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| Post# 6831 12/30/2006 at 13:30 (6,316 days old) by vacuumkid3 () | ||
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So we all had to start somewhere. My first vacuum was a Kirby franken-515. It looked perfect even when I first got it. I didn't even have to polish it! I still want to make it all original... 
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| Post# 6833 , Reply# 1 12/30/2006 at 13:43 (6,316 days old) by ian88 () | ||
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An early 1980s Hoover Junior. (like the machine on the far right of the picture but creme and brown) (alas i never found out if it worked ;p) and sadly I no longer have it. Ian 
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| Post# 6921 , Reply# 7 12/31/2006 at 12:31 (6,315 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) | ||
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My first was a Circa 1953 Filter Queen 350 That I bought in 1995 for $45 iwith all the attachments, the original hose, and the floor polisher. Patrick Coffey | ||
| Post# 6929 , Reply# 8 12/31/2006 at 14:38 (6,315 days old) by dirt-devil () | ||
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my first real is a 1970s classic omega | ||
Post# 358948 , Reply# 10 9/7/2016 at 21:34 (2,777 days old) by KirbyCollector  (Columbus Ohio USA) |
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| Post# 358950 , Reply# 11 9/7/2016 at 22:18 (2,777 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
What was my first?
If you mean the vacuum cleaner that started the interest, that's easy. The Electrolux model LX. The year was 1952, and I was a 2 year old so this was brand new. Interestingly it belonged to the neighbor of my grandmother and I got to be there when the lady used it almost every week.
But it get's better! After this lady died in 1986, her husband sent it to me. I had no idea shed left it to me. The only change was the original plug had popped off and was replaced. I'm a purist, that would never do!! So for this pic. I'd used a replacement cord winder while the original winder was getting a Belden plug. It's 100% persent complete now. Here it is. 
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| Post# 358952 , Reply# 12 9/7/2016 at 22:21 (2,777 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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| Post# 358964 , Reply# 13 9/8/2016 at 07:45 (2,776 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
As others have noted, there are several "firsts":
•First vacuum I ever owned new—Hoover Quik Broom. Got it for Christmas in 1986. Went to Goodwill in 1998 but I now have two clones of it. •First vacuum I ever bought new—Douglas ATV wet/dry shop vac. Bought it in 1994 when a neighbor's plumbing broke and flooded my apartment. Still have it. •First vintage vacuum—Orange Eureka Princess that had been my grandmother's and was passed down to me circa 1996. Wish I still had it. •First vacuum that set off an interest in vacuums and started me on this insane path of collecting—Kirby Gsix that I found beside a dumpster one drizzly December evening. Later that night, I discovered Vacuumland as I sought information about the machine. Still have it and now have two other G series Kirbys. | ||
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