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Thread Number: 3795
My Singer Upright Before/After pics!! |
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| Post# 43066 6/8/2008 at 10:25 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 43067 , Reply# 1 6/8/2008 at 10:25 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 43068 , Reply# 2 6/8/2008 at 10:26 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 43069 , Reply# 3 6/8/2008 at 10:26 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 43070 , Reply# 4 6/8/2008 at 10:27 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 43071 , Reply# 5 6/8/2008 at 10:28 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 43072 , Reply# 6 6/8/2008 at 10:28 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 43073 , Reply# 7 6/8/2008 at 10:29 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 43075 , Reply# 8 6/8/2008 at 10:29 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 43076 , Reply# 9 6/8/2008 at 10:30 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 43077 , Reply# 10 6/8/2008 at 10:31 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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After pics!! | ||
| Post# 43078 , Reply# 11 6/8/2008 at 10:32 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 43079 , Reply# 12 6/8/2008 at 10:33 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 43080 , Reply# 13 6/8/2008 at 10:34 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 43081 , Reply# 14 6/8/2008 at 10:34 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 43083 , Reply# 15 6/8/2008 at 10:35 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 43085 , Reply# 16 6/8/2008 at 10:38 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Post# 43088 , Reply# 17 6/8/2008 at 10:46 (5,790 days old) by arh1953  ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 43094 , Reply# 18 6/8/2008 at 12:00 (5,790 days old) by charles~richard () | ||
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Beautiful! The Singer R series machines are among the most beautiful of all vacuum cleaners. (btw, you have the bag on backwards -- the Singer logo should face th front.) | ||
| Post# 43097 , Reply# 19 6/8/2008 at 12:47 (5,790 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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True. | ||
| Post# 43133 , Reply# 20 6/8/2008 at 17:35 (5,790 days old) by vacuumfreeeke () | ||
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wow! That is a beautiful machine, and you did a great job on it! | ||
| Post# 43149 , Reply# 21 6/8/2008 at 18:25 (5,790 days old) by charles~richard () | ||
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James, if the bag was attached to the metal collar that way, then, yes, you're right not to mess with it. You'd probably tear the fabric trying to get the retaining wire off. It's not a major thing, at least it is the original bag! | ||
| Post# 43181 , Reply# 23 6/8/2008 at 23:26 (5,790 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
Stunning and sensual. | ||
| Post# 43188 , Reply# 24 6/8/2008 at 23:58 (5,790 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
Beautiful Restoration, James! | ||
| Post# 43208 , Reply# 25 6/9/2008 at 12:14 (5,789 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Thanks for the advice charlie.
Thanks for the advice charlie. I was tempted to try to turn it around but I had images of it not coming off properly or just tearing. Hi Jeff, The bag was re dyied back to its original color. I had to unpick the logo which took ages. I was then going to put it back on the right side but the patch where it was originally was darker then the rest so it that to go back over where it was before. Oh well I tried!!! It still has the original light bulb in it still working!! JB | ||
| Post# 43216 , Reply# 26 6/9/2008 at 13:18 (5,789 days old) by charles~richard () | ||
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Some Singer Miscellany Here's a Singer R1, the older sister of James' refurbished lovely lady! 
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| Post# 43217 , Reply# 27 6/9/2008 at 13:19 (5,789 days old) by charles~richard () | ||
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And the ad for the R1 (note logo is facing frontward): 
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| Post# 43219 , Reply# 29 6/9/2008 at 13:24 (5,789 days old) by charles~richard () | ||
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Then there was the low-profile "S" series. This type was made for quite a few years and in several diffenent two-tone color schemes including two-tone gray, tan and pink. 
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| Post# 43220 , Reply# 30 6/9/2008 at 13:25 (5,789 days old) by charles~richard () | ||
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| Post# 43221 , Reply# 31 6/9/2008 at 13:27 (5,789 days old) by charles~richard () | ||
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The first upright Singers were straight-suction machines. There were two of them, A1 and A2. Here is a brochure for one or the other of them (can't remember the differences between them). 
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| Post# 43223 , Reply# 32 6/9/2008 at 13:31 (5,789 days old) by charles~richard () | ||
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And here's a fun photo from a 1920s Singer trade show exhibit. The bag lettering states "Singer Two-Speed" so one would assume this is the A2. Note the hand vac and attachments in a little pile there. 
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| Post# 43225 , Reply# 33 6/9/2008 at 13:45 (5,789 days old) by charles~richard () | ||
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And, last but not least... 
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| Post# 43265 , Reply# 37 6/9/2008 at 17:19 (5,789 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Hi Jack | ||
| Post# 43267 , Reply# 39 6/9/2008 at 17:23 (5,789 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Hi Charlie. | ||
| Post# 43350 , Reply# 42 6/10/2008 at 07:11 (5,788 days old) by luxg () | ||
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Charles, thanks so much for sharing those neat pictures. So fun and they brought back some good memories. | ||
| Post# 43387 , Reply# 44 6/10/2008 at 12:48 (5,788 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village) | ||
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Holy Smoke Vac Man WOW In the begining pics I was think not my cup of tea...LOL But you lovingly took away all of the years to bring it back to life Absolutely STUNNING!!!! | ||
| Post# 43404 , Reply# 45 6/10/2008 at 17:59 (5,788 days old) by hoover_elite_20 () | ||
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James, Excellent job restoring it! I always like a good polished vac. Could you post pictures of it running? | ||
| Post# 43487 , Reply# 46 6/11/2008 at 16:16 (5,787 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Singer running. | ||
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