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Post# 39756   5/8/2008 at 21:11 (5,803 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Just like the FQ cordwinder caster base, something else I didn't know existed...til now...

Post# 39758 , Reply# 1   5/8/2008 at 21:13 (5,803 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Judgeing by the box illustrations I'd think this pre-dates 1980.

Post# 39759 , Reply# 2   5/8/2008 at 21:16 (5,803 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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1950s or 60s furnishings?

Post# 39761 , Reply# 3   5/8/2008 at 21:17 (5,803 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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How do you use it?

Post# 39762 , Reply# 4   5/8/2008 at 21:18 (5,803 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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What does it look like?

Post# 39764 , Reply# 5   5/8/2008 at 21:26 (5,803 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        
What does it really look like?

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Like a 1/4 scale Filter Queen, of course.

Cast aluminum gold hammertone painted bottom.

Stamped steel brown painted top & lid.

Pressing the rubber lever with your thumb opens a 1/2" bottom hole of the interior chrystal chamber cone - yes, cone shaped.

Being as how heavy most metal FQ accesories are it a safe bet the Filter Queens had strong wrists & forearms. :-)


Post# 39765 , Reply# 6   5/8/2008 at 21:32 (5,803 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Simply lovely decal. I suspect this one has never been used considering the condition of the box.

Pretty much the largest most substantial paradichlorobenzene
gas sprayer I've seen, same goes for the FQ Air Polisher. These are hefty items. But they must have made a lot of these - who else has one? Color variations?

Dave.


Post# 39787 , Reply# 7   5/9/2008 at 00:10 (5,803 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)        
Seen it

Nice looking attachment
but not interested in spraying parameno diclorobenzoic acid around

but perhaps it could have an alternative use?

Moths
LOL
I don't know
but I have been bitten by the filter queen bug

LOL

My new PN sounds like a fly buzzing at time
have to take the motor apart
see if it needs cleaning or something
as it acts erratic
might just not have been usde in a while
oooh well

maybe a massager right now would be more to my liking

LOL



Post# 39809 , Reply# 8   5/9/2008 at 06:36 (5,803 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        
Wonderful find!

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The graphic art on the box looks like Hank Ketcham's work, artist of Dennis The Menace. Mid century modern furnishings, late fifties, early sixties, like I am slowly trying to gather up.

Post# 39815 , Reply# 9   5/9/2008 at 07:07 (5,803 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Filter Queen was darn serious about Moth Control. Inside the bottom casing is a free running turbine that spools up to alarming speeds. It screams and whines like a jet engine and the De-Motherer acts like a gyroscope on the end of the hose. The shuttered tip of the crystal cone opens directly over the turbine, dispersing the gas at 'jetspeed'.

I recall my Mom doing the Moth Control thing to all the closets and blanket chests twice a year. Smell didn't bother me and it faded quickly. Just as I enjoy the fumes of Gasoline when I fill the tank and I'll stick my nose in any jar of Vicks Metholated Rub. :-)


Post# 39817 , Reply# 10   5/9/2008 at 07:13 (5,803 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        
You could ionize your moths I'll bet

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We didn't have trouble with moths, or anything worse than some ants in this tiny place when I was growing up. I like the smell of auto mechanics.


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