Hoover Timeline Question

Does anyone know whether or not any of these dates for these vacuums Hoover had introduced are correct?

1952 - Constellation
1955 - Pixie (replaced Dustette here)
1956 - Lark
1957 - Convertible
1962 - Portable
1963 - Dial-A-Matic
1964 - Slimline
1965 - Lightweight Upright (replaced Lark Upright; called Junior in the U.K.)
1969 - Portable Super (wheeled version of the Portable)
1970 - Swingette
1972 - Handivac (replaced Pixie)
1973 - Celebrity (replaced Constellation)
1975 - Portapower (replaced Swingette; would also replace the Portable and Slimline after 1980)
1978 - Concept One (replaced Dial-A-Matic)
1981 - Spirit (replaced Celebrity)
1982 - Dimension (upscale version of the Spirit line)
1983 - Concept Two (same as Concept One, with Help-Mate hand vac included); Decade 80
1986 - Innovation (called Turbomaster in the U.K.)
1988 - Elite (replaced Convertible; BOL versions called Turbolite in the U.K.)
1989 - Sprint/Tempo (replaced consumer-line Portapower)
1990 - Legacy (replaced Innovation); Futura (replaced Spirit)
1991 - Supremacy (this was an upscale line of uprights and canisters; the canisters were based on the former Spirit line)

Thank you,

Ben (KirbyClassicIII)


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Post# 64389 3/30/2009 at 11:18 (5,505 days old) by kirbyclassiciii (Milwaukie, Oregon)
Checkrate/Likes Does anyone know whether or not any of these dates for these vacuums Hoover had introduced are correct? 1952 - Constellation 1955 - Pixie (replaced Dustette here) 1956 - Lark 1957 - Convertible 1962 - Portable 1963 - Dial-A-Matic 1964 - Slimline 1965 - Lightweight Upright (replaced Lark Upright; called Junior in the U.K.) 1969 - Portable Super (wheeled version of the Portable) 1970 - Swingette 1972 - Handivac (replaced Pixie) 1973 - Celebrity (replaced Constellation) 1975 - Portapower (replaced Swingette; would also replace the Portable and Slimline after 1980) 1978 - Concept One (replaced Dial-A-Matic) 1981 - Spirit (replaced Celebrity) 1982 - Dimension (upscale version of the Spirit line) 1983 - Concept Two (same as Concept One, with Help-Mate hand vac included); Decade 80 1986 - Innovation (called Turbomaster in the U.K.) 1988 - Elite (replaced Convertible; BOL versions called Turbolite in the U.K.) 1989 - Sprint/Tempo (replaced consumer-line Portapower) 1990 - Legacy (replaced Innovation); Futura (replaced Spirit) 1991 - Supremacy (this was an upscale line of uprights and canisters; the canisters were based on the former Spirit line) Thank you, Ben (KirbyClassicIII)

Post# 64395 , Reply# 1 3/30/2009 at 14:39 (5,505 days old) by ohio_tuec ()
Checkrate/Likes Well, I'm pretty sure 1954 was the year of the first Constellation (model 82) as a replacement for the Aerodyne, and the first Celebrity was introduced in 1974.

Post# 64397 , Reply# 2 3/30/2009 at 15:16 (5,505 days old) by kirbyclassiciii (Milwaukie, Oregon)
Checkrate/Likes I would like to mention that the Portapower Deluxe (model S1029; with wheels and onboard tool storage) had replaced the wheeled Portable Super (model S3015) in 1979. The other two Portables and Slimline continued until 1980. The Quik-Broom was a new name in 1974 for the Handivac Upright. The Elite became the Elite II in 1991; the Legacy model would follow suit as the Legacy II the next year.

Post# 64509 , Reply# 3 3/31/2009 at 18:01 (5,503 days old) by samotronic ()
Checkrate/Likes *More please* I apologize for redundancy when I know this has been asked on this board again and again. This looks good, but has anyone ever assembled a complete listing for Hoover U.S. models? Since I've been here, when this was asked, Fred (Hoovercelebrity)'s collection is always shown, but is there a detailed listing of the models and dates? Fred, if you have provided this, I apologize for asking again. I have a pretty good idea of the most popular basic models since the 40s (28,29, 60-70, 1060-, 70s Convertible, Dial a Matics, Elites, Legacy, Windtunnel..) And Fred clearly has a complete collection of all the models, but have all those models and years of production ever been published such as it is with the Kirby models? I know there are models such as 305 that I'm not thinking of.

Post# 64567 , Reply# 4 3/31/2009 at 21:57 (5,503 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)
Checkrate/Likes I have an Alden's catalog from 1965 that has the swingette in it.

Post# 64580 , Reply# 5 3/31/2009 at 22:46 (5,503 days old) by kirbyclassiciii (Milwaukie, Oregon)
Checkrate/Likes *1965 Alden's Catalog* For kirbyvertibles: Could you please show us the page from your Alden's book with the Swingette pictured on it? Thank you, Ben Edge (KirbyClassicIII)