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Thread Number: 25419
Never saw a DS80 like this before. |
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| Post# 285651 6/21/2014 at 11:44 (3,590 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA) | ||
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| Post# 285652 , Reply# 1 6/21/2014 at 11:45 (3,590 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA) | ||
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| Post# 285653 , Reply# 2 6/21/2014 at 11:46 (3,590 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA) | ||
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| Post# 285655 , Reply# 3 6/21/2014 at 12:12 (3,590 days old) by marks_here (_._) | ||
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| Post# 285657 , Reply# 4 6/21/2014 at 12:20 (3,590 days old) by Gr8DaneDad () | ||
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Bojack refurb with Tradition parts. the funny thing to me is that the D80 parts in Green are still available, at least many of them are, so why go blue? Or, somebody hated avacado green...
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| Post# 285658 , Reply# 5 6/21/2014 at 12:26 (3,590 days old) by marks_here (_._) | ||
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| Post# 285662 , Reply# 6 6/21/2014 at 12:44 (3,590 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 285663 , Reply# 7 6/21/2014 at 12:57 (3,590 days old) by marks_here (_._) | ||
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| Post# 285664 , Reply# 8 6/21/2014 at 13:06 (3,590 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA) | ||
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| Post# 285669 , Reply# 9 6/21/2014 at 13:25 (3,590 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 285670 , Reply# 10 6/21/2014 at 13:31 (3,590 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 285672 , Reply# 11 6/21/2014 at 13:38 (3,590 days old) by Gr8DaneDad () | ||
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I'd actually like it better sprayed pink. I would buy a tradition if I wanted a blue scheme, probably cost less than all those blue parts did.
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| Post# 285735 , Reply# 12 6/21/2014 at 21:08 (3,590 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA) | ||
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eBay 519 | ||
| Post# 285736 , Reply# 13 6/21/2014 at 21:28 (3,590 days old) by marks_here (_._) | ||
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I'm not | ||
| Post# 285737 , Reply# 14 6/21/2014 at 21:36 (3,590 days old) by Gr8DaneDad () | ||
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strolling by, whistling a tune.... nothing to say... | ||
| Post# 285802 , Reply# 15 6/22/2014 at 13:13 (3,589 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA) | ||
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Another frankenkirby | ||
| Post# 285806 , Reply# 16 6/22/2014 at 13:53 (3,589 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 285812 , Reply# 17 6/22/2014 at 15:57 (3,589 days old) by TASE (Colorado) | ||
Even though those Kirbys have been stripped of their identity, they still beat the crap out of any machine you'd find today that isn't a Riccar; Maytag; Miele; newer, cleaner Kirby; or Rainbow. They still hold to a high standard even though they've been bojackified. (That needs to be a word.)
Though, I don't know how well that Omega would perform with a G3 bag... I'd hope there is a Tradition - Heritage II/Legend fill tube in there with a G3 bag stuck on. EDIT: If we're going to go along with Frankenkirbys, let me post some pictures of the Kirby "Classic III" Omega I found at the thrift store. | ||
| Post# 285818 , Reply# 18 6/22/2014 at 17:20 (3,589 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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I must admit that I once did the same thing -- but I tried to use all original Kirby parts...
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| Post# 285847 , Reply# 20 6/22/2014 at 22:16 (3,589 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 285879 , Reply# 21 6/23/2014 at 08:41 (3,588 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211) | ||
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| Post# 286012 , Reply# 22 6/24/2014 at 09:51 (3,587 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
There were "trim kits" available to vac shops for rebuilding their own Kirby trade ins. At the time of the Tradition, the kits were in blue. You could rebuild any model Kirby and make it appear to be a Tradition. Same thing with Heritage and Heritage II. I distinctly remember turning a Classic into a Heritage II (with F and G conversion bag), and we also cut the 'wings' off the rug nozzle. It looked great when we were finished.
That's most likely a vac shop rebuild, and at the time it was sold (polished up with brand new blue parts) it probably looked fantastic. | ||
| Post# 286068 , Reply# 23 6/24/2014 at 15:52 (3,587 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA) | ||
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Vac shop rebuid | ||
| Post# 286078 , Reply# 24 6/24/2014 at 17:00 (3,587 days old) by Gr8DaneDad () | ||
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Tom's answer below is much better than mine... he actually made it clear what I was trying to get at. This post was last edited 06/24/2014 at 19:22 | ||
| Post# 286081 , Reply# 25 6/24/2014 at 17:10 (3,587 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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The Kirby is heavier on the right-hand side with the Sani emptor. By converting it to the top filling Eureka type F and G bags, the machine is no longer heavier on one side than the other. It is very much like a royal upright. People never wanted to empty the cloth bag, so the vac shop would also have the possibility of selling the customer new disposable bags as well. There would have been no good reason for a vacuum shop to leave the cloth bag and Sani emptor on
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| Post# 286114 , Reply# 26 6/24/2014 at 22:21 (3,587 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
you're over-thinking it! | ||
Post# 286115 , Reply# 27 6/24/2014 at 22:26 (3,587 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 286129 , Reply# 28 6/24/2014 at 23:31 (3,587 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
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exactly! | ||
| Post# 286131 , Reply# 29 6/24/2014 at 23:48 (3,587 days old) by marks_here (_._) | ||
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The poor things... | ||
| Post# 286160 , Reply# 30 6/25/2014 at 08:53 (3,586 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
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wouldn't the green card, | ||
| Post# 286175 , Reply# 31 6/25/2014 at 10:27 (3,586 days old) by marks_here (_._) | ||
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