Thread Number: 28813
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
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Post# 321911   4/14/2015 at 10:10 (3,271 days old) by Paulinroyton (Royton, Lancashire)   |   | |
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Arrived today and in very good condition. |
Post# 321912 , Reply# 1   4/14/2015 at 10:35 (3,271 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Post# 321914 , Reply# 2   4/14/2015 at 10:54 (3,271 days old) by Paulinroyton (Royton, Lancashire)   |   | |
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Post# 321917 , Reply# 3   4/14/2015 at 11:18 (3,271 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Although they look somewhat like the Dial A Matic, it is completely different as it is a dirty fan rather than clean fan cleaner. Its hard to define quite how this cleaner came about as the model was relatively short lived. made in France it was first introduced in around 1973 as the Starlight Junior with a bright red or dark blue front box. There was a headlight under the dust box (rather like later DAMs) and a light up bag full indicator near the bottom. It was the first example of a Hoover sold in the UK with a pan adaptor under the brush roll for maybe 60 years, and indeed this might never have been seen on a Hoover in the UK before.
It might have been imagined as a replacement for the long running Junior series which, at that stage, had been running some 15 years largely unchanged. But no, the Junior soldiered on beside it, both standard & Dirtsearcher. Then in around 1977 it was somewhat de-featured losing the bag full indicator and the head light although you can still see where it was on the cleaner above. Now called the Junior Deluxe it was now in the cream/green colour above or all over canary yellow. Around the same time the "standard" junior was slightly modified with a hard bag version of that also appearing. The Junior Deluxe disappeared sometime around 1981/82 (presumably to make way for the all new Turbopower series) whilst the standard Junior, still looking not too different from its 1958 predecessor, carried on until 1987. Although it is a bit noisy, I have a Junior Deluxe identical to the one above and, as a carpet cleaner, it is absolutely excellent. It does a great job of cleaning and grooming the carpets but is considerably lighter and easier to move around than the DAM or even the Senior(Convertible) - I used one for several months as my daily driver before I moved house at the end of last year Al |
Post# 321918 , Reply# 4   4/14/2015 at 11:37 (3,271 days old) by Paulinroyton (Royton, Lancashire)   |   | |
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Post# 321922 , Reply# 5   4/14/2015 at 12:12 (3,271 days old) by Paulinroyton (Royton, Lancashire)   |   | |
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Thanks for the history. For its age its in very good condition, even the cable hooks still work. I love you collection, very nice indeed. @dysonman1, very pleased with my new toy. Works like a dream |
Post# 321941 , Reply# 6   4/14/2015 at 13:39 (3,270 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 322031 , Reply# 8   4/15/2015 at 02:32 (3,270 days old) by Paulinroyton (Royton, Lancashire)   |   | |
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Hi Al. Does the Hoover junior deluxe has any type of filter. I put a new bag in vac but did not notice any filter. I don't think you can buy filters now so if it does need a filter any idea of what type I could use. Paul |
Post# 322036 , Reply# 9   4/15/2015 at 03:01 (3,270 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 322066 , Reply# 11   4/15/2015 at 12:00 (3,270 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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VR you must have missed out on the garish 1970s.
I had an orange Junior Deluxe for a number of years. Eventually sold it last year. Of course you are right that there are no filters on these uprights. However the colour schemes were all the rage for most housewives looking to mix and match their appliances with the home decor. The Starlight colours were indeed unusual, but no more unusual to the Allander versions of the Hoover Junior IMHO, or indeed the many colours available with the Junior any way, let alone the rest of Hoover's fab range around that period. Talking of shared parts, what annoys me the most about the Junior Deluxe is the rocker on switch which on mine had a fake LED indicator that never worked. |
Post# 322710 , Reply# 12   4/20/2015 at 21:07 (3,264 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY)   |   | |
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The same exact model, the same exact color, everything! Bought mine on eBay.co.uk and had it shipped over here. Like the rest of my European machines, I'm able to run it with a voltage converter that I've installed in my basement. What's more, I've even made a video of it ... there's a link below to the video on my YouTube channel. Take a peek at it if you wish -- hope you enjoy it!
Bill W.
(BTW ... It's an older video ... slightly out of focus ... sorry for that! But -- it's still a pretty good example of what this machine looks and sounds like.)
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