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Sunbeam Challenger AKA Ugly Betty |
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Post# 41598   5/27/2008 at 01:36 (5,784 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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Earning her keep... |
Post# 41599 , Reply# 1   5/27/2008 at 02:06 (5,784 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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Post# 41604 , Reply# 3   5/27/2008 at 03:46 (5,784 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Well I think it is a beautiful machine. I like those funky 60's-70's green colores. I like the greens a heck of a lot better than harvest gold or woodgrain, or even worse copper. just like that convertible 707 every one tells me that is the most ugly vacuum ever made. Well I love mine mostly because of the color. What color was the challenger with the power head? |
Post# 41605 , Reply# 4   5/27/2008 at 07:38 (5,783 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 41622 , Reply# 5   5/27/2008 at 11:40 (5,783 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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heh heh heh, I *love* the "scampering away" shot! Very cute!!! |
Post# 41629 , Reply# 8   5/27/2008 at 12:47 (5,783 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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Pic of vac "only fits the sunbeam" bit $ with shipping almost $4 a bag I just got 36 filter queen cones for $16 shipped CLICK HERE TO GO TO camelotshadow's LINK on eBay |
Post# 41630 , Reply# 9   5/27/2008 at 13:00 (5,783 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA)   |   | |
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Hey Guys! I have almost the same machine, the same green, except with large flowers down the body. Que the big screeem again Charles!! BTW, they did make a Challenger with a power nozzle, which I also have, that's beige and woodgrain. Later, Trg |
Post# 41631 , Reply# 10   5/27/2008 at 13:07 (5,783 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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Thus grasshopper has no flowers... LOL |
Post# 41632 , Reply# 11   5/27/2008 at 13:30 (5,783 days old) by vintageroyal611 ()   |   | |
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Christine, If you are going to get rid of it I would be glad to buy or trade for it because I really want one of those challengers. |
Post# 41655 , Reply# 14   5/27/2008 at 21:31 (5,783 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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Post# 41665 , Reply# 16   5/27/2008 at 23:39 (5,783 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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Yeah found one even uglier... Hey, wonder what it would look like if they mated... LOL Shreeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkk LOL |
Post# 41667 , Reply# 17   5/27/2008 at 23:43 (5,783 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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Looks like Dr Jekyll & Mr PowVac LOL |
Post# 41714 , Reply# 18   5/28/2008 at 02:34 (5,783 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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Thanks to all the Ugly Betty fans.... |
Post# 41727 , Reply# 19   5/28/2008 at 08:23 (5,782 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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I must say, Christine, the more pictures I see of your Ugly Betty the more she grows on ya. Yup, as we clean up the grimy parts like hoses and tool and interior corners & crevices these old utilitarian cast-a-ways proudly step forward to join the Glamor Vac Club Lineup. And I bet they can give the glamor gals a run for their cleaning money - at least ya don't have to dress up to use 'em. In that spirit I have named this woefully bilious Kenmore Elphaba. See? She has her own matching broomstick! (I'm halfway through the book Wicked which has so much more backstory detail than the musical). Quiet, powerful suckage and a great powernozzle - there'll be no mistaking these vile green bricks for anything else but a good honest vacuuming machine. Say Christine, in the back of the Challenger, do those two holes beside the toggle switch go all the way to the bottom. maybe for upright wand storage? It looks like an egg crate construction to allow exhaust to flow through and around whatever gets stuck in there...oh wait, now I see the exhaust hose port. So th achieve her true imposing visual statement Ugly Betty needs two chrome wands rising from her stern and she'll be a SuperTanker of the High Pile. She's too sleek & stealthy without them...:-) |
Post# 41732 , Reply# 21   5/28/2008 at 12:13 (5,782 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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Somewhere in the zillion photos I have strewn about on my computer, I have photos of Marty Rocha's "Ugly Betty" that I took on one of my jaunts to Palm Springs. If I can find the photos, I'll post them. |
Post# 41755 , Reply# 22   5/28/2008 at 17:28 (5,782 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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LOL Is it green too? Will have to dress Betty up for her photoshoot LOL So how do you date these things brush holders on motor were yellow guess about 70 to 75? thing the one w the flowers must have been late 60's? |
Post# 41773 , Reply# 23   5/28/2008 at 20:52 (5,782 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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Sunbeam Challenger bags: CLICK HERE TO GO TO charles~richard's LINK |
Post# 41775 , Reply# 24   5/28/2008 at 21:07 (5,782 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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Well here she is on a mission to the moon Here seen crossing the lunar landscape sucking up rock samples... LOL The floor wand is a rotating radar The wands navigation devices OOOh look at the green headlight LOL |
Post# 41780 , Reply# 25   5/28/2008 at 22:46 (5,782 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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Christine, she looks so much better all fixed up!! |
Post# 41782 , Reply# 26   5/28/2008 at 23:15 (5,782 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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LOL Having fun with her Good machine may not be able to keep her then again she can stay in the storage room & be my building shop cannister vac Just the bags at over $2 a pop I don't like to spend more than 50/ 75 cents for a bag... |
Post# 41788 , Reply# 27   5/29/2008 at 05:47 (5,781 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 41794 , Reply# 28   5/29/2008 at 08:54 (5,781 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 41795 , Reply# 29   5/29/2008 at 08:58 (5,781 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 41796 , Reply# 30   5/29/2008 at 09:07 (5,781 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 41811 , Reply# 33   5/29/2008 at 13:43 (5,781 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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Okay, here are some pix of Marty's Sunbeam. Isn't the green shag rug just TOO PERFECT for this photo shoot! Sad to say, his family has since replaced the green shag with new flooring.
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Post# 41812 , Reply# 34   5/29/2008 at 13:48 (5,781 days old) by hoover_elite_20 ()   |   | |
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That Pow-r-vac thingy on ebay makes me wanna throw up....PLURK....! |
Post# 41901 , Reply# 37   5/29/2008 at 23:15 (5,781 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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Was wondering the same thing has a lamb ametek division motor in it similar to filter queen |
Post# 41904 , Reply# 38   5/29/2008 at 23:19 (5,781 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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Saw a sunbeam electric shoe polisher today came in a wooden case also green polisher was about $6 but I resisted had attachements buffers to polish shoes must of been about 70's too |
Post# 41966 , Reply# 39   5/30/2008 at 12:51 (5,780 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 41967 , Reply# 40   5/30/2008 at 12:52 (5,780 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 42027 , Reply# 42   5/30/2008 at 23:39 (5,780 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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Thank you so much for the pictures with the power nozzle. STill wonder who made their machines?? |
Post# 42029 , Reply# 43   5/31/2008 at 00:32 (5,780 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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Doesn't Know... LOL Mean Green Machine's War on dirt... It's on patrol Shhhhh |
Post# 42031 , Reply# 44   5/31/2008 at 00:40 (5,780 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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Watch out... Ugly Betty sees & hears all LOL :) |
Post# 42035 , Reply# 45   5/31/2008 at 05:26 (5,779 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 372567 , Reply# 48   5/22/2017 at 10:38 (2,501 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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