Thread Number: 23752
Weird Westinghouse/Electro-Hygiene Vacuum
[Down to Last]

Vacuumland's exclusive eBay Watch:
scroll >>> for more items --- [As an eBay Partner, eBay may compensate vacuumland.org if you make a purchase using any link to eBay on this page]
Post# 266027   2/3/2014 at 21:26 (3,705 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)        

electrolux137's profile picture


Holy Crevice Tool Batman! LOOK at this thing!! Anyone have one or ever see one??!


CLICK HERE TO GO TO electrolux137's LINK on eBay




This post was last edited 02/04/2014 at 00:54
Post# 266033 , Reply# 1   2/3/2014 at 22:08 (3,705 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany)        

I have known of that model's existence -- but have never seen one in person.  There was one, not in that great of shape that's been listed again and again on eBay somewhat recently.  Also, Robert has the service manual on the Ephemera website. 


Post# 266037 , Reply# 2   2/3/2014 at 22:37 (3,705 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR)        

portable's profile picture

It was the companion model to the full-size upright, the one with the twin-fan motor (Singer-like).


Post# 266063 , Reply# 3   2/4/2014 at 08:06 (3,704 days old) by funvacfan (Canada)        
Here is one

funvacfan's profile picture
that another member is selling...

www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-...


Post# 266075 , Reply# 4   2/4/2014 at 09:36 (3,704 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)        
Westinghouse

This was about 1955 and matched the UR as above as well as polisher and first canister on swivel base. Was a good idea for small apt or car and dusting jobs as was the GE Tidy before it. Then it would be about 1970 before we saw the Hoover Swingette and 80s for the also good Eureka Mighty Mite.

Post# 266150 , Reply# 5   2/4/2014 at 16:17 (3,704 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)        

electrolux137's profile picture


Oh, it's a lot smaller than it looks in the advertisement I found. I was envisioning a full-size canister machine, which made it look even odder to me!


Post# 266187 , Reply# 6   2/4/2014 at 18:38 (3,704 days old) by kenkart ()        
I had one..

Years ago, its about the size of the Hoover Portapower .from the 60s, not very strong, ok for dusting or such.

Post# 266525 , Reply# 7   2/6/2014 at 22:33 (3,702 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        

hygiene903's profile picture
Apparently Electro-Hygiene was using the Westinghouse Porta-Vac as one of their "leader vacs" at the time this ad was printed. When I was selling Electro-Hygiene in the 70's, the leader vac was what got you in the house. An ad would be place in the local paper (usually in the classifieds) offering a machine at a rediculously low price. The prospective customer would schedule an appointment and you would go out and show them the leader vac, hoping they WOULDN'T like it. If they didn't, you would tell them "let me see what else I've got in the car," bring in the Electro-Hygiene, and start your demo.
If they did buy the leader vac (which unfortunately happened too often when I was selling), Plan B was to tell them (preferrably before you wrote up the sale) you'd like to show them what could upgrade to later when they were ready for something more powerful. You then brought in the Electro-Hygiene and started your demo and emphasized comparisons between it and the leader vac. The hopeful end result was that they would buy the Electro-Hygiene.
This may sound similar to bait & switch, but the main differences were that we DID have the advertised machines, they WERE for sale, and no claims were made in the ad that weren't true. By the time I was selling Electro-Hygiene the Porta-Vac was long gone. The leader vac we used was called Rex and was made specifically for use as a leader vac. It was a "tin can" tank, cheaply made, not very powerful, and had cheap plastic attachments. The upright leader vac was a Regina Brush-N-Beat.
Jeff



Forum Index:       Other Forums:                      



Comes to the Rescue!

Woops, Time to Check the Bag!!!
Either you need to change your vacuum bag or you forgot to LOG-IN?

Discuss-O-MAT Log-In



New Members
Click Here To Sign Up.



                     


automaticwasher.org home
Discuss-o-Mat Forums
Vintage Brochures, Service and Owners Manuals
Fun Vintage Washer Ephemera
See It Wash!
Video Downloads
Audio Downloads
Picture of the Day
Patent of the Day
Photos of our Collections
The Old Aberdeen Farm
Vintage Service Manuals
Vintage washer/dryer/dishwasher to sell?
Technical/service questions?
Looking for Parts?
Website related questions?
Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy
Our Privacy Policy