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Post# 33613 2/29/2008 at 17:06 (5,893 days old) by arh1953  ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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I went traipsing off to the thrift stores south of me this morning, and determined that I will be writing a scathing letter to the Hometown News about the anal retentive thrift store volunteers. That's actually beside the point. Not finding anything in four of the usual locations except a very late Lux tank with a powerhead and some previous Luxes tools included for $45.00 at the Community Church Thrift Shop in Jensen Beach. Not for that price. Same place with the $45 Concept I and $45 Mixmasters. They're like family to me now-but anyway, in my trip to Hibiscus House in north Stuart, I ran into some old bags in the back. How fortunate, but at $3.00 a pack? Belts $1.00 for two, ok. Too bad there isn't a vacuum here today. I turned around and saw this baby, half rolled under a desk. It needs a good dusting and bath, and the aluminum zipper needs some attention. The bottom half of the paper bag is packed with who-knows-what. I will try to graphite the zip, because the bag is fine otherwise. I wanted this design since I started collecting, and here it is! It has that tacky stick on Hoover logo, and it must have been stored in the damp because the underpinnings have a film of rust.
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Post# 33615 , Reply# 1 2/29/2008 at 17:19 (5,893 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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The Blue Convertible
I acquired this one about three weeks or so ago at the Hibiscus House also, it is considerably tidier, and cost $15.00, with a new empty bag. It has a small rip in the upper left corner of the bag. The zipper is nylon, and works very well. In spite of the outrageous price of the Hoover factory disposable bags, I bought a set of four unopened ones dated 1965! Fat lot of good that does me, I'm not going to open them.
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| Post# 33621 , Reply# 2 2/29/2008 at 18:41 (5,893 days old) by ian88 () | ||
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"proper" vacuums for Alan :) I love the Convertible style, it really is timeless imo. Love the brown one mate...all you need now is some old Panasonic vacuums ;] | ||
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Post# 33626 , Reply# 3 2/29/2008 at 19:09 (5,893 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 33628 , Reply# 4 2/29/2008 at 20:02 (5,893 days old) by ian88 () | ||
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I still want a old style Jetflo, unfortunatly they're about as common as Rocking Horse manure in the UK. | ||
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Post# 33665 , Reply# 6 3/1/2008 at 06:28 (5,893 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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I had a lime green Convertible with the matching houndstooth bag, years ago before I officially started collecting. I don't recall if it was the snap bag or zip. I had to part company with it because it and the blue Quick Vac (?) were taking up space. We had our two regular vacuums which I still have.
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Post# 33696 , Reply# 7 3/1/2008 at 14:21 (5,892 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Look what I found!
I believe this is my golden Hoover I bought yesterday. $74.95 yet! And this was during the Concept I era too.
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Post# 33703 , Reply# 8 3/1/2008 at 14:55 (5,892 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Post# 33704 , Reply# 9 3/1/2008 at 14:56 (5,892 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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SORRY | ||
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