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| Post# 231895 5/9/2013 at 06:53 (3,998 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
This last weekend was a holiday weekend so what better excuse for a get-together for some vintage appliance fun :)
A lot of the action focussed around washers, which you can see on the link, but vacuums were not left out of it either CLICK HERE TO GO TO vacbear58's LINK | ||
| Post# 231896 , Reply# 1 5/9/2013 at 06:59 (3,998 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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League of nations | ||
| Post# 231897 , Reply# 2 5/9/2013 at 07:06 (3,998 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Uprights | ||
| Post# 231898 , Reply# 3 5/9/2013 at 07:10 (3,998 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Lux line up | ||
| Post# 231899 , Reply# 4 5/9/2013 at 07:15 (3,998 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Glamour shot | ||
| Post# 231900 , Reply# 5 5/9/2013 at 07:23 (3,998 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Comparison
The Lux E must have made its way to the UK (I bought it here) along with someone returning back to live here. It was/is in rather a sorry state but I got it for its rarity value, thinking it was little more than a scrapper. However (this is the first time I ran it) it performs really well.
I will admit that I think it is a rather ugly cleaner, but I will freely acknowledge that it has a tremendous suction, even better when the cord winder was moved to one side. I now plan to get hose and tools for it - I have the hose but its collapsed at one end, the wands are very rusty and the combination rug/floor nozzle is probably past its best too. I am sorry to say that both the E and the 89 performed much better than the UK model, even if it was TOL in its day 
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| Post# 231901 , Reply# 6 5/9/2013 at 07:32 (3,998 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Who is this Man of Mystery?
It is of course VintageHoover Jack :) modelling the Lux 89.
Although not posting here at the moment he is as keen as ever on vacuums and is busy, well and happy. I did ask him about the Vintage Hoover Emporium which has only temporarily gone off-line and will be back when he has a chance (and he is VERY busy at the moment) to get all the site links sorted out again. It was great to have Jack (and Jon) to stay for the weekend :) 
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| Post# 231902 , Reply# 7 5/9/2013 at 07:35 (3,998 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Harlequin | ||
| Post# 231903 , Reply# 8 5/9/2013 at 07:37 (3,998 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Harlequin again | ||
| Post# 231904 , Reply# 9 5/9/2013 at 07:47 (3,998 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Lewyt | ||
| Post# 231905 , Reply# 10 5/9/2013 at 07:49 (3,998 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Lewyt 2 | ||
| Post# 231906 , Reply# 11 5/9/2013 at 07:52 (3,998 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Weekend | ||
| Post# 231911 , Reply# 12 5/9/2013 at 10:30 (3,998 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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You look like you had a great time! | ||
Post# 231920 , Reply# 13 5/9/2013 at 11:56 (3,998 days old) by Electrolux137  (Los Angeles) |
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btw it's older than you think -- it was introduced in 1954 and was sold through mid-1956 when it was replaced with the very dainty Model S.
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Post# 231977 , Reply# 14 5/9/2013 at 21:46 (3,997 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Great to see a European mini meet! | ||
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