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Thread Number: 44373
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
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| Post# 461873 3/29/2023 at 23:43 (414 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
The Hoover 375. Won this on eBay.uk about 2 weeks ago for around $100 USD shipped. It came quite early by about a week, and boy am I glad it did! The bearings, though a little dry, had no play at all. The bag has no holes, and quite an odd system in place to keep the edges from tearing on the clip(two little round posts on the edges). The original cord needed replacing, thankfully I had a black English cord on hand from my Z25 conversion. The belts I take it are hard to get, but I was able to shave down a stretched out handheld flat belt to fit the groove quite well. New carbons are definitely on the list, but these work. Might repaint the handle pole as well, it is missing some paint especially by the bag clip. Going by the large mound of dirt in it, the clog in the intake, and the fact that it had the original 2 wire cord(England converted to 3 wire in 1962) I will bet this was not emptied since the 50s!
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| Post# 461897 , Reply# 1 3/30/2023 at 18:41 (413 days old) by convertible18 (Utica, New York, USA) | ||
really nice, | ||
Post# 461914 , Reply# 2 3/31/2023 at 12:13 (412 days old) by kwalsh97214  (Portland) |
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Congratulations! | ||
| Post# 461919 , Reply# 3 3/31/2023 at 16:44 (412 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 461928 , Reply# 5 4/1/2023 at 04:08 (411 days old) by luxz80 (England) | ||
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I call him Melvin. I am guessing he was reconditioned sometime in the early 60s. The tool set I got unused but the hose was stiff so replaced it with an early 60s hoover hose. Looks great funny enough. Looks like it was made for him. A few pics before respray | ||
| Post# 461959 , Reply# 6 4/2/2023 at 10:22 (410 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 462031 , Reply# 8 4/4/2023 at 09:25 (408 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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