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Thread Number: 21120
Electrolux Model R Original attachment colors |
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| Post# 236545 6/14/2013 at 18:03 (3,968 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Please let me know the original attachment colors of the Electrolux model R (gray like the AF or teal like the aqua G's trim). I am also interested in knowing if there is a way to clean the outsides of woven hoses. | ||
Post# 236552 , Reply# 1 6/14/2013 at 19:01 (3,967 days old) by Electrolux137  (Los Angeles) |
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 With the first Model R, introduced while the Model F was current, the combination attachments were the same as the Model F (gray and white). When the Model G came out, the Model R's attachments were changed to the same color as the Model G (dark turquoise and white). The hose, however, with both versions was different. It was white with gray and turquoise stripes spaced about 1" apart. The Model R was sold from 1959 through 1962, then the first Model L (white with dark turquoise trim) came out. Then the tan L in 1967, the dark turquoise L in 1968 (lower-tier model to the 1205) and the (hideous!) gold L in 1974 (lower-tier model to the Golden Jubilee & Super-J). | ||
| Post# 236557 , Reply# 3 6/14/2013 at 19:09 (3,967 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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On second thought, (duh), there is a clue that my Model R may be a later version due to the fact that its power nozzle has the dark turquoise trim. | ||
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Post# 236577 , Reply# 4 6/14/2013 at 23:54 (3,967 days old) by Electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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| Post# 236579 , Reply# 5 6/14/2013 at 23:58 (3,967 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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Post# 236689 , Reply# 7 6/16/2013 at 00:33 (3,966 days old) by Electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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I don't know about the Model R's first power nozzle. It would stand to reason that the F version would have been the one sold with the R since the G wasn't even out yet. ======= The R hose is off-white, not brilliant white but a light ivory color. I have tried various ways to clean woven hoses. None have been really successful since the problem usually isn't that they're dirty but that the colors have degraded over the years. For example, with most E-Automatic hoses, the background color tends to take on a greenish cast. I am old enough to remember back when I was a toddler and the E-A was a fairly new machine. The hose was definitely dark gray with dark turquoise chevron-shaped tracing. None of my E-A hoses have fully retained the original color but some are less greenish than others. The Model S did not ever use an R hose. The colors would be wrong for that model. The first S had a hose that was robin's egg blue with light gray chevron tracing, picking up the two colors of the machine. The later hose was of the same colors but the tracing was closely-spaced pairs. I do not know exactly when manufacturing of the S ended. It would make sense that actually manufacturing of that model was ceased just before the R was commenced. | ||
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Post# 236695 , Reply# 8 6/16/2013 at 00:57 (3,966 days old) by Electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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Here's a Model R hose on eBay. It's pretty torn up but at least you can see the correct colors. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Electrolux137's LINK on eBay | ||
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