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Thread Number: 20881
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| Post# 233746 5/23/2013 at 16:03 (3,987 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California) | ||
I found this on Craigslist. Posting here because i have never seen one from Wards. Are these rebranded Eurekas?
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| Post# 233747 , Reply# 1 5/23/2013 at 16:05 (3,987 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 233748 , Reply# 2 5/23/2013 at 16:08 (3,987 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
"Monkey Warts vacuum cleaner" | ||
Post# 233749 , Reply# 3 5/23/2013 at 16:14 (3,987 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 233777 , Reply# 5 5/23/2013 at 22:36 (3,987 days old) by ericaustin (Dallas, TX) | ||
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OMG! I have been looking for a pic of a machine similar to this only it had a chrome handle, headlight, plain white bag, and a wood like sticker around the dial-a-nap. Does anyone have info about the machine I have described? It was my great grandmother's machine up until about 1989. | ||
| Post# 233840 , Reply# 6 5/24/2013 at 05:43 (3,987 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
The vacuum cleaner is indeed made by Eureka for Montgomery Wards. You can see the legendary Dial-A-Nap height adjuster at the front of the motor hood.
The hood is quite unusual for a Eureka of the time, but indeed it is one of the hood shapes used by the company in the 1970's and 1980's. Not my favourite design really. But one can find many uprights of the era made by Eureka featuring this shape - with and without headlights. I think there was even a red "Boss" version at some point! We even had the design in Canada - I think for our Baycrest brand being sold in the Hudson Bay department stores (now owned by Lord and Taylor). The guts of the vac are the same as any low-end Eureka and will take the standard belt and F&G dirt bag. | ||
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