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Thread Number: 24083
I landed the mother load with Vintage Electrolux cylinders |
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| Post# 269380 2/25/2014 at 15:24 (3,702 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
 I got the call today that all of us that collect vintage vacuums dream of.
A friend also in the vacuum game called me, said he had just been got his hands on 7 vintage Electrolux vacuums. He sent me a pic on whatsapp and we agreed on a price, a fair one at that. I went to fetch them and I am so happy, Its going to be a long weekend ahead restoring them and I may need some help with some parts. Here they are 2x 1230's 1x z 32 3x z 25's 1x Z 62
They need work but I am so very excited to start 
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| Post# 269383 , Reply# 1 2/25/2014 at 15:30 (3,702 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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Post# 269388 , Reply# 2 2/25/2014 at 15:35 (3,702 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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I'm sure you'll have a ball!! | ||
| Post# 269389 , Reply# 3 2/25/2014 at 15:36 (3,702 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
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| Post# 269396 , Reply# 4 2/25/2014 at 16:20 (3,702 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 269397 , Reply# 5 2/25/2014 at 16:25 (3,702 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 269398 , Reply# 6 2/25/2014 at 16:31 (3,702 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 269399 , Reply# 7 2/25/2014 at 16:36 (3,702 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 269400 , Reply# 8 2/25/2014 at 16:42 (3,702 days old) by kevin (Livonia) | ||
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Congratulations, Gareth! I'm glad the cleaners are in good hands. * * * * * * * Does anyone have, or know of, a list of all the Swedish Electrolux cleaners and their years of manufacture? i don't recall ever seeing one--even on Electrolux Group's website. | ||
| Post# 269401 , Reply# 9 2/25/2014 at 16:42 (3,702 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 269403 , Reply# 10 2/25/2014 at 16:53 (3,702 days old) by ronni (USA) | ||
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Awesome collection Gareth! Looking forward to seeing photos of the machines after you've spiffed them up. You're also fortunate to have the manual(s) with them. | ||
| Post# 269440 , Reply# 11 2/25/2014 at 23:14 (3,702 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
Interesting find Gareth. The models 25 and 62 are the only ones I am familiar with and that 62 is not the same as the ones I have seen. The English 62 was a pale greyish green covering with dark green ends and the Australian one was blue with red ends.
You might want to verify the voltage of that machine though. In Canada using the white switch on them signified that it was made for other than the standard voltage (Usually meant it was 32 Volt for the farms). It may mean the same there. I look forward to seeing the finished products. Doug | ||
| Post# 269448 , Reply# 12 2/26/2014 at 01:05 (3,702 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 269452 , Reply# 13 2/26/2014 at 02:42 (3,702 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
Luxes
Gareth,
I am afraid I am going to be a pain but that looks like a 55 rather than a 62 to me, although you have got a 62 manual there. This is mainly due to the crocodile finish and that the hose entry is towards the bottom of the front cover rather than the middle. As Doug rightly says the 62 has a VERY pale green body with dark green (you would almost think they were black) ends. If the rug nozzle in reply 5 belongs to this cleaner then it is a late 55 nozzle rather than 62. And the large Electrolux disc was replaced with a much smaller one under a plastic cover. I would venture to suggest that the original switch went faulty and it was replaced by one for the 65. I wonder what the origin of the model 1230 was, I have never seen that designation on these style of cleaners. @Kevin - there was a web site (not Electrolux and as I recall and not in English) a few years ago which detailed a great many of the European Electroluxes, but there was a very wide variety of models sold in different countries, sometimes using the same model designation but with different features (such as in Germany the 55 was sold with paper dust bags, that did not come in in the UK until the 62) that it is hard to keep track of them all, and then there are the varieties across brand names like Volta which would make tracking them all down a long but interesting project Al | ||
| Post# 269493 , Reply# 16 2/26/2014 at 11:41 (3,702 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 269706 , Reply# 17 2/28/2014 at 14:13 (3,699 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 269710 , Reply# 18 2/28/2014 at 14:19 (3,699 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 269711 , Reply# 19 2/28/2014 at 14:22 (3,699 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 269713 , Reply# 20 2/28/2014 at 14:26 (3,699 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 269715 , Reply# 21 2/28/2014 at 14:38 (3,699 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
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Very Nice | ||
| Post# 269724 , Reply# 22 2/28/2014 at 15:59 (3,699 days old) by kevin (Livonia) | ||
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@ #20 Are you sure those are Electrolux attachments and not Miele? I don't see any identification on them. | ||
| Post# 269746 , Reply# 23 2/28/2014 at 18:13 (3,699 days old) by vaclover (Freestate, Virginia, South Africa) | ||
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..... Gareth this is THE most beutifull elctroluxes!!!I never even thought in my wildest dreams that we have such old vacuums in South Africa!you are for sure a very lucky guy!first the constellation, the kirby and now the electroluxes!you've got one amazing collection! Ruan | ||
| Post# 269761 , Reply# 24 2/28/2014 at 19:49 (3,699 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 269818 , Reply# 26 3/1/2014 at 09:33 (3,699 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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library brush This would allow dusting books while still on the shelf.A great idea that should be at least optional on the better vacs today. | ||
| Post# 269825 , Reply# 27 3/1/2014 at 10:04 (3,699 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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I have both the Swedish version of the model 30 and the Canadian version in my collection. That was the point at which they changed to the rubber crevice tool in Sweden and the fiber one in Canada (The early version I have still has the metal crevice tool) Later English machines also had a different version of a library brush made for the plastic crevice tools.
Swedish Model 30 (Crevice tool missing, replacement hose) 
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| Post# 269827 , Reply# 28 3/1/2014 at 10:05 (3,699 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 269828 , Reply# 29 3/1/2014 at 10:07 (3,699 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 269838 , Reply# 31 3/1/2014 at 11:40 (3,699 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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Hey Kevin:
Electrolux in the US began designing their own machines in the late 30's when the model XXX came out where as the Canadian model 30 was a modification of the Swedish design. Canada didn't start designing their own unique style of machines till the late 50's when the 80 series came out. Both library brushes connected to the ends of the crevice tools - the first on the metal ones and the second on the plastic ones. I have never seen any European Electrolux parts with a name or logo on them. If I remember correctly the US changed to fibre crevice tools with the model XXX, then to plastic with the model AF, and then to the present style with the tan model G The elbow was featured with all the models up till the late 50s in Sweden and England (not sure about other countries). In Canada it was available as an option. It was used with the dusting brush to allow you to clean overhead for thing like plate rails or the tops of furniture (works well for fan blades too) If you want to see more of the models and what was with them take a look at my web page. smithcollection.altervista.org/in... Doug | ||
| Post# 269850 , Reply# 33 3/1/2014 at 13:06 (3,699 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 269855 , Reply# 34 3/1/2014 at 14:55 (3,698 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270094 , Reply# 36 3/3/2014 at 14:07 (3,696 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270100 , Reply# 37 3/3/2014 at 14:30 (3,696 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 270102 , Reply# 38 3/3/2014 at 14:45 (3,696 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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Thanks Doug
I have a Electrolux 1129 made in 1927, I am interested in knowing if the 25 came after that model or if the 1230's and 32 virtually the same machine but with slight trim differences ) came first.
Looking at the styling I would say the 1230's and 32 came before the 25, as they have Metal rears compared to the 25's Bakelite rears | ||
| Post# 270109 , Reply# 39 3/3/2014 at 16:23 (3,696 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270110 , Reply# 40 3/3/2014 at 16:26 (3,696 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270111 , Reply# 41 3/3/2014 at 16:31 (3,696 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270112 , Reply# 42 3/3/2014 at 16:35 (3,696 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270113 , Reply# 43 3/3/2014 at 16:37 (3,696 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270114 , Reply# 44 3/3/2014 at 16:40 (3,696 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270115 , Reply# 45 3/3/2014 at 16:43 (3,696 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270116 , Reply# 46 3/3/2014 at 16:44 (3,696 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270117 , Reply# 47 3/3/2014 at 16:45 (3,696 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270118 , Reply# 48 3/3/2014 at 16:48 (3,696 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270119 , Reply# 49 3/3/2014 at 16:49 (3,696 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270120 , Reply# 50 3/3/2014 at 16:51 (3,696 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270121 , Reply# 51 3/3/2014 at 16:54 (3,696 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270137 , Reply# 52 3/3/2014 at 19:39 (3,696 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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Hi Gareth
This would be my take on it. Both the 1230 and the 32 appear to be versions of the model XII. The 1230 is made in England so I would suspect the designation just means it was a model 12 made for an foreign market. The 32 was made in the USA but is not a model that was sold there so it, again was a special version for export. The hose connection (non threaded) on the 32 is for the US style hose and was only used on the last of the machines they made so I would put its date at being late 1930's. (Incidentally they wouldn't have come with connectors on both ends of the machine. The bakalite connector unscrews and was made to be threaded into either end as necessary) Doug | ||
| Post# 270157 , Reply# 53 3/3/2014 at 22:14 (3,696 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 270158 , Reply# 54 3/3/2014 at 22:15 (3,696 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 270238 , Reply# 55 3/4/2014 at 14:28 (3,695 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 270244 , Reply# 56 3/4/2014 at 15:05 (3,695 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 271270 , Reply# 57 3/11/2014 at 13:39 (3,689 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 271271 , Reply# 58 3/11/2014 at 13:42 (3,689 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 271272 , Reply# 59 3/11/2014 at 13:45 (3,689 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 271274 , Reply# 60 3/11/2014 at 13:54 (3,689 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 271290 , Reply# 61 3/11/2014 at 14:45 (3,688 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
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wow | ||
| Post# 271317 , Reply# 62 3/11/2014 at 16:51 (3,688 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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Thank you Dan, I am truly happy with the Out come, I am currently busy with the z32 USA made machine. Som eof the machines vynal is really badly damaged and I am batteling to find some that is thin enough like the type on the machine. The look on the shop assistance faces when I say its for a vacuum cleaner is priceless, although that all changed this week, after the National Geo graphic episode a National magazine did a two page article on my collection so now i walk in to a shop and that say, "NO Way dude your that dude from with the Hoovers, Cool man" I dont know about been called Dude by some one only a 6 or so years older than my eldest son | ||
| Post# 271320 , Reply# 63 3/11/2014 at 16:56 (3,688 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Volta | ||
| Post# 271321 , Reply# 64 3/11/2014 at 17:00 (3,688 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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Nice Job!! The 1230 looks great.
The Volta I may be able to shed a bit of light on. According to the sheet below Electrolux England made the Challenge model U137 in 1965. It appears to be the same body design and the colours were Light grey with maroon ends same as this Volta. I would imagine they were made at about the same time. The Challenge for the domestic market and the Volta for Export. 
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| Post# 271678 , Reply# 65 3/13/2014 at 14:20 (3,687 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 273165 , Reply# 66 3/23/2014 at 17:34 (3,676 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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