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Thread Number: 3897
1964 Compact Electra C-6 Owners manual |
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| Post# 44447 6/21/2008 at 08:39 (5,777 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 44448 , Reply# 1 6/21/2008 at 08:40 (5,777 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 44449 , Reply# 2 6/21/2008 at 08:43 (5,777 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 44450 , Reply# 3 6/21/2008 at 08:43 (5,777 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 44451 , Reply# 4 6/21/2008 at 08:45 (5,777 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 44452 , Reply# 5 6/21/2008 at 08:46 (5,777 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 44453 , Reply# 6 6/21/2008 at 08:50 (5,777 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 44454 , Reply# 7 6/21/2008 at 08:56 (5,777 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 44471 , Reply# 9 6/21/2008 at 14:16 (5,777 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village) | ||
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Thanks Again Dave! Ohhh a serial # So in about 9 or so years 800,000 were built averaging about 90,000 units per year. I'd say the millionth unit was most likely produced 1 year before my unit which could be a 56 or 57 unit? Hmmmm need more serial numbers & dates Good work Dave~~!!! | ||
Post# 44572 , Reply# 13 6/22/2008 at 05:08 (5,776 days old) by arh1953  ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Barnes and Noble had tons of nice looking reprints of Populuxe a couple of years ago. They are different from the first edition somehow, without excluding any of the contents. I bought the thing at full cover price in '86. Love that cover with Suzy Parker modeling the new 1955 Plymouth Belvedere! She once worked for Revlon, and made Charles Revson angry because she did not do so exclusively.
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| Post# 44672 , Reply# 14 6/22/2008 at 21:39 (5,776 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 44686 , Reply# 15 6/23/2008 at 01:16 (5,775 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
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| Post# 44698 , Reply# 16 6/23/2008 at 08:50 (5,775 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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I'll just toss this anomoly into the mix
I have two C-8 Electras. Just went upstairs to check that for sure. One is pale green and has the Flower Power decal on the side. The other is my first Compact C-8 Electra that was mustard yellow with the flower decal. This is the one I stripped and repainted gunmetal gray. Here's where it gets interesting... The green C-8 has NO electrical PN socket, not even a internal knockout for one. The gray C-8 has a bottom front socket with an internal metal strip covered the channel carrying the power cord. So, both are C-8 Electras but only one has the PN socket. 
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| Post# 44699 , Reply# 17 6/23/2008 at 08:54 (5,775 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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The internal metal plate. This vacuum suffered greatly from rust and mold which pitted the magnesium. When I repainted it I wire-wheeled the insides as much as possible - still shiny after all these years. Note also that the caster sockets are molded in for snap-in casters, not drilled through for bolted casters like later/other model Compacts. 
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| Post# 44700 , Reply# 18 6/23/2008 at 08:58 (5,775 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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And now I notice this formerly yellow C-8 has the clear sparkle handle. I will have to begin looking for the clear sparkle accessories - I have the upholstery nozzle in clear. This is the vacuum that cleaned my house from top to bottom on moving in week over Hallowe'en 1986. The scrapes and scratches it suffered over that week is what compelled me to repaint it. 
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| Post# 44701 , Reply# 19 6/23/2008 at 09:06 (5,775 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 44702 , Reply# 20 6/23/2008 at 09:15 (5,775 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Caster stem molding differences Survey | ||
| Post# 44703 , Reply# 21 6/23/2008 at 09:18 (5,775 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 44704 , Reply# 22 6/23/2008 at 09:20 (5,775 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 44705 , Reply# 23 6/23/2008 at 09:23 (5,775 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 44711 , Reply# 25 6/23/2008 at 12:12 (5,775 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village) | ||
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great pics thanks | ||
| Post# 44902 , Reply# 28 6/25/2008 at 10:20 (5,773 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
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