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Post# 20431   9/15/2007 at 09:10 (6,059 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

I will deal wit' youse 2 guyz when I get back from N Carolina...Rick

Post# 20441 , Reply# 1   9/15/2007 at 10:46 (6,059 days old) by charles~richard ()        
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Post# 20446 , Reply# 2   9/15/2007 at 11:25 (6,059 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Gee whizz gosh golly, Rick...

Maybe you have a turquoise vinyl GE R-1 Roll-Easy hose ya don't need anymore? LOL

or just the ends so I can copperplate 'em for a new hose...:-)

I refuse to butcher this gorgeous cloth weave one. But nothing but the older style late 1950s GE larger diameter and latch spaceing will fit a Roll-Easy. :-(

Post# 20692 , Reply# 3   9/18/2007 at 19:21 (6,056 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        
O.K. I'm back.......

 Didn't mean to keep you in suspense so long. Was gone buying China pieces for two incomplete sets I have at Replacements Ltd. in North Carolina. I spent just about a full day there. Amazing place...First, Charles, I had no Idea there was a polished version of the polisher. You always amaze me with your collection. But what I did not have time to get around telling you was, twenty five years ago, I happened on one (polisher) HOWEVER, the emblem on the top of it was similar in shape to the Swedish and UK versions you show in your photos, but had the traditional Electrolux, circle, and three lines, like what is "carved" into the run of the mill units. I did not buy it because it was cracked and had no rubber bumper. How stupid I was then. And don't kill or hate me when I fess up to this..I'm actually a little afraid to admit this. I had a model XX Electrolux. It was in very bad shape. all the trim pieces were pitted and rusted but not dented. It ran. the "can" had no dents but was rusted. No tools, No hose. I also had a Thrift model T. It ran. was a little rusty. When I moved from Indiana to Georgia, there was literally no room for anything else on the U-Haul. I mean seriously, no room for 'notin. And both machines were placed out by the curb. I had forgotten about the XX until I saw your website. I went off about how stupid I was because: That previously mentioned Polisher was Wrinkle finish grey just like the XX!!!O.K., I am going to lie down now, The memories are killing me....But first, Hey, Piano/Organ guy? This is your fault for starting the polisher thread in the first place! My slipping into a lost treasure induced coma WILL BE ON YOUR HANDS!!!! I hope you can sleep tonight. By the way, you notice how that grand Piano is turned toward the wall will both lids closed because the lady is just snooty. She does not play the Piano...just impress her friends. Go ahead and polish it lady, I can't see the drawer under the keybed so I doubt it was an AMPICO! And she could not afford a Duo-Art/Steinway because she had to do her own polishing. There, 'nough said

Post# 20693 , Reply# 4   9/18/2007 at 19:24 (6,056 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        
BTW

That is a Gorgeous Hose.....But don't get me started on the lack of junk shops or thrift stores here in Atlanta

Post# 20695 , Reply# 5   9/18/2007 at 19:37 (6,056 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        
Charles,

 Please E-Mail me, Just a note, so I can E-mail you back. Kinda Important. Thanks. I tried before but must of had the wrong address.

Post# 20743 , Reply# 6   9/19/2007 at 12:03 (6,055 days old) by danemodsandy ()        
Thank You!

 "But don't get me started on the lack of junk shops or thrift stores here in Atlanta."

Crevicetool:

I really appreciate your saying this, because my friends in other cities cannot understand why I envy some of their finds. Atlanta's thrifts are SOOOOO bad. Most of what you find now is 1990s stuff, cheaply made and beaten to hell and gone. Very few thrifts carry furniture, and almost none carry appliances- clothes make more money per square foot, so they refuse other kinds of merchandise. Because I'm diligent and visit frequently, I do okay, but nothing like what my friends in other cities find.

There's also a huge skimming problem here- meaning that back-room employees skim off good stuff and sell it on eBay and the like. One manager at a thrift near me was skimming and selling at the (now-closed) Lakewood Antique Market. He went from a Chevy Nova with plastic over one broken window to a Mercedes before he was caught and hauled off to jail.

A typical visit to a thrift here will yield only very late-model, junky small appliances that are broken, shelves of romance novels and Disney videos, cookware that was bought new at some Dollar Days promotion (and vilely mistreated), and broken exercise equipment. Plus clothes, of course.

Goodwill is better than most, and Bibles for Missions is okay. I don't waste a lot of time with Value Village any more- there's just nothing there most of the time. Salvation Army is too far away for frequent visits.

Post# 20744 , Reply# 7   9/19/2007 at 12:35 (6,055 days old) by charles~richard ()        
Wrinkle-finish polisher

 crevicetool, I have never seen this version of the polisher you're describing. I am not quite sure I get your description of the logo -- are you saying it was a raised plastic bit like the European verson, but in the shape of the American logo? If so, that is quite an oddity as the American-style logo was to my knowledge never raised but always engraved. You see it all over the place on attachments, cord ends and in advertising collateral and other printed materials but again, I have never seen that logo as a "raised" element.

And of course gray wrinkle finish is strange too. The XX (or 20) came out in c.1941 which is 7-8 years before the polisher was introduced (1948 or '49) so it seems strange that there would be one painted to match the Model XX.

Sure wish you hadn't pitched it!! haha

Post# 20755 , Reply# 8   9/19/2007 at 15:32 (6,055 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        
The polisher....

 I only had in my hand for about three minutes. Saw the crack and pitched it back on the pile. I also couldn't tell if the emblem was plastic or metal or how it attached but distinctly remember it being raised, not engraved. It was like they did it on the combination dusting/upholstery tool. I also remember the wrinkle. Much like the underside of a XXX. Who knows, it could have been a re-build or something on that order. But I am rather angry with myself about the XX. I never got around to working on it. If I remember correctly, it had quite a bit different motor/fan housing than other models being offered in that period. What would that be just the XXX, right? I seem to remember Bakelite. I'm pretty sure I'm not confusing it with the XII. I know that has a Bakelite motor mount. I kept my XII. Finally restored it. At the time, the XX was the one not to keep. It needed SO much work. However could have done it properly now. The guys at the motorcycle shop I take my chrome pieces to would have have loved it. They could have flown to Spain for a vacation for what they would have charged me for that one. LOL

Post# 20762 , Reply# 9   9/19/2007 at 18:31 (6,055 days old) by electrogirl ()        
On Junk/Thrift Stores...

 I agree that the pickings at the thriftjunk stores has really deteriorated over the last several years. I blame eBay partly (actually more than partly). People are now more apt to check eBay before they donate granny's old "whatever." The thrifts stores also are charging a premium for anything they deem vintage, even if it is a hunk-o-junk one step from the garbage heap. And I do feel there is a great deal of skimming going on amongst the employees.

I have seen obscene prices at yard sales, and flea markets as well. Leaving me to wander off muttering, "What are they... bleepin' nuts???"

Post# 20763 , Reply# 10   9/19/2007 at 18:34 (6,055 days old) by electrogirl ()        
More on Thrift Stores

 "A typical visit to a thrift here will yield only very late-model, junky small appliances that are broken, shelves of romance novels and Disney videos, cookware that was bought new at some Dollar Days promotion (and vilely mistreated), and broken exercise equipment. Plus clothes, of course. "


Oh how sadly true, If I see another bread maker, I am going to simply scream.

Post# 20766 , Reply# 11   9/19/2007 at 18:52 (6,055 days old) by charles~richard ()        

Yes, we who have been collecting for a while (me: 37 years) lament the demise of the thrift shop.

Used to be, I'd take an entire Saturday and make a big circle around L.A., hitting all the thrift shops from North Hollywood to Long Beach and from Santa Monica to Alhambra and points in-between. By the end of the day, my car would be so piled up that I could barely close the doors, and there would be handles and stuff sticking out of the windows!

Nowadays, you're lucky to come home with so much as a grotty old crevice tool.

I too have taken note of the ridiculous prices, when you DO find stuff. A few years back I saw one or another canister vac (don't remember what it was now) in a thrift shop. It was only in fair condition with mismatched attachments and a plastic hose. But whatever it was, it was one I did not have and wanted it for my display of "rocket ship vacuums." Well, I asked the proprietor of the shop what she wanted for it and she said some outlandishly high price (at the time) of, like, a hundred bucks or something.

I snorted and said, "Surely you're joking - that much for a crummy old sweeper?" She retorted, I could get twice that much for it on ebay." I said, "Well, then, list it on eBay!!" And I walked out leaving behind me an air of great disgust.

What can you do. It's the march of progress. Either join it, or get left behind in the flivver-dust.

Post# 20769 , Reply# 12   9/19/2007 at 19:19 (6,055 days old) by electrogirl ()        
Thrift Stores

 "What can you do. It's the march of progress. Either join it, or get left behind in the flivver-dust."

Yes, I suppose you are quite right. I guess we too, can get more on eBay for our vacuums, than we could trying to sell on our own.


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