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1982 Electrolux England Brochures
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Post# 34478   3/10/2008 at 21:03 (5,862 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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Hi Everyone - I'm sorting some stuff out and thought you might find these brochures (dated 1982) interesting.

Doug


Post# 34479 , Reply# 1   3/10/2008 at 21:05 (5,862 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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back of Turbomatic

Post# 34480 , Reply# 2   3/10/2008 at 21:07 (5,862 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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model 350

Post# 34481 , Reply# 3   3/10/2008 at 21:09 (5,862 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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model 350 Back

Post# 34482 , Reply# 4   3/10/2008 at 21:12 (5,862 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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model 350 Electronic

Post# 34483 , Reply# 5   3/10/2008 at 21:14 (5,862 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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model 350 Electronic Back

Post# 34484 , Reply# 6   3/10/2008 at 22:11 (5,862 days old) by luxg ()        

Those were really neat Doug, the one showing the special attachment for long pile carpets looks interesting. Anyone ever use one?

Post# 34516 , Reply# 7   3/11/2008 at 06:57 (5,861 days old) by ian88 ()        

These are great. :)

Post# 34518 , Reply# 8   3/11/2008 at 08:00 (5,861 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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Neat brochure, especially the 350.

Post# 34519 , Reply# 9   3/11/2008 at 08:25 (5,861 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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yet another one from 82

Post# 34520 , Reply# 10   3/11/2008 at 08:29 (5,861 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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page 2

Post# 34521 , Reply# 11   3/11/2008 at 08:33 (5,861 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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page 3

Post# 34522 , Reply# 12   3/11/2008 at 08:35 (5,861 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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last page

Post# 34528 , Reply# 13   3/11/2008 at 15:14 (5,861 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)        
Electrolux - Luton ,Englnd

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Nice one Doug, lovely brochures, we always had Electrolux cylinders and Mum was a housekeeper to our local priest,he bought the Lux Turbomatic after the Hoover 652 finally passed, very good vac and with the turbo head was very effective & quiet in action..

Terry the Long Pile nozzle was the flip over floor tool like the 160 cylinder, I never understood why they did that as it was the basic tool on a delux cleaner, i know it had the turbo head but it should have been the flip over floor tool from the 180....the "easy does it lightweight range" was always a popular seller, especially with the blue rinse brigade, quite powerful cleaners as well...

Mike


Post# 34529 , Reply# 14   3/11/2008 at 15:36 (5,861 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)        
I love the Electrolux turbomatic.

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I love the Electrolux turbomatic.

Must get one again.
I sold the lasyt one a few years ago now as someone I knew wanted a vacuum.

I should never of sold it:-((

jb


Post# 34532 , Reply# 15   3/11/2008 at 17:03 (5,861 days old) by rolls_rapide (-)        
Electrolux 410 upright

When I worked in Currys in 1990, a couple of little old ladies came in looking to buy a lightweight cleaner. They wanted an upright, and their options were limited to the Electrolux cleaner (probably a later model number than shown above), and the horrible Hoover 'Sprite'.

For their convenience, I pointed them in the direction of the Electrolux, as the Hoover had the following "inconvenience features" (bloody daft, if you ask me, when you consider that it had a basic design from the 'Turbopower' range!):

1. No handle lock at all (head flipped down when lifted);
2. Rocker switch on cleaner head (had to bend down to press it);
3. Rear wheels only: no front wheels, or height-right control;
4. H1 bags used (ye olde 'Senior'/'Junior' paper bags; with roll-on rubber ring). If that wasn't bad enough, the fitting of the bags reverted to the original upside-down fixture. AND the bag fitting access was restricted.

How any pensioner was expected to deal with this cleaner is beyond me.

The Electrolux was much easier to use in comparison.


Post# 34533 , Reply# 16   3/11/2008 at 17:36 (5,861 days old) by kirbyking ()        

Thanks for posting these

Luton isn't too far from me ;D
Its not a particularlly nice area tho :(

I love the 350's
I really want a 350E to go with my 350Z.
I missed one on ebay just after I got my 350Z :(

James


Post# 34535 , Reply# 17   3/11/2008 at 18:05 (5,861 days old) by ian88 ()        

I thought you'd like these, James ;]

Post# 34559 , Reply# 18   3/11/2008 at 23:33 (5,861 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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I'd love to get one of the turbomatics too or, preferably its predacessor - the 355 (or the 303 for that matter) love the color combinations of those two

Post# 34580 , Reply# 19   3/12/2008 at 14:19 (5,860 days old) by watsonw (Newport, Shropshire, UK)        
Lux's from my 20 something years'

Hi Doug/Chaps, Only at the weekend a friend and I were praising the 350E...It cost @ £70 sterling over here ? the competitors were the Rowenta, slightly higher priced; similar build quality and then there was the Miele range at the exhorbitant £140.00 range...if my memory is correct, perhaps Mike can confirm ?
Luckily Lux UK were still equiping their cleaners with the 1960 two-way upholstery nozzle and crevice tool. I think the 350E was even issued with a crevice brush ?

On the subject of old brochures; I took last Thursday afternoon off to ebay for two early 60's Lux leafletts - 64 & 65, they'd disappeared......so when we went out shopping I had to buy a box of cream cakes to calm my nerves !!

By the way Doug my friend thinks he may just have a 90 floor/carpet tool.

Regards, Walter.


Post# 34643 , Reply# 20   3/13/2008 at 16:51 (5,859 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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Hi Walter - thanks - give me a yell sometime - my email is mjdkas@hotmail.com

Doug


Post# 37514 , Reply# 21   4/9/2008 at 01:18 (5,833 days old) by danemodsandy ()        
What On Earth?

I've always known that a really fine British housekeeper can bring to the job all the ceremony, pomp and intricacy of the Queen opening Parliament- and I say that with the utmost respect and affection for all our friends in the UK.

But how on earth does one use a cleaner's blowing outlet to air carpets? And why? Don't British carpets air themselves when the windows are opened?

Enquiring provincials want to know! ;-)



Post# 37524 , Reply# 22   4/9/2008 at 08:31 (5,832 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

Remember a month or two back I found that woven hose in prime primo condition and wondered what machine it went for then saw it was for a UK Elux, the brown cylinder type. Well yesterday I was chatting with next door neighbor during spring yard cleanup and went in her garage to look at the hard to close door and guess what was sitting there they use for cleaning the car but that brown Dometic vac..Now I have to try and persuade them to let me have it LOL

Post# 37526 , Reply# 23   4/9/2008 at 09:20 (5,832 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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Hey Pete:

Nice find - dont forget to see if she had the power head for it. Let me know if you get the machine. I have the instruction booklet that I can scan for you.

Doug


Post# 37530 , Reply# 24   4/9/2008 at 11:22 (5,832 days old) by filterqueen83 ()        
brochures

I would love to make my own brochures with some of my vacs I have I think I just might... Give me a week or so lol.

Post# 37626 , Reply# 25   4/10/2008 at 15:53 (5,831 days old) by funvacfan (Canada)        
Hey Pete...

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I love the Dometic/Volta range! I have two of the upright. One is yellow with black flowers running down the front! Anyways...I've been looking for the canister model for a while too!

I did, however, find the brown (rusty brown?) powerhead with the Dometic insignia on it.

What vintage were these?

Guy


Post# 37649 , Reply# 26   4/11/2008 at 01:24 (5,831 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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Hey Guy - the Dometic 245 was out around 1975 - 79

Post# 37657 , Reply# 27   4/11/2008 at 14:04 (5,830 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)        
Brown Duometic

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Was it like this one??? this is our Lux 345, a classic UK style icon....
It was so popular people referred to it the 345 (pronounced as Three Forty Five) "I`ll have a 345 please"....


Post# 37662 , Reply# 28   4/11/2008 at 14:35 (5,830 days old) by funvacfan (Canada)        
Thanks Doug...

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The powerhead I have does look like it would match the one in Mike's pic of the Electrolux 345.

Guy


Post# 37680 , Reply# 29   4/11/2008 at 20:47 (5,830 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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Hi Mike:

The Dometic 245 is the same machine as the Electrolux 345 with two differences. 1st the rug/floor nozzle was different and 2nd where the 345 had only an indicator light between the switches the 245 had an electrical outlet for the power head (which was optional) as well.

Doug



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