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Thread Number: 44719
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
What is this UK Dialamatic?! Huh?! |
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Post# 464695 , Reply# 1 7/19/2023 at 15:48 (302 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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westfive73 | ||
| Post# 464696 , Reply# 2 7/19/2023 at 16:08 (302 days old) by OpelGTKarl (Puyallup, Washington) | ||
1969 Model U6003
I have that exact model in my collection. Mine is labeled a U6003. I’ve been told that there was an early model as well as a late one. This is an early model while the later one had a red label and matching red handle.
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| Post# 464697 , Reply# 3 7/19/2023 at 16:20 (302 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 464698 , Reply# 4 7/19/2023 at 22:54 (302 days old) by repairman (Woodridge, IL) | ||
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I've never seen a U6003 with that front tag. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought the decal was changed. | ||
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Post# 464699 , Reply# 5 7/20/2023 at 02:13 (302 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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westfive73 | ||
| Post# 464734 , Reply# 6 7/21/2023 at 13:53 (300 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
Just a guess but I don't remember seeing any power drive dial-a-matics in earlier English adds. Could that have been an import to "test the waters" so to speak? See if there was market for it there before re tooling to produce them in England. In which case it would have just been a US machine with the motor changed.
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| Post# 464763 , Reply# 8 7/23/2023 at 07:07 (298 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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That makes a lot of sense now. The strike in the UK caused Hoover UK to import cleaners from the American factory in Canton, Ohio. The US factory needed to install 220v motors and compatible wiring and UK plugs before shipping to the UK market. Makes sense that this would result in the appearance of a 220v Power Drive DAM in a UK home.
Love orange Hoovers and Eurekas of that era!!! 😀 | ||
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Post# 464764 , Reply# 9 7/23/2023 at 08:48 (298 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 464777 , Reply# 10 7/24/2023 at 02:43 (298 days old) by westfive73 (London, UK) | ||
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Awesome! I think that could be mystery solved,feel extraordinarily fortunate to have this sat next to me then! | ||
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