Thread Number: 34427
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Post# 372540 , Reply# 1   5/21/2017 at 20:25 (2,503 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 372550 , Reply# 3   5/21/2017 at 21:54 (2,503 days old) by luxflairguy (Wilmington, NC)   |   | |
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Let's wait and see what Tom says! I did point out that this has a Filter Queen wand on it! G |
Post# 372562 , Reply# 4   5/22/2017 at 09:42 (2,502 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Jason is correct. There are several odd things that point to this perhaps being a vac shop "throw together" from parts they could order. For instance, The hood has a cut out for the handle pivot. If that had been made by Eureka either for an airway or one of their commercial canisters, there would've been no cut out in the hood for the handle pivot. Eureka would not have had access to a filter queen Wand. It appears to me that a repair shop ordered the rear portion with the handle release pedal, added it to an existing eureka upright, and added The filter queen wand.
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Post# 372565 , Reply# 5   5/22/2017 at 10:32 (2,502 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 372566 , Reply# 6   5/22/2017 at 10:37 (2,502 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest)   |   | |
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You called it. |
Post# 372572 , Reply# 7   5/22/2017 at 12:51 (2,502 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 372592 , Reply# 8   5/22/2017 at 22:26 (2,502 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Here's mine. This is the only pic I could find
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Post# 372595 , Reply# 9   5/22/2017 at 22:28 (2,502 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 372596 , Reply# 10   5/22/2017 at 22:46 (2,502 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 372604 , Reply# 11   5/23/2017 at 09:24 (2,501 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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OK shot in the dark here but is this the canister that this power nozzle would go to? Or at least similar?
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Post# 372607 , Reply# 12   5/23/2017 at 10:49 (2,501 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Post# 372612 , Reply# 13   5/23/2017 at 13:35 (2,501 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 372663 , Reply# 14   5/25/2017 at 09:29 (2,499 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 372665 , Reply# 15   5/25/2017 at 11:12 (2,499 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Yes, this was before Eureka introduced their Power Nozzle. Don Clark first asked them to build this for his Air Way distributorship, since Eureka was already building them for the Commercial Canister (think 1968). Air-Way's first power nozzle was a Hamilton Beach upright with a wand, but that didn't last too long as the machine was very cheaply made. The Eureka upright as Power Nozzle lasted until about 1973 when Air-Way made the RugMaster power nozzle themselves. Air-Way distributorships COULD continue to buy the Eureka nozzle if they wished, as they were independent distributorships.
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Post# 372964 , Reply# 16   5/31/2017 at 08:30 (2,493 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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Post# 372965 , Reply# 17   5/31/2017 at 08:31 (2,493 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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Post# 372970 , Reply# 18   5/31/2017 at 09:15 (2,493 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Yes the eureka and Airway version of this had it's own suction fan. It's a full Eureka upright but with a wand and bellow in place of the bag.
It really was not a very good design as the airflow of the upright was to much and the canister struggled to keep up with it. (My Opinion anyway) I demoed one time the whole set up on a rug and it did an ok job sort of lifting the edge of the rug, then I took the airway hose off and the power head by itself really beat and shook that rug and lifted it up off the floor. All that aside it's still a lot of fun to play with and I'm very pleased with mine. |
Post# 373908 , Reply# 19   6/14/2017 at 22:47 (2,479 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Just finally got my 405C - B cleaned up so I thought I'd add it here. It could really stand to be sanded and repainted but I don't want to lose all the original labels.
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Post# 373933 , Reply# 20   6/15/2017 at 08:52 (2,478 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 373980 , Reply# 21   6/15/2017 at 18:09 (2,478 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 373988 , Reply# 22   6/15/2017 at 20:36 (2,478 days old) by luxflairguy (Wilmington, NC)   |   | |
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If anyone is interested, the power head/nozzle is still available. $75.00 plus shipping. If no takers by Sunday it goes to the scrapper! Greg |
Post# 374028 , Reply# 24   6/16/2017 at 12:38 (2,477 days old) by luxflairguy (Wilmington, NC)   |   | |
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Then why did you? |
Post# 374031 , Reply# 25   6/16/2017 at 13:48 (2,477 days old) by Toddk13 (Milwaukee, WI)   |   | |
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Post# 374035 , Reply# 26   6/16/2017 at 15:30 (2,477 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest)   |   | |
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What is it with the 'tudes? |