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Electrolux with bilingual labels? |
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| Post# 172771 3/10/2012 at 12:45 (4,422 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
I found this Electrolux several weeks ago at the thrift store. I've been restoring it. I'm guessing it's from the mid or late 80s? Anyhow, the machine and PN both have English and French labelling. However, inside the bag door states it was made in Georgia. I'm confused by the French labels as I hadn't noticed this before. It has a cloth hose and a PN 6A as well as the Sidekick.
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| Post# 172778 , Reply# 2 3/10/2012 at 14:04 (4,422 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
That would be either a Grand Marquis or a Legacy (They both looked the same - just different power nozzles) They were out in 1989 and 1990. This was when the so called "Free Trade" agreement came into being. Resulting in the Canadian Plant being closed so they could produce everything in the US. These were the first US made machines sold in Canada (Hence the English / French labelling) and they bombed big time. They were way too heavy compared to the previous Canadian machines. The Model 90 and Ambassador (based on the Canadian design) were the step down machines at the time (With very poor motors) and we sold them at a ratio of about 5 to 1 to the so called "delux machines". This was a total reversal as, before these came out, the delux machines like the System 90, sold at about a 10 to 1 ratio to the step down versions. That resulted in a scramble to reintroduce the Canadian styled Diplomat in their place in late 1990
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