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Post# 135387 5/5/2011 at 12:14 (4,739 days old) by sleepdoc  (St. Louis, MO) |
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A few new additions since I took group photos have are on display now. I don't keep some of my vintage cleaners out in the rec room for display except for the older Kirbies that fit into the lineup and are sentimental. The two ESP Eureka uprights are now out on dispay because Tacony is now making their TOL Hi Flow HEPA bags in F and G style. I bought a box and now regard their filtration as good enough to actually clean my carpets without blowing allergens around. In the same spirit, I've brought out the classic Electrolux upright from the Silverado period. That venerable machine needs its own thread because I need some repair parts that might be hard to find.
I really have tried to line up my vacuums on display in a way that each machine could be directly accessible and visible, but between buying a number of new machines lately and moving others from storage to display, I now just have a a military-like formation of vacuums in lines a columns. It's a lot more crowded than I wanted, but at least I have found space for all except one Electrolux canister I'd like to display, which is a Model LX, and its footprint is not exactly modest. So here are some photos, if you'd like to look at them. 
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Post# 135388 , Reply# 1 5/5/2011 at 12:16 (4,739 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO) |
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Post# 135389 , Reply# 2 5/5/2011 at 12:18 (4,739 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO) |
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Post# 135390 , Reply# 3 5/5/2011 at 12:20 (4,739 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO) |
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Post# 135391 , Reply# 4 5/5/2011 at 12:25 (4,739 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO) |
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Post# 135392 , Reply# 5 5/5/2011 at 12:45 (4,739 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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| Post# 135401 , Reply# 6 5/5/2011 at 14:11 (4,739 days old) by encorevacuums (New Port Richey, FL) | ||
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My God, what an expensive collection. Does your entire salary to toward your colletion!!?? LOL! | ||
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Post# 135428 , Reply# 7 5/5/2011 at 18:17 (4,739 days old) by Jayelux (Dallas, TX) |
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Drooling Wow! Really impressive. How do you organize and store the accessories, bags, hoses, etc? | ||
| Post# 135476 , Reply# 8 5/5/2011 at 23:03 (4,739 days old) by atrac (United States ) | ||
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Wow... ..that's vacuum cleaner porn if I've ever seen it! NICE!! | ||
| Post# 135479 , Reply# 9 5/5/2011 at 23:10 (4,739 days old) by kirbykid63 (Wilmington Delaware) | ||
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Very impressed You have many of my favorites. | ||
| Post# 135500 , Reply# 10 5/6/2011 at 06:00 (4,738 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Post# 135505 , Reply# 11 5/6/2011 at 07:18 (4,738 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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| Post# 135508 , Reply# 12 5/6/2011 at 09:15 (4,738 days old) by isufan11 (Minneapolis ) | ||
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Love the Eureka Widetrack! Both sets of my grandparents had one I remember as a kid my grandma would let me run it in the sun room, she would always say "its just too much for a little boy to handle someone could get hurt" Very Impressive collection I am very envious. | ||
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Post# 135511 , Reply# 13 5/6/2011 at 11:38 (4,738 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO) |
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Sebe vs Miele canisters | ||
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Post# 135512 , Reply# 14 5/6/2011 at 11:46 (4,738 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO) |
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My vacuum spending
Lately, I have been overspending on vacuums, but that's been a function of some awesome machines becoming available all within the last month. Having said that, all of the vacuums I've recently bought except the Lux Guardian upright have been used, just in such good condition they look brand new. Then I detail clean them meticulously, removing every scuff or white paint spot and smudge on the machine before I put it out. The Simplicity Freedom upright is a special version of the TOL F3700 called a Sand Machine, which is a promotional, not functional or structural, variation. It was rebuilt and sold to me at cost at the factory. So, those machines you see in my collection look like they cost a WHOLE LOT more than I paid for them. I've still spent too much money on vacuums lately, but I couldn't turn down some great deals, and the other Aerus thread was tormenting me into wanting a Guardian so badly I just didn't wanna deal with thinking about it anymore.
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Post# 135513 , Reply# 15 5/6/2011 at 11:48 (4,738 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO) |
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The Eureka uprights
I've gotten the most responses of the entire collection to the 1980s Eureka ESP uprights, which I've started displaying since I bought HEPA bags for them at Simplicity. I haven't been using or displaying them because I haven't trusted their filtration to be up to my standards, but that changed now that Tacony started making their excellent Hi Flow HEPA bags for F and G Eurekas.
I need to point out that both of those machines that people have been raving about were gifts to me from John Pease, who personally performed the stunning restorations on both of them. So, thanks John! :) | ||
| Post# 135520 , Reply# 16 5/6/2011 at 13:47 (4,738 days old) by HenryDreyfuss (Ohio) | ||
No way! | ||
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Post# 135522 , Reply# 17 5/6/2011 at 13:54 (4,738 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO) |
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Yup | ||
| Post# 135545 , Reply# 18 5/6/2011 at 18:53 (4,738 days old) by twocvbloke () | ||
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I see a Golden Trophy Tradition, I think that's 4 or 5 I know of now, including my own... :D | ||
| Post# 135562 , Reply# 19 5/6/2011 at 20:05 (4,738 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH) | ||
F & G Hepa Bags Hi,
At one time I found a box of Riccar Electrolux Tank Bags that were hepa. Could you give us an internet source for the f & g bags or a phone number of a vac shop that would ship them to us.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am in the process of restoring a Eureka 250 and would like the hepa bags for it.
Thanks for your help,
Bud Mattingly PR-21 | ||
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Post# 135606 , Reply# 20 5/7/2011 at 07:37 (4,737 days old) by sleepdoc (St. Louis, MO) |
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F and G bags
I did a couple Google searches and can't find anything on the Hi Flow HEPA bags. I bought mine from Tom at the vacuum museum factory store in St. James, MO. I can take a pic of the box later if that would be helpful, but the easiest thing to do is call them. The number is 573-265-0680. Tom and Connie usually are there and one of those two will answer, and they might send them to you or tell you where to buy them.
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