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Post# 117020 12/5/2010 at 04:54 (4,885 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 117215 , Reply# 1 12/5/2010 at 22:37 (4,884 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
I Think You're Right, Ben
The 602 replaced the 601, and the 603 replaced the 602. All basically the same machine, but seems Royal changed model numbers every time there was even a minor engineering change--that's why so many different models are so similar, and why so many parts will interchange, and why there are so many model numbers that I haven't even heard of.
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Post# 117243 , Reply# 2 12/6/2010 at 09:29 (4,884 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Jeff,
I remember the 602 actually continued into the early 1980s, and the 603 did exist from the late '60s into the early '70s. I've seen pre-1970 603s as well as 602s going into the mid '80s. You actually have a 602 dated March 1981, and it is one of the 75th Anniversary versions. Below is a photograph of a nameplate to a pre-1970 model 603. This one, serial #603-23067, has a revised list of patents, to include two that were issued during the spring of 1969 (3,437,424 and 3,444,582) - which makes this example one of the last ones to not have a datable serial #. ~Ben 
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Post# 117244 , Reply# 3 12/6/2010 at 09:31 (4,884 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Another 603 - In Dark Blue (Very Early Model) | ||
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Post# 117245 , Reply# 4 12/6/2010 at 09:34 (4,884 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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And This 603's Serial # Is... | ||
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