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| Post# 122745 1/23/2011 at 06:48 (4,986 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield. East Midlands) | ||
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| Post# 122746 , Reply# 1 1/23/2011 at 06:49 (4,986 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield. East Midlands) | ||
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It is of course ... | ||
| Post# 122747 , Reply# 2 1/23/2011 at 06:57 (4,986 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield. East Midlands) | ||
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Part 2
Unfortunatly the brochure is a fold out and too big to fit my scanner. Here is (most) of the rest of it. Did Apex sell theirs with a hand cleaner too.
Actually this works out as quite a good deal, for the cleaner was about 2/3 the price of the Hoover 160, and the tools for the 160 would have been 3 guinies (3/3/0) so the total Vactric package would have been less than a 160 without tools, with (presumably) better suction 
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| Post# 122748 , Reply# 3 1/23/2011 at 06:59 (4,986 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield. East Midlands) | ||
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Many novel features | ||
| Post# 122749 , Reply# 4 1/23/2011 at 07:01 (4,986 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield. East Midlands) | ||
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Outstanding features | ||
| Post# 122775 , Reply# 6 1/23/2011 at 10:38 (4,985 days old) by vac_whisperer () | ||
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even the little hand vacuum looks like a hoover dustette It looks exactly like a coffee can hoover! VW | ||
| Post# 122787 , Reply# 7 1/23/2011 at 13:11 (4,985 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield. East Midlands) | ||
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No sooner said than done
Well, apart from the headlight cover (which appears to me more angular on the Apex) it looks very similar to me.
And to see the Apex in action I had to look no further than our DysonAnimal, who used one of the a couple of years ago. Al CLICK HERE TO GO TO Vacbear58's LINK | ||
| Post# 122788 , Reply# 8 1/23/2011 at 13:14 (4,985 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield. East Midlands) | ||
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Hand cleaner | ||
| Post# 122791 , Reply# 9 1/23/2011 at 13:43 (4,985 days old) by djtaylor (Salt Lake City, Utah) | ||
Neat! | ||
Post# 122793 , Reply# 10 1/23/2011 at 13:50 (4,985 days old) by arh1953  ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Vactric Upright | ||
| Post# 122796 , Reply# 11 1/23/2011 at 14:17 (4,985 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield. East Midlands) | ||
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Later Airflo
It may be that the brochure scanned above is an earlier version of the cleaner as, in the picture below, it looks even more like the Apex. This catalogue is dated "1939-40 Season" so presumably was prepared in early to mid 1939, of course WW2 would have put a stop to all that.
Picture courtsey 74Simon Al 
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| Post# 122797 , Reply# 12 1/23/2011 at 14:21 (4,985 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield. East Midlands) | ||
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And the hand cleaner | ||
| Post# 122806 , Reply# 13 1/23/2011 at 15:19 (4,985 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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| Post# 122810 , Reply# 14 1/23/2011 at 16:57 (4,985 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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That IS!! an Apex! Look at the height adjustment , headlight, shape of motor ETC, if it aint its a darn good copy, I used to have 2 of these,but sold them when I had to sell out. | ||
| Post# 122815 , Reply# 15 1/23/2011 at 17:32 (4,985 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield. East Midlands) | ||
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Thanks for info guys
It is very interesting to know that the hand cleaner was an Apex design too, any pictures? The hand cleaners still show up occasionally on ebay, never seen the Airflo.
As far as I know the Vactric cylinders were their own design, although Apex designs did show up post WW2 as Bylock machines, but that is a whole different thread, which i have been meaning to post for ages. Al | ||
| Post# 122856 , Reply# 16 1/24/2011 at 04:47 (4,985 days old) by animebsd () | ||
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wow i just happen to be getting one complete with everything very soon! it is the cylinder style one with wheels instead of the sled cant wait | ||
| Post# 122882 , Reply# 17 1/24/2011 at 13:51 (4,984 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield. East Midlands) | ||
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A Vactric?
With wheels, it sounds like it is a Silent Q. One thing you need to be aware of is that these old Vactrics are very prone to the insulation breaking down.
ENSURE THAT YOU ONLY RUN THE CLEANER CONNECTED TO A SOCKET WITH A GROUND CONNECTION, IDEALLY WITH ITS OWN CIRCUIT BREAKER AND CHECK THE CONTINUITY OF THE GROUND BEFORE CONNECTING If the cleaner comes with a two wire cord replace it with a grounded version and attach the ground to the body of the machine. Did you buy it from the UK? Al | ||
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