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Hoover Junior 1348 |
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Post# 77135 , Reply# 3   8/2/2009 at 09:03 (5,351 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 77141 , Reply# 4   8/2/2009 at 10:55 (5,351 days old) by z30soulbrother (West Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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i had 1 of these and a 1334 out the 2 i prefer the 1334 and tools as the hose is longer and i prefer the metal hose end coupler with the switch release rather than the later bayonet non swivel jobbie! Si |
Post# 77142 , Reply# 5   8/2/2009 at 11:36 (5,351 days old) by vacfanatic (Omaha, NE)   |   | |
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Post# 77145 , Reply# 6   8/2/2009 at 11:57 (5,351 days old) by vintagehoover ()   |   | |
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I don't need a babysitter...but I could use a playdate... :P |
Post# 77188 , Reply# 8   8/2/2009 at 18:37 (5,351 days old) by z30soulbrother (West Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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yes i found when you had just fitted a new belt to junior it was a lot harder to turn the converter, and you knew it was time to change the belt when the converter went round easily! |
Post# 77189 , Reply# 9   8/2/2009 at 18:40 (5,351 days old) by z30soulbrother (West Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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i think the figer spike on the early converters made it a lot easier to use than the ones for this particular model |
Post# 77253 , Reply# 12   8/4/2009 at 03:17 (5,350 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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..the many different models of Junior were England's biggest seller until the Turbopower was launched in 1984. I think at some point, pretty much everyone has owned, or is related to someone (ie. parents, grandparents etc) that owned a junior. I can name at least 4 members of my family that had them and a maybe 2 or 3 people on my street that I knew had them.
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Post# 77254 , Reply# 13   8/4/2009 at 04:26 (5,349 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 77255 , Reply# 14   8/4/2009 at 04:29 (5,349 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 77256 , Reply# 15   8/4/2009 at 04:31 (5,349 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 77257 , Reply# 16   8/4/2009 at 04:33 (5,349 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 77258 , Reply# 17   8/4/2009 at 04:35 (5,349 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 77259 , Reply# 18   8/4/2009 at 04:40 (5,349 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 77260 , Reply# 19   8/4/2009 at 04:44 (5,349 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 77261 , Reply# 20   8/4/2009 at 05:19 (5,349 days old) by vintagehoover ()   |   | |
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My favourite later Junior, Model 1334. This one dates from 1958, and was made during the first 3 months of production. |
Post# 77264 , Reply# 21   8/4/2009 at 07:44 (5,349 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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Mike that is one amazing collection!!!! We really need to consider a convention across the pond!!! Terry |
Post# 77273 , Reply# 22   8/4/2009 at 11:59 (5,349 days old) by williamr1248 (USA)   |   | |
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Jack,Mike and Chris, Thanks so much for the pictures and information.Now I have to find my grandmother's little Hoover and put it togeather for a run! Rob |
Post# 77312 , Reply# 23   8/4/2009 at 19:11 (5,349 days old) by z30soulbrother (West Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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i never saw a dirtsearcher in the brown colour scheme before now! |
Post# 77322 , Reply# 25   8/4/2009 at 21:27 (5,349 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas)   |   | |
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Please forgive my ignorance of Hoovers,,just wondering, did all Hoover Junior's come with hose and attachments,,or rather, were they all meant to take hose attachments? How did the attachments fit onto the models that have a headlight? (Assuming you didnt/couldnt access the motor fan from the front.) They sure are neat little vacs,,wish i had room for one! |
Post# 77337 , Reply# 27   8/5/2009 at 01:57 (5,349 days old) by vintagehoover ()   |   | |
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Norm, the Lark Model 14 in the photos Mike posted belongs to me - and I imported it from the US. The Lark was never on sale here, although we did have the Junior 1224, which shared the same colour-scheme! |
Post# 77339 , Reply# 29   8/5/2009 at 05:29 (5,348 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Hi Guys...thanks for the comments, just to clarify the first couple of pics are all mine, the later ones are are combination of the UK guys!!! we had a UK mini Meet at Alaisters (back middle) in London to commemorate Hoover 100th and we brought together just about every available model to make the complete line up!!! Terry....you know the score..get that ticket booked!!! Norm, the Lark is courtesy of Jack who imported it here, lovely runner, slightly larger than our 1224... Rob yes find that Junior now!!! lovely runners and you do get the "IBAISAIC" roar through your floors!!! Casey, enjoy your Junior , a lovely find!!! |
Post# 77340 , Reply# 30   8/5/2009 at 05:54 (5,348 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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All the early Junior Dirtsearchers came with tools that fitted directly onto the front fan chamber, the adaptor had a belt lifter like a Kirby, (in all my time of using one I never used it as a lifter, always slipped the belt off and the stuck the adaptor in!!! The suction was better than the Hoover Senior (convertable)believe it or not, with a double stretch hose, extension & dusting tools etc... |
Post# 77341 , Reply# 31   8/5/2009 at 06:03 (5,348 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 77342 , Reply# 32   8/5/2009 at 06:03 (5,348 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 77343 , Reply# 33   8/5/2009 at 06:04 (5,348 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 77344 , Reply# 34   8/5/2009 at 06:05 (5,348 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 77345 , Reply# 35   8/5/2009 at 06:06 (5,348 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 77346 , Reply# 36   8/5/2009 at 06:07 (5,348 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 77347 , Reply# 37   8/5/2009 at 06:24 (5,348 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 77348 , Reply# 38   8/5/2009 at 07:33 (5,348 days old) by vintagehoover ()   |   | |
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Thanks for the pics, Mike - that's a beautiful 1354A! By the way, give me a call sometime if you're free to chat, we should catch up soon! |
Post# 77349 , Reply# 39   8/5/2009 at 07:50 (5,348 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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Thanks for all the pictures Mike!! One of these days I am going to book that ticket!!! Terry |
Post# 77362 , Reply# 40   8/5/2009 at 13:40 (5,348 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas)   |   | |
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Post# 77363 , Reply# 41   8/5/2009 at 13:50 (5,348 days old) by z30soulbrother (West Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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yes you can still get the bags, belts and cloth bags pretty easy.... which says in itself how popular juniors were as the 1334 series alone started over 50yrs ago (1958) |
Post# 77516 , Reply# 43   8/6/2009 at 16:53 (5,347 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 77523 , Reply# 44   8/6/2009 at 19:20 (5,347 days old) by cart1531 ()   |   | |
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That 1348 looks very nice! I'm guessing mine has a replacement bag, although there is a post in the archives that shows a 1348 with the patchwork pattern bag that the hoover convertible 707(?) had I think. |
Post# 381592 , Reply# 46   11/19/2017 at 17:42 (2,320 days old) by KirbyCollector (Columbus Ohio USA)   |   | |
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I noticed several differences between the British Juniors, and the British made American Juniors.
I noticed the British ones have a spring loaded hook on the side of the handle, whereas the ones in America have just a spring that hooks to the back of the handle. The second thing is the American ones have a vinyl bag unlike the British ones. Another thing is the model numbers. I don’t understand why the model numbers are different. Is there a reason for that? The last thing I noticed is the handle grips. The British ones have an actual grip on the handle, whereas the American ones just have a bare metal handle. I am curious as to why there are these differences between juniors in the US, and UK. |
Post# 381609 , Reply# 47   11/20/2017 at 01:16 (2,320 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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The British marketed Juniors used both fabric and vinyl (with fabric backing) bags, the fabric bags were used on the earlier 60s ones and the vinyl bags on the 70s ones. I do prefer the spring loaded hook, over the long spring. It always bothered me why they didn’t put a grip on US models. I think they changed the model numbers to deiffenciate them for export...I believe Hoover sent just the base units over and then Hoover in the US packed them with the American style vinyl outer bag and the handle sections, the power cords were probably put on in the US too...As far as Inam concerned though, that is just a myth. I think they were fully packed in Britain. |