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Thread Number: 8036
Sunbeam Challenger Vacuum |
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| Post# 89396 , Reply# 1 1/20/2010 at 07:13 (5,203 days old) by singingrainbow (Texas) | ||
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That is not a chalengar if it is blue and looks like a suitcace it sounds to me like it is a courior. But anyways no you did not waste your money they are not easy to find and usualy their motor is gone if you do find one. PS I do think it is from the 1960s | ||
| Post# 89397 , Reply# 2 1/20/2010 at 07:30 (5,203 days old) by electrolux-dude (Canyon, TX) | ||
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You're Right--It is a Courier. My Mistake! | ||
Post# 89398 , Reply# 3 1/20/2010 at 07:41 (5,203 days old) by vinvac  (Dubuque IA) |
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Post# 89399 , Reply# 4 1/20/2010 at 07:52 (5,203 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Congrats on your latest find and | ||
| Post# 89400 , Reply# 5 1/20/2010 at 08:02 (5,203 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
Rarer to find even than the green flowered Challenger. And p
Yes, hang on to it! Twice in three years I have watched Couriers on Ebay and both times went very very dear...and not to me. :-(There was a third one came up - bol - that was rusted out and dented that no one bid on...with good reason. This one pictured was posted in 2007 and is the top of the line model with bumper strips along the sides and internal cordwinder. There was also a plain bottom of the line model painted the same light blue without strips and trim and no cordwinder. 
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| Post# 89401 , Reply# 6 1/20/2010 at 08:14 (5,203 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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I love how the small attachments store inside around the motor. I imagine it won't be too difficult to find a substitute for the bags. As I am sure you'll figure out a way to create a new motor seal gasket. I've not seen one of these in person yet but I have repaired all sorts of gaskets by adapting mounts from other machines and plumping them up with inner tube rubber or real rubber adhesive weatherstripping. I get it at TSC Farm stores where Farmers insist on something better than consumer grade foams most homeowners use. It comes in many widths and thicknesses. If the gasket - I am assuming it is a donut ring type that surrounds the motor (like on a Compact)or is it a rubber end cap like a (Constellation)? - is cracked but all there perhaps you could fill in the cracks with silicone rubberfor a positive seal and then build it up with a flat weatherstripping band layer. 
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| Post# 89402 , Reply# 7 1/20/2010 at 08:30 (5,203 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Going by the blue colour scheme and tool shapes I would date it to the late 1960s/very early 1970s. All you need is a matching Sunbeam crevicetool and a fixed gasket and you have a winner! From the rarity one finds these they did not sell as well as the Hoover Portable Cleaning Center which stored everything under the lid. A great design by Hoover but the Courier is much more elegant, light and maneuverable with its upright configuration. Dave 
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| Post# 89403 , Reply# 8 1/20/2010 at 08:33 (5,203 days old) by electrolux-dude (Canyon, TX) | ||
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It's Fallen to pieces, I'm going to look at auto parts stores, etc to try to fix up a new one. Thanks for the photos, mine looks very similar. | ||
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