Thread Number: 25226
Another dream kirby 516 thrift shop find!!! |
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Post# 283478   6/6/2014 at 16:10 (3,583 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA)   |   | |
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I found this at a thrift shop for $50!!! It's all here, this thing was bought fully loaded and hardly ever used from the looks of it. It even has the instruction booklet and came in all the original boxes. At first when I was looking around, all I saw was cheap plastic dirt cup vacs, then when I was checking out, I mentioned I was into old vacuums and asked the lady to let me know if they got any in and she was like " oh Hun, I have an old kirby with all the attachments that just came in back" ans asked if I wanted to see it and I said " hell yea!" Lol.
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Post# 283479 , Reply# 1   6/6/2014 at 16:12 (3,583 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 283480 , Reply# 2   6/6/2014 at 16:15 (3,583 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine)   |   | |
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Post# 283481 , Reply# 3   6/6/2014 at 16:29 (3,583 days old) by BikerRay (Middle Earth)   |   | |
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Post# 283494 , Reply# 4   6/6/2014 at 17:46 (3,583 days old) by marks_here (_._)   |   | |
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Post# 283500 , Reply# 6   6/6/2014 at 18:54 (3,583 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 283505 , Reply# 7   6/6/2014 at 19:18 (3,583 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 283510 , Reply# 8   6/6/2014 at 19:44 (3,583 days old) by Gr8DaneDad ()   |   | |
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Super jealous. The only vacs I ever find in thrift stores are Wal-Mart disposable plastic crap ones. Great find and a great price. Congratulations! |
Post# 283523 , Reply# 9   6/6/2014 at 22:27 (3,583 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 283527 , Reply# 10   6/6/2014 at 22:39 (3,583 days old) by MikePdx ()   |   | |
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What a great find! June 6th must be Kirby Day. I found a nice Heritage II for only $35. Congratulations. That is a beautiful machine. |
Post# 283538 , Reply# 11   6/6/2014 at 23:26 (3,583 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 283542 , Reply# 12   6/6/2014 at 23:31 (3,583 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 283569 , Reply# 14   6/7/2014 at 08:07 (3,583 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 283572 , Reply# 15   6/7/2014 at 09:45 (3,583 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 283573 , Reply# 16   6/7/2014 at 09:55 (3,582 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Post# 283591 , Reply# 17   6/7/2014 at 11:37 (3,582 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 283612 , Reply# 18   6/7/2014 at 14:34 (3,582 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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. The original bag looked like this (see photos). It was plain dark-gray with a single, large Kirby logo on the front. btw, the bag on the Kirby that's the original subject of this thread isn't original either. It also would have been plain gray like the one below. The gray bag with the silver "speckles" didn't come out until the 518 and, as with so many other changes, was introduced gradually. I've seen 518s and 519s with either plain or speckled bags. But the FIRST time it appeared was on the 518. The speckled bag was probably put on the machine, along with a new cord, when the machine was rebuilt in 1972. |
Post# 283614 , Reply# 19   6/7/2014 at 14:50 (3,582 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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Austin, great score on the Kirby 516! Not too often you find an old Kirby like that so complete, right down to the original box. One thing I don't get, though.....you say this cleaner was rebuilt in 1972? Then why does it still have it's original model plate on the bottom? Usually when you find a Kirby that's been factory rebuilt, they replace the model plate with one that says Factory Rebuild at the top, & gives the model & serial numbers.
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Post# 283621 , Reply# 20   6/7/2014 at 16:18 (3,582 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 283642 , Reply# 21   6/7/2014 at 20:22 (3,582 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 283670 , Reply# 22   6/8/2014 at 02:06 (3,582 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA)   |   | |
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