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Thread Number: 1828
1974 - 1977 Canadian Electrolux AP-100 |
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| Post# 19627 8/26/2007 at 08:42 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
The first Canadian Electrolux plastic body canister vac. Snatched if off eBay.ca cheap from Kingston, Ontario. But it was an excruciating pain in the butt convincing the ebay consignment store people physicaly based in Canada to ship it from Canada to Canada - they were quite adament that they drove their items across the border to Vermont to ship, even back to Canada. Simply confirmed my impression that some few greedy ebayers make their money overcharging on 'handling' fees. In the end I had it sent to my buddy in Butler PA, costing more than I paid for the vac. It arrived rediculously tossed into a carton with NO packing material whatsover. Fortunately all that plastic bounced off itself with no damage, tho the bolted rubber ring that the motor mounts with-in was torn away, leaving the motor unsupported and destroying full suction - I made a new one. Good as new, only missing the suction control dial on the top. This one has the bean counter mandated dumb non-extending wand in the purely cosmetic plastic sheath...why bother? Jeez.
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| Post# 19628 , Reply# 1 8/26/2007 at 08:45 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19629 , Reply# 2 8/26/2007 at 08:48 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19630 , Reply# 3 8/26/2007 at 08:50 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19631 , Reply# 4 8/26/2007 at 08:51 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19632 , Reply# 5 8/26/2007 at 08:51 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19633 , Reply# 6 8/26/2007 at 08:53 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19634 , Reply# 7 8/26/2007 at 08:55 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19635 , Reply# 8 8/26/2007 at 08:55 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19636 , Reply# 9 8/26/2007 at 08:59 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19637 , Reply# 10 8/26/2007 at 09:01 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19638 , Reply# 11 8/26/2007 at 09:02 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19639 , Reply# 12 8/26/2007 at 09:03 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19640 , Reply# 13 8/26/2007 at 09:04 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19641 , Reply# 14 8/26/2007 at 09:04 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19642 , Reply# 15 8/26/2007 at 09:07 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19643 , Reply# 16 8/26/2007 at 09:31 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19644 , Reply# 17 8/26/2007 at 09:32 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19645 , Reply# 18 8/26/2007 at 09:32 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19646 , Reply# 19 8/26/2007 at 09:33 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19648 , Reply# 21 8/26/2007 at 09:52 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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while I'm on about Canadian Electroluxs...they use a smaller diameter hose connector. I can not use any American Electrolux hose with canadian vacs. This is my Mom's late 1960s Z89 Elux-o-matic. I have everything including the PN-1 and the telescopic wand...but not the pigtail hose. Anyone got a spare Canadian pigtail hose in any color/condition or a pale green non electric one I can wrap a clip-on cord around? And if you've got a z-89 manual, please post it here...or sell it to me. :-) 
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| Post# 19649 , Reply# 22 8/26/2007 at 09:54 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19650 , Reply# 23 8/26/2007 at 09:56 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 19651 , Reply# 24 8/26/2007 at 10:01 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Post# 19654 , Reply# 25 8/26/2007 at 12:04 (6,087 days old) by countryguy  (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Post# 19655 , Reply# 26 8/26/2007 at 12:05 (6,087 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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| Post# 19663 , Reply# 27 8/26/2007 at 19:17 (6,087 days old) by normvac (COLUMBUS, OHIO) | ||
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Are Luxs still being manufactured and sold new in cannada? Norm | ||
| Post# 19664 , Reply# 28 8/26/2007 at 19:57 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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They sure are, Norm. You can go to a dealer or go to any SEARS Canada department store - there's one right here in my small town out at the mall. They are the exact same models as American now. WQelkl, I suppose manufactured is a relative term what with most if not all components sourced overseas and I don't know if they are even assembled here now. CLICK HERE TO GO TO aeoliandave's LINK | ||
| Post# 19666 , Reply# 30 8/26/2007 at 20:34 (6,087 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Here's the Aerus link CLICK HERE TO GO TO petek's LINK | ||
| Post# 19668 , Reply# 31 8/26/2007 at 21:06 (6,087 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Yup, Pete, I know all that convoluted history. So the answer to the question I interpreted that Norm posed is: Aerus makes those modern plastic linear airflow canisters now familiar in design to the Zs, XXXs and LXs, while Electrolux Sweden makes the tangerine/silver Egg shaped mini bag alien Podvacs available at Sears. I must say the Podvacs certainly look convincingly like most excellent SciFi raygun/flamethrowing/acid spewing props. :-) Much more convincing than the Dysons, which hark back visually to Dick Tracy's collegue Dr. Diet Smith's inventions for Moon Maid's use. So the question is, where are both these vaccum brands now manufactured/assembled. Who can enlighten us? | ||
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