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Thread Number: 35400
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Special Vacuum Delivery Surprise! |
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| Post# 380668 11/4/2017 at 20:57 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
Yesterday I had a package delivered to me yesterday and didn't got a chance to get it so today I woked up @ 11 and went to the front office and got my package and it is a vacuum cleaner I got from eBay so just wait and see.
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| Post# 380669 , Reply# 1 11/4/2017 at 20:59 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Lot of peanuts 🥜
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| Post# 380670 , Reply# 2 11/4/2017 at 21:00 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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This appears to be the vacuum handle.
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| Post# 380671 , Reply# 3 11/4/2017 at 21:01 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Looks like the vacuum head and bag.
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| Post# 380672 , Reply# 4 11/4/2017 at 21:02 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Nothing else.
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| Post# 380673 , Reply# 5 11/4/2017 at 21:03 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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| Post# 380675 , Reply# 6 11/4/2017 at 21:04 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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| Post# 380676 , Reply# 7 11/4/2017 at 21:09 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Can it be?
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| Post# 380677 , Reply# 8 11/4/2017 at 21:10 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Yes it is!!
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| Post# 380680 , Reply# 9 11/4/2017 at 21:19 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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This is what I brought on eBay, a vintage eureka hot shot model 1923 vacuum cleaner, this makes it my 2nd vintage eureka vacuum, the 1st one is a mid 90's excaulibur which I'll make another post of it soon, but here's the weird thing, on eBay there's 2 hot shots from each different seller, this one I got for $39.95 + $19.95 which makes the total of $59.90 and this one is not mint but in really great condition, the other one which is on eBay still is for $59.95 + $40 which makes it $99.95 and it's in rough condition, this one I got made me feel good about this one. I always wanted a vintage eureka like this one.
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| Post# 380681 , Reply# 10 11/4/2017 at 21:22 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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It even has a fresh new disposable bag.
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| Post# 380682 , Reply# 11 11/4/2017 at 21:23 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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The bottom of the cleaner with a new belt as well and the famous vibra groomer II brushroll.
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| Post# 380684 , Reply# 12 11/4/2017 at 21:24 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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I believe this was made around 1990, 6 yrs before I was born.
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| Post# 380685 , Reply# 13 11/4/2017 at 21:25 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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It also has the dial a nap height adjustment.
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| Post# 380686 , Reply# 14 11/4/2017 at 21:27 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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I noticed there's a small broken part on the vent but no big deal at all, it shouldn't effect the vacuum's performance at all.
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| Post# 380687 , Reply# 15 11/4/2017 at 21:29 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Here it is in action and I gotta tell u it grooms the carpet very well, it's really easy to push and it's lightweight plus it's not loud at all it's a quiet vacuum.
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| Post# 380690 , Reply# 16 11/4/2017 at 21:31 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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I also have a vintage eureka attachment set I got last year, it's from eBay too, I'll do a post about it another day. This will go good with this vacuum and hopefully some future vintage eureka vacuums.
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| Post# 380691 , Reply# 17 11/4/2017 at 21:32 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Hot shot with hose attachment.
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| Post# 380694 , Reply# 18 11/4/2017 at 21:59 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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I hope y'all enjoyed checking out the pics of my new member to my vacuum collection, I had to get this vacuum because there were like 6 watchers wanting to get this vacuum and now I got it'
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| Post# 380695 , Reply# 19 11/4/2017 at 22:04 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Sittin there with the whole family
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| Post# 380699 , Reply# 20 11/4/2017 at 23:29 (2,356 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 380702 , Reply# 21 11/5/2017 at 00:12 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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| Post# 380703 , Reply# 22 11/5/2017 at 00:15 (2,356 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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| Post# 380707 , Reply# 23 11/5/2017 at 06:12 (2,356 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Hi Gabriel...yes indeed, this is from way back in the 1980’s....it’s a precursor to the black “The Boss” that came out soon afterwards. Both names have that similar “powerful, confident, arrogant” sound to them! :-).
Eureka never had a bottom fill bag for their Dial-a-Nap uprights. The correct bag is Eureka’s top fill F&G bag. | ||
| Post# 380709 , Reply# 24 11/5/2017 at 08:09 (2,355 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Eurekaprince, here's what the bag looks like.
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| Post# 380711 , Reply# 25 11/5/2017 at 08:38 (2,355 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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It’s hard to see from your photo, but if that bag has a long paper throat that would drop the dirt from the top into a separate dust collection sack, then you have the correct bag. If it’s just a long bag that connects to the throat at bottom, it’s not the correct bag - even though it will work, just not as good as Eureka’s special bag design.
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| Post# 380731 , Reply# 26 11/5/2017 at 19:08 (2,355 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY) | ||
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Post# 380735 , Reply# 27 11/5/2017 at 19:53 (2,355 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 380738 , Reply# 28 11/5/2017 at 20:17 (2,355 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Post# 380739 , Reply# 29 11/5/2017 at 20:19 (2,355 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 380740 , Reply# 30 11/5/2017 at 20:21 (2,355 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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CrazyKirbyDude, I kinda hate to tell u this but please don't get upset lol, I have a 2012 Eureka Power Plus that I got for my 16th birthday and a 2014 Eureka Airspeed One for my 18th birthday, they both came from Walmart, sooo yea. They both work good. But I agree that the older eurekas work a lot more better.
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| Post# 380741 , Reply# 31 11/5/2017 at 20:25 (2,355 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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| Post# 380744 , Reply# 32 11/5/2017 at 20:41 (2,355 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Post# 380745 , Reply# 33 11/5/2017 at 20:42 (2,355 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 380747 , Reply# 34 11/5/2017 at 20:57 (2,355 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Post# 380748 , Reply# 35 11/5/2017 at 21:03 (2,355 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Gj3476 Gabriel,
Yes... please try to devote your next thread to that machine! Here's mine (the one in the middle in these pictures).
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| Post# 380750 , Reply# 36 11/5/2017 at 21:09 (2,355 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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Decent Kirby collection! I only have 2 so far, the classic iii is in the closet but here's my '57 model 517 which I'll make another post about it soon!😊
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Post# 380752 , Reply# 37 11/5/2017 at 22:06 (2,355 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Gj3476 Gabriel,
What a nice looking 517 (1957-58)! It originally had these gray parts: bag, Emtor bottom and wheels, and red trim for the handle grip, foot switch, and the headlight and nozzle bumpers. It also used to have a gray cord with red plug ends.
In fact, the original tool set had almost all the tools in red (even though the Classic III ones are perfect substitutes)!
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| Post# 380753 , Reply# 38 11/5/2017 at 22:17 (2,355 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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That Kirby was given to me as a present for my 12th birthday by my 6th grade teacher in '08, she was one of the best teachers in my school years, and yes it probably did had the original red/gray parts but this was factory rebuild in September '96, sadly the factory rebuild sticker came off 4 yrs ago so I don't know the actual serial number to this one, but most of all, the Kirby works really awesome. 60 years old!
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| Post# 380754 , Reply# 39 11/5/2017 at 22:17 (2,355 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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| Post# 380756 , Reply# 40 11/5/2017 at 23:20 (2,355 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
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When I got the 517 for my birthday, it even came with an attachment set too, it was mixed colors of green (d80), tan (sanitronic/d50), and brown (1cr or 1cb), the hose attachment was brown too but 3 yrs ago I removed the hose end parts and added it to a long white Panasonic hose I found on the curb on my way home from school, but soon I'm planning on buying a new set of Kirby attachments, the current one for the avalir and a 12 ft stretch hose, both from eBay.
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| Post# 380767 , Reply# 41 11/6/2017 at 09:04 (2,354 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
Congrats!! Love these!
I wanted one of these ever since I saw Bob Barker give them away in the very early 90's. I would watch The price is right every morning in 1990 while waiting for Mom to take me to kindergarten. My class was at noon and Price is right was on right before we would leave. I was glued to the TV to see this vacuum. I finally got one last year and it's like freaking NEW. Mine is dated 1989 on both the serial number and the time dial on the bottom. | ||
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