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What's Your Favorite (American) Hoover Junior? |
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Post# 82027   10/7/2009 at 13:18 (5,285 days old) by kirbyclassiciii (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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What is your favorite American-market Hoover Junior, or as we call it, Lightweight Upright? From 1953-57 it was known as the Lark upright. Chronology: 1950 to 1953 - Model 115 (brown/gold hammertoned look) 1953 to 1956 - Lark Model 12 (mostly red, with gray cover plate) 1956 to early 1957 - Lark Model 14 (light blue and white) 1967 to 1968 - Model 1330 (Swedish green or jonquil with gray cover plate) 1969 to 1972 - Model 1340 (shades of seal greige, or taupe - color scheme not too unlike the U.K.-issue Junior model 1346) 1973 to 1977 - Model 1348 (garland green and seal greige/taupe) 1978 to 1980 - Model U1025 (pale honey and almond) To sum it all up: my favorites would be the Lark Model 14 mainly because of its short production run, and the final Lightweight Upright (1978-80) that is model U1025 which closed the chapter of the Hoover Junior in the U.S.A. ~Ben |
Post# 82042 , Reply# 2   10/7/2009 at 17:53 (5,285 days old) by kirbyclassiciii (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Chris, Maybe the small size of the Junior could've been another point as to it not selling as well as the Convertibles. It was great for smaller homes and condominiums, but for the average Joe, a cleaner of this size won't do except as a collector's piece. The prior Lark uprights I'd mentioned in the list also had the motor switch on the main base. ~Ben |
Post# 82046 , Reply# 4   10/7/2009 at 19:26 (5,285 days old) by thevacuumman (Borger, TX)   |   | |
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the lark model 14 is my favorite |
Post# 82047 , Reply# 5   10/7/2009 at 19:29 (5,285 days old) by vintagehoover ()   |   | |
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Hoover Lark Model 14: |
Post# 82141 , Reply# 7   10/9/2009 at 07:41 (5,283 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)   |   | |
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Post# 82159 , Reply# 8   10/9/2009 at 18:03 (5,283 days old) by kirbyclassiciii (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 82161 , Reply# 9   10/9/2009 at 18:37 (5,283 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 82165 , Reply# 10   10/9/2009 at 19:11 (5,283 days old) by xraytech ()   |   | |
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My favorite would be the Lark model 12 |
Post# 82177 , Reply# 11   10/10/2009 at 00:19 (5,283 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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