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Thread Number: 1891
Found an Airway!!! finally |
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| Post# 20186 , Reply# 1 9/9/2007 at 19:17 (6,066 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
Way to go, Pete! I think Air-ways are simply wonderful designs and objects...and as my earlier post #1882 points out, they are Top of the Suction Heap. What I see in your picture - you have the two curved wands...with the hose-less ends stuck in 'em. All you're missing is a length of hose stock. Hit your favorite Vac Repair shop and select a suitable color and affix those nozzles yourself. (if by luck you manage to find stock in turquoise I surely want to know so I can get me some, too) I spy with my little eye a nice looking cranberry red Electrolux floor tool... Now tell us where these lovely items were found? | ||
| Post# 20191 , Reply# 3 9/9/2007 at 21:31 (6,066 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Ah yes, Pete. We have a huge ReStore outlet here in Stratford where I've found a few finds but there's no more room for large keyboard organs here anymore. In fact I sold off a Hammond C (a B with closed sides carved with trefoil arches) with two Leslie cabinets from a church up the street to help fund the pipe organ project many years back. The ReStore folks know to hold good vacs in back, since I'm in at least once a week. That's where I got this $4.00 forlorn blue & pink 716 stuffed with mouse nests & barn flotsem and jetsom. Cleaned up not half bad. 
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| Post# 20192 , Reply# 4 9/9/2007 at 21:40 (6,066 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Also from the Restore...how could I resist this stylishly cute & surprisingly powerful Hoover Tempo 450 ? Made in the early 1990s, I think. Uses the half size type R bag. One of the daily/weekly drivers upstairs, its light weight is ideal for scrubbing up Dexter's long black fur from the duvet cover.
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| Post# 20194 , Reply# 5 9/9/2007 at 21:51 (6,066 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Just one more...
Alongside the Tempo was this charming industrial vacuum that also has a shoulder strap. Remove the cloth bag and its a wet vac, too. But it was the chrome hubcaps on those rubber tires that clinched it. It follows you around like a pull toy. Monday is my day off and since its clearly not going to be good sunny boating weather I'm gonna head off to London to do the thrifty rounds and also see if my vac guy there can rustle up derelict 1950/60 G.E hose ends to copperplate for the Roll-Easy. I'll keep spreading the word about the GE hose and something is bound to turn up. 
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Post# 20196 , Reply# 6 9/9/2007 at 23:28 (6,066 days old) by air-waycharlie  (USA) |
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WOW!!
Pete, I thought you already had an Air-Way in your collection. Welcome to the world of dust free cleaning with the Air-Way that has been providing, "Sanitation To The Nation Since 1920." If I can help you with bags or filters, please let me know. I'm so glad you know have an Air-Way in your collection. Let us know how it performs for you! | ||
| Post# 20224 , Reply# 8 9/10/2007 at 19:59 (6,065 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Thanks Charlie, I've got a few bags but I don't have the hose and I'm wondering what it looks like, plus the hose ends..not sure if those wands shown in my pic above are for the Air-Way or not? Could you post a pic of the hose and the hose ends so I'll know what I'm looking for. | ||
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Post# 20228 , Reply# 9 9/10/2007 at 22:41 (6,065 days old) by air-waycharlie (USA) |
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Pete, The hose ends look correct but you will need a new hose to fit the vacuum. I'm sure you know that the correct matching hose no longer exists. Air-Way only has black, plastic hoses. I'm leaving tomorrow for Chicago to pick up Ida and then we are flying via broomsticks to Omaha. While I'm gone, the electrified fence is on and the crocks are in the moat. Security at it's best! The Rotweilers add a nice touch too. When I get back, I can assist you more with your new Air-Way. | ||
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