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Post# 151336   9/12/2011 at 16:00 (4,608 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)        

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As luck would have it, I saw the lady as she was putting it out for the trash. It's an Electrolux L-E, serial number L72104F. Came with the hose & powernozzle, but no other attachments. There was a clog in the neck of the powernozzle, but both cleaner and powerhead run fine. Does anyone know about when this machine was manufactured and also, was it the economy model at the time? Thanks.

- Hershel


Post# 151345 , Reply# 1   9/12/2011 at 16:32 (4,608 days old) by sireluxomatic ()        
Congrats on a good find

Hmm...about 1985-7ish for the blue LE, and 1987-9ish for the brown...I think that's about right.

 

Not sure about the States, but in Canada, the blue LE was the economy model for the Hi-Tech 2100, and the brown for the System 90.


Post# 151352 , Reply# 2   9/12/2011 at 17:11 (4,608 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)        

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Thanks for the info. This one has a gray plastic body, and the top is more of dark pink. You mean Electrolux was using plastic bodies as early as 1985?

Post# 151358 , Reply# 3   9/12/2011 at 17:42 (4,608 days old) by sireluxomatic ()        

Actually, the very first plastic body Electrolux was the AP 100, which debuted in 1973, and the (body) style hasn't changed radically since then.

 

I'm guessing that your LE is like the one in this picture? I think they called that color "taupe", but I'm not sure.

 

*brain fart* Dark pink...it sounds more like the LE Special Edition.


Post# 151361 , Reply# 4   9/12/2011 at 18:14 (4,608 days old) by sireluxomatic ()        
Further to that brain fart

Is it like this, minus the dial and control panel?


Post# 151385 , Reply# 5   9/12/2011 at 23:05 (4,608 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)        

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Thank you Bob! It's actually the exact same machine you have in the first photo. I wasn't sure because I know alot of Canadian Luxes differ significantly from their American counterparts. Taupe would probably be the correct color name. Just looks more like a pink to me, or maybe a dusty rose. I guess like you said, it was the economy model to the model 2100.

- Hershel


Post# 151395 , Reply# 6   9/13/2011 at 06:33 (4,608 days old) by sireluxomatic ()        

I know what you mean about colors; "taupe" doesn't convey a lot of meaning to me, other than "light-ish brown" Smile

 

Would be great to see some pics of your LE; I actually sort of like the non-automatic plastic body models a little better than the automatic ones. There's slightly less to go wrong, and they're slightly easier to work on.



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