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Post# 238360   6/30/2013 at 16:00 (3,946 days old) by raycarter (Taylor, Michigan)        

While shopping at a local thrift store yesterday, I picked up a Hoover Custom Convertible U4003, serial number 173731, for the princely sum of only $3.00! Everything is original and still in very good shape, with the only fly in the ointment being that the furniture guard is missing. The cleaner runs smoothly and quietly, with that famous Hoover agitation and suction powerful enough to lift the carpet from the floor!

Here is a picture of this 1970s classic;

Post# 238430 , Reply# 1   7/1/2013 at 09:21 (3,945 days old) by dirtmaster37 (Ypsilanti, Michigan USA)        
U4003

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Wow, that's great that you found something like that. It "seems like" there is nothing out there anymore. And, then there one is... I was just downriver the Friday before last , checked out the new Salvation Army on Telegraph. There was a nice little Hoover Runabout canister there, but nothing else. Then I hit up that Value World on Ecorse (which is the dirtiest dump Ive ever been in aside from the one on Dix/Toledo), and then the other Salvation in Allen Park on Dix/Toledo (saw a Hoover Wind-tunnel there, left it tho. Then ran out of time. I did not hit the Salvation on Eureka or the St. Vincent on Fort St. Was it at either of those???

Again, Great Score. I'd hit up B&D on Fort about that bumper. They have been A Hoover Service Center for a LONG time. Worth a shot.


Post# 238436 , Reply# 2   7/1/2013 at 10:30 (3,945 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
Congrats to you!!!!!!!!!!!

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That was one of my "must haves' too. Now, I have 3 of them, one belonging to Mr. Dick pike. They are a wonderful cleaner. Isn't it great to find a dream machine/ And... $3.00000000000000000 Dear God! Do you have tools? You must get the tools!
John.

Post# 238512 , Reply# 3   7/1/2013 at 17:28 (3,945 days old) by raycarter (Taylor, Michigan)        

Unfortunately, I do not have the cleaning tools as of this writing-though not for lack of trying. I searched high and low through every shelf and bin at the Taylor Value World store, but came up empty-handed. Still, hope springs eternal!

I will definitely go to B&D Vacuum Cleaner in Southgate for a new bumper. I'm quite certain that a Guardsman bumper will fit, as they are essentially commercial-grade Convertibles.

Post# 238982 , Reply# 4   7/4/2013 at 23:07 (3,941 days old) by vacuumman206 ()        
u4001

 a very 70's machine indeed. I am quite suprised at how different looking your 4003 is from the rather basic looking 4001 I have, with it only being 2 numbers different. I guess Hoover had their methods..


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