Thread Number: 33784
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
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Post# 367003   2/17/2017 at 14:52 (2,617 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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Today was quite eventful. I got a free Kirby Legend II from a dumpster and a Hoover Elite II for $20 at a flea market. Both run beautifully, and the Kirby runs spectacularly! I'd say today's my lucky day!!!
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Post# 367006 , Reply# 1   2/17/2017 at 15:09 (2,617 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 367008 , Reply# 2   2/17/2017 at 15:21 (2,617 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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Wait. You have a hardbag? I could not find any mention of a hardbag Elite anywhere online. I have one too. Can you post pics?
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Post# 367019 , Reply# 3   2/17/2017 at 17:16 (2,617 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Here we go, Two of my hard bags
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Post# 367032 , Reply# 4   2/17/2017 at 19:48 (2,617 days old) by Bvac6 (Fort Wayne, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 367035 , Reply# 5   2/17/2017 at 20:48 (2,617 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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Post# 367040 , Reply# 6   2/17/2017 at 21:47 (2,617 days old) by Opelgtkarl (Puyallup, Washington)   |   | |
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Post# 367046 , Reply# 7   2/17/2017 at 23:24 (2,617 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Nice save! That's how I got my first Kirby. One of my Electrolux 1205s was also a trash find back in the early '80s. It's absolutely amazing what people will throw away. I saw another Kirby by the road a few months ago but I was running late to work and traffic was too heavy for me to double back, so I had to let it go. It was an older machine, maybe a Classic. It was gone, as I knew it would be, when I headed home that afternoon. I really hope somebody else was able to snag it before the garbage truck got there. Oh well, ya can't save 'em all.
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Post# 367108 , Reply# 8   2/19/2017 at 01:12 (2,616 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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I have found a few kirbys in dumpsters,But apart from one or two legend ii,s the rest are g series. One g3 but it really was knackered, Two g6 in perfect condition, one even came with all its attachments, a g5 , and a lot of sentria,s. always a bit shocked that people dump these but I suppose at the end of the day its just a vacuum thats in some ones way. I know that when I do a clean up I realize I can post lots of the stuff i throw away on gumtree but I want it gone now so i dump it.
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Post# 367167 , Reply# 11   2/19/2017 at 17:10 (2,615 days old) by ryan1994jeep (Georgia)   |   | |
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Post# 367210 , Reply# 12   2/20/2017 at 11:29 (2,614 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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Ever notice that she is actually getting suction through the hose and not the floor nozzle? Take a look at this picture. Poor woman was probably thinking "Why isn't this vacuum working!"
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