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Thread Number: 15275
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| Post# 162218 12/15/2011 at 16:28 (4,684 days old) by keiththomas (Northumberland, England) | ||
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Post# 162222 , Reply# 1 12/15/2011 at 16:41 (4,684 days old) by jfalberti  (Visalia, CA) |
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That wasn't a Constellation | ||
| Post# 162225 , Reply# 2 12/15/2011 at 16:55 (4,684 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield. East Midlands) | ||
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As stated above a Celebrity, in fact Celebrity Air Ride. Sold here from the mid 1970s, through to the early 1980s and strangely enough sold (in this country) alongside the Constellation, and at onetime sold alongside the a larger Celebrity which did not float - that one was not all that popular. Two colour schemes yellow/brown and orange/brown. In the US there were several models and a couple of series of Celebrity cleaners - the Air-ride was the US BOL, the other one we had was one next up in the series.
Al 
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| Post# 162232 , Reply# 3 12/15/2011 at 19:41 (4,684 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 162233 , Reply# 4 12/15/2011 at 19:43 (4,684 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 162282 , Reply# 5 12/16/2011 at 00:08 (4,684 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 162294 , Reply# 6 12/16/2011 at 03:27 (4,684 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield. East Midlands) | ||
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Small?
Well partially, in that the motor was small but the bags certainly were not. The motor sits in the middle and is almost completely surronded by the dust bag. While it might have looked innovative in this country compared to the USA (its country of origin), compared to the wide variety of styles and designs available there, and some for quite a few years before, its not all that much at all.
Why buy one of these instead of a Connie? No good reason at all (can you tell I dont like them much?) As I recall they were certainly no cheaper than the connie yet their BOL status really shows in terms of hose (US style - shortish and no stretch), tools, and they are really NOISY compared to the connie, which is quite quiet. Thet are a lot lower to the ground than the connie and so you had to bend much lower to the ground to pick them up, which you had to do quite often. The house I lived in for my first year when I came to London had one, and I HATED it. I do have one in my collection but I dont think I have ever even switched it on. Al | ||
| Post# 162295 , Reply# 7 12/16/2011 at 03:33 (4,684 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 162296 , Reply# 8 12/16/2011 at 03:46 (4,684 days old) by hoovermanmick () | ||
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hoover celebrity didt the hoover celebrity have the same motor as the hooverfreedom or simler CLICK HERE TO GO TO hoovermanmick's LINK | ||
| Post# 162572 , Reply# 9 12/18/2011 at 11:41 (4,681 days old) by keiththomas (Northumberland, England) | ||
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Thanks | ||
| Post# 162620 , Reply# 13 12/18/2011 at 19:15 (4,681 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
In the end, and as HOOVER...er...TTI was closing all it's stores the SS and White New Connies were heavily discounted, even on line. I got my two for $99 but I couldn't pry a HOOVER Carpet from any closing dealerships. :-(
I intend to modify mine with an electric hose and PN because the suction is astounding...but the vinyl stretch hose is a joke. Btw, Tom A told me that the Original Constellation had many innovations in store on the drawing board in 1958 and in the Engineering Department as prototypes. Such as, internal cordwinder, electric hose based on the Model 87 and an all new design for a PN )based on the standard wheeled Floor tool shell) to go with it. Apparently there are Patent Drawings out there. Due to many things happening at the factory and problems with the 87 - Lewyt's developing Big Wheel Electronic debacle notwithstanding - further development was squelched for another half-decade when the Celebrity was King of the Hoover Hill. By then the Constellation was truly a BOL entry level model that made money because the tooling was all paid for. | ||
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