Thread Number: 27826
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
How rare is a rebadged Eureka Princess? |
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Post# 310874   1/4/2015 at 14:47 (3,370 days old) by fantomfan (Rochester, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 310878 , Reply# 1   1/4/2015 at 15:38 (3,370 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 313747 , Reply# 2   1/29/2015 at 19:28 (3,345 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York)   |   | |
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Well, I got it today for $20. To say the least, it was FAR worse than I thought it would be. Though it runs, It has the usual old-vacuum perks: Musty smell, leaky hose, broken switch, bearings in need of a service. The handle is also separated from the hose. After over an hour of scrubbing and disinfecting it, it now looks much better than it did before(If you can believe that.) I saran-wrapped the hose, which restored SOME suction (It literally had none before.) No tools with it. The previous owner's father thought it was a good idea to splint a telephone cord onto it- UGH! Eventually, that will GO and be replaced.... I cannot find anything on this, besides the fact that it is a rebadged Eureka Princess made for W.T Grant merchandise stores. No manufacturer's plate, though I can tell where it would have been. Despite it's faults, I'm glad to have it. Considering it's rarity, it's worth the $20 to me. Someday, It will become beautiful again as it was in it's heyday. I do love rebadged vacuum cleaners!
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Post# 313750 , Reply# 3   1/29/2015 at 20:05 (3,345 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 313758 , Reply# 4   1/29/2015 at 21:56 (3,345 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 313774 , Reply# 5   1/30/2015 at 05:45 (3,345 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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Went out of business in 74...Bradford was there name for appliances and electronics. |
Post# 313776 , Reply# 6   1/30/2015 at 06:40 (3,345 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 313777 , Reply# 7   1/30/2015 at 06:51 (3,345 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 313778 , Reply# 8   1/30/2015 at 06:54 (3,345 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Eureka also made a version for Singer in the 1960's called the Golden Glide...see link.
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Post# 313783 , Reply# 9   1/30/2015 at 09:55 (3,345 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Post# 313797 , Reply# 10   1/30/2015 at 14:23 (3,344 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 313909 , Reply# 11   1/31/2015 at 16:40 (3,343 days old) by Human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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I had a Eureka like that. Somebody had given it to my grandmother and she hardly used it. It was bright orange and ran like a champ until my step daughter decided to use it like a shop vac to clean up some spilled dry cat food, bits of which got into the motor. After that, the motor made such an awful noise that my (now ex-) wife insisted I get rid of it. Quite a shame. It was a nice machine.
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