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Thread Number: 26288
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| Post# 294766 8/21/2014 at 11:02 (3,528 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL) | ||
Hope to get some info on this baby of mine! Sorry in advance for the pictures of the Twinny!!! I wasn't about to take the vacuum down off of the shelf that I can't even walk to right now! At least you all can see my very small collection! Also, I have an Electrolux 1401-b Olympia One named Ollie, an Electrolux teal model G named Tealy, a 1987 Hoover Brush Roll (my personal favorite), and a newer POS Dirt Devil in our bedroom that are not pictured. Kinda hard to see in pictures, but I have a Kirby Heritage II all apart and an Electrolux 1205 series Beautifier in with all the vacs as well! Anyways, I bought this Kenmore Twin Fans at a garage sale that some friends were having this summer. I literally paid $1.00 for it!!! It runs great, sucks the carpet right up like it's going to eat it!!! Great runner!! I don't know anything about it!!! I've trying finding it online, but I'm at a loss!! What year is it? What kinda disposable bags does it take? Is there a chance that I could buy a light lens for it? I'm glad I got Twinny because I've wanted one to have all due to the flower bag! Silly, but that's what sold me on it! It still needs to be cleaned. We tested it out, works great, but I want to get it new bags before I use it too. I love vintage things, but I want to know that my cooties are all that's present! Ha Ha! Hope there's Twin Fan nuts out there that can help me!!!???!!! :) -Michelle
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| Post# 294820 , Reply# 4 8/21/2014 at 18:25 (3,528 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
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| Post# 294826 , Reply# 5 8/21/2014 at 19:48 (3,528 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL) | ||
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ronni
Yes I do have 3 1205's, you are correct sir! One is dear Luxy, another is dear Lux my mom's 1205, and the other in the middle is a parts vacuum. I need it to fix Luxy and Lux!!! They're sick right now and need some parts. I don't believe they're the earlier versions from what I've read on here, I think they are later versions. I know Lux was my grandma's vacuum she bought brand new and got handed down to my mom and now sadly she died and I literally pulled it out of the garbage and will restore it! It's highly coated in rust, wheels broken off/missing, and carry handle is busted off/non existent, but it runs like it's brand new and the cord winder works flawlessly!!! I will bring him back from the dead!!! Yes, those others are an LX and XXX. The LX named Lexy runs, but I won't use it till we go thru it first. The XXX named Exxy I bought doesn't work at all, needs a motor rebuild among new leather and a paint job. The whole entire thing was full of rust and is very pitted, I spent a very long time hand polishing it to at least look acceptable again! I bought it because I felt sorry for it and want to see it have a better life! I have a soft spot for Electrolux, but love others too! I'm branching out there! My husband who is 20 years older than me told me a story when he was a little boy going to his grandma's house that in her closet she had an old vacuum. I believe it was a Kirby, he was born in 1964, so from what he's described, it was probably a Kirby. Anyways, he was so scared of it, didn't want anything to do with the closet! So, I told him that if he misbehaves I will bring either my DS50 or HII out and hide it in a dark corner for him to awaken to! Ha Ha! BTW, I don't see an Olympic sticker on him, but that's ok because he's Ollie! :) -Michelle
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| Post# 294827 , Reply# 6 8/21/2014 at 19:53 (3,528 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL) | ||
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| Post# 294828 , Reply# 7 8/21/2014 at 19:54 (3,528 days old) by DesertTortoise () | ||
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Hard to tell from the photo Alex. You are probably right, the lens curves outward along the line in the body. | ||
| Post# 294829 , Reply# 8 8/21/2014 at 19:54 (3,528 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL) | ||
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| Post# 294835 , Reply# 9 8/21/2014 at 20:30 (3,528 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
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Michelle!!! You're ruining the show!!! In the Season 1 finale of Dusting with Ollie, Ollie learns that his older cousins, Exxy and Lexy, are sick with Rustitis....and cooties! When no other doctor can treat them, Ollie decides it is up to him to pursue a medical degree, and save his cousins before it is too late!
Oh, and before NBC's producer realizes i also just ruined the drama of the finale, just for you, here's a picture of my Kenmore Twin-Fan, with the correct headlamp lens! 
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| Post# 294844 , Reply# 10 8/21/2014 at 21:09 (3,528 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 294848 , Reply# 11 8/21/2014 at 21:22 (3,528 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
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| Post# 294864 , Reply# 13 8/21/2014 at 23:27 (3,528 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 294913 , Reply# 14 8/22/2014 at 10:08 (3,527 days old) by DesertTortoise () | ||
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Luxy, post up the model number for your vacuum so I can look it up in Sears Parts Direct. My curiosity about your vac is absolutely killing me! :o | ||
| Post# 294919 , Reply# 15 8/22/2014 at 11:23 (3,527 days old) by jrkiszla (Vallejo, CA) | ||
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You wouldn't have a Hoover Convertible lense would you? I am looking for a model 1070 headlight lense so that I can finish this machine. Any help would be appreciated! | ||
| Post# 294934 , Reply# 16 8/22/2014 at 12:28 (3,527 days old) by bebring (Québec) | ||
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Just to add some model of lense cover of Kenmore, this is how the cover lense looks like on my Kenmore.
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| Post# 294944 , Reply# 17 8/22/2014 at 12:48 (3,527 days old) by DesertTortoise () | ||
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That's an interesting lense. Not at all what I expected. Thanks Bebring. | ||
| Post# 295290 , Reply# 18 8/24/2014 at 10:52 (3,525 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL) | ||
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