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Thread Number: 34284
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Private-Label Kirby Cleaners? |
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Post# 371432 4/26/2017 at 19:18 (2,549 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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As I was visiting my Facebook group "Kirby Vacuum Group USA," James Brown (kirbymodel2c here) just showed me his latest vintage Kirby find: a rebadged Classic 1CR sold as the Cimex C40.
Unlike other 240V Kirbys before 1981, this Classic 1CR variant had the usual 2-speed motor, and its bag was a simple golden cloth bag with no logo patch on the front of it (kind of like what Kirby used for late rebuilds of the 1CR and Omega 1CB). This leads me to ask: while I know Kirby made cleaners for Cimex for sale in the UK (where Mr. Brown is from), were there any private-label Kirbys sold here in the USA? ~Ben | ||
| Post# 371474 , Reply# 1 4/27/2017 at 15:54 (2,548 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211) | ||
I can think of three off the top of my head... | ||
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Post# 371480 , Reply# 3 4/27/2017 at 17:36 (2,548 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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TheSpiritof76
Jae,
Not the best of quality, but here's a Facebook video of that machine: video.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t4... (credit to kirbymodel2c) ~Ben | ||
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Post# 371500 , Reply# 4 4/28/2017 at 07:22 (2,547 days old) by Bvac6 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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Post# 371505 , Reply# 5 4/28/2017 at 10:06 (2,547 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 371586 , Reply# 6 4/30/2017 at 18:03 (2,545 days old) by repairman (Woodridge, IL) | ||
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Mr. Mom I wonder if Scott & Fetzer made Stanley vacuum for the movie Mr. Mom or if the vacuum was custom made for that movie. The light looks different and it sounded like a Hoover Convertible.
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| Post# 371812 , Reply# 7 5/5/2017 at 19:10 (2,540 days old) by craig_1982 (Newcastle Under Lyme (England)) | ||
Blimey not seen Mr Mom in about 30 year's I remember watching it as a little boy and for a time afterwards giving me nightmares, we had a similar looking Heritage Kirby I used to think it was going to have a mind of it's own, chase me around the house and suck me up just like the one in Mr Mom, it does look like a modified Kirby Classic in the film I suppose a few aesthetic changes wouldn't have been too hard to achieve for the film.
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