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| Post# 228140 , Reply# 3 4/12/2013 at 22:31 (3,814 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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They started out.. AVC-815, then C-1,C-2,C-3,C-4, I dont know about C-5 and C-6, but the C-7 was the first one with a cordwinder, Green and Chrome, they made DOZENS of variations in the 60s, | ||
| Post# 228144 , Reply# 5 4/12/2013 at 22:39 (3,814 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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1962 C-7, with a 1964 GE upright. 
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| Post# 228146 , Reply# 6 4/12/2013 at 22:42 (3,814 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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1963 Swivel top, first one with the more powerful 830 watt motor and the Twin Clean rug tool!, the one on the left is a lower priced model from near the same time. 
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| Post# 228147 , Reply# 7 4/12/2013 at 22:46 (3,814 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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1958 c-4 
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| Post# 228148 , Reply# 8 4/12/2013 at 22:48 (3,814 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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1957 c-4 
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| Post# 228150 , Reply# 9 4/12/2013 at 23:19 (3,814 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 228202 , Reply# 13 4/13/2013 at 09:51 (3,814 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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RARE== NOT REARE!!!LOL | ||
| Post# 228211 , Reply# 15 4/13/2013 at 11:22 (3,814 days old) by paulg (my sweet home Chicago) | ||
One of the worst electric shocks of my life
Came from a GE swivel top...
I was a young lad.. And I used to pick up vacuum cleaners on the way home from school. I never walked home on the sidewalk, always the alleys. Such fun. However, I picked up a GE swivel top - the one with the GE logo on the on/off pushbutton. Took it to the garage, plugged it in and pushed on the GE pushbutton. I got one of the worst jolts I ever received. Well, stupid me (ok... I WAS very young....) forgot that it had rained the day before. I opened the top of the unit and it was completely full of water. I was stupid and smart at the same time. I threw the vacuum away but I pulled off the "GE" pushbutton and glued it to a stick-pin. It was on my bulletin-board for years to remind me to always check a device before plugging it in. I still have that stick pin somewhere.. For that I pat myself on the back. Smart move I do say... | ||
| Post# 228212 , Reply# 16 4/13/2013 at 11:29 (3,814 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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| Post# 228213 , Reply# 17 4/13/2013 at 11:31 (3,814 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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| Post# 228214 , Reply# 18 4/13/2013 at 11:32 (3,814 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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| Post# 228216 , Reply# 19 4/13/2013 at 11:34 (3,814 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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| Post# 228252 , Reply# 21 4/13/2013 at 16:38 (3,814 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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The model C-65 is called a "Lowboy" since it is only a single fan motor. There's also no blower port. It was the 'entry' level model (cheapest) in the lineup. It was made in the mid 1960's. They continued to make the same model (with different model numbers denoting the color changes) until 1972 when GE could cheapen it no more and decided to exit the vacuum cleaner business.
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| Post# 228266 , Reply# 23 4/13/2013 at 17:27 (3,814 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Thanks tom That cannister and upright are exactly what im talking about!!! | ||
| Post# 228271 , Reply# 24 4/13/2013 at 18:01 (3,814 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California) | ||
Kenkart... | ||
| Post# 228289 , Reply# 25 4/13/2013 at 20:52 (3,814 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
Hi:
Just as a matter of interest CGE (Canadian General Electric) continued to produce vacuum cleaners till about 1984 when they sold their appliance division to Black and Decker. While very similar to the US models initially, the colours and model numbers were different. Around 1980 they switched from the style above to using the same design that had previously been used by Regina (Switson Industries). As an example this is the model VC2B which was sold in Canada from 1956 to 1959. 
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| Post# 228300 , Reply# 26 4/13/2013 at 23:07 (3,813 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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@Paul
The first lowboy model (single fan motor) was the blue one, followed by your C-65. Along the way, they continued to cheapen the machine to meet a certain price point, their competition was Sunbeam, who had a $29 canister with a single fan Lamb motor. Those cleaners (the lowboy models) were always "on sale". Heavily advertised as a "loss leader" for a store. You'll note the taller, heavier dual fan models had a lot more 'zip' to them. The single fan models were just loud and had fairly low airflow.
It's well to note that GE made the motor for the Air-Way models 55, 66, and 77 with virtually the same suction power as their dual fan Swivel Top cleaners. The 'start up' sound of the Air-Way and the GE dual fan Swivel tops, is virtually identical. | ||
| Post# 228985 , Reply# 28 4/18/2013 at 19:20 (3,809 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
The General Electric upright, | ||
| Post# 228988 , Reply# 29 4/18/2013 at 19:53 (3,809 days old) by luxman107 (USA ) | ||
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Great looking swivel tops. Would love to get my hands on a nice GE roll easy | ||
| Post# 377772 , Reply# 30 9/3/2017 at 09:51 (2,210 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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Just re reading this thread and have another bit of info to add. Premier was not a separate company. Premier and Hotpoint were subsidiaries of GE, having been bought out by GE in the 20s if memory serves. For many years the same vacuum cleaners were marketed under all 3 names, just in different colours. So technically it was not a buy out when the vacuums were all changed to the Premier name. They just switched vacuum cleaner manufacturing to that division of the company in the US.
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| Post# 466144 , Reply# 32 9/13/2023 at 14:23 by Paul (USA) | ||
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Promo Article 1963 Nov. 8 THE DISPATCH
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| Post# 466156 , Reply# 33 9/13/2023 at 17:50 by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
I am always interested in how companies expanded beyond the borders of their birthplace countries. General Electric is a great example, because the company set up both Canadian General Electric and Australian General Electric, both with modified versions of the famous cursive “GE in a circle” logo.
I wonder if British General Electric was connected to the American GE company. Same question for the German AEG company (do the initials stand for Algemeiner Electrische something or other?) On another corporate footnote: The modern Korean LG company seems to have been inspired by GE. Though the initials represent the amalgamation of two older Korean corporations (Lucky and Goldstar), their logo looks like a modern version of GE’s, and their advertising slogan at one point was almost a carbon copy of “GE - We bring good things to life”…can’t remember now the LG slogan but it was very very similar! | ||
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