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Thread Number: 17275
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| Post# 185665 6/15/2012 at 17:00 (4,331 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
Benny (Vintagerepairer) mentioned in another thread about Morphy Richards cleaners so I thought we might take a trip down memory lane. Starting off with the 1950s Upright. This has been restored so its not quite the original colour although its VERY close. The handle was originally chrome but it was badly rusted so it was just painted silver
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| Post# 185667 , Reply# 1 6/15/2012 at 17:02 (4,331 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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I had forgotten that the handle was curved. To this very day I have never seen one for real. | ||
| Post# 185668 , Reply# 2 6/15/2012 at 17:04 (4,331 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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And another version of the same | ||
| Post# 185669 , Reply# 3 6/15/2012 at 17:06 (4,331 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh) | ||
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| Post# 185670 , Reply# 4 6/15/2012 at 17:07 (4,331 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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More minty green freshness | ||
| Post# 185671 , Reply# 5 6/15/2012 at 17:13 (4,331 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Moving forward to 1963 | ||
| Post# 185672 , Reply# 6 6/15/2012 at 17:21 (4,331 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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The other one
is very clearly based on the GE Swivel top. To my knowledge there were a couple of iterations of this model, the tools above show the earlier type of GE Flipover nozzle. There was a later version with a rather longer cleaner/hose connection (and more contoured to the body of the cleaner) and the larger, later style of GE nozzle. In my 10 years of serious collecting neither of these two cleaners turned out although ChesterMike's mother had a swivel top type when he was growing up. Both the uprights are mine.
By the way I have the whole MR brochure scanned with the intention of making an off topic thread of it but is 20 odd pages so have not had time to do upload it yet Al 
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| Post# 185673 , Reply# 7 6/15/2012 at 17:23 (4,331 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Art Deco | ||
| Post# 185682 , Reply# 9 6/15/2012 at 17:48 (4,331 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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GEC
Benny
It is possible that it could have GEC, but at the timeframe I am looking at I don't think they were part of the same group. Its all a bit confusing but I believe that Hotpoint and GEC were both part of AEI in 1963. At that point there is something of a consolidation of appliances mostly under the Hotpoint name. For example going back to the 1930s both companies produced (different) upright cleaners and GEC also produced cannister cleaners in the 1950s and early 1960s. The last GEC upright is very similar to a Hoover 119/1224 although another cleaner which switched on and off when the handle is raised and lowered. Both uprights seem to have been replaced by the Hotpoint L&E and I suspect that the mid 1960s Hotpoint Masterclean (cannister - in torquoise with a full length handle) might actually have started out on the drawing board as a replacement GEC model. As the 1960s went on the GEC name seems to have disappeared on the like of cookers and fridges in deference to Hotpoint. Were it gets REALLY confusing is that there was a laundry brochure produced in the very early 1970s which is called GEC Home Laundry although none of the machines are branded GEC but Hotpoint, English Electric (and EE laundry disappeared not long after) and the MR spin dryer Here is a picture of the last GEC upright 
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Post# 185784 , Reply# 11 6/16/2012 at 04:09 (4,331 days old) by chestermikeuk  (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Morphy Richards
Lovely vacs there Al, and having used it its a great vintage vac to use!!, thanks for showng the pics of the VCA cannister vac (tank) again in the same years of collecting I have never come across another one....it was our family vac from mid 60`s until it was replaced with the Electrolux Z94 early 70`s.
It had pip click fitting, a small red pip that clocked into place, just remember the slider for suction control, the hose was grey plastic and was wide and heavy...the flip over floor tool was grey metal and dropped on your foot you knew about it.. It looks very similar to the "Singer" range of vacs that are on Dougs site (cant find the link), I vividly remember we never used paper bags just the large open cloth big bag and when you took that out you had a felt cover like the conny and then the motor inlet cover was a metal plate with lots of large holes in it... The noise level was very quiet but it had a shrill metal fan sound!! 
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Post# 185785 , Reply# 12 6/16/2012 at 04:10 (4,331 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Similar to Singer? | ||
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Post# 185786 , Reply# 13 6/16/2012 at 04:11 (4,331 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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And | ||
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Post# 185792 , Reply# 14 6/16/2012 at 04:21 (4,331 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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First Model | ||
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Post# 185793 , Reply# 15 6/16/2012 at 04:23 (4,331 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Morphy Richards | ||
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Post# 185794 , Reply# 16 6/16/2012 at 04:24 (4,331 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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Morphy Richards | ||
| Post# 185795 , Reply# 17 6/16/2012 at 04:29 (4,331 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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i also found this picture on the net
Mike
I dont like to contradict you (AS IF!!!! LOLOLOL) but I think you are barking up the wrong tree with the Singer - those tools say Eureka to me (and they also sold a version of the vibra beat too), and the MR is most definatly GE Swivel top. But this one here (which looks late 1950s) has a different rug nozzle. In my posting above it looks like the GE flip over (although curiously not the long Z shaped wands of GE) and I have a very clear recollection of another version with the rectangular GE rug nozzle 
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| Post# 185796 , Reply# 18 6/16/2012 at 04:32 (4,331 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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OK, my turn for correction | ||
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Post# 185798 , Reply# 19 6/16/2012 at 04:58 (4,331 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.) |
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MR | ||
| Post# 185805 , Reply# 20 6/16/2012 at 05:45 (4,330 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Confusion | ||
| Post# 185858 , Reply# 21 6/16/2012 at 16:43 (4,330 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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I don't know!!!! Who that swivel top is a copy of...but I do know I WANT ONE!!!!!! | ||
| Post# 185926 , Reply# 22 6/17/2012 at 06:52 (4,329 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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| Post# 185948 , Reply# 23 6/17/2012 at 09:54 (4,329 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
It looks like Morphy Richards actually copied the design of the 1950's Eureka Roto-Matic canister (a red and silver one is shown above). This design was used by Eureka to manufacture the contemporaneous Singer version as well. The Australian Pye Rotovac must be a result of that company purchasing an Australian copyright for the design from Eureka in North America. This corporate transaction must have also been used by Parnall to make a British version of Eureka's famous Mobile Aire canister vac (pictured above).....
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| Post# 185957 , Reply# 24 6/17/2012 at 11:57 (4,329 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Apex | ||
| Post# 185958 , Reply# 25 6/17/2012 at 12:01 (4,329 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Post War | ||
| Post# 185959 , Reply# 26 6/17/2012 at 12:06 (4,329 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Brian | ||
| Post# 185973 , Reply# 27 6/17/2012 at 12:25 (4,329 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 185975 , Reply# 28 6/17/2012 at 12:33 (4,329 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Alistair,
You may be quite right about this. As a matter of fact, I am inclined to believe that Eureka copied the swivel-top canister concept from General Electric. My beloved Eureka company had a tendency to "copy and improve" vac concepts and features over the years. I wonder if anyone can confirm that the first GE Swivel Top came to market before the first Eureka Roti-Matic. | ||
| Post# 185989 , Reply# 29 6/17/2012 at 13:52 (4,329 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 185996 , Reply# 30 6/17/2012 at 14:12 (4,329 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Bylock Tank! Those attachments pictured are almost EXACT copies of Apex!! | ||
| Post# 186001 , Reply# 31 6/17/2012 at 14:52 (4,329 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 186004 , Reply# 32 6/17/2012 at 15:39 (4,329 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Bylock | ||
| Post# 186020 , Reply# 33 6/17/2012 at 19:37 (4,329 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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Hey Hans - the only difference between the Apex and Bylock (or President in Canada)attachments was that the Apex machines parts were 1 1/4" and the Bylock parts were 29mm (1 1/8"). The President machines, which were made for State Vacuum Stores in the US and Canada were made by Apex for the US Stores with the larger parts and by Bylock for the Canadian stores with the smaller parts.
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