Thread Number: 9056
Hoover Model 475 with 'new' bag! |
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Post# 99910 , Reply# 1   6/4/2010 at 18:25 (5,071 days old) by 1066hoovers ()   |   | |
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One more pic. |
Post# 99913 , Reply# 2   6/4/2010 at 18:46 (5,071 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR)   |   | |
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Post# 99967 , Reply# 3   6/5/2010 at 08:36 (5,070 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 100086 , Reply# 4   6/6/2010 at 14:18 (5,069 days old) by watsonw (Newport, Shropshire, UK)   |   | |
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Hello Jonathan, Like all of your cleaners this is one is stunning....I love your 700 and mint 638 with the cloth bag an very rare 'compoflex' hose. Regards, Walter, West Mids. |
Post# 100195 , Reply# 6   6/7/2010 at 21:40 (5,068 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR)   |   | |
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Post# 100232 , Reply# 7   6/8/2010 at 13:47 (5,067 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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This one looks pretty much flawless. I'm a little intrigued by the handle bail, which almost looks as if it's been recently chrome plated. The examples I've seen of this model (currently have about four) have steel bails painted black..and they can go rusty, whereas other machines, like the 575 and 700 appear to have aluminium ones, which will buff out. I have a 638 tool kit with one of those cardboard caddies, though don't have the box to the right. However I can't remember which hose it has; I'll have to check. Stephen |
Post# 100235 , Reply# 8   6/8/2010 at 14:17 (5,067 days old) by watsonw (Newport, Shropshire, UK)   |   | |
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with that lovely 1926 type bag and pistol grip handle.....is it UK or USA voltage ? I think the braided 'compoflex' 638 hose would have been fitted to an early production run cleaner i.e. 1955/6, I think that sounds logical ? Regards, Walter. |
Post# 100369 , Reply# 10   6/9/2010 at 20:20 (5,066 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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Great job on that bag Jonathan!!! I love the color you added to it. |
Post# 100426 , Reply# 11   6/10/2010 at 16:37 (5,065 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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The 612 and 638 look mint..and are amongst my favourite cleaners. It's interesting what you say about the handle bails. I have a 475 with a bail painted black. My other 475s and some of the 425s are in storage, so can't check them all straight away. Also I've resprayed some of mine silver. However I'm wondering if, perhaps, Hoover plated some and painted others. Surely, the plating must have been more expensive to do? I may have one or two items I'd like to have chrome plated, including a Tellus base and possibly some Hoover bails. I expect that this will be expensive..so in no rush..but just curious, who did you use and were they reasonable? Stephen |