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Post# 247224 8/22/2013 at 19:58 (3,898 days old) by bagintheback  (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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 If you were in the market for a brand new vacuum cleaner in the year you were born, which vacuum would you have bought? I was born in 1997, not a particularly great period for vacuums, but I think I would have bought a Kirby G4. In the likely situation I didn't have the finances to make such an expense purchase, a Panasonic or Sharp would probably be my next choice. | ||
| Post# 247227 , Reply# 1 8/22/2013 at 20:05 (3,898 days old) by sonnyndad () | ||
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I would have bought a glistening, brand new Kirby G5. The Deep Purple against the freshly polished aluminum can't be beat. Nothin' like a Pretty Shiny Kirby! 
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| Post# 247228 , Reply# 2 8/22/2013 at 20:09 (3,898 days old) by kirbykid (Horseheads,New York 14845) | ||
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I prefer my g4 to the g5. But i was born in 1999 so it would probably be hard to get a new g4 | ||
| Post# 247229 , Reply# 3 8/22/2013 at 20:15 (3,898 days old) by sonnyndad () | ||
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I guess I should keep my opinion on the G4 to myself... | ||
| Post# 247233 , Reply# 4 8/22/2013 at 20:35 (3,898 days old) by ncovert (Grove City, PA) | ||
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Nathaniel, you were born in April 1997, the G4 was discontinued in February 1997, so the current new model would have been the G5. I was born in 2000, so the model of my birth year would have been the Gsix, which is what I would have gotten if I could do that purchase... | ||
| Post# 247242 , Reply# 5 8/22/2013 at 21:00 (3,898 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
Easy | ||
| Post# 247246 , Reply# 6 8/22/2013 at 21:16 (3,898 days old) by s31463221 (Frenchburg, KY) | ||
Birth year vacuum... | ||
| Post# 247250 , Reply# 7 8/22/2013 at 21:58 (3,898 days old) by kirbyrama (Pennsylvania) | ||
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1960 was the year I was born ---- so I would have purchased either a 519 or 560 model Kirby (complete set) with a credit card , of course. Those models were just so beautiful when they were new. | ||
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Post# 247255 , Reply# 8 8/22/2013 at 22:14 (3,898 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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I am obviously older than you guys are. But here are my choices for 1952. First and foremost the end of the run of the Electrolux Model XXX. To my way of thinking one of the most classic vacuums of all time. At the time probably one of the best machines on the market. They sure sold enough of them. Everyone in the neighborhood had one.
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Post# 247258 , Reply# 9 8/22/2013 at 22:21 (3,898 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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Back in 1952, if you wanted the best for both carpet cleaning and above-the-floor cleaning, you would have an upright and a canister/tank. I would have settled for the Lux XXX and the Hoover of the time - a 29. Designed by Henry Dreyfuss. Beautiful and functional. It had a cloth shake-out bag, but still . . .
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Post# 247260 , Reply# 10 8/22/2013 at 22:23 (3,898 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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I May Have Gone | ||
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Post# 247263 , Reply# 11 8/22/2013 at 22:40 (3,898 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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Here Are Some | ||
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Post# 247264 , Reply# 12 8/22/2013 at 22:42 (3,898 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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And The Hoover Tank | ||
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Post# 247265 , Reply# 13 8/22/2013 at 22:44 (3,898 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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And Last | ||
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Post# 247277 , Reply# 14 8/23/2013 at 03:34 (3,897 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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For me the Kirby 511. | ||
| Post# 247324 , Reply# 16 8/23/2013 at 10:47 (3,897 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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| Post# 247332 , Reply# 17 8/23/2013 at 11:32 (3,897 days old) by hoover78 (dallas tx) | ||
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1978 Either a brand new DEBUT of the Hoover Concept One.. or since id probably be on a budget a convertible.. | ||
| Post# 247341 , Reply# 19 8/23/2013 at 12:26 (3,897 days old) by ncovert (Grove City, PA) | ||
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Steve, the first Kirby exported to the UK was the Classic Omega in 1973, so there wouldn't have been the original Classic over there :) | ||
| Post# 247371 , Reply# 23 8/23/2013 at 14:33 (3,897 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 247373 , Reply# 24 8/23/2013 at 15:01 (3,897 days old) by tylerawells (-) | ||
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Being born in 1993 I would've gotten the current Kirby (the G3 I believe). If I couldn't afford that, then a nice Panasonic or whatever Hoover's best was at the time would suffice. | ||
| Post# 247374 , Reply# 25 8/23/2013 at 15:09 (3,897 days old) by ncovert (Grove City, PA) | ||
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Tyler, the Generation 3 would have been the current model at the time you were born. If you were born in July or later, the G4 would have been the current model. | ||
| Post# 247535 , Reply# 26 8/24/2013 at 19:34 (3,896 days old) by vacuumman206 () | ||
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1992 Hoover Innovation and Concept 2. Correct me if I'm wrong on the innovation being around in 92'. | ||
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Post# 247560 , Reply# 27 8/24/2013 at 23:26 (3,895 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Post# 247563 , Reply# 28 8/24/2013 at 23:54 (3,895 days old) by Electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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| Post# 247580 , Reply# 29 8/25/2013 at 05:51 (3,895 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Thats Easy.. 1965, A new Saniway Mark 4, or a Electrolux G. | ||
| Post# 247582 , Reply# 30 8/25/2013 at 07:07 (3,895 days old) by pinkge (Indianapolis,Indiana) | ||
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In... 1951,I would have choosen the Hoover 62 or the Hoover 29.And would have also had the Aero-dyne 42 as a canister. | ||
| Post# 247622 , Reply# 31 8/25/2013 at 14:02 (3,895 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere) | ||
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In January 1982, I'd buy: Electrolux Olympia One 1401 or Silverado 1505 with PN4A Kirby Tradition Compact C9 or TriStar CXL 2-speed Eureka ESP or Dial-A-Nap Hoover Convertible U4119 or U4383 or Decade 800 U4393 | ||
| Post# 247676 , Reply# 32 8/25/2013 at 16:10 (3,895 days old) by 1926700 () | ||
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lets say it was 1973, I would have bought this!!!!! 
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| Post# 247678 , Reply# 33 8/25/2013 at 16:14 (3,895 days old) by 1926700 () | ||
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But i was Born in 1988 So i would have bought used...lol......i know, that's against the rules of this game, but that's how i feel....i don't fancy Concepts or Elites very much....i may have leaned toward a new Eureka Rotomatic powerteam, but not much else.... | ||
| Post# 247711 , Reply# 34 8/25/2013 at 19:20 (3,895 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 247712 , Reply# 35 8/25/2013 at 19:26 (3,895 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 247764 , Reply# 36 8/26/2013 at 05:49 (3,894 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Thats.. My Eureka...believe it or not a 15.00 thrift store find! | ||
| Post# 247768 , Reply# 37 8/26/2013 at 06:28 (3,894 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
I would of bought one of these in my birth year, 1994... | ||
| Post# 247774 , Reply# 38 8/26/2013 at 07:20 (3,894 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 247877 , Reply# 39 8/27/2013 at 00:30 (3,893 days old) by NYCWriter (New York City) | ||
WOW Fred! | ||
| Post# 248024 , Reply# 41 8/28/2013 at 06:41 (3,892 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Re 29 price... The difference is, the 29 would last you the rest of your life, anything you get now might last 5 or 10 years!!LOL | ||
| Post# 248520 , Reply# 42 8/31/2013 at 17:17 (3,889 days old) by mjm0424 (Chicago suburbs) | ||
Born in 1961- Probably a Hoover#68,for downstairs,with the matching blue polisher from Polk Bros,or Goldblatts,they always had good sales on these.A Kenmore box canister,for the stairs, above the floor cleaning,& the car-A 1961 Ford Sunliner convertible,& a Kenmore upright for a spare.As I would have had a Sears charge,& couldn't have resisted one of their cool looking uprights.
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| Post# 248692 , Reply# 43 9/1/2013 at 22:20 (3,888 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
I Was Born In 1956 | ||
| Post# 248693 , Reply# 44 9/1/2013 at 22:22 (3,888 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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| Post# 248694 , Reply# 45 9/1/2013 at 22:24 (3,888 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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| Post# 248696 , Reply# 46 9/1/2013 at 22:25 (3,888 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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| Post# 248699 , Reply# 47 9/1/2013 at 22:34 (3,888 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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Here's my Electrolux Automatic E. My paternal Grandparents had one of these, but theirs didn't have the cordwinder. They also added a Filtex several years later. When I was in Jr. High, I used to go to their house with my Aunt, and she would do their laundry (in their Easy washer) and I would vacuum, usually with the Lux. I didn't care much for the Filtex.
Jeff 
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| Post# 248702 , Reply# 48 9/1/2013 at 22:41 (3,888 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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| Post# 248703 , Reply# 49 9/1/2013 at 22:48 (3,888 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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Post# 263318 , Reply# 50 1/14/2014 at 14:30 (3,753 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 263323 , Reply# 51 1/14/2014 at 15:50 (3,753 days old) by ornery (Northeast Ohio) | ||
Still Wouldn't Buy New
It would have been my first purchase, and there's no reason to think I'd buy new then, when I don't now. Let somebody else take the depreciation hit! So, I probably would have purchased a canister, since I wouldn't have a wife insisting on an upright. I guess a one or two year old Electrolux Automatic E...
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| Post# 263325 , Reply# 52 1/14/2014 at 16:10 (3,753 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH) | ||
I would have ..... | ||
| Post# 263335 , Reply# 53 1/14/2014 at 16:53 (3,753 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado) | ||
Probably a Rainbow D4. Mostly because at that time it would have been one of the few vacuums that filtered extremely well since none of the other high end brands had HEPA filters yet and based on personal experience Rainbows have proven to me that if used properly they won't blow a spec of dust out. The key word is PROPERLY used. The filthy nasty rusty ones vac shops see all the time aren't used or maintained right at all.
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| Post# 263339 , Reply# 54 1/14/2014 at 16:59 (3,753 days old) by anthony (leeds uk) | ||
it would have been this
same one my parents bought although i was born in 56 i think this machine is a little bit older than me suppose my mum decided she had to have a Hoover before me i love the way this machine takes a second or two to get up to speed and that drone when its running and of course it just gobbles up anything in its path . My grandson had exactly the same reaction as me when he first saw it i will never forget that look of absolute terror
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| Post# 263343 , Reply# 55 1/14/2014 at 17:24 (3,753 days old) by chan55 (Green Bay, WI) | ||
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Vacs I was born in 55,so I think the GE roll around was there, that would have been the one.I liked the Hoover Citation, but I think I was born premature for that one! | ||
| Post# 263347 , Reply# 56 1/14/2014 at 18:03 (3,753 days old) by classicguywi () | ||
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1987.... hummm what ones Hummm so many to chose from, I would have it narrowed down to three models. 1. Kirby Heritage II/ Legend 2. Electrolux Marquise 3. Prolux/ Plus The funny part is that I currently own the Heritage II and the Prolux.... | ||
| Post# 263349 , Reply# 57 1/14/2014 at 18:11 (3,753 days old) by vacman1961 (North Babylon, New York) | ||
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This is a tough one, being born in 1961 it would either have been an Electrolux Model G with a PN1 power nozzle or a Whirlpool Imperial Mark canister with a power nozzle, both came in my favorite turquoise color. | ||
| Post# 263357 , Reply# 58 1/14/2014 at 19:46 (3,753 days old) by VacuumSalesman (Berlin Heights) | ||
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A Kirby I was born in the year 2000 so the latest Kirby was a G6. I actually don't like the G6 as much as the G4. My grandma had a G4 and I loved it and I wish that I would be able to pick the G4 but since I was born in 2000 I would have to pick the G6. | ||
| Post# 263422 , Reply# 59 1/15/2014 at 10:38 (3,752 days old) by kirbytradition7 (Denver (Aurora), CO, USA) | ||
I was born in April 1975... | ||
| Post# 263429 , Reply# 60 1/15/2014 at 11:57 (3,752 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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For me it would have to be a Dyson DC01/02/03/04 as that was what was around in 1999. 
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| Post# 263511 , Reply# 61 1/15/2014 at 19:18 (3,752 days old) by djtaylor (Salt Lake City, Utah) | ||
That's a tough question... | ||
| Post# 263547 , Reply# 62 1/16/2014 at 02:57 (3,751 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
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| Post# 263557 , Reply# 63 1/16/2014 at 07:21 (3,751 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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| Post# 263589 , Reply# 64 1/16/2014 at 14:15 (3,751 days old) by SeamusUK (Dover Kent UK) | ||
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When I came along in 1973... Hey Guys This would have been looking at the box....... 
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| Post# 263590 , Reply# 65 1/16/2014 at 14:19 (3,751 days old) by SeamusUK (Dover Kent UK) | ||
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And ... This is the sight that would have greeted me on opening- lucky me being able to experience it :). Link to one of the adverts below... Seamus CLICK HERE TO GO TO SeamusUK's LINK 
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| Post# 263592 , Reply# 66 1/16/2014 at 15:08 (3,751 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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1967 I would have bought what my parents had at the time, a Kirby Sanitronic DS50--likely on clearance since the DS80 was just being introduced. 
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| Post# 263593 , Reply# 67 1/16/2014 at 15:10 (3,751 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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1967 My other choice would have been what I currently own--a tan Electrolux Model G Deluxe: 
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| Post# 263600 , Reply# 68 1/16/2014 at 16:31 (3,751 days old) by parwaz786 ( ) | ||
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Dyson DC04-1998 | ||
| Post# 263836 , Reply# 69 1/18/2014 at 06:47 (3,749 days old) by AndyC (Lawton, MI) | ||
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| Post# 263840 , Reply# 70 1/18/2014 at 07:56 (3,749 days old) by Loganvac (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania) | ||
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| Post# 263874 , Reply# 71 1/18/2014 at 11:54 (3,749 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado) | ||
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| Post# 263876 , Reply# 72 1/18/2014 at 12:09 (3,749 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 344192 , Reply# 73 2/15/2016 at 18:32 (2,991 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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Actually, I think I would of bought this when I was born | ||
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Post# 344200 , Reply# 74 2/15/2016 at 20:05 (2,991 days old) by KirbyCollector (Columbus Ohio USA) |
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Post# 344212 , Reply# 75 2/15/2016 at 21:45 (2,991 days old) by KirbyCollector (Columbus Ohio USA) |
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| Post# 344249 , Reply# 76 2/16/2016 at 07:16 (2,990 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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Born in? Eurela Mobile Air In 1984, I was twenty four. You two kids make me feel old. You still have almost an entire life ahead of you. That 1959 Eureka was one of my parents wedding gifts. | ||
| Post# 344255 , Reply# 77 2/16/2016 at 08:44 (2,990 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 344261 , Reply# 78 2/16/2016 at 10:55 (2,990 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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So, in say 1968, I'd have bought a Eurka Empress I Vibra-Beat, then when the Rotomatic Power teams came out, as some shops took trade ins, A model 1279, or 1290, both of which I have today. Photos are on the I'm new here thread. | ||
| Post# 344280 , Reply# 79 2/16/2016 at 15:38 (2,990 days old) by reo580 (Holland, Michigan) | ||
I would have bought a fully loaded D2-A with all the accessories: 4 qt pan, extra long hose - etc- No, wait a minute- I'd still get ALL of the accessories but I'd make an additional aftermarket customization: I would rig up a brown 15' electric FQ hose to work with it. First I'd remove the FQ ends, then I'd use metal tubing and epoxy to make a clean, hidden joint where the machine end would connect than I'd insert a swivel, metal curved wand into the tool end. That way I wouldn't have to deal with the external wiring and I'd get a longer hose for my D2-A.
I was born in 1980, My hypothetical D2-A would have been one of the last with the rainbow colored insert in the power nozzle applique. Oh Hell, I'd get two or three. My absolute favorite Rainbow!
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| Post# 344286 , Reply# 80 2/16/2016 at 16:51 (2,990 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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Reo Huuuhhh, my aunt had that Rainbow. I recognize the Eureka power nozzle. Are Rianbows still made up in Cadillac? If not, then where? | ||
| Post# 344319 , Reply# 81 2/16/2016 at 21:41 (2,990 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB) | ||
i was born in 1990 | ||
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