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Thread Number: 21875
Rare Airway information wanted.. |
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| Post# 245022 , Reply# 1 8/10/2013 at 15:57 (3,904 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
Dirt Digger | ||
| Post# 245057 , Reply# 2 8/10/2013 at 19:03 (3,904 days old) by fairfax88 (Orlando, FL) | ||
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Ditr Digger, Hi Tom, could you please post a picture of the whole machine???? Thanks, ~David | ||
| Post# 245075 , Reply# 3 8/10/2013 at 20:25 (3,904 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
The term 'Dirt digger'
was used by Electrolux. While it wasn't a model, it was a nickname used for the pre-war model XXX. The nickname for the Model V (5) was 'The little tin can with the motor,' and the LX was 'the cleaner you never have to empty.'
I knew that Air-Way made a tank, but up till now didn't know the name, thanks for teaching this old dog new tricks. Alex Taber. | ||
| Post# 245255 , Reply# 5 8/11/2013 at 18:06 (3,903 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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I will try a picture I know this is not ideal, but maybe you can get the idea. 
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| Post# 245256 , Reply# 6 8/11/2013 at 18:07 (3,903 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Well.. If I can get someone to scan it for me it will be better... 
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| Post# 245257 , Reply# 7 8/11/2013 at 18:11 (3,903 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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I know these Look like old Kinescope TV pics,,LOL 
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| Post# 245298 , Reply# 8 8/12/2013 at 00:20 (3,903 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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When the model 88 launched, it was manufactured for Air-Way by Eureka. They had several prototypes, some with suction controls on the body, called "select - a - flo", etc. I wouldn't put it past them to have Eureka build a 'roto matic' with air-way disposable paper bags and attachments, right before they contracted with Royal to build the Priscilla and the Dirt Digger. Edward Lamb was a bastard. Google him and read about how he destroyed companies (like Air-Way in 1958). Edward Lamb had the misfortune to witness an Air-Way model 77 demonstration, and decided to buy the Company just to resell it (after making the company owned branch managers purchase their branches turning them from company-owned to independently owned and paving the way for the end of Air-Way as a manufacturer).
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