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Post# 65904   4/11/2009 at 17:12 (5,465 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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Filter Queenie goodness from The Mustard Seed in Fort Pierce.

Post# 65905 , Reply# 1   4/11/2009 at 17:16 (5,465 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        
All right Mr. Crevicetool, I'm ready for my close up....

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And for the Crevicetool lovers in here:

Post# 65907 , Reply# 2   4/11/2009 at 17:18 (5,465 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        
This whole thing cost me $3.20!

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Ain't life grand?

Post# 65908 , Reply# 3   4/11/2009 at 17:21 (5,465 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        
Break it down for me now

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Filter and cone shot:

Post# 65910 , Reply# 4   4/11/2009 at 17:25 (5,465 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Is this your very first Filter Queen, Alan?

Post# 65912 , Reply# 5   4/11/2009 at 17:37 (5,465 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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Yes it's the first. I never expected to go into that place and see any vacuum that old. And when she said $3.20, you could have knocked me over with a feather.

Post# 65913 , Reply# 6   4/11/2009 at 17:38 (5,465 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        
WHAT????? Well, I was wrong.......

That mean I have to give back my prize?

Great job Alan! You sure can't beat the price!

Rick


Post# 65915 , Reply# 7   4/11/2009 at 17:41 (5,465 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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No, you can keep Miss Lane, you deserve her. Sorry it wasn't a Universal. A Filter Queen is a stretch for this town.

Post# 65916 , Reply# 8   4/11/2009 at 17:43 (5,465 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

wait'll I get my hands on a feather......

Post# 65920 , Reply# 9   4/11/2009 at 18:15 (5,465 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Ok, so what you have there Alan is a 1951 Model 350 which sold for $119.50 in 1951. The telltale feature is the lettered Filter Queen band around the motor housing and none on the bucket. That bucket is metal, yes? Even your cord looks original as the mid-brown color is just right. Lucky find and the handle is intact as well.

The hose couplers (and possibly the yellowish hose itself) and lower J-wand section is from a Salmon pink model 31 a few years later. They look good!

Filter Queen tools and the various caster bases are interchangeable on all models.


Post# 65921 , Reply# 10   4/11/2009 at 18:19 (5,465 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Oh wait! Is that a lone brown rubber coupler collar beside the rug & floor nozzle? So you'll be able to match up those wands. :-)



Post# 65924 , Reply# 11   4/11/2009 at 18:21 (5,465 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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The later salmon & cream model 31. The hose itself is also salmon coloured.

Post# 65927 , Reply# 12   4/11/2009 at 18:35 (5,465 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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Thanks for all the pictures and information Dave! I figured the hose was from a newer model, there was a dust brush from a newer one that I left in the store, and some floor brush bottoms that looked out of place, I'll try to grab them on Monday. There were Electrolux tools included that I left that I didn't need too. And the bucket is metal. The attendant said it sucks like crazy, unfortunately I haven't tried it yet myself.

Post# 65936 , Reply# 13   4/11/2009 at 18:57 (5,465 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        
Congrats on this Diamond in the Rough.

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If the Mustard Seed has that many loose parts lying around it's possible there's a caster base in there somewhere...a mobile FQ is a much used FQ. The airflow and sucktive force of this FQ will amaze you. You'll find the dusting brush useful too if it has a decent bristlehead on it.

Post# 65975 , Reply# 14   4/11/2009 at 21:55 (5,465 days old) by ridgidvac ()        
Filter Queen

Here's a Mdl #31 I'm waiting 2 arrive at my door, should be on its way any day now. Its my 4th FQ in my collection; I have a brown 31, K31X & Majestic LE; the LE I bought from my sis new--made her $2200 richer & myself $2200 poorer

Post# 65981 , Reply# 15   4/11/2009 at 22:09 (5,465 days old) by luxg ()        

Alan, I would say that this was your lucky day!! Great find!!

Post# 65982 , Reply# 16   4/11/2009 at 22:09 (5,465 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
Congrats On The Filter Queen, Alan!

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You can't beat the price! And as Dave said, I believe you will enjoy using it. I also have a model 350, and they are powerful yet quiet, especially if it has the original batting in the top. The foam they sell these days as a replacement doesn't muffle nearly as well as the original batting did, in my opinion. Looks like you'll have your work cut out for you to make it look pretty though. Good luck,
Jeff


Post# 66015 , Reply# 17   4/12/2009 at 02:01 (5,465 days old) by beerad (Beautiful Vancouver BC)        
please you tube it

will you please you tube the F/Q running??

Post# 66019 , Reply# 18   4/12/2009 at 04:24 (5,465 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)        
Excellent Find

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Some of the best finds are in places you least expect. When I saw what you got and for how much you coulda knocked me over with a feather lol. Congratulations.

Post# 66023 , Reply# 19   4/12/2009 at 05:42 (5,465 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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Thanks for all the kind words, it certainly made my day, and for that price it wasn't staying there to meet an uncertain fate with a dumpster. The Mustard Seed in Port St. Lucie dumpsters more everything than I can stand. If I can figure out my cheezy video feature on my camera, I may YouTube it.

Post# 66027 , Reply# 20   4/12/2009 at 07:19 (5,464 days old) by sireluxomatic ()        

Congrats on the cheap yet wonderful find. I always liked vacuums with the curved wands...I wish all of them had that feature.

Post# 66028 , Reply# 21   4/12/2009 at 07:41 (5,464 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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Yes, curved wands give a certain mid-century elegance, like the wonderful Roll-Easy and his cousins Reach-Easy and Roll-Around.

Post# 66036 , Reply# 22   4/12/2009 at 09:17 (5,464 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        
Air-Way and Monitor/Kingston cylinder and Rexair Rainbow and

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... to name a few more. There is something so elegant and just right looking about those Swan's Neck wands as they gracefully exit the hose, swooping down to connect to the floor tool. It may matter but little to some but the fewer abrupt bends in the airway path the more efficient the 'pickupage' and less whistling noise is produced.

I also think the tools steer better, particularly under low furniture when the wands are flat to the floor, and the upper J bend falls easier to the hand & wrist while driving. From a purely engineering Stresses and Torque viewpoint the S wand entering the tool on a straight horizontal line puts a more evenly distributed push & pull force on the mating parts than the 45 degree angled pivoting elbows on straight wand machines. The grinding lateral strains can and do wear away the mating surfaces leading to Floppy Tool Syndrome. And well, who needs another floppy tool?

Whoopsie-daisy! I just re-read that last bit. Please pardon the unintentional entendre.

Picture L>R - Monitor cylinder, Air-Way 55, Air-Way 66 and Air-Way 77 with possibly the longest slowest aluminum j-bend wands. Yes, the Air-way nozzles are not compatibly interchangeable as the wand tip length from the clamp ring is not consistent.

Dave, waxing poetic, pontifical and particular on this lovely Easter Sunday morning.

Btw, for all the finicky and comfortably semi-authentic restorer's out there, there is a new-this-winter 1/4" half-round tubular rubber self-sticking insulation gasket product available in white, grey, brown and black for doors & windows, at hardware stores, that is ideal for replacing the dessicated nozzle bumper strips, for appearances sake, on vintage Air-Way and similar tool nozzles. As seen on the far right 77 tool. Looks and behaves better than the expensive gray player piano tubing I've been using up to now...


Post# 66071 , Reply# 23   4/12/2009 at 12:16 (5,464 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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That's a nice display of curved wands and tools, and a floppy tool is better than no tool at all!

Post# 66117 , Reply# 24   4/12/2009 at 13:14 (5,464 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
I have a 31 for sale

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I'm pretty surere it the 31 photos will follow soon

Post# 66238 , Reply# 25   4/12/2009 at 22:40 (5,464 days old) by ridgidvac ()        

Paid $66 ($34 sale price + $32 S/H) for my tan/salmon Mdl #31 FQ on eBay (comp. 2 when I paid $5 for a brown 31 from garage sale)
Is this tan/salmon 31 early or late mdl & when did FQ make brown 31s? Is this 31 supposed 2 have PN? My brown 31 doesn't have PN but my K31X does--it came with a Mdl #K88 PN


Post# 67770 , Reply# 26   4/26/2009 at 17:46 (5,450 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)        

Got one think its a 1954
trouble with those old ones rubber on wands gets old & deteriorates.

Mine works fine
they really hav en't changed that much


Post# 67771 , Reply# 27   4/26/2009 at 18:02 (5,450 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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Yours is nicer and more complete.

Post# 67796 , Reply# 28   4/26/2009 at 20:49 (5,450 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)        

Mine is a model 500 just checked.

Thanks, mine is in pretty good condition considering its age but its no collectors gem.
Mine was also more expensive but yours was a bargain. Even just the crevice tool is worth $3.20 & the rest if it works well is just a bonus as you can use it as a carvac in the garage.

It's the only one of my filter queens as it was the last that I didn't open up to the motor & clean it a bit.
I got tired of the mess & I have so many each one having some problem & hoping to put together a few good ones from the clan.
Still I changed some on off switches ^ hi lo switched just to make sure eveyone would function at least on high.

Can't even get parts for the 80's model 31 anymore
Guess you can say, I got over the vac bug so I will be selling off some so that I can again look in a corner & not see one
LOL



Go back & get as many parts as you can.
Access are wonderful & you can always trade them for something you need.

Yours really needs a new paint job
mine has a dent on top but the paint is pretty good with no rust, the rubber gaket is breaking though as are the rubber ends & I'm missing the crevice tool& the rubber hairs off the upolstery & dust brush.

Got the sprayer which I can't get the top off, mother (I think its that) & felt thing & a newer bojack hose.

Your looks like it was stored outside near the ocean it has alot of rust. Still it was $3.20

Look inside the cap see if it has filter queen on the motor.
Mine may be missing a screen on top or else they didn't make them with a screen then. I can look at the top of the motor when I take the exhaust cap off.

I might have to open up my parts FQ & steal its screen & the metal under the cover...I don't have anything under the exhaust cover. Does yours?

I guess from my parts I can repair it.

I would be interested to know whats under your exhaust cap.






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