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Hoover Connie Pics and Info Needed: |
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Post# 50013 , Reply# 2   8/29/2008 at 20:55 (5,689 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT)   |   | |
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Hoover.com now has much lower prices on the new connies. $105 for the white one. $120 for the stainless steel. Does this mean they are on the way out? I better get one quick! Nicholas |
Post# 50021 , Reply# 4   8/29/2008 at 22:59 (5,689 days old) by xraytech ()   |   | |
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Only place in our area to get a new connie is from the J.C.Penney catalog.I better order one from Hoover before they are gone |
Post# 50022 , Reply# 5   8/29/2008 at 23:00 (5,689 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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Wow, if you can get them for that price that is fantastic. I have the stainless steel one and love it! |
Post# 50023 , Reply# 6   8/29/2008 at 23:01 (5,689 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Home Hardware up here in Canada keeps advertising the white ones on sale at $149 or the S.S. one at $199 every two months or so...but they never have them in stock. So yeah, they must be on the way out clearing central warehouse stocks and they are already showing up in Thrift Stores - I got my white one for $5 at a Goodwill store in Toledo... |
Post# 50045 , Reply# 7   8/30/2008 at 08:28 (5,688 days old) by kirbyboy1 ()   |   | |
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I have a complete origional connie. Could I hang a white sheet up for a back ground. It has the box all the tools the caddy and the manual. anyone wana a pix? |
Post# 50046 , Reply# 8   8/30/2008 at 08:40 (5,688 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 50052 , Reply# 9   8/30/2008 at 09:51 (5,688 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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Post# 50053 , Reply# 10   8/30/2008 at 10:13 (5,688 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 50059 , Reply# 11   8/30/2008 at 12:23 (5,688 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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You can also get a glimpse of a Constellation 82 featured in the right-side background of this recent photo of The Hoover Family taken on August 7, 2008 by Pillip Muller. That's "Bud" Hoover (Howard Earl Hoover II) in the center with the first "modern" upright Hoover model 150 c.1936-1939 designed by Henry Dreyfuss. Dreyfuss also designed the Constellation. The famous industrial designer was a friend of the Hoover Family. He was the father of the modern telephone design, featuring a handset and cradle, as well as the Streamlined Locomotive.
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Post# 50067 , Reply# 12   8/30/2008 at 13:30 (5,688 days old) by swiveltop (Galveston, TX)   |   | |
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Here is an old Picture Of The Day. |
Post# 50068 , Reply# 13   8/30/2008 at 13:35 (5,688 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 50083 , Reply# 14   8/30/2008 at 15:35 (5,688 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 50087 , Reply# 15   8/30/2008 at 17:47 (5,688 days old) by sbnhvlvr (South Bend, IN)   |   | |
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check the hoover.com website these are being phaesed out, they are on sale for alomost half price. |
Post# 50088 , Reply# 16   8/30/2008 at 18:07 (5,688 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 50105 , Reply# 17   8/30/2008 at 21:17 (5,688 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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How does the sound of the new Constellation compare with the old models? Does it have that pleasant, sweet, muffled hum of the originals, or does it screech like most other modern vacuums? |
Post# 50110 , Reply# 18   8/30/2008 at 22:23 (5,688 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 50129 , Reply# 19   8/31/2008 at 02:07 (5,688 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 50143 , Reply# 20   8/31/2008 at 08:32 (5,687 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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Jeff, that is a beautiful Connie, how lucky you are to have this very special machine in your collection. |
Post# 50175 , Reply# 22   8/31/2008 at 15:27 (5,687 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA)   |   | |
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Hi Guys! If someone can help me figure out how to get the photos from my Kodak software to the Forum, I'll post pics of my Constellation Model 87, the rare bird, or so I'm told, with the on/off switch in the hose handle. Later, Trg |
Post# 50177 , Reply# 23   8/31/2008 at 16:02 (5,687 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 50340 , Reply# 24   9/1/2008 at 23:57 (5,686 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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If the 826 is the one on the right in your picture, then yes, they are the about the same. But to my knowledge, the only all blue model in the US came out several years later ane was a lighter shade of blue. The 82's were all two-tone like mine. Next model was the 83, in a color scheme to match the Citation upright If I'm not mistaken. And Terry, thank you for the compliment. And since it was my Grandmother's makes it even more special. Another note about its history is that my Grandmother moved in with us in 1965, about 6 months before my Dad passed away. From then on, Grandma only used the Connie to clean her room, and Mom cleaned the rest of the house with her Lux XXX and later the 966 Electro-Hygiene that I bought for her (which I also have). So my 82 Connie is a 53 year old machine with maybe 20 years worth of use on it!! Jeff |