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Thread Number: 2743
Hoover Celebrity III Model S3169 |
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Post# 30223 1/25/2008 at 08:45 (5,928 days old) by arh1953  ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Wednesday, I made my trip to Jensen Beach, and found this wonderful Celebrity III, languishing in a U-Haul box, with everything pictured, minus the mystery crevice tool that I thought belonged with it. It came with extra bags,(I thought)found out the machine had no bag, the cord is electrical taped to the back, and taped inside the case too. After installing the only bag that came with it, I tried it out, and what a performer! I found out the switch won't work either, but I plugged it into a computer extention box and went to town. It has great suction, picks the carpet up, and glides over the rug like a champ. What is the official name of the burnt orange and chocolate color scheme?
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Post# 30224 , Reply# 1 1/25/2008 at 08:51 (5,928 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Bottoms Up! | ||
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Post# 30242 , Reply# 3 1/25/2008 at 17:03 (5,928 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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The Motor Cover
Here it is. I love this thing, I hope I can locate more locally. I have the two tone blue one which is a Quiet Series, that is pictured in another thread. It cost about $9.00 with just the hose, and the orange/brown floater cost $21.40, with wands, floor tool, dust/upholstery brush, and wrong crevice tool.
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| Post# 30296 , Reply# 5 1/26/2008 at 15:43 (5,927 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Lucky find Alan the floating Celebrity is my fave because it floats which is all that matters to me. Otherwise I don't care for them all that much like most other canisters. Unless they have some unique property. | ||
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Post# 30299 , Reply# 6 1/26/2008 at 15:47 (5,927 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 30319 , Reply# 7 1/26/2008 at 18:28 (5,927 days old) by logan () | ||
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I would love to find one of these, but I have a question. Are they suppose to have wheels? I've never seen one up close so I am not sure. Either way, I think it's a awesome looking Hoover. | ||
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Post# 30326 , Reply# 8 1/26/2008 at 18:44 (5,927 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 30336 , Reply# 9 1/26/2008 at 19:33 (5,927 days old) by logan () | ||
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I love that blue one! Is it straight suction or does it have a power nozzle connection? | ||
| Post# 30337 , Reply# 10 1/26/2008 at 19:38 (5,927 days old) by electroluxxxx (……) | ||
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since it is a QS it should have the power nozzle attachment | ||
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Post# 30339 , Reply# 11 1/26/2008 at 19:57 (5,927 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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The blue vacuum was found only with that hose, and I didn't see an outlet for a powerhead on it. When I pull it out again, I'll look it over. I just got wands for it before Toby sent me a set of tools for it. The wands are not the aluminum like I was told it should have, they are chrome, and have electric cord holder fittings on them. They were the only things available in the only shop in the area that even had older parts. They even have a XXX Elux on display.
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Post# 30901 , Reply# 12 2/4/2008 at 13:09 (5,918 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Another floater!! Will wonders never cease!?
It's not the colors I wanted, but it's the design I wanted. It came with everything in the picture, including the strange crevice tool that swivels in the hose end, held in place by vacuum suction. The orange and brown vacuum has the same tool that I thought was a mismatch. This one is brown on the bottom with a working switch, and the cord grommet on the back. It set me back $6.35 in St. Vincent De Paul of Vero Beach. And, it floats! I wanna Constellation now.
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Post# 30925 , Reply# 13 2/4/2008 at 17:58 (5,918 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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New Floater | ||
| Post# 30928 , Reply# 14 2/4/2008 at 18:18 (5,918 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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I bought one of those floating Celebrities new back in the 70's as a gift for a BF and it came with a power nozzle but for the life of me I can't remember if the power nozzle cord plugged into the vac or not.. I'm thinking you just plugged it into the wall outlet with the vac. | ||
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Post# 30930 , Reply# 15 2/4/2008 at 18:54 (5,918 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 31050 , Reply# 16 2/6/2008 at 17:50 (5,916 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT) | ||
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Congrats on the finds Alan! With luck like that you will have more celebrities than me soon. I'm also curious about what model numbers you have. Could you post them? All of my floaters are S3005 (two yellow one orange). Thanks Nicholas | ||
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Post# 31059 , Reply# 17 2/6/2008 at 18:41 (5,916 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Post# 31064 , Reply# 18 2/6/2008 at 19:04 (5,916 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 31104 , Reply# 19 2/7/2008 at 06:28 (5,915 days old) by ian88 () | ||
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How does the orange celebrity hover, Alan? I don't see any visible vents..like the connies have. I'm sure the answers obvious but hey, at least i'm posting again. Ian | ||
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Post# 31109 , Reply# 20 2/7/2008 at 06:49 (5,915 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 31111 , Reply# 21 2/7/2008 at 06:57 (5,915 days old) by ian88 () | ||
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Heh, my grey connie actually "walks" around the hard kitchen floor on it's own. Not the same on carpet mind. | ||
| Post# 31146 , Reply# 22 2/7/2008 at 18:34 (5,915 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT) | ||
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Celebrities Here are three of mine. The other two are stored in my Dad's shop. Nicholas 
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| Post# 31147 , Reply# 23 2/7/2008 at 18:49 (5,915 days old) by logan () | ||
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How many colors did these come in? Everytime I see a picture of one it's a different color! The vac shop I was at the other day had one that was dark green with a mint color green underside. (I couldn't buy it because it was there for repair - Grrrr) | ||
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Post# 31171 , Reply# 24 2/8/2008 at 06:45 (5,914 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Thanks Nicholas, the Celebrities are beautiful. I'm sure my blue one does not have power nozzle capabilities. I will continue to buy these as I find them, but I'd like the green and blue ones. I have only seen one Constellation in person as a child, I think in a store. I'm sure they float a little better than the Celebrities.
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Post# 31179 , Reply# 26 2/8/2008 at 09:11 (5,914 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 31182 , Reply# 27 2/8/2008 at 09:34 (5,914 days old) by ian88 () | ||
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What kinda name is "Celebrity" for a Vacuum anyway? lets call it Epiphany and be done with it.. | ||
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Post# 31185 , Reply# 28 2/8/2008 at 11:20 (5,914 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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I've seen vacuum cleaners with better personalities than some show biz celebrities, frankly a vacuum cleaner deserves that title much more than them. How about Debutante, Dilletante, or Astroglide? Also, one of my favourite Mr. Blackwell (self proclaimed fashion critic) quotes was "I've seen prettier covers on vacuum cleaners."
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| Post# 31186 , Reply# 29 2/8/2008 at 11:51 (5,914 days old) by ian88 () | ||
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I always think the 70s/80s Kirbys have classy names.. Heritage 1 and 2, Tradition, Classic, Legend 1 and 2.. heh. | ||
| Post# 31284 , Reply# 30 2/9/2008 at 16:09 (5,913 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT) | ||
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Floating I have noticed that my celebrities float better than my connies. The celebs are much more powerful so I think that's why. Sometime I'll have to dig out my green one when I'm at my dads and take some pics. Nicholas | ||
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Post# 31285 , Reply# 31 2/9/2008 at 16:43 (5,913 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 31288 , Reply# 33 2/9/2008 at 17:13 (5,913 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT) | ||
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I would also love one like this, I looooove the two tone blue. But this one looks too beat up to be worth the shipping. CLICK HERE TO GO TO constellation86's LINK on eBay | ||
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Post# 31354 , Reply# 34 2/10/2008 at 06:22 (5,912 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Post# 31357 , Reply# 36 2/10/2008 at 07:19 (5,912 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 31361 , Reply# 38 2/10/2008 at 08:21 (5,912 days old) by logan () | ||
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Yep, that sounds right to me! | ||
| Post# 31365 , Reply# 39 2/10/2008 at 09:22 (5,912 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 31366 , Reply# 40 2/10/2008 at 10:01 (5,912 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT) | ||
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Thanks for the info. You learn something everyday. I'll have to hunt for a nice one. Love those colors! Nicholas | ||
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