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| Post# 171788 , Reply# 1 3/3/2012 at 21:23 (4,430 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Hey there Ryan!
Just wanted to welcome you to the wonderful world of Vacuumland! Lots of nice people on here, sharing our love of the greatest home appliance we know - the vacuum cleaner. As you can see, we come from all over the world - from Canada to Australia, from Finland to the UK, from South Africa to the USA.... :-) Eurekaprince Brian | ||
| Post# 171800 , Reply# 3 3/3/2012 at 22:36 (4,430 days old) by massagemiracle () | ||
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Hey Ryan! Welcome! I don't have a pink one but I do have these! I love the new model the best! 
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| Post# 171801 , Reply# 4 3/3/2012 at 22:37 (4,430 days old) by massagemiracle () | ||
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843 
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| Post# 171802 , Reply# 5 3/3/2012 at 22:37 (4,430 days old) by massagemiracle () | ||
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86 
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| Post# 171803 , Reply# 6 3/3/2012 at 22:40 (4,430 days old) by massagemiracle () | ||
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The new model! 
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| Post# 171826 , Reply# 8 3/4/2012 at 04:18 (4,430 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
no, ryan you are far from a late bloomer. this time last year i didn't think much of vacuums at all but a run of the mill appliance. a year later, i have 6 kirby's and 3 hoovers, nothing newer than 1985. i'm 27 and have only been into it a year. since the start i got into restoring and repairing my own vacs to as new condition best i can. thankfully old kirby's and hoovers are easy to repair, though having servicing manuals do come in handy if you don't know a collector who repairs his own machines to learn from. cosmetic restoration is a story for another thread. i also have a connie 86 from 1958. runs like a dream.
i would check craigslist, estate sales, as well as thrift stores and ebay for connies. i got my connie free from my friend Sean and he found it at a thrift store for $5 with everything. don't fret, and don't overpay. except for my kirby classic omega, i've never paid more than 45$ for any machine i have. average is 25 or less excluding shipping. like your affinity with connies, i like vintage kirby's and hoovers. hoovers grew on me from this site and the old convertibles and other 50's - 70's era hoovers are great, i have 2 convertibles. however, the heritage II kirby is what got me into kirby's from my friend who had one. i liked how it looked and thats when it all went downhill after i found one of my own at a thrift store for 20 bucks. you'll find different brands you didn't know much about before visiting here you'll start to like from seeing other's collections here, and take on a few (or like many of us here, more than you have room for) of your own. for the brands you already are familiar with, there are many experts here including myself who know about thier specific brands well and will share thier great knowledge in fixing them up, histories of brands, and how to find parts or what is "oddball" or rare about a brand and certain models. you'll have a great time here, and just wait till you go to your first mini-meet! i'm going to my second in a few weeks. they're a blast. Will Hemb | ||
| Post# 171931 , Reply# 11 3/4/2012 at 21:38 (4,429 days old) by vacman27 () | ||
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hoover connies Hey Ryan, Keep checking Ebay under vintage Hoover vacuum cleaners. The pink one is very rare so it may take time until you find one. Try to settle on another color. There are two shades of blue on the #86 and #454. They are nice. Jeff | ||
| Post# 172019 , Reply# 13 3/5/2012 at 14:27 (4,428 days old) by vacuumfreak (Ontario, Canada) | ||
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My advice for an Electrolux XXX is to keep checking out ebay. That is how I ended up getting mine with everything original, even the hose, and it had even been restored when I got it! I didn't have to do a thing other that plug it in. Heres a link to the video of mine. Daniel :-) CLICK HERE TO GO TO vacuumfreak's LINK | ||
| Post# 172021 , Reply# 14 3/5/2012 at 14:39 (4,428 days old) by hippiedaze (Missouri ) | ||
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What did you end up paying for your electrolux XXX with shipping everything ? I know that they obviously have different currency in Canada, but it sound really awesome and that's really cool that you got all the original attachments !!!!! major +++ | ||
| Post# 172060 , Reply# 16 3/5/2012 at 17:35 (4,428 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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mo XXX Above video should have original Elux salesmans song.A portion was "you step on the button and move your arm,away-away the dirt will go". | ||
| Post# 172231 , Reply# 19 3/6/2012 at 21:11 (4,427 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California) | ||
Roll Easy on Ebay | ||
| Post# 172284 , Reply# 20 3/7/2012 at 09:43 (4,426 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
That pink one | ||
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