Info wanted on Hoover Jr 1346A please!

Hi Emma,

Bit more info.

"The Hoover Junior was restyled in 1967, and launched as a deluxe model to supplement the 1334. Mechanically it was identical, and the price premium was justified on the new styling alone. This situation lasted until the introduction of the Hoover Junior 1354 in 1969, a model with some extra features, and the 1334 model was dropped.
The cleaner on this page is a very early 1346, with a pumpkin orange front fan cover. This was replaced by a brown cover soon after it hit the market, and there are at least four different versions of the 1346. It was replaced in 1970 by the 1346a, which had a four-position carpet height adjuster and a different colour scheme (pistachio green and white from 1970-72, and then navy blue and white from 1972-75). Various special editions were built in the late 1970s, but the 1346 type machine was replaced in 1975 with the U1012, a cleaner with an easier to empty dustbag but otherwise little different from its predecessor."

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Post# 346600 3/7/2016 at 09:53 (2,965 days old) by vacuumlover (UK)
Checkrate/Likes Just as the title says. Anything is greatly appreciated. Ta in advance :)

Post# 346622 , Reply# 1 3/7/2016 at 12:02 (2,965 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)
Checkrate/Likes Hi Emma, I can't give you the exact dates of manufacture, but the 1346a was launched in the mid-1970's as part of the core Hoover range and was definitely one of the most popular vacuum cleaners ever in the UK. It replaced the earlier style 1346 (which in turn replaced the 1334 style), but aside from the colour scheme, I'm not sure what the differences were. There was a whole blue Hoover range all out in the mid 70's, from the dustette right up to the TOL convertible. Some sources have 70-75 as the years of production, but I have a brochure dated March 1974 which still features the brown 1346 that came before it.

Post# 346641 , Reply# 2 3/7/2016 at 14:50 (2,965 days old) by vacuumlover (UK)
Checkrate/Likes Ta.

Post# 346839 , Reply# 3 3/9/2016 at 10:50 (2,963 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)
Checkrate/Likes 1 Hi Emma, Bit more info. "The Hoover Junior was restyled in 1967, and launched as a deluxe model to supplement the 1334. Mechanically it was identical, and the price premium was justified on the new styling alone. This situation lasted until the introduction of the Hoover Junior 1354 in 1969, a model with some extra features, and the 1334 model was dropped. The cleaner on this page is a very early 1346, with a pumpkin orange front fan cover. This was replaced by a brown cover soon after it hit the market, and there are at least four different versions of the 1346. It was replaced in 1970 by the 1346a, which had a four-position carpet height adjuster and a different colour scheme (pistachio green and white from 1970-72, and then navy blue and white from 1972-75). Various special editions were built in the late 1970s, but the 1346 type machine was replaced in 1975 with the U1012, a cleaner with an easier to empty dustbag but otherwise little different from its predecessor." CLICK HERE TO GO TO Turbo500's LINK

Post# 346903 , Reply# 4 3/9/2016 at 22:08 (2,963 days old) by vacuumlover (UK)
Checkrate/Likes Thank you 😊