I seem to be collecting alot of Hoovers lately. I have decided to compete with John's (gottohavehoovers ) collection :) 

I got this one from a old lady and am really happy, these are really rare here in SA these days , most been sent to the scrap yard.

I had been looking for a blue and white one ontop of it and got it.

It needs some work and will probably get a total overhaul with new paint to top it off.

Head light works too 

I love my dysons but nothing beats and lifts a carpet pile like a old Hoover 652 not even a Kirby 

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Vacbear58

its a 652c It has a shake out bag, that Sa ranger with a shake out bag is trully odd, later 652"s had paper bags and every ranger I have ever seen had paper bags too , cool  

John 

hehe 

Im only 289 behind you , 

Hoover had a full manufacturing plant here in SA were everything from the motors to the bags and shells were made. They even had a design and engineering dep here and there were a few SA only models\ variations.

The last machines to be made here were the turbopower two& three alongside turbo power 1 ( sold as a economy model) and the Turbomaster tol . That was the best selling vacuum in SA during the 90's 

Yes it was trully sad , same thing happened to Electrolux were I worked. Its just cheaper to import although hoover went belly up here due to some financial mismanagment, now we get cheap made in china vacuums badged as hoovers.

Some were in a store room I have at least 10 prototype test mule Hoovers that a friend got for me when the factory shut , they were meant to be destroyed but I have them, one is a hoover simplicity or turbomaster with all sorts of test pipes attached , a couple of rangers with unique hoods and one with a cardboard enclosed bag( obviously a mock up ie the cardboard but it works )