Thread Number: 19399
Need help identifying vintage Kirby |
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Post# 215020 , Reply# 1   1/20/2013 at 21:26 (4,085 days old) by kirbykid (Horseheads,New York 14845)   |   | |
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Could you post pictures of the vacuum? And what model is it? |
Post# 215023 , Reply# 2   1/20/2013 at 21:32 (4,085 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Take a picture of the box, and lets start from there. Next, look on the instruction manual, nunber and model are on the cover of the book. Then take out the machine. In front of, or near the rear wheels is a plate that reads Kirby---. Scott & Fetzer Co. etc. there is a number. 512, 513, 517, and so on. If the box is red and gray, it's an early 1950's model. By the way, 512 would be 1952. If the box is light brown it's a Sanitronic, or Dual Sanitronic. There was only one green model, the D.80. there is also a D. 50. A milk chocolate brown is the Classic, darker brown is the Omega, candy apple red is the Classic 111, and blue, is ther Tradition.
Since I don't know your age, the age of your mother in law, or her mother, I can't say. However, my gut feeling is the early 1950's models. If I have a picture of the box, I can tell on sight, as I wotked for Kirby from June of 1975 to November of 1983, and part time till 1985. I know every Kirby since the first, the model 1-C which was introduced in 1935. Alex Taber. |
Post# 215024 , Reply# 3   1/20/2013 at 21:37 (4,085 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 215080 , Reply# 5   1/21/2013 at 11:37 (4,084 days old) by kirbykid (Horseheads,New York 14845)   |   | |
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300 to 400 is a good asking price. |
Post# 215092 , Reply# 6   1/21/2013 at 12:02 (4,084 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 215151 , Reply# 7   1/21/2013 at 17:08 (4,084 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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The first picture is when my collection was in a spare bedroom. The previous, and this one, as well as the rest, are pictures of the refurbished 3 car garage which became the museum. As my house was club headquarters from September 85, to 95, my collection, became the club museum. The last are the non electric's circa 1890's
Alex Taber. |
Post# 215154 , Reply# 8   1/21/2013 at 17:10 (4,084 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 215159 , Reply# 10   1/21/2013 at 17:15 (4,084 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 215161 , Reply# 11   1/21/2013 at 17:17 (4,084 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 215163 , Reply# 12   1/21/2013 at 17:20 (4,084 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 216612 , Reply# 13   1/29/2013 at 10:16 (4,076 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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Post# 216614 , Reply# 14   1/29/2013 at 10:40 (4,076 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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which dates to 1970-76. The attatchment box is Classic, the hose is most likely also Classic, but the machine might be Classic Omega, the smaller box most likely a Handi-Butler is definately Omega. After this one Kirby went back to candy apple red with the Classic 111, then deep blue with the Tradition. The Classic 111 came out in June of 1976, and the Tradition was introduced around 1979.
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Post# 216650 , Reply# 15   1/29/2013 at 15:31 (4,076 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Post# 216814 , Reply# 16   1/30/2013 at 10:01 (4,075 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)   |   | |
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As a book dealer showed me sometimes lighter fluid will loosen adhesive to remove tape and then evaporate doing no harm.Usually works but as with many things TEST FIRST! |
Post# 219286 , Reply# 19   2/15/2013 at 18:34 (4,059 days old) by kirbyfan99 ()   |   | |
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stricklybojack, the kirby you saw at the thrift store is a classic, which was the last model Jim Kirby ever made before his death in 1971. - Jack |