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Post# 60465   2/14/2009 at 21:56 (5,520 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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That's Wyoming Ontario Canada, through which one passes on the way south to Petrolia from Hiway 402, on which if one stays will take you to Sarnia. Each time I've stopped in to the Petrolia 'Pete Clement's' Barne de Junque this winter it has been closed so I took a chance it would be open this Valentines Day Weekend, when, because of Ontario's newly minted statutory holiday Family Day, gives most of us a 3 day weekend. Whee. |
Post# 60468 , Reply# 1   2/14/2009 at 22:03 (5,520 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Preparing my shopping list at home I was intent on finding some small Sunbeam Mixmaster bowls in green and blue and specifficly a juicer reamer with the strainer shaking cam. Found the Reamer, no bowls. Pete had told me about a blue Compact there and this is what I found and had to snatch up... Compact Electra Model C-6EPB with PN power socket on the back topside. Came with a restoreable leaky cloth weave hose. There was a pair of Eureka chrome wands and bunches of mostly Eureka tools including another Vibragroomer so they were tossed in a box, too. |
Post# 60470 , Reply# 2   2/14/2009 at 22:06 (5,520 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 60475 , Reply# 3   2/14/2009 at 22:13 (5,520 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Why, oh why are Compact decals always worn to illegibility and yet you can't clean them off totally down to the paint when you try ever so much? Arghhh...still, never turn down a decent Compact with hose and a bunch of orphaned Eureka tools & wands for $15. Pete just handed me a Turquoise Compact Upholstery tool to go with it!!! |
Post# 60477 , Reply# 4   2/14/2009 at 22:17 (5,520 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 60478 , Reply# 5   2/14/2009 at 22:22 (5,520 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 60480 , Reply# 6   2/14/2009 at 22:42 (5,520 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 60481 , Reply# 7   2/14/2009 at 22:50 (5,520 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Cover of the Owners Manual. I've been on the floor and under the table in the vacuum section so many times I doubted there would be anything new or interesting other than the Compact. This box was ON TOP of the table piles of completely unrelated Dishracks and plastic housewares... So don't forget to look up from time to time... |
Post# 60482 , Reply# 8   2/14/2009 at 22:59 (5,520 days old) by akabent (LEFT Coast)   |   | |
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Hey, Dave Is your dog a Berner?? She surely has the right markings though smaller. Perhaps still a puppy or a mix?? Rick |
Post# 60483 , Reply# 9   2/14/2009 at 23:00 (5,520 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 60484 , Reply# 10   2/14/2009 at 23:07 (5,520 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Oh, another Electric Hair Dryer hose attachment. And a Crevice tool and a Dusting brush and a Floor brush and a Carpet nozzle and a Demother and a Spray Gun and two extension tubes that just happen to be of that smaller metric diameter that doesn't fit North American tools & hoses but will fit the German Progress cylinder I posted a while back.
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Post# 60485 , Reply# 11   2/14/2009 at 23:10 (5,520 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 60486 , Reply# 12   2/14/2009 at 23:10 (5,520 days old) by petek (Ontario)   |   | |
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Rick, that's not Daves puppy it's mine. Pip. He's a registered Australian Shepherd, will be 6 months next week, tri-color. And yes he does look a lot like a Bernese Mtn Dog in the face and markings |
Post# 60487 , Reply# 13   2/14/2009 at 23:12 (5,520 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 60488 , Reply# 14   2/14/2009 at 23:18 (5,520 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 60489 , Reply# 15   2/14/2009 at 23:31 (5,520 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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The Die Cast aluminum handle and runners are beautiful sculptures alone. Here's a surprise - the manual says it has a 3 Stage Fan. Pete & I know how quiet it is - almost CanLux 80 Series-like in it's soothing whoosh. I'll scan and post the Manual when I'm back home. Man oh man, what a thrilling find. $25. |
Post# 60495 , Reply# 16   2/15/2009 at 05:13 (5,520 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 60503 , Reply# 17   2/15/2009 at 09:05 (5,520 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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If Dave's luck gets any better, he'll have to apply for sainthood! What absolute luck!! The Vactric is the find of the century. I have a GE Tidy that kindly Toby G. sent for the price of shipping, I need to find suitable tools for it someplace. In the meantime I just use generic plastic shop vac tools.
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Post# 60505 , Reply# 18   2/15/2009 at 11:06 (5,520 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Hey Dave Great find. That model of Vactric was also sold by State Vacuum Stores in Canada under the name President (see pic) I understand that they were one of the last models that Vactric put out (very late 1950's or 1960). Incidentally the crevice tool is in the box upside down. It goes in the top slot and the small nozzle goes in the one underneath. Doug |
Post# 60506 , Reply# 19   2/15/2009 at 11:11 (5,520 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 60520 , Reply# 20   2/15/2009 at 12:53 (5,520 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Goes to Dave for his vac collecting skills...!!!...LOL, well done Dave, very interesting finds especially when then come from overseas!!! The Vactric was our first "new" family vac, produced from the mid 50`s...it was also called the "National" as well as it was sold by local Electricity Board shops under their own label... Yours looks like new, is the hose supple or dried hard?? cheers, Mike |
Post# 60522 , Reply# 21   2/15/2009 at 13:05 (5,520 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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Post# 60543 , Reply# 22   2/15/2009 at 16:37 (5,519 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Thanks Mike, for your picture & info - only the 'European' style ankle joint nozzle is different and is the same style that came with my Progress cylinder. As for the hose, it has taken on a memory set from being folded in the carton beside the vacuum but is otherwise supple and virtually air-tight - suction test loss difference is only 4" after 50+ years in a closet. There is no stiffness, it just settles into those bends & straights at rest. I say a closet on the main floor because the cloth weave has absolutely no faded spots or stains and the cotton threads are still vibrantly coloured. The Carton has lost it's top flaps to dry rot but the rest of the box is more or less unspoiled. |
Post# 60554 , Reply# 23   2/15/2009 at 16:46 (5,519 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Yes indeed Fred, it is a warm shock to open a deteriorating carton to find something like this inside in such super condition. However well cared for it surely didn't see much use but some - the brown paint it worn off the bottoms of the skid skates wheree they contract the floor...and that's it for scuffs scrapes or tarnish other than the unfortunate small rust blemishes on the bag cover.
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Post# 60555 , Reply# 24   2/15/2009 at 16:51 (5,519 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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As is usual on any older machine that has never had cause to be serviced every nut and screw on the vactric needed tightening 1/4 turn. Due to temperature fluctuations and metal expansion/contraction over decades of storage. Inside the dust bag chamber - leading to triple fans - with the motor filter removed, before wiping clean with a dry rag... |