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Post# 70747   5/30/2009 at 23:04 (5,415 days old) by lux1521 ()        

I am at a point where I am restoring all of the machines I have. I think it is a waste to have nice machines and not restore them. I started organizing what I have, as things have gotten a bit crazy during my first year of college.

Yesterday, I got all of my Royal stuff together for a group shot. Oddly enough I don't have a single metal Royal upright.

The two canisters both need some cleaning, but everything else is in good shape. I also have two more hand vacs that need work and are not in one piece at the moment.


Post# 70753 , Reply# 1   5/30/2009 at 23:20 (5,415 days old) by lux1521 ()        

I need to get my 1920s corner worked on. As of right now it looks something like this.

Post# 70754 , Reply# 2   5/30/2009 at 23:22 (5,415 days old) by lux1521 ()        

And more:

Post# 70764 , Reply# 3   5/31/2009 at 05:58 (5,414 days old) by sireluxomatic ()        

Lots of luck, Erick, with the reorganization and restoration. I'm about to do the same.

Post# 70901 , Reply# 4   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,810 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
Nice Machines, Erick!

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And you probably already know that the Modern Hygiene is a somewhat rare machine. What models are the Hoovers? I'm thinking the one on the floor is a 541, and the 2 on the dresser are 102 and 105? And is that a Vacuette to the right on the floor?
Jeff


Post# 71098 , Reply# 5   6/3/2009 at 02:46 (5,412 days old) by lux1521 ()        

Thanks guys.

Jeff: While that modern hygiene is somewhat rare, the attachments seem to be in a totally different league of rareness. All I have is the canister and a hose in poor condition. Luckily, its attractive enough to be primarily for display, although the motor is in fantastic shape. I've tried Royal / Electro Hygiene hoses with it and they don't work. Its only a slight difference, and I probably could modify one to work at some point.
The two Hoovers are a model 102 with a rare 541 style bag, and the one on the right is a Baby model 103 with an even rarer original bag. They vacuette looking thing is a Sears Kwick Kleen, which has patent numbers corresponding to James Kirby's patents for the vacuette. I don't think it was Scott & Fetzer built, but its hard telling. When I contacted Kirby about it they said they had no knowledge of it, not that I expect them to know much about it.

All of the uprights have threads of their own in the archives somewhere. I've been off the forums for roughly a year (no posting, but still reading), so I'm just getting to talk to people again.


Post# 71100 , Reply# 6   6/3/2009 at 03:16 (5,412 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)        
Glad your Back Erick

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I missed reading your threads and when I finaly joined I didnt see you for quite some time.I need to get more organized too.I love your collection of handvacs. I could never seem to keep them,my dad would see one on a shelf and think I don't use it and throw it out. He did that with a Hoover 46? I think was the model or was it 48,anyway I was never so mad about something being thrown out.And all I got was "well you never use the d@mn thing"Duh dad lol, anyway,love the DD Broom Vac too
Kenny.



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