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Thread Number: 21944
One of the RAREST rug tools found.. |
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| Post# 245982 8/16/2013 at 13:45 (3,904 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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This is the very fIRST compact rug tool, used on the C-1 and very early C-2, I found this on Ebay. 
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| Post# 245983 , Reply# 1 8/16/2013 at 13:45 (3,904 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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bottom view, very simply designed. 
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| Post# 245984 , Reply# 2 8/16/2013 at 13:46 (3,904 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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rear Showing the elbow. 
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| Post# 245986 , Reply# 3 8/16/2013 at 13:47 (3,904 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Now I have to clean the bumper and polish it.I never understood why the had a rubber bumper on the first tools, and then took it off for all the later ones?? | ||
| Post# 246009 , Reply# 5 8/16/2013 at 16:19 (3,904 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
When the first Compacts were demonstrated in the home (1947), they would have had a very hard time with threads, pet hair, etc. Adding to the fact that no one had ever heard of this brand of vacuum before, I'm sure the sales department pushed for something better. Remember, they were going up against model 12 and model 30 Luxes every day. Both could easily pick up clinging lint and hair with their flip over suction ports. I believe that the first rug tool was just slightly adapted from Universal's, which was actually used on their straight suction uprights as well. Just a thought though, I don't know that for sure.
Many people don't know that the first C-2 models were all aluminum (as were all C-1's) - very heavy compared to the Magnalite they began using soon after the C-2's launch. The first C-2's had a flange with two little arms that went into the exhaust port to deflect the air stream upward. Don't know why they did away with that so early in the C-2's production run. | ||
| Post# 246051 , Reply# 6 8/16/2013 at 20:43 (3,904 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Now... All i have to do is find a C-1...LOL! | ||
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