Thread Number: 1121
My birthday present - Kirby Tradition |
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Post# 11280   3/23/2007 at 08:36 (6,216 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 11286 , Reply# 1   3/23/2007 at 11:21 (6,215 days old) by vinvac (Dubuque IA)   |   | |
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Post# 11290 , Reply# 2   3/23/2007 at 16:01 (6,215 days old) by myhooverco ()   |   | |
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Happy Birthday Patrick... I think I speak for us all in that we would love to see a pic of your new Kirby. --Tom |
Post# 11294 , Reply# 3   3/23/2007 at 17:37 (6,215 days old) by petek (Ontario)   |   | |
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One picture is worth a thousand words. A little saying I just made up.. |
Post# 11304 , Reply# 4   3/23/2007 at 19:49 (6,215 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 11312 , Reply# 5   3/23/2007 at 22:33 (6,215 days old) by eluxomarty (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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I love the Tradition! Something about all the blue and shiney!!! Marty |
Post# 11324 , Reply# 6   3/24/2007 at 09:18 (6,214 days old) by hoover1060 ()   |   | |
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I've always liked the Kirby Tradition, so regal looking in the blue! Hope all your birthday wishes came true! Jeff |
Post# 11331 , Reply# 7   3/24/2007 at 14:00 (6,214 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 11332 , Reply# 8   3/24/2007 at 14:01 (6,214 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 11333 , Reply# 9   3/24/2007 at 14:04 (6,214 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 11334 , Reply# 10   3/24/2007 at 14:05 (6,214 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 11335 , Reply# 11   3/24/2007 at 14:08 (6,214 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 11336 , Reply# 12   3/24/2007 at 14:11 (6,214 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 11337 , Reply# 13   3/24/2007 at 14:12 (6,214 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 11339 , Reply# 14   3/24/2007 at 15:38 (6,214 days old) by myhooverco ()   |   | |
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Patrick... That is a nice color combo. The machine looks like new. I just love that Kirby shine. --Tom |
Post# 11341 , Reply# 15   3/24/2007 at 15:41 (6,214 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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a beautiful machine! I've never seen one of the Traditions new-looking and all buffed out. What a difference it makes! |
Post# 11404 , Reply# 16   3/26/2007 at 17:58 (6,212 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 11413 , Reply# 17   3/26/2007 at 21:44 (6,212 days old) by hoover1060 ()   |   | |
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Its been a long time since I've seen a Tradition sparkle like that, I'd agree its a very nice present! Congrats! |
Post# 11447 , Reply# 19   3/27/2007 at 06:34 (6,212 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Hi Patrick, thats one very nice birthday present, looks straight from the showroom all buffed up, for its size it sure is a quiet vac and very sturdy, the original bag that was with mine was frayed, and I replaced it with the more durable later style bag, ( I do have an original for authenticity), but love using this as a daily driver... Do you have other Kirby vacs as well?? The Tradition was my first vac when I started collecting....I had always been interested in electricals being in the trade since school, but was only in 2000, when I went to a house sale looking for a log burner that I got hooked, the fire had gone, but on the way out was this shiny big vac, loads of boxes & instructions, £35, so I ran home and went searching on the web for spares, came across vacwebforum as was, and Classic Appliances, now AW.org, the rest is history, my partner curses at the vac every time he sees it, knowing "It Was The Start" of the collecting bug...LOl |
Post# 12555 , Reply# 23   4/13/2007 at 22:12 (6,194 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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Happy Birthday Patrick, That is one beautiful Kirby. Did John restore it himself? If so he sure did a great job on the shine!! Thanks for sharing. Terry |
Post# 12558 , Reply# 24   4/13/2007 at 22:36 (6,194 days old) by vinvac (Dubuque IA)   |   | |
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Good to see you posting.. Kirby Traditions were also one of my favorites if for no other reason than the first Kirby with a paper bag system. I love the Blue color. I was unawre of the differences in the model. I have never seen the speed switch you talk about so looking forward to seeing that. I must admit, I thought Kirby was the best until I have started using the Electro-Hygiene, it is one cleaning machine. Plus the attatchments are so much more durable. I have always liked the Kirby tools and found all Kirby's until the G series (when they cheapened the attatchments) to work very well. Unlike most of the newer machines, all the tools work well. People must not use their vacuums for much today other than carpet... me on the other hand dust, do the bare floors, all the upholstery, curtains, ect. using the vacuum. The dusting brush on most of the newer models are stiff, small and literally useless and we won't even go there with the upholstry tools and bare floor tools... |