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Thread Number: 4834
Sunbeam Challenger back from the Spa |
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| Post# 54040 10/27/2008 at 21:34 (5,649 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
All apart - fixed up real good. Can't do a thing about its ugly. Very well built with a steel body - pulls 80". But oh, so misguided and tasteless a late 1960s design - too ugly even for Mad Men. Unless it dates from the 70s? All tools, wands and the hose ride on board. Uses it's very own proprietary bags with a hexagonal cardboard sealer. I understand it was also available in tan and woodgrain. Ugh. :-) 
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| Post# 54043 , Reply# 1 10/27/2008 at 21:45 (5,649 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Moved the Steel label to the baclk housing to let that glorious floral design stand out proudly. I took it over to Ellisons to see if he had bags or could get some. He made the finger cross sign of 'Devil be gone' when I entered. We figure someone at Sunbeam was doing serious drugs to let this get to market. But Bill did spend 15 minutes in the basement searching for bags he remembered having - he does have one pack of bags for the Sunbeam Courier. Looked 'em up too and NLA. The wheeled floor nozzle is cool tho', with an aluminum sole plate & retracting brush strip. Missing a matching green Sunbeam dusting brush, if anyone has one lying around...? Well, now I've rescued 4 vacuums in this bilious green I have a sub collection I'll call Elphaba's Electrical Brooms. LOL 
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| Post# 54053 , Reply# 2 10/27/2008 at 23:15 (5,649 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 54111 , Reply# 3 10/28/2008 at 15:40 (5,648 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 54137 , Reply# 4 10/28/2008 at 22:45 (5,648 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Doug, due mainly to our plunging dollar and a raft of medical tests I have signed up for this winter - just the usual 55 year old total exploratory & tuneup type stuff - I have had to decide that I can not make the traditional roadtrip out to Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Winnipeg and Moose Jaw this year. In order to keep myself available for Nov, Dec & Jan appointments as they come up I'll only be doing short - 5-6 day ones so I don't have to hire a Cat Sitter - thrifty runs to places around the great lakes (Ohio, PA,and upstate NY and so on.) I haven't had the time to write to you but I remember you had set aside a pack of Challenger bags for me? I'll get around to compiling a wish list after Nov 9 and arrange for you to send Pete & I a care package... Dave | ||
| Post# 54145 , Reply# 5 10/29/2008 at 00:19 (5,648 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 54189 , Reply# 6 10/30/2008 at 09:37 (5,646 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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You'll have to refresh my tired brain, Doug. Which Videos? Dave 11 days and another 60 hour week to go til I'm myself again... we're doing a high def film version of Caesar & Cleopatra this week wedged between and on top of the regular 9 shows - it's a strain on the brain and we're operating in major sleep deprivation mode. :-) | ||
| Post# 54190 , Reply# 7 10/30/2008 at 10:20 (5,646 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 54206 , Reply# 8 10/30/2008 at 22:22 (5,646 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 54220 , Reply# 9 10/31/2008 at 00:43 (5,646 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 55646 , Reply# 10 12/3/2008 at 20:45 (5,612 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village) | ||
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LOL Yep Ugly but has Lamb Motor so made well Hi Dave, Nice to know it pulls 80 It's up there with luxes. I still got mine but bags are a problem. 
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| Post# 55647 , Reply# 11 12/3/2008 at 20:48 (5,612 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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