Thread Number: 31668
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
A Friend's Vintage Central Vacuum System |
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Post# 349806   4/8/2016 at 20:15 (2,938 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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~ I've posted before about a friend whose house I'm helping him clean out. He has a few older vacuum cleaners including a Kirby 515 that was his parents' that I restored for him a few years ago.
I knew his house (1962) had a central vacuum system in it but hadn't ever really been interested in it. Well, I thought some of you guys might like to know about it so I took some photos. I couldn't find the attachments -- they were in a plastic carton and included a long, coiled white hose, two steel wands and attachments that look like Kenmore attachments of the time. So my guess is that this is a Kenmore system. If anyone wants photos of the attachments I'll see if I can find them.
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Post# 349809 , Reply# 1   4/8/2016 at 20:34 (2,938 days old) by Compactelectra (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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A Central Vac International unit. Those were big in LA. Very good units. I have decided to bite the bullet and put the MD Silent Master in here. Have to have an electrician put in a 30 amp 120 volt circuit to plug it in. This thing will suck the paint off the walls and dims the lights in the neighborhood.
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Post# 349829 , Reply# 2   4/9/2016 at 01:44 (2,937 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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~ Cool that the company is still in business!
In addition to the Kenmore-style attachments, my friend's system also has a turbo rug tool very similar to this one. (See photo) CLICK HERE TO GO TO electrolux137's LINK
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Post# 350115 , Reply# 4   4/12/2016 at 01:32 (2,934 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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~ Here are some photos of the central vacuum system attachments I f0und today. I'm sure that there was a white rug tool identical to the rug tool that Kenmore used for many years, but it was nowhere to be f0und. I did find the hose, the turbo rug nozzle, a Kenmore dusting brush, and two black plastic floor tools.
The last photo is of my friend's house. It has a very interesting layout -- it's a three-story split level. You come in the front door where there's a guest restroom just inside the front door to the left. Down a hallway the kitchen is to the right with interior entrance to the utility room and garage off the kitchen. Continue down the hallway to the dining room and beyond that a large rec room.
Go back down the hallway and up a short flight of stairs opposite the rest room to a vast living room. The eastern-facing wall is almost entirely glass. There's an elevated outdoor patio that overlooks the large yard.
An adjoining short stairway goes in the opposite direction up to the bedrooms - the master has a private bathroom "en suite," and there's another large bathroom in the hallway. All the bedrooms have large double-closets. There's also a large walk-in closet along the hallway.
It was built in 1962. |
Post# 353116 , Reply# 6   6/2/2016 at 00:03 (2,884 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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