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Post# 22387   10/15/2007 at 04:31 (6,038 days old) by charles~richard ()        




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Post# 22389 , Reply# 1   10/15/2007 at 05:20 (6,038 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        
I'm Scared

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What's piloting that strange craft?

Post# 22395 , Reply# 2   10/15/2007 at 07:26 (6,038 days old) by dial-a-nap (Omaha - the home of the TV Dinner)        

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Dust Mites from the planet Mattress!

Post# 22403 , Reply# 3   10/15/2007 at 11:31 (6,038 days old) by charles~richard ()        

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!



Post# 22406 , Reply# 4   10/15/2007 at 15:29 (6,038 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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Uh oh, they're here......

Post# 22409 , Reply# 5   10/15/2007 at 16:23 (6,037 days old) by electrogirl ()        

Oh course they are there Alan, you provided them with a perfect landing strip.

Post# 22419 , Reply# 6   10/15/2007 at 18:41 (6,037 days old) by charles~richard ()        

hehheh what fun.

I do hate the hose on this thing - waaaaaaaa too short. I think I may have a spare Hoover hose around here somewhere that I can use for the machine end, then attach a longer coiled hose and at the other end, don't fall into a dead faint Hoover fans, but I think I am going to put an Electrolux handle so I can use Electrolux tools with it. I have white Lux attachments that will look nice with it. The attachments that came with this thing are really cheap and crummy, and the floor-rug nozzle is about as lousy a tool as I have ever seen.

I am REEEEEEALLY impressed with the power of this machine. Truly amazing. It has to be one of the, if not THE most, powerful machines of its era.



Post# 22440 , Reply# 7   10/15/2007 at 23:05 (6,037 days old) by charles~richard ()        
BUT WAIT!! THERE'S MORE!!!!!

Check out the "postscript" section.......

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Post# 22442 , Reply# 8   10/15/2007 at 23:38 (6,037 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Charles, that looks just right with the longer hose. Now you have Hoover wands & coupler for further transplant experiments. Looks like the nylon button latches are still intact.

I heartily approve since I had to come up with wands for the Viking (Eureka) so I could use the VibraGroom attachment. While the regular Viking floor tool has a 45 degree swivel elbow the VG had none. Then I found it in another box of bits I scooped off the floor - damn lucky. Electrolux wands are the perfect fit. More on the Eureka Vibra Groom later...it too makes strange unearthly noises rarely heard. :-)


Post# 22457 , Reply# 9   10/16/2007 at 05:01 (6,037 days old) by 74simon ()        
i'm scared!

Reminds me of one of those Egyptian deities with the body of a human and the head of an animal!

That hose does look way short though. Wonder if it was punctured and then cut down? Does the floor tool have the floating brush? I'm not keen on them, as the seem to leave a gap between the intake and the carpet. If I use one, I just retract the brushes, especialy with my looped pile carpet. I prefer the UK flip-over floor tool, but I don't think they ever made it to the USA!

I've got to say Charles, you're the *last* person I would have imagined picking up a Hoover Celebrity! That's a step towards the Dark Side for you!

Si


Post# 22466 , Reply# 10   10/16/2007 at 08:19 (6,037 days old) by hoover1060 ()        
Actually Charles...

That LUX hose and tools will work very well with that Celebrity!
Nice job, and I agree with Si, the Celebrity is indeed a walk on the wild side for you!

In its day, it was probably the most powerful canister on the market.


Post# 22478 , Reply# 11   10/16/2007 at 10:18 (6,037 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

I think I sacrificed my Celebrity back to the thrift store when we moved last year because it isn't here now. That's how packed the moving van was on the 2nd trip. But I wouldn't bet the farm on it since my most precious Kenmore Duo Power upright is also missing in action and there is NO WAY in hell I would have given that away or taken it to the dump. Already my blood pressures rising just thinking about it and that move which had to be one of the two most stressfull experience in my life to date.

Post# 22525 , Reply# 12   10/16/2007 at 20:32 (6,036 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT)        

I like the Celebrities too. I just wish you could get better filtering bags. I might have to do some experiments of my own. Mu Ha Ha
I think the longer hose is a great idea. The non-electric celebrity hoses are way too short! The Lux cross-breeding shound be OK. I have a Hoover hose that I put a Lux machine end on. The world didn't stop revolving. :)
Nicholas


Post# 23033 , Reply# 13   10/25/2007 at 16:38 (6,027 days old) by ohio_tuec ()        
Hoover Celebrity II Bicentennial Edition

While we're on the subject of Celebrities, does anyone out there have the Celebrity II Bicentennial Edition? I'd love to see what it looks like....

Post# 23121 , Reply# 14   10/27/2007 at 07:27 (6,026 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Mystery in Space

Post# 23122 , Reply# 15   10/27/2007 at 07:36 (6,026 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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Charles~Richards Hoover reminds me of Audrey Hepburn's "Breakfast At Tiffany's" hat, and that comic book looks like an interesting read, love to see more of both. Could someone show us their Celebrities? I want the cheapest one, the one that floats on air.

Post# 23126 , Reply# 16   10/27/2007 at 08:22 (6,026 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT)        

Here's my orange one model s3005. I have a couple yellow floaters, but they are buried at the moment. They are model number s3005-030. I think the orange one is oldest? It has the older style plug. The yellow ones are square. Anyway I like these, and they float better than my connies. Someday I will figure out how to get them to filter better.
Nicholas


Post# 23128 , Reply# 17   10/27/2007 at 08:27 (6,026 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

iirc they weren't near as quiet as the connies are they. I bought a red one new at the time for a friend back around 76. It had the power nozzle with the awkward cord that wrapped around the hose and for the life of me I can't remember if that had to plugged into the wall because there wasn't an outlet on the machine itself. I'm thinking it did but I could be wrong.

Post# 23132 , Reply# 18   10/27/2007 at 08:35 (6,026 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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Thanks, Nicholas, that's what I'm talking about. I'd take a floater or non-floater if I can find one. Any color too.

Post# 23133 , Reply# 19   10/27/2007 at 08:55 (6,026 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT)        
Suction side note

I was looking at some old consumer reports and they rated the s3003-030 (same as Charles') as fair suction. Go figure! The Lux Super J got good suction and none got excellent! They must have tested them at 15,000 feet!
Nicholas


Post# 23137 , Reply# 20   10/27/2007 at 13:26 (6,026 days old) by charles~richard ()        

Speaking of Consumer Reports, the October 2007 issue rates vacuum cleaners.

(That comic book is a HOOT!!)


Post# 312119 , Reply# 21   1/15/2015 at 14:42 (3,389 days old) by ronni (USA)        

I wonder if the names "(Hoover) Craft" or "Galaxy" had ever been bandied about in the think tank before 'Celebrity' was chosen? IMHO they would have been more of a fit with its design. "Flying Saucer" might have led to some shenanigans in the hands of someone like Peter Brady (thinking he was the one who used his flashlight to create a UFO)!

Does anyone have a model/color chart of them?



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