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Other vacs I've acquired. A Goblin, Hitachi, Nil..... |
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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.
James
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Post# 267164 , Reply# 1   2/11/2014 at 14:36 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 267165 , Reply# 2   2/11/2014 at 14:37 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 267166 , Reply# 3   2/11/2014 at 14:41 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 267167 , Reply# 4   2/11/2014 at 14:43 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 267168 , Reply# 5   2/11/2014 at 14:45 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 267169 , Reply# 6   2/11/2014 at 14:49 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 267170 , Reply# 7   2/11/2014 at 14:52 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 267171 , Reply# 8   2/11/2014 at 14:57 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 267173 , Reply# 9   2/11/2014 at 15:01 (3,698 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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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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Post# 267312 , Reply# 13   2/12/2014 at 11:00 (3,697 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK)   |   | |
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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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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.
James
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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)
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Post# 268345 , Reply# 18   2/18/2014 at 14:11 (3,691 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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Post# 268374 , Reply# 19   2/18/2014 at 15:05 (3,691 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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