Thread Number: 3786
The latest addition to THE CLASSIC HOOVER EMPORIUM, Feb 1979 U4082 Commercial. |
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Post# 42966 , Reply# 1   6/7/2008 at 16:00 (5,773 days old) by junior1975 ()   |   | |
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Here she is. Running, and sounding like new. Beautiful. |
Post# 42967 , Reply# 2   6/7/2008 at 16:04 (5,773 days old) by ian88 ()   |   | |
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Oh i've always liked the look of these! :) Such a macho 70s colour scheme, very Euro as my good friend Alan would say. |
Post# 42968 , Reply# 3   6/7/2008 at 16:05 (5,773 days old) by junior1975 ()   |   | |
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Here is the underside. The chassis appears to be the same as the U4002/4014 ranger series. |
Post# 42984 , Reply# 5   6/7/2008 at 17:28 (5,773 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 42996 , Reply# 6   6/7/2008 at 18:30 (5,773 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)   |   | |
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Hey Clark! Kinda green here - especially considering what it cost lol!. Seriously congrats :D will have to catch up tomoz or Mon :). Seamus P.S Id say Feb 79 is right- blimey I was just 6 lol! |
Post# 43000 , Reply# 7   6/7/2008 at 18:40 (5,773 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 43006 , Reply# 9   6/7/2008 at 19:43 (5,773 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)   |   | |
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Hey David :) Nope we didnt have that design :(. Thats just a cloth dump bag- possibly slightly different in design to the U7008 type but the same idea! Seamus |
Post# 43162 , Reply# 13   6/8/2008 at 19:35 (5,772 days old) by z30soulbrother (West Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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they were only single speed yes? i do do remember the top cord holder tuned down to release the cord like junior dirtsearcher si |
Post# 43238 , Reply# 15   6/9/2008 at 15:20 (5,771 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 401412 , Reply# 17   11/25/2018 at 18:52 (1,950 days old) by Tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Ten years after this post I succeeded in finding this dreamvac. Sorry I’m posting from mobile...
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Post# 401413 , Reply# 18   11/25/2018 at 18:56 (1,950 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 401414 , Reply# 19   11/25/2018 at 19:01 (1,950 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 401930 , Reply# 20   12/4/2018 at 16:27 (1,941 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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Very cool, Tommy. Congrats! |
Post# 402104 , Reply# 21   12/7/2018 at 08:19 (1,938 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Thank you Paul, I was about to think that my post, connected to the older one, just didn't raise any attention.
The reason why this particular Hoover model is so important for me is because when I was about 4-5 years old, there was one in my primary school, used to clean the carpeted play area, with a more common White and blue Senior U 652, a White and blue Hoover Constellation and an Ivory/green Hoover shampoo-polisher used every now and then. I made a drawing of that "aggressive looking" black and orange vacuum cleaner and was amazed by that large black bag with bright orange Hoover logo, I was so fashinated that it became one of my dreams machines. The sorry point was that model U 4082 was extremely rare and in many years of collecting I never got the chance of finding one. However you can imagine how happy I can be now! Greetings from Milan Tommy |
Post# 402446 , Reply# 23   12/12/2018 at 07:49 (1,933 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Dear Billy, thank you very much!
Actually, counting well, I've been looking for this particular vac for 30 years...It just happened on a lucky night, we had guests for dinner and one of them brought a 45 years old bottle of a great italian wine, we opened it and, guess what it was excellent so I thought I could be even luckier that night. I just opened an app where I usually look for vacuums and something black and orange hit me: "Here it is! Got it!EUREKA" I screamed!I Immediately contacted the seller who replied immediately and organized immediate payment and delivery. The pictures I posted were taken the night I disassambled and cleaned it. Everuthing was fine and it sounded great. With that large bag airflow is incredible but dirctly proportional to poor filtration,well you can't have it all. I think I will replace the bottom bag housing with one from a standard Hoover senior with bellow and bag adapter and will fit a large microfilter ( Kirby bag or so) and I'll have fun using it. It's not yet sitting in my collection, I want to keep it in my apartment in Milan for a while, just to have it around. There might be other vacuum cleaners I'd like to add to my collection but nothing I really want too bad, so I wait, I'll come across it along the way, by chance, as it happened many other times! Greetings Tommy |