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Post# 270547   3/6/2014 at 23:54 (3,675 days old) by smow69 (Muskogee Oklahoma)   |   | |
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lets see how many diffrent ones ther is of these also |
Post# 270632 , Reply# 1   3/7/2014 at 21:50 (3,674 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)   |   | |
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Are you talking strictly Montgomery Wards machines, or machines that are similar to this? If you are talking similar design then my machine the Eureka 1784B is a dead on!!!!
However there were a few different Montgomery Wards machines. I can think of a teal blue, and bright orange one off top of my head currently. Link below is a youtube video for a gorgeous orange one belonging to another collector. The gorgeous orange model is a high end model with variable speed power control. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Durango159's LINK |
Post# 270635 , Reply# 2   3/7/2014 at 21:54 (3,674 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 270658 , Reply# 3   3/8/2014 at 04:55 (3,673 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Yes, Eureka made most of the vacuums Wards had sold in the '50s-'80s.
Among them was the SP5030 "Power II" canister vacuum from 1979 which was Wards' version of a Eureka Power Team 1200 series. This link (not mine) shows a 1985 model SP5074B "Power II" which back then was crossed over to the Eureka Vactronic model 1790B. ~Ben |
Post# 270807 , Reply# 4   3/8/2014 at 23:46 (3,673 days old) by smow69 (Muskogee Oklahoma)   |   | |
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i have a convertible model and am trying to find out about it so wards only please but thanks for pic of cool eureka |
Post# 280379 , Reply# 6   5/13/2014 at 17:17 (3,607 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Post# 280382 , Reply# 7   5/13/2014 at 17:28 (3,607 days old) by Vinvac (Dubuque IA)   |   | |
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Post# 280387 , Reply# 8   5/13/2014 at 17:43 (3,607 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 280412 , Reply# 9   5/13/2014 at 22:01 (3,607 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 280416 , Reply# 10   5/13/2014 at 23:18 (3,607 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 280456 , Reply# 11   5/14/2014 at 09:35 (3,606 days old) by smow69 (Muskogee Oklahoma)   |   | |
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here is mine does anyone know when it was made? I think my grandma purchased in 1985.............. |
Post# 280463 , Reply# 12   5/14/2014 at 10:15 (3,606 days old) by dirtmaster37 (Ypsilanti, Michigan USA)   |   | |
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That is My Wards electronic in the video above. I was given that machine by a friend in Indiana who had it at his vacuum store. I kinda went gaga over it as it was the first one I had seen since I last saw it (when new) in 1984-85. I was a BIG Wards kid, mainly because Wards was in our mall, and the vacuum guy there Mr. French did NOT care one BIT that I played with them. Well normally, he did not.
When I of course used it, and clearly, after vacuuming a large portion of the store with it; felt I couldn't leave it (even at cost), I asked how much he wanted for it. And, he said.."It's yours.."!!! The two video's of it, were the week after I received it. IT's a FABULOUS vacuum cleaner. And as has been said, there were very FEW vacuums at the time that were as right as this one was. Stump pulling suction, and a powernozzle that could rival any upright. Sadly, the filtration wasn't the hottest, but no one cared really in 1985 yet about HEPA bags and filters. In historical perspective, Monty- Wards was kinda spotty on who would make their vacuums for them, unlike Sears who used either Birtman Electric (nee' Whirlpool post 57", and Singer thru most of it's existence). To what I've gathered thru LOTS of catalog surfing, throughout the 1930's and early 40's, Wards machines were mfg'd by Apex Electric in Cleveland Ohio. And had several upright models, and a hand vacuum. If they DID have a canister at this time, I'm not even remotely sure who made it. Maybe a cylinder by Apex? Never seen one in the catalogs so....that doesn't mean one did NOT exist. Post-War 1947 ish ,on ; they used Eureka (uprights and canisters),thru about 1955-56. There may have been some Apex models in there too. Possibly built after the Strato Cleaner that Apex built. I am quite sure that Wards did NOT use any of Apex's uprights then, but I could be wrong. Then for whatever their reasoning they switched to Westinghouse for 1957 thru the early 60's, using for a few years the Westinghouse upright, and canister line; but at some point the uprights went BACK to Eureka, by about 1961. By the mid 60's they were back to Eureka only, and that relationship continued thru the years, where slowly HOOVER model vacuums, like the Quick Brooms (Jiffy vac's), the Dial-A-Matic PowerDrive (Wards Auto-Drive 870 ), and the Porta-Power (cant remember right now what wards called it) appeared by the mid 1970's. BY the time Electric Avenue appeared, there was no WARDS (Signature) brand anymore, nor no useful effort to hide who made what. A final thought, the machine above was replaced by the new European look (Eureka Express) models a year later.... The square "B" bag body machines only had about two years as Wards TOL model, sandwiched in-between the Canned Ham bodies, and the later Express styles... Anyway, a few thoughts for you all... |
Post# 280464 , Reply# 13   5/14/2014 at 10:17 (3,606 days old) by dirtmaster37 (Ypsilanti, Michigan USA)   |   | |
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That seems to be about right 1985-86. I think the first Convertible re-badge came in 1983, and the hood was the same cream color as the rest of the machine. Im sure it later came in the color you have, which would denote a year change. Its a nice machine to be sure.Not many of those out there anymore!! :-)
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Post# 280466 , Reply# 14   5/14/2014 at 10:34 (3,606 days old) by smow69 (Muskogee Oklahoma)   |   | |
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this vac had a creme hood it got broke in the move so i put a brown hood on it its all i had. |
Post# 280467 , Reply# 15   5/14/2014 at 10:47 (3,606 days old) by smow69 (Muskogee Oklahoma)   |   | |
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this is not my picture, |
Post# 280530 , Reply# 16   5/14/2014 at 18:04 (3,606 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Post# 280538 , Reply# 17   5/14/2014 at 19:34 (3,606 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 280539 , Reply# 18   5/14/2014 at 19:37 (3,606 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 280556 , Reply# 19   5/14/2014 at 22:15 (3,606 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Not that familiar with Montgomery Wards, but I absolutely loved the colours and simple graphics that JCPenney used on their Eurekas and Hoovers!!! I am a big fan of simple, understated brand labelling on vacs (really dislike the overlabelling on many of today's vacs). Miele's understated labelling reminds me a lot of the graphics used by JCPenney in the 1970's and 1980's.
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Post# 281573 , Reply# 20   5/23/2014 at 16:08 (3,597 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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The upright (with backward revolving brush), the canister, and the hand vacuum.
Note the ball bearings for wheels on the canister, it sounds like a garbage disposall as you pull it around. The M.W. on the nameplate is very cool looking. |
Post# 281672 , Reply# 21   5/24/2014 at 14:52 (3,596 days old) by alexb1186 (Ferguson/St. Louis, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 281700 , Reply# 22   5/24/2014 at 18:02 (3,596 days old) by DesiredName (Utah)   |   | |
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Here is an interesting little Wards I found at a thrift store for $3.00
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Post# 310890 , Reply# 24   1/4/2015 at 18:50 (3,371 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 310898 , Reply# 25   1/4/2015 at 19:38 (3,371 days old) by devmanclearh2o (new york)   |   | |
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ah ok good to hear! thanks :) |