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Post# 285251   6/18/2014 at 16:04 (3,598 days old) by Gr8DaneDad ()   |   | |
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Electrolux Automatic-E, Electrolux Tan G, Kirby D50
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Post# 285252 , Reply# 1   6/18/2014 at 16:07 (3,598 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 285387 , Reply# 2   6/19/2014 at 13:02 (3,597 days old) by intv1980 (Tucson, Arizona)   |   | |
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Post# 285423 , Reply# 3   6/19/2014 at 16:06 (3,597 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 285442 , Reply# 4   6/19/2014 at 17:50 (3,597 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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Tom, Great vacuum cleaners! I have a tan Model G, too. Btw, is the hose cord tan or ivory? I've only seen ivory and teal ones. |
Post# 285500 , Reply# 10   6/20/2014 at 01:20 (3,597 days old) by Gr8DaneDad ()   |   | |
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Paul,
your wish is my command... here is the Golden J I found today.
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Post# 285516 , Reply# 11   6/20/2014 at 05:44 (3,596 days old) by firebirdman55 (Owensboro Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 285552 , Reply# 12   6/20/2014 at 11:52 (3,596 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 285557 , Reply# 13   6/20/2014 at 12:08 (3,596 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Tom I love that Kirby, that is the next Kirby I am after.
Michelle I agree with you
My favorite machines are not the ones I got mint but rather the ones that looked like they could never be saved.
Like this convertible Even if the green was not the right green. |
Post# 285560 , Reply# 15   6/20/2014 at 12:49 (3,596 days old) by Gr8DaneDad ()   |   | |
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I love finding things that look hopeless and making them useful again. Now I just need to learn to let some of them go to new homes instead of keeping them all. |
Post# 285567 , Reply# 16   6/20/2014 at 13:26 (3,596 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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I have a sick feeling that I'm going to end up collecting every Electrolux canister model! Ha ha! I have 2 1205's; the one my husband bought me because that's what my mom had/I grew up with and the other one is my mom's, she just passed away in September. My husband and I are going to restore my mom's; it's in really bad shape, but thank goodness my husband restores antique cars for a living and knows how to fix stuff! Also, he's an expert metal fabricator so that works out great for me! Besides the 2 1205's, I have a model XXX and a model LX. I'm in the process of finishing up 2 deals on here for a model G and an Olympia One. For now, I just want the canisters because that's all I have the room for! Once we get our house more in order I'll probably start collecting the attachments. -Michelle
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Post# 285576 , Reply# 18   6/20/2014 at 15:15 (3,596 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Let's see, besides my 4 Lux canisters I have 2 Kirbys: a DS50 and Heritage II, a Hoover Convertible, a Sears Kenmore Twin Fans, 2 Dirt Devil hand vacs, a Hoover brush vac, a 1940's Westinghouse hand vac, and a newer Dirt Devil upright that I'm not happy with. The 2 Kirbys I got on Ebay for local pick up. I'm in the process of buying all of the Kirby parts that I need to get them both up and running. The Hoover Convertible I listed on here in a thread and from what people have told me is that the motor head part are from the 80's (It's a darker blue and white) and the bag on it is from the 70's (it's a medium blue holey fabric with a cute little design on it). I got "Hoovie" from my husband's boss. He knew I collected vacuums and said I could have it! I just got my Twin Fans at a garage sale maybe a month ago for $1.00! All it's missing is the front light lens and it works flawlessly! I don't know anything about Twin Fans, it's white and brown with a brown/white flower bag. I got one of my hand held Dirt Devils from my husband, he bought it new in 1990 I think he said. He cleaned him up for me and now I can use it! I got the other Dirt Devil from a garage sale for $15.00! It's in good shape! It's newer than my husband's. His just has the red cloth bag and mine has a disposable bag inside of the outer red bag. I just have to find out what kind of disposable bags I have to get for him. I got my Hoover Brush Vac from a garage sale for $2.00! I actually got him the same time I got my Dirt Devil hand vac, I was garage saleing that day! Believe it or not, my little "Hoove" is one of my favorite vacuums! I use him everyday for vacuuming off the bed and furniture. He's pretty neat and I love the fact that he looks like my old school Nintendo! Ha Ha! My husband bought me my 1940's Westinghouse hand vac off of Etsy. He was the cutest little thing I have ever seen and I had to have it! My husband and I cleaned him up, just have to gently clean his cloth bag. Also, I got an Electrolux Beautifier B-8 Shampooer at a garage sale for $5.00 and it comes with every attachment including a floor buffer for a model XXX! I put it on my 1205 and tried it out, it's the coolest little gadget ever! For attachments, I only have a complete set for my 1205 that my husband bought for me. I do have 3 braided hoses from my 1205, XXX, and LX. I don't think the 2 have good suction, I know my 1205 doesn't, that's why I bought her a new vinyl hose. I do have some wands and floor tools for the XXX and LX, but not a complete set for either. I'll be getting more vacuums and attachments regardless of space because I know myself! Ha Ha! -Michelle
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Post# 285586 , Reply# 19   6/20/2014 at 16:38 (3,596 days old) by Gr8DaneDad ()   |   | |
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Michelle,
Yep... we both got it bad
Fun to talk with you!!!
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Post# 285587 , Reply# 20   6/20/2014 at 16:53 (3,596 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 285589 , Reply# 21   6/20/2014 at 17:00 (3,596 days old) by Gr8DaneDad ()   |   | |
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I live with only my four legged children and they don't mind my collection, as long as it's not occupying their beds or the couch, they don't really notice. |
Post# 285590 , Reply# 22   6/20/2014 at 17:01 (3,596 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 285603 , Reply# 23   6/20/2014 at 19:01 (3,596 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 285607 , Reply# 24   6/20/2014 at 19:14 (3,596 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Always have to have a backup of a backup of a backup! Ha ha! Vacuums are my newest and latest hobby. I own the least and know the least about them. That's why I love this site and the people who talk to me and educate me so I can pursue this hobby even more! My number 1 hobby is collecting chainsaws. Between my husband and I we have just passed the 130 mark, but 80+ of those are mine! You can never have enough chainsaws! What if your one saw doesn't work? Then you need like 40 more as backups! Ha Ha! I'm obsessed! Same goes for collecting Sunbeam Mixmasters and clock radios! I have 14 stand mixers, I believe 12 electric hand mixers, over 20 clock radios. I have 5 clock radios in our bedroom that I switch off on. They all get a turn to wake me up in the morning! Gotta love tube technology!!! Now I know I have over 20 chainsaws in my house. The only rooms that don't have a chainsaw are the bathroom and kitchen, but that can change! Same with all the other stuff I collect, they can coincide together quite nicely! Ha Ha! My husband is awesome! Not only has he taught me how to fix and rebuild everything I collect, but he's the one that has mostly bought me all of the stuff I collect! I've learned how to work on circuit boards, tube and solid state/transistor radios, rebuild carburetors on the chainsaws, paint, fix metal, rebuild the mixers' motors, and etc. I've learned a lot and will always learn new and great things thanks to having someone to share it all with! I know what you mean when it comes to having a great spouse! We are lucky! -Michelle
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Post# 285893 , Reply# 26   6/23/2014 at 10:20 (3,593 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Thermokid i think we have all been their at some stage. I leased a apartment on the beachfront years ago. It was a high end apartment and because it was so close to the sea the garage was humidity controlled to decrease the chance that your car would rust. ( Most of the apartments belonged to people from upcountry who only used them for the Holidays and rented the apartments out for the rest of the time, so the cars would stand for months on end. My beautiful vacuum collection was upstairs with me, In the garage were the ones waiting for restoration in that nice climate controlled environment. My brand new jag stood outside and after a year had a small rust bubble on it. I had over 350 vacuums at that stage. |
Post# 285895 , Reply# 27   6/23/2014 at 10:28 (3,593 days old) by sharkwo7 (Edinburg Texas)   |   | |
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I have 40+ vacuum cleaners, but I collect other things as well, I have two electric chainsaws, 2 vintage electric lawn mowers, 25+ remote control semi trucks, 16 live fan live palm trees, that I keep in pots in which are living. I also collect vintage low brass instruments I have 4 tubas 3 baritones 2 sousaphones 1 helicon, 1 trumpet,1 frumpet, and 1 mellophone. Also I am starting to collect vintage bmx bicycles of the 1970's, also I have 2 control line airplanes. Yes I have a collector fever.
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Post# 285912 , Reply# 28   6/23/2014 at 11:28 (3,593 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Hi! Those are interesting hobbies you got there! I forgot to mention that I also collect vintage circular saws and vintage push mowers! I only have 2 push mowers now, got rid of like 3 or 4. I kept the one my husband and I restored that I named "Barnaby" and one we garbage picked that's a 1970's Snapper mulcher mower with original bag named "snappy". We have way too many hobbies and stuff going on right now! I'm currently restoring a Homelite 150 chainsaw named "Bertie", a 1937 Sunbeam Mixmaster model 3B stand mixer named "Bernadine", a 1972 Pioneer Holiday II model 1072 chainsaw named "Pie", and other stuff! Just a wee bit overwhelmed right now! Ha ha! What kind of electric chainsaws do you have? -Michelle
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Post# 285966 , Reply# 29   6/23/2014 at 23:43 (3,593 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Post# 286027 , Reply# 32   6/24/2014 at 11:26 (3,592 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Hi! Phyllis is doing great! I haven't had a chance yet to even clean her up yet! We've been so stupid busy lately! Let's see, if you read above, the stuff I'm restoring doesn't even begin to top the list of stuff we're trying to get done! Besides that stuff I'm restoring, we were in need of a shed for storage bad! Our landlord/friend is friends with someone who just bought a house in our subdivision literally a block away. Anyway, there's 2 metal sheds on his property he doesn't want anymore, he said if we took them down we could have them for free! These are big and sturdy sheds! These things new at a store would probably be $1000 a piece! So, we took the one down so far, but they are rusting and need to be hammered and dollied because a tree branch fell on the one. Not a big deal since my husband can do metal work in his sleep! Ha Ha! I'm getting one of the sheds and will put a couple of windows in it and a small air conditioner for the summer and heater in the winter and I will be building and re-building all of my hobbies in there! I can't wait to have my own space! Plus, we need to replace my trans lines in my car, replace the cam seal, put in a new modern radiator, and do metal work to it! His car needs metal work and a rear main seal put in too! The only way to replace the rear main seal is to drop the trans! PITA! Also, another good friend of ours gave us an old 1960's Remington PL4! I named him Charlie after the guy we got it from! Oh yeah, I also got an electric Craftsman chainsaw from a flea market that I haven't even looked at yet! As of right now, I'm currently working on a 1950's or early 1960's General Electric electric hand mixer for my aunt. She's getting married this Friday and doesn't leave my a lot time to get it done! We have to reshape the metal tag it's all kitty whomppis! That poor mixer was thru utter helvin! Ha ha! When I got it off of EBay, I plugged it in and when you turned it on, you could hear the motor but it wouldn't even turn! Someone also spliced one of the wires for the brush, they did a big no no! Also, a wire was bare and pulled away from the speed switch, so it had to be cleaned and re-soldered back into place! Now, we just discovered that one of the beaters is bent! Sammy has to do tedious metal work now to get it straight again! The rubber bumper it sets on was put on wrong, so Sammy had to re-heat it and shape it so it would go back together right! I'm done hand polishing it, just need to clean the metal plate and repaint the letters! Also, got an old fan at the flea market that I want to restore and paint it red and pink for my soon to be retro kitchen! That's on the list too, to repaint my kitchen, paint a metal industrial shelf for all of my 14 vintage stand mixers! Does this sound ridiculous yet??? Ha Ha! In addition, to all of that, I just ordered a whole bunch of Kirby parts to restore/fix my DS50 and HII, plus got an Olympia One, Teal/Aqua Model G, and a parts 1205 so I can fix my dear "Luxy" and my mom's "Lux"!!! What else, my computer quit working too! So, I'm using Sammy's for now, but I don't know how to find pics and download them on here yet! Once, he shows me how to do that, I will send you pics of Phyllis. I promise!!! Well I have to go work on my aunt's mixer so I can surprise her with it Friday! Talk to you later! :) -Michelle
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Post# 286030 , Reply# 33   6/24/2014 at 11:35 (3,592 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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We have a 1963 Wright model B520! Our landlord gave it to us. It had sat at his work place for I think 15-20 years! Eventually we will re-build and restore it! I love that it has a governor! The Wrights are very unique! I've never used one personally yet, but you gotta enjoy a 2 stroke with a governor and a reciprocating blade! I know I do! Ha ha! :) -Michelle
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Post# 286075 , Reply# 34   6/24/2014 at 16:39 (3,592 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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I'm right there with you! One can only fit so many vacuums in one's house!
I went to the Flea Market on Sunday, saw 2 old Sunbeam mix-masters (one with EXCELLENT paint, spotless beaters and a white glass bowl, the other with barely any paint left and 2/3 of a plug! In the same both as the paint-less mix-master was a Bell & Howell slide projector, in the same both as the perfect mix-master was a chrome G-E perculator! There was also a BEAUTIFUL 1950s Hotpoint fan, with perfect pink and white paint, mounted on it's original chrome dolly! Of course,I HAD to ask, and it wasn't for sale! Drats! On my final stroll of the Flea Market, I saw a nice older wall-phone (I just got a 1984 dial-tone phone the other day at a thrift shop for $2, with that classic, loud ringing sound that could wake the dead!). Imagine my surprise when I lifted the handset to find a rotary dial IN the handset! Then imagine my surprise when the price was $15 for an UN-tested phone! I walked away, but did leave the Flea Market with 2 new 45 RPM records! About a month ago there was a nice Atari computer at the Flea Market, with both the 5 1/4 Floppy Drive and the Tape drive! It however did not have the power cable for the computer nor the cable to plug it into a television.$75! I asked him just WHERE did he get that price from? His response 'Well, I've seen complete sets on eBay for $200.....' Could've guessed!
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Post# 286168 , Reply# 36   6/25/2014 at 10:02 (3,591 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Cool finds! I love flea markets! We just went to one a few weeks ago. That's where I got my vintage fan and electric Craftsman chainsaw. Also, at that flea market I got an avocado 1970's Sunbeam Mixmaster stand mixer for $8.00! All it had was the turntable, but it looked like it was hardly ever used! I ended up buying an original large stainless steel Sunbeam bowl on EBay and I bought dough hooks on EBay for it too! What's a really nice coincidence is a few days before the flea market, I bought a harvest gold 1970's Sunbeam Mixmaster stand mixer that arrived and it came with both stainless steel bowls, beaters, turntable, and detachable power cord. So, I can borrow the power cord and swap beaters and dough hooks between the two! I'm all excited to make some home made bread this weekend! Sammy's gonna show me how and I can't wait! So, the flea market you went to you said there was Sunbeams there? How much were they? Just curious, I don't find stuff that often that I collect. I can't wait to get our sheds done! Very cool that you're gonna build one! I would love to see a pic when your shed is done! :) -Michelle
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Post# 286171 , Reply# 37   6/25/2014 at 10:08 (3,591 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 286261 , Reply# 39   6/26/2014 at 11:52 (3,590 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 286276 , Reply# 40   6/26/2014 at 13:31 (3,590 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Post# 286557 , Reply# 42   6/28/2014 at 14:15 (3,588 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 286558 , Reply# 43   6/28/2014 at 14:17 (3,588 days old) by luxy1205 (Wilmington, IL)   |   | |
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