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Thread Number: 24266
Hoover Dail A Matic Day |
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| Post# 271660 3/13/2014 at 12:51 (3,690 days old) by williamr1248 (USA) | ||
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Sometimes you just have to use your Hoover! 
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| Post# 271662 , Reply# 1 3/13/2014 at 12:52 (3,690 days old) by williamr1248 (USA) | ||
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Hoover Dail A Matic Day Even got the dusting tools out today 
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| Post# 271663 , Reply# 2 3/13/2014 at 12:56 (3,690 days old) by williamr1248 (USA) | ||
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Hoover Dail A Matic Day Not made in China. All metal base and proud real Hoover Name plate on the front. No cheap decals on this Hoover. 
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| Post# 271664 , Reply# 3 3/13/2014 at 12:58 (3,690 days old) by williamr1248 (USA) | ||
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Hoover Dail A Matic Day Still having problem with the bags leaking BIG TIME in the bag chamber. This is after only one use with clean bag 
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| Post# 271665 , Reply# 4 3/13/2014 at 13:01 (3,690 days old) by williamr1248 (USA) | ||
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Hoover Dail A Matic Day Here is the bag I am using. It seems to fit the tube tight. I am just picking the dirt off the rug and throwing it back in the room. More concerned that it will damage the motor. Any suggestions? 
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| Post# 271666 , Reply# 5 3/13/2014 at 13:07 (3,690 days old) by jade_angel (Fort Collins, CO) | ||
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Is it possible to MacGyver a newer type of bag in there? I can't recall what the fill tube on a DAM looks like, but would a Riccar bag fit? | ||
| Post# 271672 , Reply# 8 3/13/2014 at 13:55 (3,690 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
Rob  | ||
| Post# 271686 , Reply# 11 3/13/2014 at 15:36 (3,690 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
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Rob | ||
| Post# 271695 , Reply# 12 3/13/2014 at 16:03 (3,689 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211) | ||
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| Post# 271703 , Reply# 14 3/13/2014 at 17:40 (3,689 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
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Rob | ||
| Post# 271713 , Reply# 15 3/13/2014 at 19:17 (3,689 days old) by smow69 (Muskogee Oklahoma) | ||
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bags i have used eureka style s bags and it fit good the canned ham style | ||
Post# 271749 , Reply# 16 3/13/2014 at 22:39 (3,689 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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BEAUTIFUL vacuum! | ||
| Post# 271789 , Reply# 18 3/14/2014 at 07:43 (3,689 days old) by jade_angel (Fort Collins, CO) | ||
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Bag door cover Was the bag door cover originally yellow like that, or is it sun-yellowed over time? If it's sun-yellowed, there's something called Retr0Bright that can remove the yellowing and return it to its original color. Google that name, it can be made at home if need be. | ||
| Post# 271807 , Reply# 22 3/14/2014 at 10:04 (3,689 days old) by williamr1248 (USA) | ||
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Hoover Dail A Matic Days Here is a shot of the cover. Not much leaking dirt here either. I can see a little in the corners but to me it seems very good for it's age. 
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| Post# 271811 , Reply# 24 3/14/2014 at 10:21 (3,689 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany) | ||
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I found a picture from the day I brought the 1176 home... I got it because the base is nearly flawless. I'll have to dig that out and breathe some new life into it... 
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| Post# 271823 , Reply# 26 3/14/2014 at 11:30 (3,689 days old) by NYCWriter (New York City) | ||
Well ...
"I think people used to take better care of an appliance years ago, not expecting to replace it every year at a discount store with another cheap ,plastic, made in China junky vacuum."
They DID. For two reasons: 1. They paid the equivalent of $926 for the Dial-A-Matic (as opposed to the equivalent of around $600 for the Convertible). 2. There were no cheap, plastic, made-in-China junky vacuums in existence back then. The only options were well-built vacuums starting at the equivalent of $600 (and upwards). If it broke, you took it to the repair shop. | ||
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Post# 271824 , Reply# 27 3/14/2014 at 11:35 (3,689 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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. Funny, as popular as Dial-A-Matics were (even Samantha Stevens had one!), only once did I ever seen one in someone's house. That was a high-school friend of mine whose mom had one. It was off-white with a medium blue panel in the front and a tan handle. They kept it in a shallow closet in their rec room. The attachments were in a box in a corner of the closet. I never saw his mom using it. Every time I'd go over there I'd peek in the closet to look at it. I was amused that it was never put away the same way -- sometimes it was front-in, sometimes back-in, and sometimes sideways! | ||
| Post# 271828 , Reply# 28 3/14/2014 at 12:12 (3,689 days old) by NYCWriter (New York City) | ||
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I think ... | ||
| Post# 271839 , Reply# 30 3/14/2014 at 12:54 (3,689 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 271890 , Reply# 31 3/14/2014 at 18:47 (3,688 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 272315 , Reply# 32 3/17/2014 at 21:56 (3,685 days old) by kevin (Livonia) | ||
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Ad from 1971 (eBay): 
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Post# 272363 , Reply# 33 3/18/2014 at 07:09 (3,685 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Post# 272370 , Reply# 35 3/18/2014 at 09:39 (3,685 days old) by jfalberti (Visalia, CA) |
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Even the non self propelled models | ||
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Post# 272386 , Reply# 36 3/18/2014 at 12:02 (3,685 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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| Post# 272498 , Reply# 37 3/19/2014 at 08:59 (3,684 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
Gary! | ||
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