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Thread Number: 10666
Grandma's Kirby. Any info help?! |
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| Post# 115256 , Reply# 1 11/20/2010 at 01:23 (4,898 days old) by classicfan1 (Ohio, USA) | ||
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Another pic CLICK HERE TO GO TO classicfan1's LINK | ||
| Post# 115258 , Reply# 3 11/20/2010 at 01:29 (4,898 days old) by classicfan1 (Ohio, USA) | ||
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Whoops! Forgot the serial number: R 170691 | ||
| Post# 115265 , Reply# 4 11/20/2010 at 08:06 (4,898 days old) by thermokid (Casper, Wyoming) | ||
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Kirby Classic Omega Those are from 73 to 76 You can still get attachments fairly cheap on rbay for them.. I have four of them one of those was the very first new Kirby I ever bought!!!! | ||
Post# 115266 , Reply# 5 11/20/2010 at 08:13 (4,898 days old) by a007kirbyman  (--->> Originally My Mom <<--- (now Wisconsin)) |
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Stephen & Kirby...
Hello & good morning Stephen.
What you have there, is a Kirby Classic Omega. It was produced between 1973 & 1976. As for the worth of it, that's a matter of what someone is willing to pay on any given day. ~~lol~~ This you've seen with some of your other eBay postings that you've listed here. It all depends on who sees it. I hope this helps. Cheers & hagd all, Bill | ||
| Post# 115270 , Reply# 6 11/20/2010 at 09:35 (4,898 days old) by classicfan1 (Ohio, USA) | ||
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interesting! I remember it have some kind of hand-held shampoo thingy? I used to always mess with this thing as a kid. Maybe due to the movie "The Brave Little Toaster"? | ||
| Post# 115271 , Reply# 7 11/20/2010 at 09:36 (4,898 days old) by classicfan1 (Ohio, USA) | ||
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ps... The sentimental value is very high on this item as evidenced by me rescuing it from the curb that rainy day. | ||
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Post# 115305 , Reply# 8 11/20/2010 at 19:27 (4,897 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 115308 , Reply# 9 11/20/2010 at 20:14 (4,897 days old) by classicfan1 (Ohio, USA) | ||
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ZOINKS! How do you know it is one of the last ones built? What number out of how many made? I'm eager to learn. | ||
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Post# 115312 , Reply# 10 11/20/2010 at 20:37 (4,897 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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The Serial # Suggests Why | ||
| Post# 115329 , Reply# 11 11/21/2010 at 01:16 (4,897 days old) by classicfan1 (Ohio, USA) | ||
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Lol, I know thats how you got it. I guess I should have asked how you decoded it? Sorry, I just like to admire Kirby vacuums, I know ZIP about serial numbers. | ||
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Post# 115331 , Reply# 12 11/21/2010 at 02:03 (4,897 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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The Serial # Letters of the Omega
Hi,
The serial # letters on the Omega series denote as follows: M = 1973 (July-December 1973) N = 1974 (January-September 1974) P = 1974-1975 (October 1974-September 1975) R = 1975-1976 (September 1975-June 1976) Other models which used letters in their serial #s: Dual Sanitronic 50 (1965-1967) A = 1965-1966 (April 1965-May 1966) B = 1966 (June-December 1966) D = 1967 (January-August 1967) Dual Sanitronic 80 (1967-1969) A = 1967-1968 (September 1967-April 1968) No letter used in serial #s after May 1968 Classic 1-CR (1970-1973) R = 1970 (January-June 1970) S = 1970 (July-December 1970) T = 1971 (January-December 1971) A = 1972 (January-August 1972) B = 1972-1973 (September 1972-June 1973) Classic III (1976-1979) A = 1976 (July-December 1976) B = 1977 (January-July 1977) C = 1977-1978 (July-December 1977) D = 1978 (January-August 1978) E = 1978-1979 (September 1978-June 1979) Tradition (1979-1981) F = 1979-1980 (July 1979-February 1980) G = 1980-1981 (March 1980-February 1981) H = 1981 (March-August 1981) ~Ben | ||
| Post# 115352 , Reply# 13 11/21/2010 at 11:47 (4,897 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
Hi Ben... | ||
| Post# 117230 , Reply# 14 12/6/2010 at 01:01 (4,882 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
Thanks for posting this, KirbyClassicIII.....
Now I will finally be able to figure exactly what time period my Classic III came from!
Do you happen to know the codes for the 500 series though? Would be nice to pinpoint a more exact year than just 1959 or 1960 for my Kirby 519. And thanks for posting this helpful information for us all! Much appreciated, Ben.... Rob | ||
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Post# 117380 , Reply# 15 12/7/2010 at 06:57 (4,881 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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As far as I know, a 519's serial # can break down as:
000001-077000 = March 1959 077001-173250 = April 1959 173251-250250 = May 1959 250251-327250 = June 1959 327251-423500 = July 1959 423501-500500 = August 1959 500501-577500 = September 1959 577501-673750 = October 1959 673751-750750 = November 1959 750751-847000 = December 1959 847001-924000 = January 1960 924001-999999 = February 1960 This will have to do until I have access to an official Kirby database pertinent to all of this. ~Ben | ||
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