie restoration are beautiful!! good job. I was wondering if you knew where i could get the matching hose and acessories for this connie from? 
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| Post# 151999 , Reply# 66 9/18/2011 at 20:27 (4,593 days old) by vacumaniac () | ||
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Hotpoint those are beautiful!!!! Once bitten by this bug it only gets more exciting. My wife has grown to accept this, and on occasion will surprise me with a vac or two!!! I look forward to seeing those other two when they are done | ||
| Post# 152025 , Reply# 67 9/18/2011 at 23:24 (4,593 days old) by goadie12 () | ||
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Wow I must say beerad that filter queen in the background is absolutely beautiful I have never seen one that is all crone in that style and year where in the world did u find it? Zach | ||
| Post# 152032 , Reply# 68 9/19/2011 at 01:56 (4,593 days old) by beerad (Beautiful Vancouver BC) | ||
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Hi Zach I bought it a few years ago from a vac shop. It is a Canadian model 200a made in Toronto in 1939. It was one of the very first filter queens. That particular all chrome one in the pic is a special model.. it was only available as a prize to the top sales person of that year. It was not available for sale to the public. It runs like a top too. | ||
| Post# 152033 , Reply# 69 9/19/2011 at 01:58 (4,593 days old) by beerad (Beautiful Vancouver BC) | ||
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zach here is my email addy bbeerad@gmail.com wanna chat sometime ? Brad. | ||
| Post# 152051 , Reply# 71 9/19/2011 at 10:15 (4,592 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys, UK) | ||
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hotpoint 95622 @ kirbymodel2c James, yes I send the casings to a company not to far from home which chemically strip the old coatings and then sand blast the metal ready for a coating of powder paint which is then backed on in a kiln, result is a very durable finish. www.leominsterpowdercoat.co.uk/... I do not have the ability to paint them myself, the finish would be absolutely awful if it tried and would end up paying anyway. @ beerad I have found all my hoses and tools from eBay, you just have top keep checking every day, and something will come up at some point. @ vacumaniac Yes she will accept it as I have over the 60+ shoes and matching bags. @ twocvbloke Well spotted, yes its arctic cable, the only blue cable I could find it’s a bit heavy and stops the unit moving as freely as a lighter cable would, I could do with some red, green, and yellow now. lee 
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| Post# 152066 , Reply# 73 9/19/2011 at 13:36 (4,592 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Hi Lee,
Was it easy to drill the rivets out, also where did you get your rivet gun/rivets from? And why I come to think of it what kindda price range are we looking at to have work like you have had done roughly?? Is it £100s of pounds? Sorry if its a nosey question I never thought of of getting a company to respray metal work for me. James:o) | ||
| Post# 152067 , Reply# 74 9/19/2011 at 13:44 (4,592 days old) by pinkge (Indianapolis,Indiana) | ||
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Lee... beautiful job on those connie's.Trully,you are the artist when it comes to restoration of the Hoover Connie's.Thumb's up. Michael | ||
| Post# 152263 , Reply# 75 9/20/2011 at 11:40 (4,591 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys, UK) | ||
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Hello James
Drilling out the rivets is easy enough, cordless drill and 2mm 3mm and 4mm metal drill bit’s, it can be awkward drilling out the bag holder and the clasp. Riveter and the rivets are from Halfords or B&Q stock them as well. The cost of the powder coating including stripping and sand blasting was £75 cash the rose one which is with them now might cost more due to the very poor condition and the sand blasting will take longer. Lee | ||
Post# 152294 , Reply# 76 9/20/2011 at 14:50 (4,591 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Dear GOD, Lee!!!!!!!!! | ||
| Post# 152309 , Reply# 77 9/20/2011 at 17:25 (4,591 days old) by rickenbacker () | ||
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Those, Sir, are superb! very well done :) | ||
| Post# 152408 , Reply# 78 9/21/2011 at 11:42 (4,590 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys, UK) | ||
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Thanks for all the replies.
@ gottahaveahoove The rose and white/ yellow and white machines I found in a garden shed, and have been in there for most of the past 15 years the rose one longer, it was sitting on the bare ground in the mud, the yellow one was on a shelf but it was full of compost which included the remains of a dust bag. Bottom of the rose one 
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| Post# 152619 , Reply# 80 9/23/2011 at 07:52 (4,588 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
Were there any other variations?
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There were a couple more (in the UK) 822A identicial to the 822 except it floats 868 orange/beige - US import early 1970s There are two varieties of the yellow version - one with toggle switch & one with rocker switch. As far as no connie was sold with plastic hose hande and tubes in the UK - but dont know about Europe. There are other varieties in Australia and NZ. I am told that connies were assenmbled under liscence by Fisher & Paykal from parts sourced from USA rather than from UK. For some reason in Aus they retained the step-on switch rather than the toggle switch for sometime into the production of the 862/867 On the attached vid (love these by the way) the "mop head" attachment looks interesting too. CLICK HERE TO GO TO vacbear58's LINK | ||
| Post# 152620 , Reply# 81 9/23/2011 at 07:57 (4,588 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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You will see in another thread Markus79 has posted a couple of his 822s as well, but they retained the non floating base for many years as can be seen in the attached video, with a Smoke Pine/Swedish Green Connie
Al CLICK HERE TO GO TO vacbear58's LINK | ||
| Post# 152624 , Reply# 82 9/23/2011 at 09:49 (4,588 days old) by MikeKLondon () | ||
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Hotpoint WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW Nice Job | ||
| Post# 152638 , Reply# 83 9/23/2011 at 13:31 (4,588 days old) by SuctionSelector (Leeds, England) | ||
Hi 95622! | ||
| Post# 152644 , Reply# 84 9/23/2011 at 14:08 (4,588 days old) by vacuumfreak (Ontario, Canada) | ||
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Amazing work! Those machines look outstanding! | ||
| Post# 152827 , Reply# 85 9/24/2011 at 08:05 (4,587 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT) | ||
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Wow those look awesome. You should start a mail order service. Nicholas | ||
| Post# 152847 , Reply# 86 9/24/2011 at 11:05 (4,587 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys, UK) | ||
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