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Thread Number: 9694
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| Post# 106052 8/15/2010 at 18:01 (5,001 days old) by electrolux~137 () | ||
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yet so fabulous....... CLICK HERE TO GO TO electrolux~137's LINK on eBay | ||
| Post# 106056 , Reply# 1 8/15/2010 at 18:42 (5,001 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
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| Post# 106060 , Reply# 2 8/15/2010 at 19:33 (5,001 days old) by electrolux~137 () | ||
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I doubt very much if you can get bags anymore. The couple of guys I know of who have Sunbeam tank vacuum cleaners stock up on bags whenever they find them in thrift stores or vac shops. | ||
| Post# 106063 , Reply# 3 8/15/2010 at 19:43 (5,001 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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Post# 106066 , Reply# 4 8/15/2010 at 20:45 (5,001 days old) by vinvac  (Dubuque IA) |
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| Post# 106073 , Reply# 5 8/15/2010 at 21:15 (5,001 days old) by westingman123 () | ||
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You've got that right! My Aunt Mildred had one of those (identical, actually) and it would suck the paint off the walls! | ||
| Post# 106074 , Reply# 6 8/15/2010 at 21:25 (5,001 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
Ah yes, the Elphaba of Cylinder Vacuums
Good tip about substitute bags, Morgan...I was just about to say. Genuine bags are scarce so yes, we covet them when found. I notice that this eBay one has the 'lesser' floor tool without wheels. I'm not sure the later Challenger had a power nozzle and since Doug Smith's site is temporarily down I can't check his Sunbeam pictures. A shame about the fractured crevice tool and the 'Efficiency Indicator' has rotted away as usual - it is nothing more than a white rubber dome communicating with the 5-level sliding suction controller. It serves no purpose other than as a visual reference and of course is under constant near collapse strain which hastens the degradation. Once the rubber dome busts open it allows even less 'vacuum' to be available to the dust bag compartment...and this is one powerful muther vacuum cleaner! You can replace the dome with something similar fashioned from a large eyedropper bulb, or in the case of mine where the dome is largely intact insert a back-liner of saran wrap to seal it up again. The vinyl used for the spectacular green hose has a tendency to stiffen over time and exude a sticky surface substance. But at least this one has the full hose - I had to shorten mine a few inches. I luve me them vile bile green vacuums... Dave 
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| Post# 106080 , Reply# 7 8/15/2010 at 21:50 (5,001 days old) by vac-o-matic (Saint Louis, Mo.) | ||
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I have one of these in a woodtone with beige trim. Luckily I have some bags someone gave me. Would it be earlier or later than the green one? Anyone know? | ||
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Post# 106082 , Reply# 8 8/15/2010 at 22:08 (5,001 days old) by vinvac (Dubuque IA) |
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| Post# 106083 , Reply# 9 8/15/2010 at 22:10 (5,001 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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I suspect the green one was the debut model. Flaming green not being to everyone's taste (and to help recoup the tooling costs) the Sunbeam Challenger was issued in a more subdued genuine mac-tac woodgrain textured vinyl with dark brown trim and later the plastic trims were changed to an off white against a lighter shade of woodgrain. And yes, it did come with an electric hose and PN. This is a Doug Smith photo. Dave 
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| Post# 106084 , Reply# 10 8/15/2010 at 22:11 (5,001 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 106094 , Reply# 11 8/16/2010 at 00:30 (5,000 days old) by electrolux~137 () | ||
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Strangely, I find the white and woodgrain even uglier! At least the avocado-green model had that bit of whimsy going for it. This one, with "genuine woodgrain contact paper" and all that white plastic....... well yessssh! uglier than a two-headed cockroach! | ||
| Post# 106099 , Reply# 12 8/16/2010 at 03:34 (5,000 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
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| Post# 106107 , Reply# 13 8/16/2010 at 06:55 (5,000 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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I remember !!! These well, lots of them were sold at home, as well as Regina canisters!! | ||
| Post# 106113 , Reply# 14 8/16/2010 at 10:33 (5,000 days old) by powertank () | ||
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My eyes! My eyes! Ouch. Seriously, I drive a car with woodgrain on it and it looks great, but that canister is even worse than the green one (which is awesome in it's own hideous way). | ||
| Post# 106126 , Reply# 15 8/16/2010 at 17:33 (5,000 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
I love this canister!
The only canister in history to provide a way to store two metal wands AND the hose AND ALL the tools on-board (okay - the Hoover Portable did that too - but not as elegantly). The wands are stored standing up at the rear of the unit, and they can be used to push the canister around. I'll never forget the print ads for this powerful cleaner - they focused on the stair-brake feature: that little "L" shaped brake near the wheel prevented the canister from rolling backwards as you dragged it up a flight of stairs! Cool, huh? Glad to hear the motor was powerful. What is it with these old Sunbeams that had such strong suction? | ||
| Post# 106181 , Reply# 16 8/17/2010 at 10:18 (4,999 days old) by electroluxkirby () | ||
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I would take it just because it is different. | ||
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