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Date Range for Hoover 305 |
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Post# 102886   7/8/2010 at 20:01 (5,033 days old) by meba2233 (Webster Groves, MO)   |   | |
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Hello Everyone. I recently picked up this Hoover 305. Can anyone give me a manufacturing date range. Thanks in advance. Mark |
Post# 102887 , Reply# 1   7/8/2010 at 20:02 (5,033 days old) by meba2233 (Webster Groves, MO)   |   | |
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A replacement bag I assume??? |
Post# 102888 , Reply# 2   7/8/2010 at 20:03 (5,033 days old) by meba2233 (Webster Groves, MO)   |   | |
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Here is the base. A bit scuffed and a broken lens. |
Post# 102889 , Reply# 3   7/8/2010 at 20:04 (5,033 days old) by meba2233 (Webster Groves, MO)   |   | |
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Fairly clean. Thanks again. Mark |
Post# 102897 , Reply# 4   7/8/2010 at 22:55 (5,033 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 102938 , Reply# 5   7/9/2010 at 23:34 (5,032 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR)   |   | |
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This was a "landmark" model. Designed by Henry Drefuss, it was one of the last Hoover old-style tool conversions to hit the market. Already, Dreyfuss had re-designed Hoover's first-line cleaners to have side slide-in tool conversion (1936). Because this model 305 was the budget model, Hoover was able to offer it for $49.50 "and your trade-in". After the war, this model would be re-designed (with side tool conversion) into the Model 27, then, very quickly, into the famous Model 28. But, this was the first model that looked like this. Hoover's second-line company NORCO, offered a very similar machine to this 305.
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Post# 103039 , Reply# 6   7/10/2010 at 22:31 (5,031 days old) by marukap (Saint Louis, MO)   |   | |
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Chart of models, years and serial numbers |
Post# 103049 , Reply# 7   7/11/2010 at 08:38 (5,030 days old) by meba2233 (Webster Groves, MO)   |   | |
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Thanks everyone... Mark |