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| Post# 93663 3/16/2010 at 11:51 (5,153 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
I have an unusual question - maybe one of the "residents" of Vacuumland could answer this for me: Before the 1970's, vac-makers often gave you a cardboard holder for all the attachments. We got one with our beautiful turquoise Eureka 260 upright. My question - did the carrier come assembled for the customer, or did you have to put it together yourself at home? Some of them look really complicated, kind of like "vacuum origami"!!!!!! :-) | ||
Post# 93689 , Reply# 1 3/16/2010 at 14:19 (5,153 days old) by jfalberti  (Visalia, CA) |
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With Kirby ... | ||
| Post# 93692 , Reply# 2 3/16/2010 at 15:38 (5,153 days old) by 1066hoovers () | ||
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UK Hoover carriers Always came in the cleaning tool box carrying the tools eg 160,262,612,638,652 models all had prebuilt cleaning tool cardboard carriers | ||
| Post# 93695 , Reply# 3 3/16/2010 at 16:06 (5,153 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
Not quite Jonathan | ||
| Post# 93697 , Reply# 4 3/16/2010 at 16:09 (5,153 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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And from the instruction book | ||
| Post# 93923 , Reply# 5 3/19/2010 at 10:26 (5,150 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 93928 , Reply# 6 3/19/2010 at 13:18 (5,150 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Thanks Doug! | ||
| Post# 93933 , Reply# 8 3/19/2010 at 14:05 (5,150 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Pre and Post War
I only just noticed that the picture from the instructions and the tool carrier for my own 160 are quite different. The instructions are definatly post war and I presume my cleaner is pre war as it has the two speed switch, there is no reference to the two speed switch in the instructions I have. Sadly I dont have the box for the 160, I was pleased enough to have the tools and still two speed, most were retro converted to single speed
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| Post# 93942 , Reply# 11 3/19/2010 at 17:48 (5,150 days old) by vintagehoover () | ||
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Tool caddies... 
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| Post# 93943 , Reply# 12 3/19/2010 at 17:49 (5,150 days old) by vintagehoover () | ||
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Correction: *post war serial nos. begin in Jan 46, not 45! | ||
| Post# 93977 , Reply# 13 3/20/2010 at 00:22 (5,150 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 93978 , Reply# 14 3/20/2010 at 00:24 (5,150 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 93979 , Reply# 15 3/20/2010 at 00:32 (5,150 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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dusted off, wiped with a damp cloth, all folds, de-lamination's, dents, gouges, rips and tears repaired. It was also ironed & steamed flat again and weighted flat overnight under a metal screen plate. Loose flaps & tabs were strengthened, and the torn side wing was joined back together, with Elmers SOBO flexible clear glue.
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| Post# 93980 , Reply# 16 3/20/2010 at 00:35 (5,150 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 93981 , Reply# 17 3/20/2010 at 00:44 (5,150 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 93982 , Reply# 18 3/20/2010 at 00:46 (5,150 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 93983 , Reply# 19 3/20/2010 at 00:56 (5,150 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Threaded a noose of twine cord around the top edges, hidden inside the folds and glued up the box splits. The major splits and corners of the lower carton are reinforced behind with glued-in sheet burlap cheescloth. The mends are stronger than the cardboard now. I've seen the caddies that Doug makes and they are super. From him I adopted the idea of making patterns on brown paper from any caddy I un-fold for repairs. Then they can be rolled up and stored for future caddy making. Some of the best corrugated cardboard unprinted stock can be had for free from any appliance store that has Fridges, washers and stoves. 
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| Post# 94052 , Reply# 20 3/20/2010 at 22:18 (5,149 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 94053 , Reply# 21 3/20/2010 at 22:21 (5,149 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Hey there Dave...thanks for these wonderful posts....nice jo
So by the sounds of things, it seems that most cardboard attachment carriers came pre-assembled for the customer and shipped in another cardboard box. So does this mean that our old Eureka 260 upright came with actually 3 boxes - one for the main motor unit, another for the one-piece metal handle, and another for the tools? Or did the motor and handle come assembled together and shipped in one tall box? Any ideas? EP Brian | ||
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