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The 612 was the first new model of Hoover to be launched postwar, at least in the UK; the USA version was launched in 1940, the European one in 1949. Like the preceding models, eg the 262, this vacuum cleaner was styled by the industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss, but this model abandoned the fragile looking teardrop shape for something far more substantial looking. The 612 featured a dirtsearcher lamp which extended the full width of the bakelite motor hood, looking like the curved, steel framed windows of the 1930s. This was one of the first machines that got me collecting, and was bought from a mid-Wales charity shop. It has since had the components from two other machines fitted, and still operates well, although the bag is not original. |
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