Thread Number: 34442
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
The "Original" Shop Vac |
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Post# 372597   5/22/2017 at 23:19 (2,529 days old) by Seijun (Portland, OR)   |   | |
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I have a 1973 "original" shop vac. Does anyone have any info on this vac? Who made it? How does it compare to other canister vacs from around the same time? Check the link for pictures (not mine but I have the same one). It is a brown metal can with an orange diamond pattern around the side.
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Post# 372606 , Reply# 1   5/23/2017 at 10:33 (2,529 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 372623 , Reply# 2   5/24/2017 at 08:29 (2,528 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 372624 , Reply# 3   5/24/2017 at 08:34 (2,528 days old) by Real1shep (Walla Walla, WA)   |   | |
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Nice find, nice price (wait, you say that's not the one you bought?)!! Very interesting vacuum....
Kevin
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Post# 372626 , Reply# 4   5/24/2017 at 09:50 (2,528 days old) by Seijun (Portland, OR)   |   | |
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Post# 372764 , Reply# 5   5/27/2017 at 12:15 (2,525 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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Post# 372765 , Reply# 6   5/27/2017 at 12:19 (2,525 days old) by seijun (Portland, OR)   |   | |
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Post# 372785 , Reply# 7   5/27/2017 at 18:23 (2,524 days old) by thermokid (Casper, Wyoming)   |   | |
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John , I had the big Hoover shop vac .. The one where you could take the motor off and use it for a leaf blower. Unfortunately it got left behind in California when I moved here. I sure miss it. I would love to find another one like it or smaller... Dan |
Post# 373461 , Reply# 8   6/8/2017 at 14:05 (2,512 days old) by Seijun (Portland, OR)   |   | |
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Post# 373619 , Reply# 9   6/10/2017 at 19:10 (2,510 days old) by seijun (Portland, OR)   |   | |
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Post# 380742 , Reply# 10   11/5/2017 at 20:30 (2,362 days old) by seijun (Portland, OR)   |   | |
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Some shop-vac updates!
It is actually dated 1972. I was able to solve the missing filter bag problem by cutting the top off of a Kennmore type U filter bag and slipping it over the motor. I also outfitted it with a "Mintcraft" plastic plant dolly. Works great! After some gentle prying, I got the hose off the intake valve. I can put it on the exhaust valve and use it as a dust blower. No more buying canned air!
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Post# 380743 , Reply# 11   11/5/2017 at 20:40 (2,362 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 380746 , Reply# 12   11/5/2017 at 20:51 (2,362 days old) by seijun (Portland, OR)   |   | |
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Post# 380749 , Reply# 13   11/5/2017 at 21:05 (2,362 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX)   |   | |
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Thermokid, since u mention that, when I was a little kid around the late '90's/early 2000's, we used to have a Hoover wet dry vacuum, it didn't have the blower attachment but the funny thing is that I used to be a little scared of it probably because it was a little loud. But I have no idea what happened to it. Probably got thrown out.☹️
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Post# 380768 , Reply# 14   11/6/2017 at 09:07 (2,362 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 381456 , Reply# 15   11/16/2017 at 21:35 (2,351 days old) by Seijun (Portland, OR)   |   | |
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Here are the small attachments that came with the Hoover Constellation. The group on the left are the ones that fit the shop vac. One has a crown logo. Anyone know what it is from?
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Post# 381457 , Reply# 16   11/16/2017 at 22:13 (2,351 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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Post# 381461 , Reply# 17   11/16/2017 at 22:45 (2,351 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 381506 , Reply# 18   11/17/2017 at 22:17 (2,350 days old) by Real1shep (Walla Walla, WA)   |   | |
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Agree....and as far as Connies, all mine have the button lock...except the crevice tools which are with and without the button. Since Hoover models shared floor tools, I can never be sure, except from old adverts, what came with new Connies.
Kevin |
Post# 381509 , Reply# 19   11/17/2017 at 23:29 (2,350 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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Ahh, Regina, I knew I'd seen that logo before, and I thought the bottom two were Eureka but I couldn't quite place the upholstery tool.
As far as I can tell, the early Connies had the wheeled floor tool with hose-like neck, the later 50s and 60s models had the big curvy floor/rug tool with rollers, and the later ones had a smaller tool with felt pads like was on the Slimline and Quikbroom, although that last one tool may have just been on late Canadian Connies. |
Post# 381518 , Reply# 20   11/18/2017 at 04:28 (2,350 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 381531 , Reply# 22   11/18/2017 at 08:18 (2,350 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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Post# 381564 , Reply# 24   11/18/2017 at 16:45 (2,349 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 381580 , Reply# 25   11/19/2017 at 01:39 (2,349 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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My Dad had one of those "cardboard" shop vacs when I was little-was the haircut vacuum-after he cut your hair with his clippers-he vacuumed your hair with the Sears shop vac.At first didn't like it-but then LOVED having my hair vacuumed with that vacuum. |