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Thread Number: 29193
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
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| Post# 326194 5/31/2015 at 16:23 (3,245 days old) by vacuser (milford,ohio) | ||
i love the setup on this one. nice gold bag & wide front wheels with the red trim & a square kirby belt lifter. she's a keeper. had to take her for a test drive & she works well.will give her a good polishing & clean her act up some.i love my kirbys.
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| Post# 326197 , Reply# 1 5/31/2015 at 16:27 (3,245 days old) by ronni (USA) | ||
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Nice "FrankenKirby" (parts used from different models). I really like the gold and red combination! Congrats! | ||
Post# 326202 , Reply# 2 5/31/2015 at 18:02 (3,245 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Post# 326244 , Reply# 3 6/1/2015 at 14:05 (3,244 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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vacuser
Believe it or not, Kirby actually had made the 13" nozzle an option for the Heritage I starting in late 1982/early 1983, and continued doing so up to the Legend II. As such, I want to think it would have the correct double-row ("Quadra-Sweep") brush roll inside of it.
Again, this was a fine purchase you made! Here is what the 516's real nozzle looked like. ~Ben
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| Post# 326263 , Reply# 4 6/1/2015 at 17:08 (3,244 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
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Post# 326270 , Reply# 5 6/1/2015 at 18:19 (3,244 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Post# 326271 , Reply# 6 6/1/2015 at 18:21 (3,244 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 326350 , Reply# 7 6/3/2015 at 10:54 (3,243 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
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Ben....true, & good points. But like you said above, it has the correct 516 bumper, plus a 13" Heritage head isn't going to activate the speed switch on a 516. So it can't be a Heritage head. What I think is more likely is that the air adjusting plate & belt decal were either ordered new for a Legend II & fitted onto a 516, or they were used parts taken from a Legend II in some dealer's trade-in pile.
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Post# 326519 , Reply# 8 6/6/2015 at 22:03 (3,239 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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