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Royalaire 260 "After" Pics |
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Post# 66647   4/17/2009 at 01:59 (5,459 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Here's a few pics I took of my Royalaire after I got it all cleaned and polished. As you can see here, it is definitely green, and not blue as it appeared in the ebay pic I originally posted. Incidentally, the other Royalaire, model 186, arrived today, and I'm really gonna have my work cut out for me with that one! Stay tuned for further developments! Jeff |
Post# 66648 , Reply# 1   4/17/2009 at 02:02 (5,459 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 66649 , Reply# 2   4/17/2009 at 02:03 (5,459 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 66650 , Reply# 3   4/17/2009 at 02:18 (5,459 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 66651 , Reply# 4   4/17/2009 at 02:48 (5,459 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas)   |   | |
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Jeff, how is the suction on these Royalair's? They look like a very powerful machine. I remember an Aunt and Uncle that lived on a farm in Wisconsin years ago had one of these Royals,,Or it could have been a re-badged Royal. Maybe Electro-Hygiene? She kept it in a back closet of the living room of the old farm house, and would let me drag it out whenever we would visit. I dont remember it having extraordinary suction, but that could have been due to a full bag. Im sure she never emptied it too often,,they were too busy running a farm. She must have used a motherizer attachment of some kind, as the exhaust always reeked of moth crystals. I kinda remember a HI and LO push button switch on the back, top of the machine,,like each setting had its own push botton. Very cool machine! Good Job! |
Post# 66652 , Reply# 5   4/17/2009 at 02:50 (5,459 days old) by sireluxomatic ()   |   | |
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Wonderful job! Looks as good as new and raring to go. |
Post# 66764 , Reply# 8   4/17/2009 at 23:06 (5,458 days old) by normvac (COLUMBUS, OHIO)   |   | |
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Jeff Any pictures from our mini meet, on that role of film ?? We've got to get matched up on that 1920's Royal upright so you do your magic with it !!! Royalair, looks awesome. Norm |
Post# 66798 , Reply# 9   4/18/2009 at 02:29 (5,458 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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First I want to thank you all for the compliments! And yes, it has TREMENDOUS suction! I think only my Electro-Hygiene 966, Lux G, and Royal Power Tank come close. Chad, I agree with you 100%, that when you put the time and elbow grease into restoring a machine, it does make it that much more special. And I always wondered just when Royal stopped building tanks as we know them. I remember seeing them through the 90's. Do you know if they sold their patents to Airway? The Air-Tec that Charlie had at the convention looked a lot like a Royal tank. Brian, your Aunt's vacuum sounds like it might have been an Electro-Hygiene tank. They had a chamber for deodorizing crystals built in to the front cover near the connection for the hose, so you could deodorize while you cleaned. However, I have never seen a Royal or EH with Hi and Lo buttons on it. Could you be remembering that from a different machine? Did your Aunt's vacuum look like the one below? That is my 966 Electro-Hygiene. The crystal chamber is in red. And Norm, check out the thread "Columbus Mini-Meet in the "Off-Topic" forum. Sorry I didn't get any pics in the living room before we went to the basement. Hope you enjoy the pics I did get. Jeff |
Post# 66952 , Reply# 10   4/18/2009 at 23:00 (5,457 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas)   |   | |
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Post# 66970 , Reply# 11   4/19/2009 at 03:55 (5,457 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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I know what you mean about the time frame of 35-40 years. It was 35 years ago that I was selling Electro-Hygienes, and the 966 in the picture is probably about 50 yrs old, and still going strong! And the Royalaire 260 is 45-49 years old, too! And if you're Aunt's machine didn't have much suction, the bag probably WAS packed full, as they usually had TREMENDOUS suction! Jeff |
Post# 67010 , Reply# 12   4/19/2009 at 09:54 (5,456 days old) by rexaircollector (Loganville, GA)   |   | |
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What a sharp looking machine! A little elbow grease, and it turns out to be a beauty. I have the same one in my collection and you are right, they were work horses and good performers as well. Robb |
Post# 67306 , Reply# 13   4/22/2009 at 01:34 (5,454 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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