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Post# 116901   12/4/2010 at 15:52 (4,889 days old) by animebsd ()   |   | |
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Does the bag look original to you? Also what would you say the rarity of this machine is? NEVER seen one with these colors. -Brandon |
Post# 116970 , Reply# 1   12/4/2010 at 21:29 (4,889 days old) by vac-o-matic (Saint Louis, Mo.)   |   | |
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I think that is original to the best of my knowledge of Eurekas. After they cheapened them and went to the plastic handles, their bags got more generic looking with just a plain printed logo. |
Post# 116978 , Reply# 2   12/4/2010 at 22:15 (4,889 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Brandon....that's a mid 1980's Eureka Dial-A-Nap - same era as the Eureka ultra and Eureka Express canister. When Sweden's Electrolux bought Eureka in 1974, they began a process of rebranding that dropped the famous Eureka Williams graphic with the famous Eureka curvey "E". The first replacement graphic was the "Eureka" you see on this vac - all block letters and no other symbol. A few years later the company slanted the letters a bit. My parents bought me my very own Dial-A-Nap upright when I moved out of the house in 1982....and it still had the old Eureka Williams graphic and symbol - so yours must be from right after that.
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Post# 117026 , Reply# 3   12/5/2010 at 07:01 (4,888 days old) by Eurekaboy (Raleigh,NC)   |   | |
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Looks original to me. This model is from the late 80's and I remember these still being sold at Target as late as 1990/91 for like 69.99. One question though, is it just me or is the Eureka lettering on the bag and where the dial a nap is backward???? It looks like the lettering should be on the right side of the bag. Just curious.
Stephen |