Thread Number: 8376
To the no-good rotten, rat-fink creepy, lousy EBay-er who done stole this Universal upright from me.. |
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Post# 93178 , Reply# 1   3/9/2010 at 20:36 (5,133 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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I guess it would help if I posted the picture huh? |
Post# 93179 , Reply# 2   3/9/2010 at 20:39 (5,133 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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BTW, I fixed the "C" Rick |
Post# 93188 , Reply# 4   3/9/2010 at 21:46 (5,133 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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Charles is right, there will be another one! I am guess that this machine would not accommodate any type of attachment set. Now I'm wondering if any of the Universal uprights did? |
Post# 93382 , Reply# 5   3/13/2010 at 04:27 (5,130 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 93385 , Reply# 7   3/13/2010 at 06:54 (5,129 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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When we saw this machine in New Britain, it had the ORIGINAL original bag on it. They were brown, with gold lettering in the form of the picture above. Rick |
Post# 93387 , Reply# 8   3/13/2010 at 07:27 (5,129 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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Rick, I did indeed win the machine and it's on its way, though I missed the courier whilst at work. I'm expecting to get it on Monday. I didn't know that you were interested in it, though Charles said he'd emailed you about it. It was relisted after the seller pulled the original auction, due to a death in his family. I know that not everyone agrees on this but I have bid against friends before, mainly at traditional auctions eg vintage rallies. There's one guy in particular from the mower club who I have bid against in the past. Things can sometimes get heated...but we're still on talking terms, you just have to put your business clothes on! Usually, if I see something I want I don't tell anyone else about it. If I know someone who also wants it and they know I'm interested I usually have a word with them before the auction starts about how I'm going to play it. Sometimes I'll keep out of it..but I don't do it all the time otherwise I could end up keeping out of it all the time! It also depends on how badly I want it. Sometimes I'll let it go to the other guy...but not for nothing...I'll make him pay for it! Anyway, sorry for you that you didn't get it...but like you say there's others out there. I was recently outbid on another Universal that made even more money - not sure who got that. Stephen |
Post# 93389 , Reply# 10   3/13/2010 at 09:05 (5,129 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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Nice picture Rick, the blue cylinder appears to be in excellent original nick. You're quite right in saying that, by running the prices up, we help to stop these machines ending up on landfill sites. Whilst would-be buyers end up paying more we're doing a favour for the sellers...and most of us have sold machines as well as buying them. Stephen |
Post# 93391 , Reply# 11   3/13/2010 at 09:18 (5,129 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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Thanks for your offer of help...though I'm hoping not to need any with this machine! It's interesting how you talk of the original bag being brown with gold lettering. The advert above mentions a maroon and gold-coloured colour scheme. Are you implying that the seller swapped the bag on this machine (the one you saw in New Britain) after he bought it?.. or was that another machine of the same type? Stephen |
Post# 93396 , Reply# 13   3/13/2010 at 11:36 (5,129 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 93517 , Reply# 14   3/15/2010 at 09:36 (5,127 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 93518 , Reply# 15   3/15/2010 at 09:39 (5,127 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 93532 , Reply# 16   3/15/2010 at 15:25 (5,127 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 93533 , Reply# 17   3/15/2010 at 15:28 (5,127 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 93534 , Reply# 18   3/15/2010 at 15:32 (5,127 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 93601 , Reply# 19   3/15/2010 at 21:49 (5,127 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Is it hard to maneuver with just the one rear wheel? The terminals on top look frightening too! I don't think I've ever seen those before. Glad it got all the way there in good shape. Rick |
Post# 93604 , Reply# 20   3/15/2010 at 22:06 (5,127 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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Very nice Stephen!!! I too am wondering about those terminals on the top. I sure have never seen anything like that before. Terry |
Post# 93877 , Reply# 21   3/18/2010 at 16:17 (5,124 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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Just finished my 3 day 12 hour work shift! Rick, it doesn't seem difficult to manoeuvre the machine, though I've only tried it out briefly. Terry, the terminals do look unusual; I'm wondering if these may have been added at a later date - perhaps there was originally some other type of connector linked in with the holes machined into the casing? Obviously, it's important to make sure that no bare wires touch the casing when making connections! Stephen |
Post# 93896 , Reply# 23   3/18/2010 at 19:47 (5,124 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Yeah, it's time to hang up the guns and put myself out to pasture.......However, notice that the floor polisher has the same type of connectors you have...... |
Post# 93914 , Reply# 25   3/19/2010 at 03:42 (5,124 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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The reason that I suspected that the connectors might not be original was down to the black insulators looking slightly 'chiselled' and out of round - the sort of thing that you might do in your shed at home..so I suppose you could be right about Universal hand making parts and using what happened to be lying around in the factory at the time. I'm not refering to the knobs on top but the little washers underneath between the terminals and the metal case. It's interesting how the front cover plates vary on these early Universals; mine has a round one, which clips on. Other models, such as one in your picture utilise thumb screws to secure the plate, hence the plate is shaped to suit. My Renew 'Hotshots' catalogue shows this design, along with another similar one. Stephen |
Post# 93915 , Reply# 26   3/19/2010 at 03:47 (5,124 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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