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Thread Number: 5077
A Garage Full of Vacs, Part 2 |
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| Post# 56642 12/21/2008 at 18:40 (5,598 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Hey Guys! Here's some more pics of my collection. Enjoy! First, the G.E./ Premier with the power nozzle. 
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| Post# 56643 , Reply# 1 12/21/2008 at 18:44 (5,598 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Now, here's a near mint G.E. Swivel-Top with the factory box, instruction sheet, and all. Since red is one of my favorite colors, you can imagine how happy I was to find this one in an under stairs closet at an estate sale preview! 
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| Post# 56644 , Reply# 2 12/21/2008 at 18:47 (5,598 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Here's another G.E. Swivel-Top, that's even nicer than the last one! This was a gift from my late boss about 10 years ago. 
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| Post# 56645 , Reply# 3 12/21/2008 at 18:49 (5,598 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Now here's another rare bird, or so I'm told. The green Hoover Constellation with the switch in the hose handle. 
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| Post# 56646 , Reply# 4 12/21/2008 at 18:52 (5,598 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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You guys remember Ugly Betty from past threads? Well, meet her big sister Grazellda. 
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| Post# 56647 , Reply# 5 12/21/2008 at 18:54 (5,598 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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And this is her brother Harold, complete with power nozzle. 
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| Post# 56649 , Reply# 6 12/21/2008 at 18:57 (5,598 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Since someone asked me about the power nozzle in another thread, and again, since red's one of my favorite colors, here's my red and white Princess 
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| Post# 56650 , Reply# 7 12/21/2008 at 19:02 (5,598 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Last but not least, here's another one of my favorite machines, a red and white Eureka Princess with power nozzle. I found this one in a thrift store, COMPLETE, about 3 or 4 years ago. 
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| Post# 56666 , Reply# 8 12/21/2008 at 20:50 (5,598 days old) by crevicetool (GA ) | ||
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Calm down there son!!!! Your gonna wear out that camera!!!! LOL Toby, is that the only vacuums you have in your collecton??? Rick | ||
| Post# 56668 , Reply# 9 12/21/2008 at 21:10 (5,598 days old) by luxg () | ||
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Toby, I love the Sunbeam with the power nozzle. I almost bought one of those new back in the early 70's. Wish now that I had.LOL Love your collection, thanks for sharing it with us. Terry | ||
| Post# 56688 , Reply# 10 12/21/2008 at 23:08 (5,598 days old) by kirbyotronic () | ||
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Hey Toby! Can we get some more pics of the Connie please? Merry Christmas! | ||
| Post# 56697 , Reply# 11 12/22/2008 at 01:22 (5,598 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
Thank you Toby for posting this,,,WOW,,,i havnt seen one of those Sunbeam's with Power Nozzle in years! You sure have an excellent collection. About the Premier/GE Swivel Top with PN,,,is it hard to use with the PN? Does the PN cord to the vac keep the top from swiveling too much? Also, could you post more pics of the Sunbeamwith PN? Where is the PN plug on the vac? How powerful is the suction, and how powerful/agressive is the PN? Are there beater bars, or just brushes,,,and did Sunbeam make the PN themselves? Also, ive always been curious about the little rubber like white knob thingy on the front,,,what does it do? I remember seeing those Sunbeam's at a local catalog/showroom store as a kid in the 70s, and remember wanting one very badly! Do they still make bags for the Sunbeam's? Did Sunbeam also make an upright? I kinda remember a stick vac sort of upright, but not a full size, with beater brush, ect. Very cool collection you have,,,good job! | ||
| Post# 56698 , Reply# 12 12/22/2008 at 01:28 (5,598 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
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I remember an elderly neighbor lady when i was a kid, (1970s) she had that same exact red Eureka Princess, with the red PN,,,she also had a sort of folding shoe rack type thing for the tools, she kept the tools on it at the back of her closet. She had thick heavy shag carpet, the kind that had to be raked, vacuumed, and raked again. She would pay me a couple of dollars to come over, and do her carpets,,,i remember enjoying using that Eureka. Thanks for jogging my memory! | ||
| Post# 56732 , Reply# 14 12/22/2008 at 19:13 (5,597 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Did someone say more Connie pics? Here they are. Pic.1 
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| Post# 56733 , Reply# 15 12/22/2008 at 19:14 (5,597 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Pic. 2 
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| Post# 56734 , Reply# 16 12/22/2008 at 19:15 (5,597 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Last one. You can see the switch in the handle in this one. 
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| Post# 56735 , Reply# 17 12/22/2008 at 19:17 (5,597 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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My little grass vac shack out back!! 
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| Post# 56736 , Reply# 18 12/22/2008 at 19:21 (5,597 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Here's more of the Sunbeam with power nozzle. It has good suction, and the power head is fairly aggressive. As you can see in the second pic, it has both brushes and beater bars in the pn, and the hose cord plugs into a socket on the side of the cleaner. 
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| Post# 56737 , Reply# 19 12/22/2008 at 19:23 (5,597 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Here's the bottom. From the label on the back, it appears to have been made by Sunbeam. 
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| Post# 56738 , Reply# 20 12/22/2008 at 19:26 (5,597 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Since Chad loves vacs with pns, here's a couple more of those. First, a gold and white Air-Way COMPLETE! This one's a real favorite of our own Robb C. [rexaircollector]. 
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| Post# 56739 , Reply# 21 12/22/2008 at 19:28 (5,597 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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More of the Air-Way. I found this cleaner this complete in a thrift store 10 years ago. 
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| Post# 56740 , Reply# 22 12/22/2008 at 19:31 (5,597 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Last one for now. It's my Hoover Celebrity QS with all matching tools, hose, and pn. 
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| Post# 56747 , Reply# 23 12/22/2008 at 21:57 (5,597 days old) by electroluxxxx (……) | ||
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i really like that swivel top with the power head. beautiful machines you have there mike | ||
Post# 56775 , Reply# 24 12/23/2008 at 08:41 (5,596 days old) by myvacsrock  (USA) |
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*Gasping for Breath* you have some nice vacs! I'd have to say the Premier with the power nozzle is my favorite of the bunch, easily followed by the Sunbeam with power nozzle and awesome wood grained finish. Very lucky guy! Kyle | ||
| Post# 56796 , Reply# 27 12/23/2008 at 15:23 (5,596 days old) by rugmaster37 () | ||
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second pic... 2. 
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| Post# 56797 , Reply# 28 12/23/2008 at 15:23 (5,596 days old) by rugmaster37 () | ||
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third pic... 3.- 
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| Post# 56804 , Reply# 30 12/23/2008 at 16:37 (5,596 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
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| Post# 56811 , Reply# 31 12/23/2008 at 18:01 (5,596 days old) by electroluxxxx (……) | ||
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chad a quick question how well do the arm and hammer bags work?? I have heard that they clog up quicker because of the baking soda that is in them. is this true? Mike | ||
| Post# 56842 , Reply# 33 12/23/2008 at 23:03 (5,596 days old) by methodistbill () | ||
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Not Betty but Grazellda Oops! I was talking about Grazellda in the previous post! What a looker! | ||
| Post# 56843 , Reply# 34 12/23/2008 at 23:20 (5,596 days old) by swingette () | ||
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Chad, isnt the paint and body on that Sunbeam in great condition, considering how beat down the innards were? | ||
| Post# 56845 , Reply# 35 12/23/2008 at 23:37 (5,596 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
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Ive never used or owned an Airway (wish i could have!) , but Someone once told me the RugMaster power nozzles (such as this one), were not near as powerful as they looked,,and the brush roll was thin and wimpy,,,is this true or no? Thanks much for showing your collection! BTW, are Airway bags still avalible? Also, what are the controls on the front of the Sunbeam ? What were they for, and what did they do? Are the Sunbeam bags simular to an Electrolux tank of the time? | ||
| Post# 56853 , Reply# 36 12/24/2008 at 07:13 (5,595 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Brian, the brush roll in the Rugmaster is fair, but I've seen better. The controls on the front of the Sunbeam are for adjusting the suction, and while the bags are similar to Lux bags, they won't quite interchange. | ||
| Post# 56920 , Reply# 38 12/24/2008 at 22:45 (5,595 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
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| Post# 353399 , Reply# 39 6/7/2016 at 11:28 (2,873 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 353415 , Reply# 40 6/7/2016 at 16:30 (2,873 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Is that my old Eureka?!?
I normally wouldn't bother replying to a resurrected eight-year-old thread, but that orange Eureka in reply #7 looks absolutely freakin' IDENTICAL to the one I used to have that had been my grandmother's. My (now ex-) wife made me get rid of it after her daughter vacuumed up dry cat food with it and somehow managed to get pieces of it lodged in the motor, which produced a horrible racket. Since I couldn't fix it in a minute or less, out it went.
Seriously, I just can't help but wonder if that's my old machine because the chronology almost seems to fit as well. The poster, GE1969, stated he had picked it up at a thrift store some three or four years earlier, which would have been pretty close to when I would have taken mine—under duress, mind you—to the Goodwill store in Mount. Airy, N.C. in the summer of 2003. While I can't prove it's the same machine and wouldn't ever dream of asking for it back even if I could prove it, I'd like to think that it is and thus take some small comfort in the idea, no matter how far-fetched and fanciful, that it has found a good home with someone who truly appreciates it. | ||
| Post# 353501 , Reply# 41 6/8/2016 at 15:44 (2,872 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Hey Phillip! I really don't know. I've seen both with the same vac. Human, I picked the Eureka up at a thrift store here in Georgia and no funny noises, so it's probably not the same. Toby G. | ||
| Post# 353513 , Reply# 42 6/8/2016 at 23:28 (2,872 days old) by delaneymeegan (Mary Richards lived here) | ||
I currently have the orange Eureka Prince with pn. It has the original hose, unlike the one in this post. Mine needs the inside plate primed and painted. It still has the original price tag from a department store. I got it from a seller in Rockford, IL.
It was $119. The tag is staying on.
AND a few months back I saw another of the same model on Ebay, from a seller in Wisconsin. | ||
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