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Thread Number: 11028
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| Post# 119168 12/24/2010 at 10:58 (4,871 days old) by rickenbacker () | ||
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mind you, if they had painted it better, it might look quite nice lol rather then looking like a dolls house vac! :P CLICK HERE TO GO TO rickenbacker's LINK on eBay | ||
| Post# 119173 , Reply# 1 12/24/2010 at 12:46 (4,871 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
There's any number of reasonable reasons for painting (or re-painting) a vintage vac.
All Kenmore Imperials were not polished aluminum. I have seen one with an original gunmetal gray textured enamel, probably the step down model or later issue than 1937, aka a Wartime materials restricted Imperial? This eBay one, missing only the topside 'Imperial-Kenmore-Imperial' trim strip, as evidenced by the rivet holes, does appear to be spray painted but I would say, judging from the wear pattern and the blue-ish dark red colour, that it was painted many decades ago, perhaps in the 1950s. That's a colour frequently found on old manual lawn mowers, gas engines and tractors, etc. Won't know until the paint is stripped off if in fact the aluminum castings are polishable-grade or a re-paint is in order. The good things about this are that the lights work, the bumper is intact (if the bumper was replaced it was skillfully done and the vac painted with the bumper off) and the bag, while not original, is most certainly an older replacement. In fact the vacuum does not appear to be carelessly abused at all - just normal wear. The cord may have been replaced too (since polished ones usually have a coiled spring strain relief around the lower motor cord) but again, it looks to be an older thick rubber cord. A hands-on inspection would determine if this is original or a skillful shop repair and refurbishment. I'll let us all know the fine details about it when I win the auction and pick it up next week. :-) *hint* Dave 
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| Post# 119175 , Reply# 2 12/24/2010 at 12:59 (4,871 days old) by Sablekid () | ||
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it reminds me of a fire hydrant! | ||
| Post# 119190 , Reply# 4 12/24/2010 at 17:48 (4,871 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Thanks for chiming in, Charles; I was hoping someone would before I do something regrettable. But that will depend on how high bids for the buggy thing go. There is a price point beyond which this one loses desirability, since I have no twingle-doubt there are original polished Imperials still out there to be discovered another day...for which I would gladly pay multiple hundreds to acquire. :-)
Thanks also for bringing a dose of sobering logic in picture form to my fantasy - of course there were other Imperial redesigned versions preceding the war. I note that the painted hand grip on the eBay one is unlikely to be the correct one and the bag hanger is all wrong, too. Will be fun watching the bidders knock themselves out. Dave 
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| Post# 119217 , Reply# 6 12/25/2010 at 02:02 (4,870 days old) by electrolux~137 () | ||
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Another 'Sick' Kenmore 'Sick' being the current slang for 'cool' ;0 
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| Post# 119221 , Reply# 7 12/25/2010 at 04:09 (4,870 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 119235 , Reply# 8 12/25/2010 at 10:36 (4,870 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
Wow, a canister Kenmore with a CABINET? That's wild.
Well, Charles, thanks for the compliment, but I don't claim to be the expert on Kenmore. I do remember, though, that there were some painted Imperials (and other Kenmore models), mostly due to the War shortages. It seemed like they painted every damn thing they could get their hands on with that ugly grayish wrinkle-finish paint. Ugh. There were Commanders (the bullet-shaped tanks) painted that color, too. It could very well be that we have not seen every variation of Imperial (and other Kenmores) yet, in our lifetime, from that era. That's what I love about appliance collecting. There are surprises at every turn. | ||
| Post# 119236 , Reply# 9 12/25/2010 at 10:44 (4,870 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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| Post# 119238 , Reply# 10 12/25/2010 at 10:49 (4,870 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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| Post# 119272 , Reply# 11 12/26/2010 at 10:56 (4,869 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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US $208.50 - Lord have Mercy!
Well, I suppose we shouldn't be too surprised. I dropped out early on when it surpassed the price point I would pay in an expensive Canadian Junk Shop on a full out adrenaline high, a bit more than I would pay at a Yard Sale.
Shucks, I was gonna use this win as an excuse to go on a whirlwind Midwest road trip; my previous attempts to get out of this town for a few days or weeks have been foiled by last week's snow storms crushed up against the Christmas holiday week. I shall take it as a sign from the Vacuum Gods that there is a better Kenmore Imperial/Eureka/Hoover 150/Westinghouse/GE/Singer S/two motor Air-Way out there biding it's time until it calls my name. Dave | ||
| Post# 119280 , Reply# 12 12/26/2010 at 13:36 (4,869 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK) | ||
well I was outbid too.. | ||
| Post# 119282 , Reply# 13 12/26/2010 at 14:47 (4,869 days old) by truckerx (Palm Springs, CA) | ||
Who did get it?? | ||
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