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Post# 126648 , Reply# 1   3/4/2011 at 17:17 (4,773 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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Notice the orange latch! |
Post# 126649 , Reply# 2   3/4/2011 at 17:19 (4,773 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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To match, I have the box book and a original pack of bags, it wasnt used much. |
Post# 126652 , Reply# 3   3/4/2011 at 17:46 (4,773 days old) by goadie12 ()   |   | |
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Mine would have to be my compact c6 because that is the only compact I have lol. |
Post# 126674 , Reply# 4   3/4/2011 at 21:53 (4,773 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 126953 , Reply# 5   3/7/2011 at 23:46 (4,770 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 126955 , Reply# 6   3/8/2011 at 00:07 (4,770 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany)   |   | |
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That's a great cleaner, Hans! Love the '20th Anniversary' logo on the side! So cute! |
Post# 126975 , Reply# 7   3/8/2011 at 07:02 (4,770 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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I have a "Flower Power" C-8 that I bought a couple of years ago NIB. I fire it up every once in a while and it is one powerful vacuum. I like that 70s "vibe" that it has with the flower decal. I'm curious about your flat lid model and if the bag fills differently because of the way the hose is inserted. You have a very nice machine!
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Post# 127215 , Reply# 10   3/10/2011 at 20:23 (4,767 days old) by BBFvac76 ()   |   | |
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Heres my C9 after a new paint job. |
Post# 127222 , Reply# 11   3/10/2011 at 21:18 (4,767 days old) by kirbykid63 (Wilmington Delaware)   |   | |
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Very nice paint Job did you use hammer tone blue for the color. I used hammer tone gold on my restored 1988 CXL and it came out great!!! |
Post# 127385 , Reply# 13   3/12/2011 at 19:09 (4,765 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 127390 , Reply# 14   3/12/2011 at 19:54 (4,765 days old) by BBFvac76 ()   |   | |
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Primer wasn't used & that new paint job should last another 30 years or so |
Post# 301956 , Reply# 15   10/15/2014 at 16:25 (3,452 days old) by Compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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I gave it a new paint job in jade light blue i whish i could find the original blue paint
I ve done the following New cloth bag new paper bag clean the motor filter and let dry over night new power head motor in original power head new original metal cyclonic floor tool runs great now
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Post# 301997 , Reply# 16   10/16/2014 at 01:32 (3,452 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 302017 , Reply# 18   10/16/2014 at 09:35 (3,452 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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I have your Revelation's one-year older brother. The model C-4 came out in 1956. Mine is also in the box.
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Post# 302018 , Reply# 19   10/16/2014 at 09:36 (3,452 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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The "beast" itself. No decal on the other side.
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Post# 302019 , Reply# 20   10/16/2014 at 09:36 (3,452 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Different (and unique) color exhaust port cover and cover-latch
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Post# 302020 , Reply# 21   10/16/2014 at 09:37 (3,452 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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The hose has a blue suction control sleeve, like an Electrolux Automatic E and F.
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Post# 302021 , Reply# 22   10/16/2014 at 09:38 (3,452 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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The instruction book is also unique. It has the word Revelation on the cleaner pictured, AND it has "pink stripes" on the cover.
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Post# 302022 , Reply# 23   10/16/2014 at 09:39 (3,452 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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copyright 1956 on the back of the instruction manual
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Post# 302023 , Reply# 24   10/16/2014 at 09:48 (3,451 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Until you use a Compact or Revelation. Ironic that the pic in the corner, where she's slumped over a chair, she's just used a Hoover (note the rubber hand grip).
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Post# 302024 , Reply# 25   10/16/2014 at 09:49 (3,451 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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1958 C-4 with flat lid and orange exhaust port cover latch
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Post# 302025 , Reply# 26   10/16/2014 at 09:50 (3,451 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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The "PATENTED" Cyclonic action. The decal is cool because is shows how the dirt builds up in the front of the bag, and shows the air path through the bag system. Love these graphics on the decal.
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Post# 302026 , Reply# 27   10/16/2014 at 09:51 (3,451 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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1947 model C-1. The first Compact. No bumper ring. The motor comes out from the front of the machine. VERY heavy.
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Post# 302027 , Reply# 28   10/16/2014 at 09:52 (3,451 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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1949 C-2 Compact and 1950 C-2 Revelation
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Post# 302028 , Reply# 29   10/16/2014 at 09:53 (3,451 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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The Compact had a unique Exhaust Air Deflector, which is of course removable so you can access the blower. The deflector was only on the 1949 model Compact.
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Post# 302029 , Reply# 30   10/16/2014 at 09:55 (3,451 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Beautiful in Blue. The C-80. The 45th Anniversary Model, and the first "Compact" to be sold in Vac Shops (the Tri-Star came out, in red and chrome, the same year for door to door sales).
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Post# 302030 , Reply# 31   10/16/2014 at 09:55 (3,451 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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45 Years of Quality. 1982.
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Post# 302031 , Reply# 32   10/16/2014 at 09:56 (3,451 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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The last of the Compact models ever. Different shade of blue. 1984. Note the Interstate Built power nozzle instead of the Eureka built nozzle of just two years before.
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Post# 302032 , Reply# 33   10/16/2014 at 09:57 (3,451 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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47 years of quality. Vac Shop only model. The end of an era, the last "Compact".
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Post# 302041 , Reply# 34   10/16/2014 at 11:10 (3,451 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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~ Once upon a time I had the first-of-the-first Compacts. See link. At the time that I got it, I had no idea what I had because I had never really gotten excited about Compacts and Revelations. I had never seen a single one until I moved to California in 1980. Anyway, a friend who's a thrift shop junkie calls me from time to time when he spots old vacuum cleaners to see if I want them. He called one day quite a few years ago and said he found an "egg-shaped" vacuum called the Compact, and did I want it? At first I said no because I just really didn't have any interest in the brand. But he said, "I think you ought to get this one. It's in beautiful condition and has a cloth hose that looks perfect. So I told him to go ahead and get it. He paid something like seven bucks for it. He delivered it to me in a large plastic tub. It was in great condition and ran beautifully. I found out later from another collector that it was "rare-rare-rare" because it was the first version of the first model. I eventually sold it in one of my many "economic shortfall" periods. As with all the machines I've sold over the years, I've always regretted doing so. Especially since, in this case, it unfortunately caused some hard feelings in someone I admire greatly. But as The Duke said, "Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do." I still have one really nice Compact, the one in the first photo below. It's complete and all-original, another one of my friend's thrift shop finds. Then about the other photos: The second one is "Miss Electra," a drag queen from Santa Monica Boulevard who posed for the photo shoot when the model who had been hired didn't show up. True story. You can search for the details here. Next is a Compact advertisement featuring TWA. Then I found this photo on my Mac when looking for Compact stuff. It's a Compact I had a few years ago but gave away when I moved. I only now noticed that it's a flat-top Compact! I had no recollection whatsoever of it being different from the other Compacts I'd seen or owned, probably because I hardly ever used it. The photo was taken in the living room of our old apartment, but all recollections of it have disappeared into a bad sector in my internal hard drive. Now I wish I still had it. I really like the design and the way the hose sticks out at an angle. "Oh Well." "Girl Using Compact" was a photo on eBay. Note that she's using a flat-top! Then the most beautiful Compact I've ever seen. It belonged to my friend Rick Wilson (R.I.P.) of Palm Springs. This was one of many of his most prized machines that disappeared when vultures descended on his home after he died. Another sad end to the life of a collector who had made no formal arrangements for the disposition of his collection. The landscape of the vacuum cleaner collector's world is littered with many such sad cases. CLICK HERE TO GO TO electrolux137's LINK |
Post# 302050 , Reply# 35   10/16/2014 at 14:39 (3,451 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 369848 , Reply# 36   4/2/2017 at 21:52 (2,552 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 369943 , Reply# 38   4/4/2017 at 00:25 (2,551 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Hi Tania i own a Compact C9 love it joy to use and joy to look at cant believe the suction that it has whit a new cloth bag and paper bags and filter too i have all the attachments for it rebuild the power head new motor brush roll and wires for it now shes complete just need to get a new exhaust cap as the bracket broke all in all love my C9 compact . Any time you want to talk compact let me know my grand mother had one my god father sold em too .As new as tomorrow The Compact cleaning system.
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