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Thread Number: 8172
A major difference between US Mod 63 and the UK 638... |
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Post# 91020 , Reply# 2 2/8/2010 at 12:00 (5,189 days old) by marukap  (Saint Louis, MO) |
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More Pics Close up of toe control 
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Post# 91021 , Reply# 3 2/8/2010 at 12:01 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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Workings of toe control 
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Post# 91022 , Reply# 4 2/8/2010 at 12:02 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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Undercarriage 
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Post# 91023 , Reply# 5 2/8/2010 at 12:04 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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Fan cover removed. I like the UK fan cover much more than the US version. The front section on the US version is riveted on except for those two visible screws . . WHY????! 
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Post# 91024 , Reply# 6 2/8/2010 at 12:06 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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Showing off! Visible from the top down: 305, 26, 27, 29, 60, 61, 62, 63 
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Post# 91025 , Reply# 7 2/8/2010 at 12:07 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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61 Details Note handle release pedal. 
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Post# 91026 , Reply# 8 2/8/2010 at 12:08 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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61 Details Note height range lever. It is like the UK 63. 
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Post# 91027 , Reply# 9 2/8/2010 at 12:09 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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60 Details Note Absence of foot-controlled handle release. 
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Post# 91028 , Reply# 10 2/8/2010 at 12:10 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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60 Details Handle release on handle! The one and only model with this feature. 
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Post# 91029 , Reply# 11 2/8/2010 at 12:13 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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60 Details Note absence of height range selector. Like the model 27, the 60 was promoted as having fully automatic height adjustment. Obviously they found that it wasn't quite automatic enough without the range selectors installed on the 28 and the 61 and up. 
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Post# 91033 , Reply# 13 2/8/2010 at 13:34 (5,189 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 91050 , Reply# 14 2/8/2010 at 15:33 (5,189 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
What a WONDERFUL selection
Martin I am amazed at the pictures you have shown here, I am quite jealous! And I thought Seamus' 638 was good. It appears that the arrangement on the US 61 height control was rather like our 638 - I am going to have to dig mine out and have a closer look. Can you please explain how the handle release on the 60 worked? Jack Copp has always waxed lyrical (justifably) about the technical innovations of the earlier Hoovers, although I suspect that this perhaps might have been a step too far as it did not apparently last too long. Another question if I may please. Can you tell us more about the machine denoted in your text as the 305 as I understood that to have a single pivot rather than fork handles - its the one which looks like a 150. Finally any chane of some more pictures of the 26 please - we had them in abundance here as the 262, but I cannot recall seeing a picture of the 26 before Many thanks Al | ||
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Post# 91080 , Reply# 20 2/8/2010 at 22:26 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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305 Undercarriage 
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Post# 91081 , Reply# 21 2/8/2010 at 22:28 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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Hoover 150 Note the forked handle bale as opposed to the rear handle socket on the UK 160. 
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Post# 91082 , Reply# 22 2/8/2010 at 22:31 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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150 Undercarriage Fabulously complex - Note independent chassis assembly and positive action automatic height adjustment. 
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Post# 91085 , Reply# 24 2/8/2010 at 22:37 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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25 Undercarriage 25 Undercarriage 
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Post# 91086 , Reply# 25 2/8/2010 at 22:39 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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25 Undercarriage Rear details 
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Post# 91088 , Reply# 26 2/8/2010 at 22:41 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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Hoover 26 Original finish on this one! The bag is a prototype handisac assembly NEW from the famous North Canton "vault." 
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Post# 91089 , Reply# 27 2/8/2010 at 22:42 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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26 Undercarriage 
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Post# 91090 , Reply# 28 2/8/2010 at 22:45 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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26 rear detail - Pretty much the same as the 25 without the screw-down height adjuster. Nicer wheels, though. 
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Post# 91091 , Reply# 29 2/8/2010 at 22:46 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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26 front detail 
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Post# 91092 , Reply# 30 2/8/2010 at 22:47 (5,189 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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Pretty-Maids-All-in-a-Row 305 - 150 - 25 - 26 
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| Post# 91101 , Reply# 31 2/9/2010 at 03:18 (5,188 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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"All I can say is WOW!"
Martin Thank you for taking the time to prepare and load the photos - your cleaners are in such WONDERFUL condition, you must have spent alot of time restoring them. And thank you also for the schematic of the 60 handle - there was a lot going on in there! Given that it was dropped I can only assume that it was to costly to build or that customer response was not positive enough to warrant its continuation. More questions though. Was the 25 a successor to the 150, or a reduced cost version to run along side it. As you have stated we had the 160 with the 26 starting soon after, although there did not seem to be that much difference between them. We had both models up to 1949 when our 612 was introduced. Interesting that after the 150, the range seems to have gone along a rather simpler technoligical route with the 25 as the basis of the TOL versions rather than the 150 I do not have a 262 but it appears to me that the 26 has a much more pronounced ridge going along the hood...... Thanks again for making this such a rich thread, and thanks too to Seamus whose sharp eyes kicked teh whole thing off Al | ||
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Post# 91113 , Reply# 34 2/9/2010 at 10:36 (5,188 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO) |
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305 Parts Karl: I think I can help you. I'll send you a direct email. | ||
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Post# 91152 , Reply# 35 2/9/2010 at 23:42 (5,188 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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EXCELLENT SPECIMENS !!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
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Post# 91190 , Reply# 36 2/10/2010 at 13:13 (5,187 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Look at the "evolution" | ||
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