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| Post# 200989 9/17/2012 at 13:30 (4,230 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 200990 , Reply# 1 9/17/2012 at 13:32 (4,230 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 200991 , Reply# 2 9/17/2012 at 13:36 (4,230 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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Yes I finally got the last of the dream vacs and a fewothers I wasnt banking on.
First Second Third AND Fourth Series Majors. First was like the second pictured here but in a darker shade of brown (not in picture but still awaiting its restoration. Second with silver tool slider port. Third which incidentally was the vac in our house when I was born until 1988 with its brown tool port slider. Fourth with new shape hood and uniform colour. Now just to find the last Sky Blue version....... 
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| Post# 200992 , Reply# 3 9/17/2012 at 13:38 (4,230 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 200993 , Reply# 4 9/17/2012 at 13:48 (4,230 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK) | ||
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The local RSPCA shop... Has a Moulinex Master as their shop vac. Thinking of enquiring if they want to sell...... | ||
| Post# 200996 , Reply# 5 9/17/2012 at 14:10 (4,230 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 200997 , Reply# 6 9/17/2012 at 14:19 (4,230 days old) by jakesvacs () | ||
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I love the second picture! Something about box type Vacuum Cleaners with me. | ||
| Post# 201000 , Reply# 7 9/17/2012 at 15:55 (4,230 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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Turbomaster, I wonder if you would mind going into a little more detail about this first Major cleaner, the one you say is darker in brown. I cannot place this one. | ||
| Post# 201003 , Reply# 8 9/17/2012 at 16:21 (4,230 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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Benny,
Taken from the 1979 AW Kays catalogue this is the darker brown version. The lighter brown version in the 1980/1 catalogues is the shade you see in my picture of the 2nd version. The one I have in the garage awaiting restoration is indeed this 1979 colour.... instead of being a milky coffee kind of colour like the later ones its more a coffee with a splash of milk lol. 
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| Post# 201004 , Reply# 9 9/17/2012 at 16:27 (4,230 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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Thank you for taking the time to explain. I must say they all look the same colour to me! The differences must have been subtle. | ||
| Post# 201006 , Reply# 10 9/17/2012 at 16:33 (4,230 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 201007 , Reply# 11 9/17/2012 at 16:35 (4,230 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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The fan housing was a major (excuse the pun please gentlemen) flaw in the Moulinex range. The hose was great, as you say Gary, it was so wide you could pick up a good deal of debris. | ||
| Post# 201010 , Reply# 13 9/17/2012 at 16:41 (4,230 days old) by turbopowerpaul (UK) | ||
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Hi Seamus. Anything that you could re-equip your local RSPCA shop with, plus a suitable dontaion to a good cause? Dont ask - you dont get :-) Paul | ||
| Post# 201098 , Reply# 15 9/18/2012 at 08:24 (4,229 days old) by sensotronic (Englandshire) | ||
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I've always liked the look of the Moulinex Major and thought about getting one in the 80's, even though I was strictly a Hoover only kind of guy. Is there any chance of a photo of the underside? I have never seen the brushroll. | ||
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