Thread Number: 35969
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
The season of Olympia... |
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Post# 385703   2/9/2018 at 22:10 (2,238 days old) by Luxmanmatt (Lincoln, Ne)   |   | |
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Hey gang, I thought I would share pics of a recent eBay score! I have been looking for a near mint oly for a long, long time. And last week I came across this little gem! I just realized the pictures may not do it justice, but the seller was not kidding when she said, “low hours”. The power nozzle is still clean inside and the braid hose is very clean, but of course has dry-rot. The canister purrs and has that “new Electrolux” smell to it, much like the smell of my great grandmother’s silverado that I remember when it was new. Of course the shiny scratch on the PN is from me 🙄.... let’s just say I got a little too excited on the first spin and plowed the nozzle right underneath my couch.
I do have a few questions though... how come some models (including this one pictured) still have the service and warranty stickers, and some of my others don’t? We’re the stickers just removed by the owners when they bought the machines? Or were the stickers placed on the unit at sell? I know it’s a random question, but I appreciate any insight people might have. |
Post# 385704 , Reply# 1   2/9/2018 at 22:17 (2,238 days old) by Luxmanmatt (Lincoln, Ne)   |   | |
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Any suggestions about the best way to remove this tiny dent? It’s not big at all, but I welcome any advice on how to go about removing.
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Post# 385710 , Reply# 2   2/10/2018 at 07:15 (2,238 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 385713 , Reply# 3   2/10/2018 at 07:48 (2,238 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 385731 , Reply# 5   2/10/2018 at 10:33 (2,238 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Removing that dent is going to be difficult. If it were a body panel on a car, you'd be able to get behind it and tap it back out with a hammer and dolly but I don't know that you'd have enough room to get a hammer in there. If the metal were smooth, like on an early 1205, you could possibly just fill it with Bondo but the textured finish will be challenging. If it were mine, I'd just leave it be and accept the dent as a 'battle scar', emblematic of the use that it has seen.
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Post# 385747 , Reply# 7   2/10/2018 at 15:18 (2,237 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Wow, the Olympias keep rolling in, don't they? If there wasn't over a foot of snow outside I'd go get mine fixed up. My Olympia has a chrome PN though and not painted. I think it might have had the Jubilee(?) awards sticker on it at one point in time and it peeled off. I know my great-grandma had the Golden Jubilee at one point in time, because I found the manual in a box of old papers and other stuff she saved that I still had in a box forgotten in the closet from when she died in 2003.
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Post# 385843 , Reply# 9   2/11/2018 at 19:08 (2,236 days old) by Luxmanmatt (Lincoln, Ne)   |   | |
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Hi all -
Thanks so much for the compliments and info! Kevin, I appreciate your advice on tackling that dent! I haven’t done anything yet, and am waiting until I have a vacation day while the wife is gone and the kids are out of the house so that I can focus on working that sent out. It will probably be later this spring. I’ll be sure to post pics when I do. Cheers, Matt |