Thread Number: 1997
Todays find; The Prince and the Electrolux |
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Post# 21497 , Reply# 4   10/2/2007 at 21:05 (6,021 days old) by petek (Ontario)   |   | |
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It is the Canadian version. I also have another one boxed away somewhere with the red handle and dark blue bag. I think everyone I've ever seen has had a red handle |
Post# 21499 , Reply# 5   10/2/2007 at 23:03 (6,021 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Two stunning vacs! That's a Version One 88, 1957-63 - judgeing by the Electrolux lettering below the midline. Version 2, 1963-67 has the lettering above on the rear haunches and adds a white rubber bumper all around. I thimk... I must get over to Sarnia/Port Huron so's you can take us thrifting. Are these places open Sundays or Mondays? Oh well, only 5 more weeks and I'm on vacationtime. I have a free extra canadian Lux Red woven hose in great cosmetic shape for display if ya don't mind it leaks somewhat. The red Lux88 is top of my want list for the 80 series to fill that lonely gap between the 86 & 89. I've gradually acquired all the red tools & telescopic wand and a red hose that surprisingly doesn't leak...waiting for the lucky day my eyes spy a lonesome red 88. And I'm sure there must be a matching red PN1 out there, too. Congrats on your finds. Dave |
Post# 21515 , Reply# 8   10/3/2007 at 06:01 (6,021 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 21516 , Reply# 9   10/3/2007 at 07:52 (6,021 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Alan, Canadian Luxs have always differed from the American models. Without knowing any of the details, its obvious the Z30 & Z50 series shapes derive from the European models. The 80 series debuted in 1957 with the wrapper cavity turned horzontal, as the shape suggests. Uses the exact same self-sealing bag. We never got an ejection system like the LX but inside the door are the same pneumatic components & adjustment dial to stop the motor & pop the door. Biggest difference is the hose connector mechanism and the connector diameter. An American hose is too large to fit Canadian , while a Canadian hose will fit American loosely. American uses two press latches while Canadian uses a sprung slipring with 6 ball bearing engaging inside a groove. Meaning both hoses are free to rotate in their couplings. Our AP series was the first Plastic Canadian Lux equivalent to the US 1205 and even then we got different body styling on the same chassis...Sorta like we got Buicks and you got Oldsmobiles. :-) Oh, how well I remember Mom's Red Lux. She would tow me up & down the long central wood hallway and over the livingroom carpets. Just like we would sing all her favorite songs from the 40's & 50's while doing the dishes we would sing 'at the top of our lungs' while vacuuming. She was a modern gal with 2 young scamps and a 3rd on the way, just moved to the suburbs and Red was her favorite color. Red headed Aunt Carol got a blue Constellation and that just kept me enthralled. In 1967 (Canada's Centennial year) when I was 14 Mom traded up to a green Z89 but my vac riding days were behind me by then. I don't recall she got the Power Nozzle. 'Round about 1980 Dad was using it as his workshop basement vac (Mom had gone back to a Filter Queen) with replacement white hose when he got a spankin' new Shop-Vac, and that's when I rescued it in the nick of time from the garage trash heap on a chance weekend visit. The matching pigtail power hose was long gone & replaced with a non power generic but the collapsing power wand is intact. I found the PN1 in a Salvation Army store a few years back. The rubber motor mount ring had torn away so I replaced that and it sucks strong & quiet like new. Now on the alert to her son's additional peculiarities, Mom gave me the Filter Queen in the 90s when she went to Sears and got an easier to tow around Kenmore canister. Now that she's a feisty widow in a huge 3 bedroom apartment she's got a central vac setup. Just this past week I got the green non-electric hose with trigger switch nozzle and the green clip on power cord gifted from Doug Smith in Saskatoon...cause I won the ZB55 and tweed ZB57 he had up on eBay. And that's why I have an extra excellent red woven hose for your 88, Pete. I'll keep my eyes open for green tools for you and hopefully in November I'll drop off the hose to you on my way back from Butler PA and North Canton... Dave CLICK HERE TO GO TO aeoliandave's LINK |
Post# 21518 , Reply# 10   10/3/2007 at 08:57 (6,021 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 21519 , Reply# 11   10/3/2007 at 09:06 (6,021 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Every summer while we kids & Mom stayed at the Port Stanley cottage Dad would embark on a total reconstruction makeover of some room in the house and he always had some stunt dreamed up to prepare Mom for her surprise in advance. One year on the way home Dad handed Mom a wrapped package with the Shag Rug attachment in it and she was mighty perplexed til we got home. The basement recroom was wall to wall cream shag. I hated that carpet...always loosing important Girder & Panel pieces in it. Not to mention all the screws & bolts & stuff from the Mecanno set or what appliance I'd be taking apart. I'd fire up the Lionel electromagnet and run it through the pile to reclaim metal bits. Ahh, good times, eh?
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Post# 21521 , Reply# 12   10/3/2007 at 09:40 (6,021 days old) by ian88 ()   |   | |
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I find the combination of 60s and 70s styles (tool and body for instance) very interesting, aeolean..you can really tell it's a stepping stone between eras :) |
Post# 21524 , Reply# 14   10/3/2007 at 14:27 (6,020 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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We discussed Canadian Electrouxes earlier - see link. CLICK HERE TO GO TO charles~richard's LINK |
Post# 21525 , Reply# 15   10/3/2007 at 14:29 (6,020 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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And also here - this thread veers around a bit, but there are some good photos of Canadian Luxes & accessories. CLICK HERE TO GO TO charles~richard's LINK |
Post# 21526 , Reply# 16   10/3/2007 at 16:06 (6,020 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 21535 , Reply# 18   10/3/2007 at 20:56 (6,020 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Right Pete, re-reading my posts I confused myself. Just got all over exhuberant recalling the Lux & Mom stories. Now with 3 red Canadian hoses hanging on the door waiting for red vacs to miraculously manifest the one I got this week is airtight, which added to the enthusiasm. 1. You have a red hose already for your other red one. This latest 88 gives you the tool set for the first one. I misunderstood. 2. Yes, I'd luv to have the red Z88 version one with NO power takeoff 'cause now I have an airtight hose for it and enough extra red tools to compliment it. Please put my name on it and I'll see you as soon as reasonable. I have this Sunday and Monday off but watching the weather carefully as Sunday may be a perfect last boat day before it gets wrapped for winter storage. 3. As Charles pointed out its the later version 2 red 88 that has the power takeoff as well as a white rubber bump strip all around...and that's yet another one all we Canadians should be on the lookout for. LOL 4. Your picture of the thrift store 1958 88 appears to have the back housing for the cordwinder, yes? |
Post# 21537 , Reply# 20   10/3/2007 at 21:47 (6,020 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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I'm sure when cords needed replacing the Shop guy would simply use new stock in whatever color was current. Finding a red cord would be great since its easy to take the cord retracter apart and replace the cord; I've adjusted all my retracts & Cord-o-matics to perform sharp & snappy. Certainly cream is a better choice than stark white. Wouldn't it be nice to find a forgotten Canadian stock of vac cords in all sorts of colored supple rubber? I'd have no qualms about buying a crappy vac just to salvage the coloured cords & plugs... So that 88 does have a cord retracter or I'd be seeing cream cord snaking all over your carpet... |
Post# 21538 , Reply# 21   10/3/2007 at 21:59 (6,020 days old) by petek (Ontario)   |   | |
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Here's the backside, it's pretty close but yes not an original, doesn't have that little bulb stopper before the plug, just a disk thing |
Post# 21539 , Reply# 22   10/3/2007 at 22:26 (6,020 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 21540 , Reply# 23   10/3/2007 at 22:31 (6,020 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 21541 , Reply# 24   10/3/2007 at 22:41 (6,020 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 21544 , Reply# 25   10/4/2007 at 04:20 (6,020 days old) by beerad (Beautiful Vancouver BC)   |   | |
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From what I can see it looks as if the plug and power cord are original on this machine. Is there any way to tell exactly what year this machine is? Can any one help me with finding that info? Thanks Brad. |
Post# 21545 , Reply# 26   10/4/2007 at 07:52 (6,020 days old) by dial-a-nap (Omaha - the home of the TV Dinner)   |   | |
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Post# 21572 , Reply# 29   10/4/2007 at 16:05 (6,019 days old) by petek (Ontario)   |   | |
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I'm stumped but at least it's 1963 or later.. Maybe Doug in MJaw knows, I'll email him since I don't think he checks in here often. |
Post# 21589 , Reply# 34   10/5/2007 at 07:18 (6,019 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 21594 , Reply# 36   10/5/2007 at 09:01 (6,019 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Bob, I always assumed that that clip is to hold the clip-on exterior power cord attractively down by the side of the canister. My cord is certainly long enough that I can spiral it snugly around the hose and the clip keeps the slack from looping out. On the other hand, I don't have a pigtail hose to know if that short piece of cord has the length to comfortably go through that clip on its way up to the handle socket. The clip is simply a force fit under the trim strip and not difficult to pull straight out. Which type hose was the clip provided for? My vote is for the add on wrap around exterior power cord. Does anyone have a manual that includes a section on the power nozzle connection innstructions? Mine doesn't even show the optional power nozzle and shows a non powered hose with no pigtail. The only mention is on the machine illustration indicating the location of 'recepticle for power nozzle cord', leading me to think the power nozzle came with its own manual? |
Post# 21597 , Reply# 38   10/5/2007 at 11:02 (6,019 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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Bob/Dave, My 89 does have that clip also and I thought it was for the pigtail cord also although I don't use it. I just wrap the pigtail cord around the hose once and then plug it into the receptacle on the handle. I find that keeps the pigtail tight enough so that it does not get in the way. I have the instruction manual but I can't remember if it shows the hose or not - I will have to check it out tonight. Gary |