Thread Number: 24577
Differences in Kirby Heritage I (1981 to 1983) |
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Post# 275343   4/9/2014 at 16:40 (3,670 days old) by TASE (Colorado)   |   | |
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Recently, I took my recent addition Kirby over to my where my other Kirby rests, and I started to notice some differences. They're not major differences, but they still exist, therefore I thought I'd point them out. I cannot date when they did these changes as I don't have enough machines to be able to do that, so maybe it'll be a group project of seeing what they did in different years.
For a general rule, one was made in December of 1981, and one was made in April of 1983.
First Up: Headlights:
Left = 1981 Right = 1983
The earlier models had the 80's Kirby logo carved into the plastic of the headlight whereas later ones didn't. I have noticed that on every Heritage 84 I find the headlight is like my 1983 model. |
Post# 275344 , Reply# 1   4/9/2014 at 16:42 (3,670 days old) by TASE (Colorado)   |   | |
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Next, on the handle fork for the 1981 model, you will notice that there is no Kirby logo whatsoever, including when you compare it to the picture in the next post.
Also, look at the kick plate. It's plastic, but with a piece of plastic/paper with writing on it with a piece of plastic in front of it. I'll get a better picture in another post. |
Post# 275345 , Reply# 2   4/9/2014 at 16:43 (3,670 days old) by TASE (Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 275347 , Reply# 3   4/9/2014 at 16:45 (3,670 days old) by TASE (Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 275348 , Reply# 4   4/9/2014 at 16:49 (3,670 days old) by TASE (Colorado)   |   | |
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The 81 also has a fabric fill tube whereas my 83 has a plastic fill tube. (Yay for my phone losing the pictures I took of my Kirbys, I had all the pictures ready to go but they're not there) Also, the zipper on the 81 is a plastic zipper, but the one on my 83 has a metal zipper. The plastic one is so much nicer though. |
Post# 275349 , Reply# 5   4/9/2014 at 16:51 (3,670 days old) by TASE (Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 275352 , Reply# 6   4/9/2014 at 16:55 (3,670 days old) by TASE (Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 275368 , Reply# 7   4/9/2014 at 17:38 (3,670 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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That poor, pollen-coated, tarnished, Dusty, bag-bloated Kirby!
I'm sure with the Heritage II unveiling the following year, I'm sure the 84 would be a mix-match of old And new parts. I'm sure my 84 has the cloth fill-tube, I believe it has the KIRBY molded into the headlamp.
Losing pictures on a phone, I take all my good, non-internet pictures in film! |
Post# 275374 , Reply# 8   4/9/2014 at 18:03 (3,670 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 275384 , Reply# 9   4/9/2014 at 19:15 (3,670 days old) by TASE (Colorado)   |   | |
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Post# 275387 , Reply# 10   4/9/2014 at 20:24 (3,670 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 275391 , Reply# 11   4/9/2014 at 22:06 (3,669 days old) by adambomb (Undisclosed )   |   | |
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Also the rug plates changed. There were no grills in the first season. |
Post# 275440 , Reply# 12   4/10/2014 at 09:23 (3,669 days old) by jfalberti (Visalia, CA)   |   | |
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when it first came out. The first run did have a cloth fill tube, as opposed to the plastic one. I think the original idea was that with the Tradition, the plastic tube was a point of failure. I seem to remember replacing a lot of them under warranty because they were splitting, usually at the base where they connected to the Sani- Em-Tor. The cloth tube had it's problems too. As the bag filled, they would get choked off and greatly reduce air flow. I think that's why they went back to the plastic fill tube after it was re-engineered. |
Post# 275448 , Reply# 13   4/10/2014 at 10:14 (3,669 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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