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Post# 301297   10/10/2014 at 09:24 (3,484 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Hi everyone! This vacuum was given to me this past Monday by my husband's boss. He goes to a lot of junkyards and he has been to our house and knows of my collections! It was very nice of him to walk by the scrapyard and find this poor tan Electrolux model G and think of me! He bought it and knew I would fix him up! This vacuum means a lot to me because I don't have very many people in my life that do kind things and think of me! This is a special vacuum! It's kind of funny now that people associate me with Electrolux! Also, a week ago another friend of ours gave me an early version 1205! I'll post him in a different thread. So, anyways, I've affectionately named this tan guy "Taupey"! I've read other people on here refer to the color as taupe and I totally forgot that color existed; thought it was fitting because this vacuum was forgotten about! Ok, so we started the tedious tasking of de-cootie-ing him! The pictures look way worse in what is really wrong with him! From the pictures it looks like his bag door is broken, that's what we thought too, but NO! Turns out, whoever owned him, never wanted to change his bag so every time the bag door would pop open telling you to change it, they would re-shut the door and duct taped it shut!!! Evil Electrolux people!!!! The bag literally exploded on the inside, very gross!!! I made my husband clean it! Ha Ha! I don't know if it runs, need to clean it and inspect the motor before we go plugging him in! I don't have any pictures of us cleaning him yet. Due to his duct tape goo he needed to be cleaned with mineral spirits and on his magnesium needed lacquer thinner. He's not completely clean yet, but my husband just wanted to see how much work it would be to clean him. So, he did a test spot, cleaned it with mineral spirits, and used some compound, looks very good! What's cool is that when he was wiping off the compound the towel was black, meaning that back in the day when they painted him, the paint had aluminum in it! That was a neat surprise! I haven't decided if we will repaint him or leave some battle scars on him because he was a trooper! On a side note, need some information on this guy!!! I don't know anything about the model g's! I do have a turquoise g too! My "Tealy" has a pig tail in the front under his bag adjuster knob. What year were both of mine made? How many different color schemes did the g's come in? Why does "Taupey" have a pig tail on the side and not the front? How do I use my new electric hose on the g's? Thanks everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the amazing Electrolux that could and will! Ha Ha! :) -Michelle
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Post# 301304 , Reply# 2   10/10/2014 at 10:59 (3,484 days old) by Kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️)   |   | |
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Post# 301305 , Reply# 3   10/10/2014 at 11:07 (3,484 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Wow! Thank you for all of the wonderful information and the pictures of yours!!! I'm not too worried about the cord winder spring, one of our other favorite hobbies is chainsaws! Which we now have 139 of! Anyways, they have a recoil spring that needs to be rewound on about 99% of them! Very nice job in restoring him!!! Tedious work, but well worth it in the end! I love restoring old history! Thanks again! :) -Michelle
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Post# 301306 , Reply# 4   10/10/2014 at 11:11 (3,484 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 301321 , Reply# 5   10/10/2014 at 13:47 (3,484 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Post# 301323 , Reply# 6   10/10/2014 at 14:11 (3,484 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Thanks Alex! Yes his hands have worked on numerous things!!! His hands look worse than what they are. Sammy was in a gasoline explosion in his garage when he was 12 years old. 45% of his body (mainly torso and up) were 3rd degree and beyond to where he had to have skin graphs. The doctors said that he would not be able to use his hands anymore and possibly would have to have them removed! Luckily, by the good graces of god, his skin grew back on his palms miraculously and he could use them just fine! It's funny because his left hand looks the most normal and his right hand looks completely different! Anyways, this little "Taupey" trooper will take some major patience! BTW, love the GE pics!!! :) -Michelle
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Post# 301329 , Reply# 8   10/10/2014 at 14:36 (3,484 days old) by Jaker15 (Meridian, ID)   |   | |
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Post# 301339 , Reply# 9   10/10/2014 at 15:02 (3,484 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 301363 , Reply# 11   10/10/2014 at 17:41 (3,484 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Post# 301388 , Reply# 12   10/10/2014 at 20:25 (3,484 days old) by smow69 (Muskogee Oklahoma)   |   | |
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Michelle here is a pic of the mixer sorry took so long to get back to you I was in an auto accident and got wiplash couldnt move my head for a few days. but better now.
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Post# 368922 , Reply# 13   3/22/2017 at 14:30 (2,590 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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