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Post# 179978   5/5/2012 at 15:23 (4,345 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Hi all,
At the request of Mike, I've started a thread about this beauty. I picked this up from a friend of mine. It had most certainly seen better days. It was filthy, the cord had been cut off and the bumper held on with parcel tape (PARCEL TAPE. ON PLASTIC. I ask you, what kind of fool does THAT!?). I had no idea if it worked or not but as I've been after one of these for years, I took a risk. I remember seeing a few of these around as a kid, but one stands out in particular. My Mums friend, Michelle (who's daughter used to babysit for me), had one that she always kept in her walk in wardrobe. I can still picture it stood in their with the hose over the handle. She was one of few people who would always let me play with her vacuum as a kid. As you can imagine, I'm thrilled enough just to own one of these. Me and James S added a new cord too it and whadyaknow, she works! The bearings need some attention, but everything else works a treat. The CV50D was Hitachi's first upright launched around 1980/1981. It includes a lot of features that were incredibly revolutionary for the time - clean air design, cord rewind, beater bar controls, detachable handle for storage. A lot of these now we expect as standards on vacuums, but this is where they began. Anybody who remembers these first time around may be able to supply some more info. Anyway, here are a few snaps of her cleaned up. Video to follow once we've sorted out the bearings. |
Post# 179979 , Reply# 1   5/5/2012 at 15:25 (4,345 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 179980 , Reply# 2   5/5/2012 at 15:26 (4,345 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 179981 , Reply# 3   5/5/2012 at 15:30 (4,345 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 180051 , Reply# 6   5/6/2012 at 13:20 (4,344 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 180113 , Reply# 8   5/7/2012 at 06:57 (4,343 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 180114 , Reply# 9   5/7/2012 at 06:58 (4,343 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 180117 , Reply# 10   5/7/2012 at 07:06 (4,343 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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I thought I'd already replied to this, but obviously it didn't send.
I'll say it again: That film Benny mentioned, if removed would make that panel look so much better! I love it when I get an old appliance which still has the film covering it in places, as when removed the plastic underneath is usually in new condition! |
Post# 362586 , Reply# 12   11/20/2016 at 13:32 (2,685 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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At long last, the brochure.
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Post# 362589 , Reply# 13   11/20/2016 at 14:20 (2,685 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Many thanks Chris, I first came across these models in 1982 working for Agri-Electrics, they where very popular and to think over the Hoovers and Electrolux of the time this one stood out for having a very robust casing, cord rewind, metal detachable handle and brush bar on / off with height adjustment. The bag carrier was a slight faff to get used to but great performance, now all I have to do is fix the model you gave me with the new motor, Cheers,
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