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Thread Number: 45839
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Hoover Constellation Curb Find! |
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Post# 473517 10/4/2024 at 20:46 (225 days old) by electrolux137  (Los Angeles) |
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| Post# 473518 , Reply# 1 10/5/2024 at 06:28 (224 days old) by timh () | ||
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Right on It's funny how you find things and really weren't looking at the moment. | ||
| Post# 473519 , Reply# 2 10/5/2024 at 08:51 (224 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 473527 , Reply# 4 10/5/2024 at 18:50 (224 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
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| Post# 473532 , Reply# 5 10/6/2024 at 12:16 (223 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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This Hoover specs sheet, posted by Constellation86 on another thread, reveals the color changes of gold tone and taupe; although the photos from the first version were reused:
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| Post# 473533 , Reply# 6 10/6/2024 at 12:17 (223 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Though I’m no Hoover expert, I prefer not attaching the tool caddy to any Constellation because the tools can mar furniture and walls if the canister sails into any of these surfaces. With the caddy onboard, the rubber bumper provides no protection. I discovered this problem when I bought the powerful retro stainless steel Connie about 20 years ago when it came to market in Canada. Great vacuum - but I kept all the tools in a separate plastic basket in my closet.
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| Post# 473534 , Reply# 7 10/6/2024 at 12:19 (223 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Here are some internet photos showing the different versions and a 1972 magazine ad sold on eBay (the colors of Version 3 are speculative): | ||
| Post# 473535 , Reply# 8 10/6/2024 at 12:25 (223 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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I just noticed that the specs sheets photo shoot used a pearl white hose from another Constellation, such as the Model 454. | ||
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Post# 473570 , Reply# 9 10/8/2024 at 14:41 (221 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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| Post# 473573 , Reply# 10 10/8/2024 at 21:07 (220 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
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white hose
charles, from what i talked to tom anderson about with several of the spec sheet photos, if tools etc weren't in the correct color, they just grabbed whatever was in production or with final mockups for the "beauty photos". ive seen oddball stuff on manuals and promo materials from kirby and compact like that too, where attachments pictured, never were offered with the production cleaners.
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| Post# 473574 , Reply# 11 10/8/2024 at 21:46 (220 days old) by Human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
That is indeed an amazing curb find, and just the right person to find it and appreciate it. Those machines have real 'unicorn' status these days. I've never seen one in a thrift shop. I'm glad you were able rescue it and save it from an ignoble fate. My grandmother had one of those in that same color. My cousin and I found it in a closet when we were little, but were told not to play with it; it was for the maid to use. Different era, I suppose. Even back then, I remember thinking it was an exceedingly cool design.
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Post# 473577 , Reply# 12 10/9/2024 at 08:15 (220 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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That was my first Constellation | ||
| Post# 473579 , Reply# 13 10/9/2024 at 10:10 (220 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
A good friend found mine for me. One of the very few Hoover memories from my childhood.
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