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Thread Number: 12069
royal hand vacs and goodies |
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| Post# 129223 3/27/2011 at 18:24 (4,771 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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Here are some of my royal/dirt devil hand vacuums. Obviously the Royal one is much older (early 70s model) but I didn't want to create 2 threads for em. Here they are. 
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| Post# 129225 , Reply# 1 3/27/2011 at 18:25 (4,771 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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Bag on the royal. Worn and has a small hole in it, but still neat. I use this vacuum for just about everything! Stairs, and mainly vacuuming out cloth bags on old vacuums. Great vac for that. Really gets the bags clean/prepped for washing. 
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| Post# 129226 , Reply# 2 3/27/2011 at 18:26 (4,771 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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The red Dirt devil and its attachments. Dont have them all unfortunately. 
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| Post# 129227 , Reply# 3 3/27/2011 at 18:27 (4,771 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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Some of The paper goodies! Mmhmm... 1993 Dirt Devil line up! Fantastic! I need to get my hands on a broom vac. 
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| Post# 129228 , Reply# 4 3/27/2011 at 18:28 (4,771 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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And inside!!!!!!!!!! WHO HAS ONE OF THESE CHAIRS!??!!! I want one so bad! How fun! You might not like Dirt Devil, but I bet half yall wants one of these, just because! 
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| Post# 129242 , Reply# 6 3/27/2011 at 18:50 (4,771 days old) by vac_whisperer () | ||
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You know, I know that some Royal handvacs will take the DD attachment sets, (mine will). Just a TidBit. :) And I LOVE that black+red DD! VW | ||
Post# 129905 , Reply# 8 3/30/2011 at 16:21 (4,768 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 129927 , Reply# 10 3/30/2011 at 19:11 (4,768 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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Here ya go Ben! If you can assist, how does one decode serial numbers? Ill let you know the age then. 
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Post# 129933 , Reply# 11 3/30/2011 at 20:06 (4,767 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Your 880, being a 3 amp version, would date from 1976 to 1982.
An example of a Royal serial number, from 1970-76, would look something like this: 07J-N-12345 The "07J" would mean September 1970 (0 = year, 7 = decade of year, and J = month of September, month codes are given as letters A-M prior to 1985, skipping the letter I to avoid confusion with the number 1; after January 1985, the letter I was included to designate September, so that the month of December was now designated as L instead of M). Then, after 1977 it looked like: 77A, where "77" is the year and "A" is the month code (the example is coded as January 1977). Around September 1978, the month code preceded the year, so we now see something like J78-A-12345 instead of 78J-A-12345. As I said before, beginning January 1985, the nameplate changed and the text indicating the specifications was set in a digital font, and the letter "I" was included in the month code to designate September (hence: I85A012345 instead of J85A012345, which at that point meant October 1985 instead of September 1985, thus eliminating the need for the letter "M" as December). The newer Royal to the right, the one you claim is a 996, appears to have the bag from a model 153 (it has a black top on it, indicating a shake-out bag). Both vacuums are turquoise in color as best as my eyes can see. I know the 992, 994 and 996 are all dark blue in color. ~Ben | ||
| Post# 129937 , Reply# 12 3/30/2011 at 20:45 (4,767 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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Hmm. Well the serial number is 08470. Dont know what that codes to. 1980? | ||
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Post# 129980 , Reply# 13 3/30/2011 at 22:58 (4,767 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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@Brandon_W_T
I forgot to mention that any group of numbers such as "12345" after the other letter denoting the production plant/assembly line is the general sequence number. Is that really all you found? If not, I suggest you double-check and find something such as 77A-C-08470 (January 1977)? I would hint yours to be a 1977 model. I know serial #67L-C-02854 denotes November 1976 date of manufacturing (the "67L" breaks down as year 1976, decade 1970s, and month November - the "C" (not China, if you're wondering) being the plant the vacuum was made as well as the assembly line/shift, and the "02854" being the sequence number. ~Ben | ||
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Post# 129991 , Reply# 14 3/30/2011 at 23:35 (4,767 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Serial # Guide
Brandon,
If you are interested, take a look at this serial guide (click the link) to help you out on your Royal serial numbers. ~Ben CLICK HERE TO GO TO KirbyClassicIII's LINK | ||
| Post# 130012 , Reply# 15 3/31/2011 at 06:17 (4,767 days old) by Brandon_W_T () | ||
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Thanks Ben! I will check it when I get home. I think the number I read was the general production number. | ||
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