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Thread Number: 18803
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Post# 206911 11/17/2012 at 13:00 (4,176 days old) by compactelectra  (Palm Springs) |
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 The very first Electrolux Upright Vacuum Cleaner. I bought this brand new in the box on Ebay. It has also been on display in the collection at Tarantula Arms. Run maybe three times. Comes with the attachments from the later Silverado line. Original box included. I will scrounge up the bags to go with this too since they are no longer available. CLICK HERE TO GO TO compactelectra's LINK on eBay 
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| Post# 206914 , Reply# 1 11/17/2012 at 14:27 (4,176 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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BEAUTIFUL!!! I wish I was a little richer!!LOL I have always been partial to these but usually they are a train wreck when you find them!! | ||
| Post# 206932 , Reply# 2 11/17/2012 at 17:34 (4,175 days old) by electromatik (Taylorsville, North Carolina, U.S.A.) | ||
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WOW! I've NEVER seen one at all, let alone one in that good of a condition. I'd love to see the attachments and bags. I wonder if that is a headlight on the top of the nozzle... | ||
| Post# 206934 , Reply# 3 11/17/2012 at 18:14 (4,175 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 207237 , Reply# 5 11/20/2012 at 16:54 (4,173 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Hey Jimmy!!! If I had the cash I would have it!!!! I wish it had been listed in Dec, when I get my Christmas bonus!!! | ||
| Post# 207265 , Reply# 6 11/20/2012 at 21:38 (4,172 days old) by BrianKirbyClass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
These upright Lux's are fun to look at and use, but, A neighbor of mine had one several years ago,,until i saw it out on the curb with the trash one day.
The neighbor just happened to be working in the yard, and I asked him why they were dumping it, and he said it was the WORST vacuum they had ever owned. Was heavy and clumbsy,,It clogged almost everytime they used it, even tho they were super careful with what was sucked up, and said that the suction was practically non exsistant, even with a new bag, it was poor at best. The bags were also long discontinued, and they couldnt find them at all, not even generic. He said the Electrolux man wouldnt even service it, or take it on a trade. He said The attachments were a terrible pain to attach and use,(you had to screw in a plate over the intake and attach the hose to the plate, then when done with the hose, detach and unscrew the plate again), and the suction from the hose was so pityful it wouldnt even pick up a feather. Was NOT handy for vacuuming stairs at all. I asked him what they replaced it with - he said a Kirby G4! I bet thats the first time their carpets had an honest to goodness deep down vacuuming in years! lol | ||
| Post# 207283 , Reply# 7 11/21/2012 at 00:41 (4,172 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
I ordered some generic bags for this last year from VCP. You just have to make sure the person you talk to understands what upright you are talking about. I have this one the olympia one as well as the one that goes with the silverado. I would love to find the one that said heavy duty one it and the very last one (and I believe the rarest) that matched the very early diamond J in the off whiteish color
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| Post# 207438 , Reply# 11 11/22/2012 at 12:50 (4,171 days old) by BrianKirbyClass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
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Im sorry, i didnt mean to "Bash" anything or anyone. Just repeating what i saw and heard from a neighbor one day. You dont very often see an Electrolux out on the curb with someones trash, or at least i dont, so i was supprised when i saw it.
The neighbor man just happened to be out working in his yard at the time, so i asked him what the deal was with the vac. As far as the vac barely even able to suck up a feather, evidently there was an internal clog somewhere deep in the machine? Maybe they had sucked up pine needles?(which can cause a terrible clog), Who knows? I would have saved the machine from the trash myself, until i heard that bags, parts and all were too hard to find, or impossible to find (at least in our rural areas here in the Midwest) and that even the Electrolux Salesman himself didnt even want to deal with the machine. Personally, i love Electrolux machines and was raised with them, so i was supprised to hear this particular one was a lemon. Guess you can get a lemon in any make and model. | ||
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