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Post# 47530   7/30/2008 at 20:33 (5,746 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT)        

I'm not too sharp on older Kirbys but this seems pricy for one with duct tape on the bag.
Any thoughts?
Nicholas


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Post# 47531 , Reply# 1   7/30/2008 at 20:47 (5,746 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)        

I think that the person is on crack to sell it for that much

Post# 47532 , Reply# 2   7/30/2008 at 20:47 (5,746 days old) by charles~richard ()        

... and duct tape on the cord plug as well.

Oh well, no point in trying to educate them, trust me. Let them learn the hard way.



Post# 47533 , Reply# 3   7/30/2008 at 20:48 (5,746 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas)        

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HAHA, yeah, thats totally rediculous!

The duct tape adds such charm! lol

Im not sure of the exact model, but is possibly an early 500 series, or older, which makes it possibly older than 1945, or certainly early 1950s.

Good luck to the seller!


Post# 47542 , Reply# 4   7/30/2008 at 21:21 (5,746 days old) by lux1521 ()        

Is the headlight supposed to be missing? It sure looks wrong.


"Im not sure of the exact model, but is possibly an early 500 series, or older, which makes it possibly older than 1945, or certainly early 1950s."

I think it is an early 500 series (Charles knows better). If it were a pre 500 series cleaner it might actualy be worth $400. Since we live in a world of $200 NOS cloth bags and $50 service manuals, I think anything is possible.


Post# 47554 , Reply# 5   7/30/2008 at 22:47 (5,746 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        

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Other than the duct tape and the headlight missing, that looks a lot like my 512, except that my 512 is in much better condition!! Could be a 510, either way you're looking at early 50's. Don't think it's any older than that. And yes, it's wayyyyyy overpriced!!
Jeff


Post# 47555 , Reply# 6   7/30/2008 at 22:48 (5,746 days old) by ohio_tuec ()        

Judging from the condition of the machine, I would say it's lived a hard life, and most likely the headlight assembly was broken off. I would say definitely 500 series, nothing special.

Post# 47602 , Reply# 7   7/31/2008 at 11:17 (5,745 days old) by kirbysthebest (Midwest)        
I think their asking price is a little agressive.

Maybe they the decimal is in the wrong place. Did they mean $40, or $4?

Post# 47618 , Reply# 8   7/31/2008 at 15:31 (5,745 days old) by charles~richard ()        

It is an early 500-series and most likely a 510, 511, 512 going by the gray trim on the rug nozzle, the gray plastic handle grip, hollow handle fork, and the old-style toggle power switch.

Earlier models had gray ribbed-rubber handle grips and gray trim; the 505 and earlier had black trim.

The 513, 514 and 515 had red plastic handle grips with flip-down cord releases, solid handle fork, and the "push-push" power switches.

So, that would narrow it down, most likely, to one of three models.

The front hinging part of the light housing has been broken off somehow, and the electrical cord to the light socket is gone. I've NEVER seen this in almost 40 years of collecting!

How it got broken is a real Catholic School Mystery -- it would take incredible force (or sheer will) to remove that hinging part since it's held in place by two very stout rivets. It would have been far easier to have removed the entire light housing assembly since the rear part of it is just secured to the motor housing with two screws.

That is a replacement bag. That type of gray specked bag was available as late as the mid 1970s, although by the time the Sanitronic came out, factory-rebuilt machines were done in tan and then avocado. Later on, they were done in Classic III red, then, I believe after that it was back to tan. I've also seen a couple of factory-rebuilds in dark brown and dark blue but not very many.




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