Thread Number: 14065
My Childhood GE Vacuum Cleaner.... |
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Post# 148814 , Reply# 1   8/25/2011 at 23:34 (4,599 days old) by massagemiracle ()   |   | |
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A second Picture of the vacuum. |
Post# 148816 , Reply# 2   8/25/2011 at 23:39 (4,599 days old) by massagemiracle ()   |   | |
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I would love to get my hands on it to completely refurbish it. Just to take my time to bring it back to life. CLICK HERE TO GO TO massagemiracle's LINK on Chicago Craigslist |
Post# 148822 , Reply# 3   8/25/2011 at 23:58 (4,599 days old) by henry200 (Saint Paul MN)   |   | |
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I hope you get it! If the seller isn't willing to take it to a pack-and-send place maybe a Chicago area member here could help you. Finding something with such a strong memory/attachment from our childhood means the world to people like us! |
Post# 148869 , Reply# 5   8/26/2011 at 08:30 (4,598 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Certainly looks like a General Electric Air-Flo AVT-somethingorother. I have a few GE cylinder models and the one you're after has the later smooth chrome end caps.
Ah, the thrill of the chase. I see the posting has been deleted so... Good Luck and have a pleasant weekend drive, Ben. Dave GE AVT-70 set |
Post# 148871 , Reply# 6   8/26/2011 at 08:36 (4,598 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 148875 , Reply# 7   8/26/2011 at 08:47 (4,598 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 148880 , Reply# 8   8/26/2011 at 09:27 (4,598 days old) by henry200 (Saint Paul MN)   |   | |
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I have had this tool for the longest time and never knew what kind of vacuum it came with until seeing these pics! |
Post# 148888 , Reply# 9   8/26/2011 at 10:29 (4,598 days old) by massagemiracle ()   |   | |
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Yes the one in the posting is like the one we had, the pictures that are posted are a more expensive model of the ge we had. I had one of these at my other home in Bainbridge but don't have it now. |
Post# 148891 , Reply# 10   8/26/2011 at 11:08 (4,598 days old) by goadie12 ()   |   | |
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Oh very nice I have the same GE but I dont have any of the attachments or hose very nice. Zach |
Post# 149075 , Reply# 11   8/27/2011 at 06:47 (4,597 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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My beloved childhood canister was also a GE Airflo AVT! I used to play with the hose and the tools all the time!!!!
Ours was identical to the milk-chocolate one that Stratford Dave is showing, except our hose and tools were very different. Ours must have been a later edition. Our attachments were all in a matching chocolate brown colour, and the hose was a darker brown with a different stripe. Our upholstery nozzle and carpet nozzle were brown plastic and not metal. Interesting story from the early 1960's: Dad used to take me and my brother to his advertising office on Sundays if he needed to go into work for a few hours. One Sunday when I was about 4 or 5 years old, he asked us to help him bring the GE vac to the office so he could do some cleaning. I was proudly holding a box of the tools as we made our way up the elevator, but when a stranger got onto the elevator, I remember feeling so embarassed about loving my tools that I immediately dropped them to the floor!!! An hour or two later, while Dad was vacuuming his office, I noticed he was using the bare floor brush on the carpet under his desk.....I was mortified! :-) |