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Thread Number: 8799
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| Post# 97633 , Reply# 1 5/3/2010 at 21:11 (5,096 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
Wow is that nice.
I'm not sure how to make it more flexable, but I would sure display it. My guess is that it goes with one of the early Kirby models, however, I doubt if it's a 1-C or 2-C as there is a conector thigy on the machine end. The 1 and 2-C models didn't have that. Being that it's black, it matches the bag of the 2-C, however, those hoses had no adapter thingy. Again I'm asking for Charles Richard to help out here. Alex Taber | ||
| Post# 97634 , Reply# 2 5/3/2010 at 22:02 (5,096 days old) by meba2233 (Webster Groves, MO) | ||
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Is it missing a piece? Here is a picture of an old one I had. There was a separate piece that locked onto the nozzle. Like the newer hoses. This one went with a 500 series machine. I think. Mark 
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| Post# 97641 , Reply# 5 5/3/2010 at 22:34 (5,096 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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Hose coupler
The metal thingy with the two metal feet is called the 'hose coupler' it was a seperate attachment up to the introduction of the 518. The Vacuette Electric, 1- C, 2-C and possibly others had a smaller hose coupler. Some were basic chrome, while others were black in color. The first hoses had rubber ends and either end could be fitted to the machine. Kirby had two nozels. The standard one with the brush roll, and one for straight suction. There were also two bags. The one for upright use and a smaller one for use as a tank or shoulder portable. In fact the standard tools were used with the Scott & Fetzer Home Renovation system, and are still used today. Slowly more and more tools were added and a few like the small bag were dropped from the line. In a few weeks I will post pictures of the instruction book of the 1-C. That hose looks like a Kirby 512. Alex Taber | ||
| Post# 97642 , Reply# 6 5/3/2010 at 22:41 (5,096 days old) by electrolux~137 () | ||
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n.b., on the gray hose above, there should be a rubber collar on the wand end. They tended to loosen with age and go missing. 
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| Post# 97655 , Reply# 7 5/3/2010 at 23:13 (5,096 days old) by tom519 (Long Island, New York ) | ||
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Short Coupling Tube The black hose is from a 505. It came with the 505 machine I purchased a few months ago. I attached a pic. of the wand end short coupler tube that Charles mentioned (I think this is it). This piece attaches to the hose, and then you attach the tools to the other end. 
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| Post# 97658 , Reply# 8 5/4/2010 at 00:02 (5,096 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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Thanks Tom 519
The short coupling tube was part of the 1-C, and perhaps the 2-C. (And if I may digress a second here) I think there were two hoses. The standard one and a small one for use with the shoulder portable. Air-Way used this too with their first uprights. Now back to the wands. There was only one wand it looked like the curved, and straight wands of today only one piece and much shorter. The curved end could attach to the hose, or be used with an upholstery tool. There was no floor brush and the upholstery tool had a removable brush. In fact Filter Queen, Hoover, Rexair and others also had that. For cleaning floors there was the 'duster pad' everybody had one of those too, in fact Kirby still offers that tool. The portable handle was called the 'Lifter Grip' and yes there was the shoulder strap. The Mirical Head was introduced a few years later, I think around 1949. As I said I'll be able to share more info once I get my stuff home. Alex Taber | ||
Post# 97697 , Reply# 9 5/4/2010 at 14:25 (5,095 days old) by a007kirbyman  (--->> Originally My Mom <<--- (now Wisconsin)) |
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Tom & Kirby hose... | ||
| Post# 97707 , Reply# 10 5/4/2010 at 18:17 (5,095 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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