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1960's Shetland Lewyt Vacuums |
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| Post# 221862 3/4/2013 at 23:02 (513 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
Just working on updating the pictures of some of the Shetland-Lewyt machines in my collection so I thought I'd post some (and see if anyone has any extra parts to complete some of them)
First off the model 2190 - I'm missing the standard rug nozzle for this one - when I got it they had bought the optional vibra beat nozzle for it and didnt know what they had done with the regular rug nozzle. (The grey floor brush is original, not sure why they didnt use white for it but I have seen quite a few of these colour machines with the grey nozzle) 
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| Post# 221863 , Reply# 1 3/4/2013 at 23:04 (513 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 221865 , Reply# 2 3/4/2013 at 23:07 (513 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 221866 , Reply# 3 3/4/2013 at 23:11 (513 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 222019 , Reply# 4 3/5/2013 at 19:53 (512 days old) by normvac (COLUMBUS, OHIO) | ||
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Great Pictures Doug A Friend of mine had the first one you showed. Probably 20 + years ago. I got it back in running order. Then a couple of years later I got him a Royal Can Vac. I think he still has it ! Sorry but not the Lewyt - Shetland. Norm | ||
| Post# 222025 , Reply# 5 3/5/2013 at 20:02 (512 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 222038 , Reply# 6 3/5/2013 at 21:16 (512 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 222048 , Reply# 7 3/5/2013 at 22:28 (512 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 222050 , Reply# 8 3/5/2013 at 22:34 (512 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 222052 , Reply# 9 3/5/2013 at 22:36 (512 days old) by chan55 (Green Bay, WI) | ||
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Shetland When did Shetland and Lewyt combine? When did they die? Did they ever make uprights other then the broom vacs? | ||
| Post# 222055 , Reply# 10 3/5/2013 at 23:02 (512 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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Hey John:
Problems with the way the power was delivered to the power nozzle on the models 111 and 121 caused a large number of lawsuits which bankrupted the company in 1961 and caused the assets to be sold off. The Shetland corporation bought the rights to the Lewyt name and some of the assets/patents including those for the parts. At the same time Holland Electro bought the patent rights for the big wheels machines. To my knowledge they produced machines under the Lewyt name until the late 80's. In 1973-74 there were two of the Singer made uprights sold under the Lewyt name. Doug | ||
| Post# 222215 , Reply# 11 3/6/2013 at 21:12 (511 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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I also seem to remember that the Smith Corona Marchand company (SCM) - the maker of typewriters - had the rights to the Lewyt name sometime in the 1970's. I don't know if they bought the Shetland Company, or if they just bought the rights to the Lewyt name. I remember that SCM Lewyt marketed what they called a self-serviceable modular canister vacuum that could easily be taken apart by the owner in order to replace used or damaged parts.
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| Post# 222219 , Reply# 12 3/6/2013 at 21:44 (511 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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I had forgotten about that. Tried looking it up but all it says is that SMC bought Proctor Silex in 1971 as part of an expansion program. It would stand to reason that they might have bought out the Shetland Corp around the same time. That was also about the time that the style of machine radically changed again. I'll have to look into this more.
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| Post# 222230 , Reply# 13 3/6/2013 at 22:17 (511 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 222234 , Reply# 14 3/6/2013 at 22:41 (511 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Eureka!!! I found it!
Apparently, SCM acquired Proctor-Silex in 1966 and Shetland-Lewyt in 1967. Which means they got the rights to the Lewyt vacuum name at the time. These SCM Lewyts took on that distinctive "Eureka" canister look with the top side tool carrier. The fascinating history can be read at this link: CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK | ||
| Post# 222295 , Reply# 16 3/7/2013 at 08:14 (511 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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John...it seems that when Lewyt lost those lawsuits in the early 1960's (due to a dangerous design for their latest power nozzle vacs), the Shetland company bought whatever was left of the Lewyt assets. Shetland had been making floor buffers and scrubbers and polishers up until that time. I think the link above states that Shetland bought Lewyt in 1962, then Smith Corona Marchanf bought Shetland in 1967.
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| Post# 222302 , Reply# 17 3/7/2013 at 08:50 (511 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 222307 , Reply# 18 3/7/2013 at 09:41 (511 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 222337 , Reply# 19 3/7/2013 at 11:43 (511 days old) by westingman123 (St. Louis, MO) | ||
Oh! | ||
| Post# 222895 , Reply# 20 3/10/2013 at 12:30 (508 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 224548 , Reply# 21 3/21/2013 at 12:07 (497 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 224652 , Reply# 22 3/22/2013 at 09:26 (496 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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Shetland Lewyt I have 'in a box somewhere' a color flyer with Shetland can labeled for Olson rug company.And just saw(not mine) a full page color ad for dealers introducing the Shetland'Fashionables'in about 1966.Each vac a different color and design. | ||
| Post# 224657 , Reply# 23 3/22/2013 at 10:00 (496 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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Post# 225640 , Reply# 24 3/30/2013 at 02:41 (488 days old) by floor-a-matic  (USA) |
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| Post# 225677 , Reply# 25 3/30/2013 at 09:40 (488 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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