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Thread Number: 7948
Hoover Decade 80--A Dream Realized. |
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Post# 88302 1/6/2010 at 17:03 (5,216 days old) by arh1953  ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Two days ago, I found a lovely Decade 80 in the Fort Pierce Goodwill, for $6.99. Didn't buy it because I'm overrun now with uprights and no space until the roommate and her posessions move out. So today, I was determined to buy it if it was still there. Lucky me, I got it for a total of $5.59 because I'm elderly now. Unfortunately, haven't tried it yet. It's basically solid with light scarring and a film of dust. The two stick on decals on the handle are trying to peel off. I'm just so glad I got it before somebody else did.
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| Post# 88305 , Reply# 1 1/6/2010 at 17:20 (5,216 days old) by samotronic () | ||
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Nice I always loved these and the Decade 800 series. Seemed more like a modern day model 65 Convertible than some of the actual late model Convertibles did. | ||
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Post# 88312 , Reply# 2 1/6/2010 at 17:48 (5,216 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Thank you! | ||
| Post# 88313 , Reply# 3 1/6/2010 at 18:12 (5,216 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Post# 88314 , Reply# 4 1/6/2010 at 18:30 (5,216 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Glad I did too | ||
| Post# 88330 , Reply# 5 1/6/2010 at 21:31 (5,216 days old) by luxg () | ||
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Nice find Alan, I have to agree, the color of it made me want it as well. I really like mine. | ||
| Post# 88351 , Reply# 6 1/7/2010 at 01:31 (5,216 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
Very nice | ||
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Post# 88361 , Reply# 7 1/7/2010 at 06:24 (5,216 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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I was wondering who here has the other Decade 80s. Glad you like yours Terry, it's such an elegant looking vac, even with the candy color. I have two "parts" vacs, one is an Elite, the other is some fancy maroon Hoover upright with the cord cut off. It has a new bag in it, so I'm wondering what might have caused those people to chuck it out. It's the only salvage machine I have, due to space problems. | ||
| Post# 88388 , Reply# 8 1/7/2010 at 11:37 (5,215 days old) by vacuumfreeeke () | ||
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Looks good Alan. Does it have beater bars, or just brushes on the roller? Is it a two speed motor? | ||
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Post# 88406 , Reply# 9 1/7/2010 at 15:46 (5,215 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Hi Bobby | ||
| Post# 88414 , Reply# 10 1/7/2010 at 16:36 (5,215 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
I had been wanted a Decade 80 for a very long time, until I noticed one on ebay that was "rebuilt". I got it for a steal of a whole 20 dollars. This was over the summer. It is definitely a favorite of mine, because it has the long cord, air freshner, and the power surge. Definitely the "Cadillac" of the 1980's Hoovers besides the Concepts in my opinion.
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Post# 88418 , Reply# 11 1/7/2010 at 16:56 (5,215 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 88484 , Reply# 12 1/8/2010 at 12:35 (5,214 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
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Air freshener.... | ||
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Post# 88499 , Reply# 13 1/8/2010 at 16:48 (5,214 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 88540 , Reply# 14 1/9/2010 at 08:57 (5,214 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
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"I'm going to investigate the other known vacuum sc | ||
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Post# 88550 , Reply# 15 1/9/2010 at 10:38 (5,213 days old) by a007kirbyman (--->> Originally My Mom <<--- (now Wisconsin)) |
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Scents...
Kirby has 4 of them. Three are in drops: Vanilla, Cinnamon Spice & All Purpose (I call it hospital smell [[ LOL ]], kind of like an antiseptic smell I guess.) And then there are the Lemon tablets. I have customers buy all of them regularly for use with, trash cans, foul shoe smells, in the car, etc. [[ as well as for use with their vacuums ]]. Kirby has had a 'scent' available back to at least 1950. hagd all Bill | ||
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Post# 88583 , Reply# 17 1/9/2010 at 19:04 (5,213 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 88600 , Reply# 18 1/10/2010 at 00:23 (5,213 days old) by bimmer740 (Long Island, New York) | ||
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