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Thread Number: 33542
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Identification of a vintage canister model unknown brand |
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| Post# 365259 , Reply# 2 1/18/2017 at 04:05 (2,648 days old) by Rainbowd4 (TN ) | ||
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Autocorrect.... That was supposed to say THEY made...... Not money made. | ||
| Post# 365263 , Reply# 3 1/18/2017 at 07:00 (2,648 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Thats a Canadian Regina, totally different from anything built in the States. | ||
| Post# 365264 , Reply# 4 1/18/2017 at 07:16 (2,648 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
That came from our Canadian Regina Company plant in Welland, Ontario....not far from Buffalo, New York. The plant went through a few transformations as corporate identity changed: from Regina to Iona (they both made Canadian Elektrikbrooms) then onto Fantom Technologies. I guess the Electrikbroom which had a cup "which you empty like an ashtray!" was the parent of the bagless Canadian version of the cyclonic Dyson....
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| Post# 365265 , Reply# 5 1/18/2017 at 09:04 (2,648 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 365271 , Reply# 6 1/18/2017 at 09:36 (2,648 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
Its a Regina made by Switson Industries in Welland, Ontario, Canada in the mid to late 1960s. Switson Industries (Later named General Signal Appliances) made similar machines under various names for many different companies.
eg: Baycrest (Hudson Bay Co), Bradford (Zellers), Coronado (McLeods), Eatonia (Eatons), Fairbanks Morse, Mastercraft (Canadian Tire), Regina, Switson, Valliant (Eatons), Viking (Eatons), Watermatic, Waverly (Simpsons). This is a Coronado model D150 from 1964 (as yours is a D147 it would have been produced around the same time) All the Switson machines used D prefix model numbers then changed to V prefix when the name changed to General Signal Appliances (The numbers were consecutive though so you can figure out approximate first production date by comparing them to known dates) Note: Switson also manufactured Kirby in Canada under contract. 
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| Post# 365290 , Reply# 8 1/18/2017 at 16:44 (2,648 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 365292 , Reply# 9 1/18/2017 at 16:54 (2,648 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 365319 , Reply# 10 1/19/2017 at 08:45 (2,647 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 365332 , Reply# 11 1/19/2017 at 11:09 (2,647 days old) by LittleBlueVac (Earth) | ||
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@collector2 as I said I enharited this vacuum so I am unsure which parts are original I will try to post pics of the mix of attachments I have later. Hopefully you guys can identify which are original and which aren't. | ||
Post# 365336 , Reply# 12 1/19/2017 at 12:31 (2,647 days old) by electrolux137  (Los Angeles) |
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| Post# 365373 , Reply# 13 1/19/2017 at 21:39 (2,646 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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Hi again:
The original parts would have been the same as these with my Regina V254 except blue.
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| Post# 365380 , Reply# 14 1/19/2017 at 23:22 (2,646 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest) | ||
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What does "enharited" mean? That's when you inherit something, it has been enharited. | ||
| Post# 365389 , Reply# 15 1/20/2017 at 10:11 (2,646 days old) by mchmike (West palm beach fl) | ||
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It means you didn't look in your Funk and Wagnalls. | ||
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