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Thread Number: 21828
Lewyt Canister with a Powerhead... |
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| Post# 244245 8/7/2013 at 12:11 (3,908 days old) by funvacfan (Canada) | ||
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| Post# 244246 , Reply# 1 8/7/2013 at 12:12 (3,908 days old) by funvacfan (Canada) | ||
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A picture | ||
| Post# 244247 , Reply# 2 8/7/2013 at 12:13 (3,908 days old) by funvacfan (Canada) | ||
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The bag | ||
| Post# 244248 , Reply# 3 8/7/2013 at 12:15 (3,908 days old) by funvacfan (Canada) | ||
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The underside | ||
| Post# 244249 , Reply# 4 8/7/2013 at 12:17 (3,908 days old) by funvacfan (Canada) | ||
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Last one | ||
| Post# 244252 , Reply# 5 8/7/2013 at 12:28 (3,908 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
We didn't have this model in the USA. It's a Shetland Lewyt "Lifelong" with a Douglas Power Nozzle. Douglas is a division of Scott and Fetzer (Kirby) and that was a 'fit all' power nozzle available for about $25 through vac parts wholesalers. Nice cleaner. Very rare to include the Power Head. I did a story on the Lifelong in the next issue of the VDTA (Vacuum Dealer Trade Association) newsletter.
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| Post# 244345 , Reply# 6 8/7/2013 at 19:04 (3,908 days old) by funvacfan (Canada) | ||
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Well | ||
| Post# 244416 , Reply# 7 8/8/2013 at 08:33 (3,908 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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You could take it apart with a coin, and all the parts were available to the ultimate consumer, direct from Shetland Lewyt (a Division of Smith Corona Manufacturing - SCM - who also made typewriters). The consumer was encouraged to fix it themselves. The whole thing broke down into six pieces. But the plastic was thin and creaky and broke after a number of years (less than ten). Most were thrown away and they were considered 'cheap' at the time (I was alive when those were new models).
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| Post# 244421 , Reply# 8 8/8/2013 at 09:27 (3,907 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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Lewyt Looks great and as Tom said not seen in US.While this is the modular Lifelong body style does it have the slide off side strips to take apart?Hard to tell from pics.The missing part was probably a blank cover for non cordwinder versions or a push button for deluxe with CW. | ||
| Post# 244535 , Reply# 9 8/8/2013 at 16:56 (3,907 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
Hey Guy:
I have the same machine. In Canada they were sold by Consumers Distributing, Canadian Tire and Macleods (among others). If its the same one that I have it will be a Type VC3 Model 02. Sold between 1981 and 1983. Consumers price for them was $199.95. Doug PS the missing piece on the back that you noted is just a black cover. Some models also had a cord reel, in which case that hole had a step on switch to reel the cord back in. In those without the cord reel they just put a blank cover over it. | ||
| Post# 244563 , Reply# 10 8/8/2013 at 20:39 (3,907 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Just one small correction to the explanation of SCM Lewyt: the initials stand for Smith Corona Marchant.
The SCM Corporation also bought the Procter-Silex company which made small kitchen appliances...:-) CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK | ||
| Post# 244588 , Reply# 11 8/8/2013 at 23:27 (3,907 days old) by chan55 (Green Bay, WI) | ||
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Life long I recall about the same time as this vac, Proctor Silex had life long as well. Coffee pots, irons, etc. My aunt and uncle had a coffee perk, it was glass, and could be taken apart to repair. They had it a long time. | ||
| Post# 244682 , Reply# 12 8/9/2013 at 10:23 (3,906 days old) by funvacfan (Canada) | ||
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Nice | ||
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