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Post# 363773   12/18/2016 at 00:33 (2,684 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)        

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Can some one tell me the difference in the kirby 516,17,18,19,60 & 561 attachment boxes?

Post# 363779 , Reply# 1   12/18/2016 at 02:25 (2,684 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        
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Phillip,

The 516's attachment box was similar graphically to that of the 515 box, but with a tan plaid background instead of a gray one.

The 517's attachment box had a more solid tan background, and lost the lines around the Kirby circle logo that formed the "K." The 518's attachment box was similar.

The 519 and 560's attachment box had a white background with a pattern of gold Kirby circle logos. A large red Kirby circle logo is imprinted on the top lefthand corner of the box.

The 561's attachment box had a light blue background with, again, a pattern of gold Kirby circle logos. Once again, a large red Kirby circle logo is imprinted on the top lefthand corner of the box.

~Ben


Post# 363797 , Reply# 2   12/18/2016 at 10:34 (2,684 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)        

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Thanks Ben!
Do you happen to have a pic?


Post# 363800 , Reply# 3   12/18/2016 at 11:45 (2,684 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        
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Philip,

www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-...
This thread has pictures of the attachment boxes you describe.

~Ben


Post# 363851 , Reply# 4   12/18/2016 at 23:11 (2,683 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)        

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Thank you Ben that's just what I was looking for. Only large boxes I have left to get now are the 508, 510, 512, 517, 560, 561, 562, Dual 50, tradition, heritage, and G-6. If anyone has these large boxes they don't need let me know.

Post# 363853 , Reply# 5   12/19/2016 at 04:34 (2,683 days old) by TheSpiritOf76 ()        
so Ben let me ask you this, or anyone else that might know..

As far as the 516-561 are concerned, how many of the boxes boasted the "Mark IV" (I cant quite remember the actual number off hand so excuse that.) name?

 

My AunTie Joey, when I was a kid always had Kirbys, at this time, pertaining to this instance, she had, has a 560, and had a Generation 3. She always bought all her Kirbys new, and I found out later on that she had two more I never knew about, one I saw only ONCE when I was a kid, and I am 100% it was a 516, 517, 518, or a 519, because it had the round belt lifter, and furthermore, it couldn't really have been anything older, because that wouldn't fit into the time period that AunTie Joey, and Uncle Forest were married. But, I asked her one time what others she had, and she referred to that one as a "Mark IV". Well when I became a collector I thought she was nuts, because the 500 series prior to the Sanitronic were not named.  Untill I started collecting more, and I saw one or two boxes with that name on it. That's why I am asking this question, to confirm if maybe she had a 516, or if even her 560 box could have said that.

 

and P.S. in the event the rest of you are wondering about the other past Kirby, since I mentioned there were two......just to sum it up, years and years later on a the last visit we made to their house, I saw a D50 sitting in their garage, she told me that she loaned it to a friend in need, for long term, she passed so it was finally returned, and upon it being returned it was saved for me. I was very surprised. Just like her other Kirbys, she bought it new in 1965, and it is dated '65.  So enough about that, just didn't want to keep anyone hanging. =)


Post# 363859 , Reply# 6   12/19/2016 at 11:01 (2,683 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        
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Jae,

That would apply to the Handi-Butler used on the model Dual Sanitronic 50 and its successors the Dual Sanitronic 80 and Classic 1CR.

"Mark II" applied to the Handi-Butler used on models 518 through 561, and "Mark III" applied to the H-B on models 562 and Sanitronic VII.

~Ben


Post# 363895 , Reply# 7   12/20/2016 at 02:45 (2,682 days old) by TheSpiritOf76 ()        
no Ben....

I have seen long boxes with the names "Mark II" and "Mark III" before.



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