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Post# 267162   2/11/2014 at 14:35 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)        

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Hi, In the last few weeks I've acquired 3 more vacs. I thought I'd share pics of them.

 

1st up is a Hitachi cylinder from the mid/late 80s. My supplier bought it to clean out his car at the time and it spent many years in the loft/attic. I didn't know till I saw it they made them in this colour or even that late.

He gave it me with the hose and small nozzle only. He's sure the other attachments are still in the loft and will pass them on to me when he finds them.

 

JamesSmile

 


Post# 267164 , Reply# 1   2/11/2014 at 14:36 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)        
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The whole machine....


Post# 267165 , Reply# 2   2/11/2014 at 14:37 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)        
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And now with it's bigger brother....


Post# 267166 , Reply# 3   2/11/2014 at 14:41 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)        
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We have a Nilfisk with it's original attachments. Shame the hose has split in half.

It also came with the hard floor tool to a later machine. Hopefully it will polish up well.Smile


Post# 267167 , Reply# 4   2/11/2014 at 14:43 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)        
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Next we have a close up shot. I think I still prefer the GA70 but I do like this machine. It runs smooth.Smile


Post# 267168 , Reply# 5   2/11/2014 at 14:45 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)        
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A close up of the exhaust filter.


Post# 267169 , Reply# 6   2/11/2014 at 14:49 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)        
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The box the couple dropped it off in. A Gs80  box.Smile


Post# 267170 , Reply# 7   2/11/2014 at 14:52 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)        
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Its older brother I got a few months ago.....Poor thing! I think someones been playing around with it.Frown

This is not part of the three I got recently.


Post# 267171 , Reply# 8   2/11/2014 at 14:57 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)        
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Is the third vac I acquired a week or so ago. A Goblin Wizard. I cleaned and washed the bag today. The bag was still drying when I took these pictures. I hope at some point to clean and polish up the rest of it.

Hopefully it will turn out nice.Smile The bags in good condition.


Post# 267173 , Reply# 9   2/11/2014 at 15:01 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)        
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Is the last picture for now... Hope you liked the pictures. When I get them cleaned up properly I'll take some more pics for you.

 

JamesSmile


Post# 267197 , Reply# 10   2/11/2014 at 16:09 (3,698 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England)        

I did not find those Hitachi cleaners at all fun to empty, but I did like the cleaner as they were so very compact and powerful. I remember a woman bringing one into my shop for repair, but the motor was burnt out so I couldn't fix it. She was quite disappointing as she was clearly very fond of the machine. I recall she told me that she'd had a Hoover Constellation before this and really liked the tub shape of the cleaner over the longer, flatter styling of its more cylindrical counterpart.

The Hitachi, she said, had been the nearest thing to the constellation at the time she bought it. I sold her a Henry. She was happy with that, having told me it was as "good as identical" to her Hitachi.


Post# 267217 , Reply# 11   2/11/2014 at 18:02 (3,698 days old) by Streakers (Columbus Ohio)        
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Those cylinder Hitachis were horrid things to empty, that aside though - brilliant and quality machines. My grandmother had one and I used it quite regularly. So very quiet and super strong suction. Still was always amazed at how much a straight suction cleaner was able to pull up...

The model she owned had a fabric disc that sat between the pan and the motor housing. On the fabric disc was a wheel which you whould turn and it would 'beat' the fabric to deposit any dust back into the pan. Ingenious design - but messy... I recall some later Panasonic barrel vacs with the same concept of a filter cartridge with a sliding bar that would grate again the backside of the fins of the cartridge to remove excess dust...

Very rare to see those around these days. Like anything Japanese - super quiet and top quality.


Post# 267218 , Reply# 12   2/11/2014 at 18:04 (3,698 days old) by Ultimatevacman ( Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK)        

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Lovely finds James! I love that Hitatchi cylinder, it's very cool. That Goblin Wizard is something special too!

 

Joe


Post# 267312 , Reply# 13   2/12/2014 at 11:00 (3,697 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK)        

Wow my gran used to have a brown hitachi cylinder like that. I really wish she hadnt thrown it away, I would have loved it!!

Post# 267320 , Reply# 14   2/12/2014 at 12:21 (3,697 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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Hey James:

Very nice!! The Goblin Wizard is a model 31 which was made after the war up into the 50's. Did you get the rest of the parts with it? They came with the rug nozzle, floor brush, small nozzle and rectangular brush.

Doug


Post# 267418 , Reply# 15   2/13/2014 at 07:53 (3,697 days old) by watsonw (Newport, Shropshire, UK)        
wizard 'fibre' ext tube

.........(according to a pre war 'little book of the goblin' brochure) was also supplied. Never seen one; I imagine they would have been made from a sort of hardboard similar to that used to create the bodies of the post 1935 to circa 1955 cylinder models. The ext tubes probably would have been of a slightly lighter hardboard rendering them rather vulnerable to damage and if so the owner would be more than likely to disgard the part unless found useful, otherwise a replacement would have been purchased, hence the rarity?

Walter.


Post# 267454 , Reply# 16   2/13/2014 at 12:11 (3,696 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)        
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Hi People, Thanks for your comments and info. I'll have to look inside the Hitachi when I get chance. See what it' like inside.

 

Hi Doug, No I didn't get the rest of the attachments with the Goblin but I'm still happy with it.

The bag has dried nicely.The lady who sent it to me just wanted it to go to a new home and not the tip. I have another Goblin like this but I think it's a model 30 so I assume it's older?

 

Hi Walter. It would be nice to see that little book of the goblin brochure. It sounds interesting.

 

JamesSmile

 



Post# 267473 , Reply# 17   2/13/2014 at 14:05 (3,696 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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This is my model 30. The bag was a different colour and the handle and attachment connection are different. I didn't get the fibre wand with it either. Funny thing is it actually says its a model 31 on it. I suspect the motor was changed and they used a 31 motor with the name plate attached. Love it (Thanks again Al)

Doug



Post# 268345 , Reply# 18   2/18/2014 at 14:11 (3,691 days old) by edgar (Belgium)        
nice hitachi

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I did'n know they made them in that color. I own a brown and a grey one. nice find.


Post# 268374 , Reply# 19   2/18/2014 at 15:05 (3,691 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)        
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Thanks Edgar. I didn't know they came in this colour til I saw it. I'm still waiting for the person I got it off to find and give me the tools.

Here's a pic of me when I was about 11 using a brown and beige one

 

JamesSmile

 


Post# 268413 , Reply# 20   2/18/2014 at 18:07 (3,691 days old) by uksausage (eastbourne east sussex UK)        
Brown and beige

My step nan had that one she also had an older one that I think might have been gold and cream but don't quote me on that
I remember them having very powerful 600 watt motors and extremely quiet. You could do almost anything with them as they almost indestructible. Considering its a cylinder machine it always made short work of the dog hair on nans carpets They were pretty thick carpets as well
Wish I'd kept one of them when they moved

David 😃



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