Hoover 918 with new bag!

I went down to the church today and installed on my 918 the new original bag I got at the thrift store with the U7037. Isn't it a beauty!

I have some very fond and humorous memories of the Hoover 913 and 918 from my childhood.

One time, when I was 4 or 5, we visited my Uncle in Maryland. I was in Heaven there as he and my aunt had more vacuum cleaners than anyone I knew! They had an old upright Royal that I was afraid of because it looked like a Kirby, then a tan Hoover Constellation, some kind of porta-vac (GE maybe?), a Singer hand vac, and a Hoover 913.

My cousin Jackie still teases me about how when we were visiting, I brought that big Hoover outside from the garage where it was stored, and vacuumed their entire cement driveway with it! With the motor running!! For some reason I fell in love with that huge old sweeper, and the entire time we were there I dropped very broad hints about how we had "only one sweeper and you have a lot of them," and how I would love to take it home.

When we got ready to leave, I had my little suitcase in one hand and was rolling the big Hoover out with the other hand. Mama told me I had to put the sweeper back. I looked at my uncle hopefully. He said, catching Mama's frantic 'NO!' expression, "Why don't we leave it here, and whenever you come to visit us you can use it."

Well, I started bawling and crying, just utterly despondent and FURIOUS that I could not take the Hoover home with us! There was no consoling me, and I stewed and pouted about it for several days.

Another uncle was a pastor at a large church in Richmond. One time when we went there when I was around 12 years old, the custodian was vacuuming the front area of the sanctuary with a Hoover 918. I asked him, "Would you mind if I helped you run the sweeper?"

Mind?! He gladly handed the duty over to me and I spent the entire morning vacuuming the expansive sea of carpeting in the large vestibule, then pushed it inside the large auditorium and did all the carpeting in there as well!

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Post# 475488 2/8/2025 at 02:16 by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)
Checkrate/Likes 6 I went down to the church today and installed on my 918 the new original bag I got at the thrift store with the U7037. Isn't it a beauty! I have some very fond and humorous memories of the Hoover 913 and 918 from my childhood. One time, when I was 4 or 5, we visited my Uncle in Maryland. I was in Heaven there as he and my aunt had more vacuum cleaners than anyone I knew! They had an old upright Royal that I was afraid of because it looked like a Kirby, then a tan Hoover Constellation, some kind of porta-vac (GE maybe?), a Singer hand vac, and a Hoover 913. My cousin Jackie still teases me about how when we were visiting, I brought that big Hoover outside from the garage where it was stored, and vacuumed their entire cement driveway with it! With the motor running!! For some reason I fell in love with that huge old sweeper, and the entire time we were there I dropped very broad hints about how we had "only one sweeper and you have a lot of them," and how I would love to take it home. When we got ready to leave, I had my little suitcase in one hand and was rolling the big Hoover out with the other hand. Mama told me I had to put the sweeper back. I looked at my uncle hopefully. He said, catching Mama's frantic 'NO!' expression, "Why don't we leave it here, and whenever you come to visit us you can use it." Well, I started bawling and crying, just utterly despondent and FURIOUS that I could not take the Hoover home with us! There was no consoling me, and I stewed and pouted about it for several days. Another uncle was a pastor at a large church in Richmond. One time when we went there when I was around 12 years old, the custodian was vacuuming the front area of the sanctuary with a Hoover 918. I asked him, "Would you mind if I helped you run the sweeper?" Mind?! He gladly handed the duty over to me and I spent the entire morning vacuuming the expansive sea of carpeting in the large vestibule, then pushed it inside the large auditorium and did all the carpeting in there as well! (It may take a minute or two to load the video below.) CLICK HERE TO GO TO electrolux137's LINK Photos... < > Photo 1 of 6 View Full Size

Post# 475490 , Reply# 1 2/8/2025 at 10:30 by Lesinutah (Utah)
Checkrate/Likes *Nice* That's a nice vacuum. It also does side gigs as a demo crew.

Post# 475586 , Reply# 2 2/15/2025 at 23:43 by ElectricUtopia (England)
Checkrate/Likes Looks great with the new bag installed - and that motor just purrs!

Post# 475588 , Reply# 3 2/16/2025 at 09:19 by Clothbag (West Springfield, Ma.)
Checkrate/Likes *New bag* You never know what you can come across in thrift stores or second hand shops. What a great find and your video really nice. Some of mine were found that way.