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Just for a Lark... |
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Post# 227274 , Reply# 1   4/7/2013 at 17:33 (4,008 days old) by powermate63 ()   |   | |
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It's a model 5704, made at the Hoover plant in Burlington, Ontario. I was wondering what vintage this model might be? It still has a cloth bag. |
Post# 227275 , Reply# 2   4/7/2013 at 17:35 (4,008 days old) by powermate63 ()   |   | |
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Here's the only flaw... The retractable brush is missing. Can this part still be found? If so, is it possible that the average vacuum repair shop might have these parts? If not, are there on-line sources? |
Post# 227301 , Reply# 4   4/7/2013 at 20:08 (4,008 days old) by chan55 (Green Bay, WI)   |   | |
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I always find it interesting the way Hoover would use the same name for different types of vacs. Was not Lark an upright in the 50's? |
Post# 227302 , Reply# 5   4/7/2013 at 20:14 (4,008 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany)   |   | |
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Yes, Hoover loved name-recycling! Paul, here's my Lark.. With a vintage package of bags. |
Post# 227390 , Reply# 6   4/8/2013 at 09:52 (4,007 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 230563 , Reply# 8   4/29/2013 at 17:06 (3,986 days old) by powermate63 ()   |   | |
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I figured that it might be able to adapt a modern brush to the older Lark carpet and floor attachment. I found this late-80s plastic Hoover tool in a box at a local thrift store. |
Post# 230772 , Reply# 10   5/1/2013 at 02:32 (3,984 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Paul,
Nice to see you posting on here too. Surely Chris would have exclaimed "that's a Hooverette" when he saw it (or maybe he hasn't LOLOL) as that is what they were called here, although ours had a handle running the length of the body. A couple of years ago (just for a lark LOLOL) I tried fitting a power nozzle to one of mine and it actually worked quite well, to the extent that I would have almost made provision for a PN outlet on the cleaner (it works but its not the best example I have) and might still do if I turn up a spare power nozzle. Even here paper bags are rare (it had something like a 20 year run here) but bags for Junior/Convertible models should be OK although they may need to be cut down a little, they just fit inside the cloth bag and folded back over the top (of the cloth bag) Al |