Eureka question

Kenny,

The model that you have showed us came actually two ways from the factory. At the VERY tail end of production, they were packaged with the bag style that you see below in the pic I have provided. I have it on VERY good word from former dealer(s) that Eureka discontinued the boxtop bags totally by the middle of 1980. They did manufacture replacements for awhile, but not very long. The substitute bag, was like the Self-Propelled model bag with the plastic topper, but still vinyl. giving the feeling of deluxe, without the problems faced with the box-top variety.

Eureka learned a very valuable lesson, that not only were these bags MUCH more expensive to produce, they were also much more fragile for whatever reason than their standard dowel-rod style bags. The seams were not as tight and strong as the simpler bags, and the zippers seemed to be problematic. that was on MOST Eurkeas of the time tho. as we see many replacements on survivors today.

So they were done. The bag seen in these NIB sealed machines sold on the Bay, prove out said point. I take former dealer information very seriously, as they were there. I have it on word, AND have seen in person also, that while the box-tops were in production, they would ALSO put the "box-top style" on "specials" that weren't TOL. These were made up for the vacuum dealers as promos just as Hoover did and others.

That said.

Hopefully you picked this up. They are more and more uncommon as time ticks forward. If it runs it's a keeper IMHO. Also, brandy-wine color replacement bags, non-box-top were offered far longer than the Box-top style replacements were. Someone, and I forget who had a few of them laying around. This one on it, was a common bag from machines from about 1984. You could also get these later too as replacements. As a triple-filter they do marginally better than a vinyl bag, but that again is just opinion.

Chad

The pic from the former Ebay sale...

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Post# 371408 4/26/2017 at 13:44 (2,550 days old) by kloveland (Tulsa)
Checkrate/Likes 1 I know I'm retarded for asking this. Is this the original bag? Most of these I've seen have a box top.

Post# 371409 , Reply# 1 4/26/2017 at 13:47 (2,550 days old) by TheSpiritOf76 ()
Checkrate/Likes *Yes.....* It should have had a matching Branywine colored boxtop. Mine does, and every other all orginal one I have ever seen does.

Post# 371410 , Reply# 2 4/26/2017 at 13:50 (2,550 days old) by kloveland (Tulsa)
Checkrate/Likes Well that's what I thought. So it's a genuine Eureka replacement bag. It probably filters better than the original. The bag says ESP on it so it made me wonder a little bit.

Post# 371414 , Reply# 3 4/26/2017 at 14:59 (2,550 days old) by kenkart ()
Checkrate/Likes *Mine has* The brandywine box top too.

Post# 371463 , Reply# 4 4/27/2017 at 09:29 (2,549 days old) by dirtmaster37 (Ypsilanti, Michigan USA)
Checkrate/Likes 1 *Most of these I've seen have a box top.* Kenny, The model that you have showed us came actually two ways from the factory. At the VERY tail end of production, they were packaged with the bag style that you see below in the pic I have provided. I have it on VERY good word from former dealer(s) that Eureka discontinued the boxtop bags totally by the middle of 1980. They did manufacture replacements for awhile, but not very long. The substitute bag, was like the Self-Propelled model bag with the plastic topper, but still vinyl. giving the feeling of deluxe, without the problems faced with the box-top variety. Eureka learned a very valuable lesson, that not only were these bags MUCH more expensive to produce, they were also much more fragile for whatever reason than their standard dowel-rod style bags. The seams were not as tight and strong as the simpler bags, and the zippers seemed to be problematic. that was on MOST Eurkeas of the time tho. as we see many replacements on survivors today. So they were done. The bag seen in these NIB sealed machines sold on the Bay, prove out said point. I take former dealer information very seriously, as they were there. I have it on word, AND have seen in person also, that while the box-tops were in production, they would ALSO put the "box-top style" on "specials" that weren't TOL. These were made up for the vacuum dealers as promos just as Hoover did and others. That said. Hopefully you picked this up. They are more and more uncommon as time ticks forward. If it runs it's a keeper IMHO. Also, brandy-wine color replacement bags, non-box-top were offered far longer than the Box-top style replacements were. Someone, and I forget who had a few of them laying around. This one on it, was a common bag from machines from about 1984. You could also get these later too as replacements. As a triple-filter they do marginally better than a vinyl bag, but that again is just opinion. Chad The pic from the former Ebay sale... View Full Size

Post# 371475 , Reply# 5 4/27/2017 at 16:11 (2,549 days old) by TheSpiritOf76 ()
Checkrate/Likes *Here Kenney....* some pics.. Photos... < > Photo 1 of 3 View Full Size

Post# 371486 , Reply# 6 4/27/2017 at 21:02 (2,549 days old) by Vanyaphonic (Jonesville)
Checkrate/Likes Golly! I thought that a "Vintage" Eureka would have to be a straight suction machine. ;) Well, even so, yours seems to be in nice shape for a nearly forty year old appliance.

Post# 371510 , Reply# 7 4/28/2017 at 11:12 (2,548 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO)
Checkrate/Likes *Awesome!* If that Eureka is stock from the factory with that Triple Filter outer bag, that would be at the top of my Eureka wish list! I LOVE the brandywine color, but the higher-filtration outer bag wasn't included with it, its having the perforated matching brandywine outer bag. I never knew that the last of them came with the Triple Filter bag. I really hope you bought that, Kenny! I'd love to see it! Congrats on what I consider the best Eureka find I could imagine!

Post# 371547 , Reply# 8 4/29/2017 at 08:55 (2,547 days old) by kloveland (Tulsa)
Checkrate/Likes Thanks guys! Oh I bought it all right. It probably is a replacement bag. Sometimes manufacturers make running changes and it doesn't all fit nice and neatly in the little boxes that we want them too. I've seen some vacuum expert's taking back by somethings. Thanks for the identification.

Post# 371551 , Reply# 9 4/29/2017 at 12:10 (2,547 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH)
Checkrate/Likes Kenny, The Triple Filter original Eureka outer bags do filter well. Sanitaire makes an F & G inner paper bag with better filtration, than the standard Eureka F & G paper bags as well. PR-21 Bud View Full Size