Thread Number: 27988  /  Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
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Post# 312807   1/21/2015 at 13:14 (3,375 days old) by GregKlein ()        

Hello. I'm new here and this is my first post. Ive recently come across a pair of old vacuums and accessories that go with them. Id like to find out more about them including what they might be worth if I decide to sell them. My favorite is an Interstate Revelation . Model C4 20th anniversary . It works and is in really nice shape. I also have a magic disc, polish-aire, hose, floor cleaning heads, Chrome tubes, and various small attachments for it. It's a turquoise blue color. I'll try to post pics.

Post# 312851 , Reply# 1   1/21/2015 at 18:24 (3,374 days old) by GregKlein ()        

Another photo.

Post# 312852 , Reply# 2   1/21/2015 at 19:17 (3,374 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT)        

Nice find! I'm not sure what it's worth but I'd be interested in it if you do decide to sell.
Nicholas

Post# 312855 , Reply# 3   1/21/2015 at 19:36 (3,374 days old) by GregKlein ()        

Yea its pretty cool. Im into old cars and I figured it would be great just for cleaning the carpets on them . It's got the look of an old caddy or 50s Chevy with the color and the Chrome.

Post# 312864 , Reply# 4   1/21/2015 at 20:59 (3,374 days old) by ronni (USA)        

Welcome to Vacuumland. I agree that's a cool looking vac and would be just right for cleaning vintage cars. You could even get an Electrolux floor & furniture air-driven polisher--the kind with the hammertone gray or hammertone blue finish--(or another brand that carried it) and polish your autos with polishing pads (check out eBay).

I wanted to let you know that there is a search engine on each Vacuumland forum's main page that will give you much information at your fingertips. I searched "Revelation" and found lots of good reading material and photos.



Here is one by hydralique that I thought you'd find interesting:


Many early canister vacs had no wheels, even expensive ones often had runners instead. The concept was that you'd place the vac near where you wanted to clean and then use the hose to clean that area, after which you'd move the vac to the next spot.

The Compact wasn't originally designed for residential use but rather to allow for quick cleaning of the new big airliners that began to be produced in large numbers after WWII. Interstate Engineering was part of Howard Hughes' empire and the early vacs were made in El Segundo, right south of LAX and in the heart of the SoCal aerospace industry. For aircraft use two wheels were plenty as the vacs got carried about the cabin as crews cleaned during layovers.

By the late '50s more canisters had wheels so Compact dropped the front skids in favor of a single front wheel with the C-5 introduced about '60. Because Compacts were sold like Kirbys by door to door salesmen, Interstate was careful about any sales by vac shops - these were the machines branded "Revelation" and are rare. Most Revelations are C-3 models, I've never seen a C-4 Revelation. What's odder is that the C-5 was already out with the single front wheel: I have a 24th anniversary C-5. My assumption is that this Revelation must have been a way to use up some old C-4 castings left over once the C-5 came out. It's probably really rare. The C-5 itself only lasted a couple of years before the 4 wheel C-6 came out; that was made for many years.


Post# 312871 , Reply# 5   1/21/2015 at 21:25 (3,374 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)        

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my dad used the Compact air polisher on the car!

Post# 312878 , Reply# 6   1/21/2015 at 22:00 (3,374 days old) by ronni (USA)        

Here's a thread with the C-4 manual (not label specific to either the Compact or Revelation):

www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-...

... and a page showing the Polish-Aire floor polisher made by Interstate:

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Post# 312883 , Reply# 7   1/21/2015 at 22:24 (3,374 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)        

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Here's a web page about Compact & Revelation I put together a few years ago.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO electrolux137's LINK
Post# 313089 , Reply# 8   1/23/2015 at 15:46 (3,373 days old) by GregKlein ()        

Thanks for the info! I'm not a collector by any means. If it is rare as it seams it might be, I may put it up on eBay. If I keep here in my garage just to clean cars its going to get scuffed and scraped up over time for sure. Would be a shame to mess up something that other people would treasure much more than myself.

Post# 313160 , Reply# 9   1/23/2015 at 22:11 (3,372 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)        

Can the Polish-Aire be used for shampooing rugs & carpets?


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