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| Post# 4732 11/27/2006 at 15:07 (6,356 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
Hello friends, I'v just come back from a trip to Budapest( hungary) and see what I found in a museum: a complete, original Electro-lux lodel VI. Nobody feature it in their electrolux histories, but this is the prove that it really exists. As you can see, its body is something between model V and model XI, dark grey leatherette cover, but the same pistol grip as model V. In the wooden box there are all the tools, including all metal hose. I hope you enjoy these pictures that the museum's director allowed me to take! Let me know what you think about it! tommy 
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| Post# 4748 , Reply# 2 11/27/2006 at 16:35 (6,356 days old) by charles~richard () | ||
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P.S. Is that not a SANTO just behind the Electrolux VI? Or ... dare we believe it might be a Lux Model 1 ??! | ||
| Post# 4752 , Reply# 3 11/27/2006 at 16:44 (6,356 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
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Post# 4757 , Reply# 4 11/27/2006 at 17:14 (6,356 days old) by chestermikeuk  (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Wow...Lux 1 ???? | ||
| Post# 4758 , Reply# 5 11/27/2006 at 17:19 (6,356 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
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Post# 4760 , Reply# 6 11/27/2006 at 17:52 (6,356 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Lux
Thanks Tommy The difference`s between the UK LuxV & VI was the VI had no sleighs, was slimmer in appearence and had the grey skin cover... I agree they better have an alarm on that case...I picked up a Vorwork 115 last year, great machine to use and so easy to repair etc... The UK model Lux`s where: Model V = 1921 VI = 1922 X = 1926 XI = 1926 XII = 1930 Z15 / Z25 = 1933-45 Z16 = 1933 Z18 = 1934-1935 Z24 = 1934-1935 Z116/7 = 1946-1948 Z30 & 55 = 1946-1956 Z48 = 1951-56 Z60 = 1957 Z62 - 1957 Mike | ||
| Post# 4815 , Reply# 7 11/28/2006 at 12:55 (6,355 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
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Thank you Mike
Hi mike, thank you But it seems that the serial numbers on the earliest luxes show themselves the year of production.The problems might come when we start with Z... z... z... but, for what concerns the models I own, I was able to track their past... so I know with some precision when they were prchased. I'm waiting for another lux mode XI, probably made before the one I own, because It features all metal hose, wooden box, a transformer... mine works fine,it's very quiet and surprizingly powerful wih its 220 volts motor. Well, nothing compared to the tremendous suction of a Dyson or a brand new Aerus...but considering that power consumpion is about 1/10th of them... greetings! | ||
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Post# 269358 , Reply# 9 2/25/2014 at 12:03 (3,710 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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. That's a Model XII-A. When the Model XXX came out, the Model XII became the lower-tier "economy" model. It was retrofitted with the XXX-style hose connector, done up in gray leatherette, and given the designation XII-A. I have one that's in better condition than the one in the photo. Not all the XII-As I've seen have the new side logos as this one does; some of them retained the circular brass badge on the top. I think this style is probably later. 
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| Post# 269406 , Reply# 10 2/25/2014 at 17:19 (3,709 days old) by ronni (USA) | ||
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I was hoping you would answer, Charles Richard! So was there ever a Model XIII? And how long did the XiiA remain in production? | ||
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Post# 269412 , Reply# 11 2/25/2014 at 18:46 (3,709 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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. To my knowledge there was never a Model XIII -- certainly not in the U.S. at any rate. I don't know how long the XII-A was made, but I don't think it was for the entire run of the XXX (15 years). I'm going to guess that manufacturing of that model was discontinued sometime after the United States entered into World War II. (The war began in 1939 but the U.S. didn't get involved until 1941 upon the bombing of Pearl Harbor.) The manufacturing of nearly all "hard goods" in the U.S. was reduced or ceased outright when the country entered the war. And Electrolux was no exception: The factory was converted to wartime production. They made various types of electrical motors and instrumentation along with some TOP SECRET stuff! When the LX came out in 1952, the XXX became the lower-tier model and in fact was still "unofficially" available even as late as the early 1960s. I say "unofficially" because they were no longer in production, but salesman sometimes had XXXs in their station wagons as "last-gasp sale closers" to people who didn't want to pay high-dollar for the latest model, or who preferred the older-style Electrolux on runners. An interesting and as-yet-unsolved riddle is the Model XX or 20. It was either a special wartime model, or else was intended as a new low-tier model to the XXX. It came out some time in 1940 or 1941. Consumer Reports Magazine reviewed this model in their Oct/Nov 1941 issue. The retail price was noted as $49.50. For whatever reason it was not a very popular or long-lived model and they are very scarce nowadays. | ||
| Post# 269420 , Reply# 12 2/25/2014 at 20:59 (3,709 days old) by ronni (USA) | ||
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Very interesting, Charles. I appreciate your vast array of Vacuumland knowledge. | ||
| Post# 269489 , Reply# 14 2/26/2014 at 11:18 (3,709 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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