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Post# 289606   7/20/2014 at 18:44 (3,539 days old) by vacuumssuck213 ()        

can anyone tell me the model and year of this dirt devil. this is the first vacuum i remember using when i was about 4 or 5 i wish i had a full view of it but here it is

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Post# 289612 , Reply# 1   7/20/2014 at 19:31 (3,539 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        
That is a

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Dirt-Devil Lite Plus! Early 1990s, Royal's response to the Hoover Elite! I want to say 1994!


Post# 289623 , Reply# 2   7/20/2014 at 19:56 (3,539 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA)        

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I have one just like that I'd be willing to part with.

Post# 289633 , Reply# 3   7/20/2014 at 21:17 (3,539 days old) by vacuumssuck213 ()        
thanks

Thanks again Alex. Vintagevalover how much would you have to have for it I've been looking for one as it was my first fond memory using a cleaner now I know exactly what it is

Post# 289635 , Reply# 4   7/20/2014 at 21:43 (3,539 days old) by lionkcommander ()        

My first vacuum was a dirt devil "upright" with the edge clean selector I got for Christmas 1990

Post# 289638 , Reply# 5   7/20/2014 at 21:47 (3,539 days old) by vintagevaclover (Athens, GA)        

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I'm happy to sell it but I really don't know what they go for. My email is austinivy1990@gmail.com

Post# 289798 , Reply# 6   7/22/2014 at 08:42 (3,538 days old) by vacuumman206 ()        

vintagevaclover and vacuumssuck213; If it has all or at least the original crevice and or dusting brush and runs like it should, I would value something like the Plus at $20. Now as a collector I personally would drop a couple bucks from that to help with shipping costs.
Also, The plus goes back to 92' maybe even 91' if memory of dirt devil adds serves me correctly. I also think they made 1 or 2 different ones basically only different in amperage. There were 2 models, the 6.5 amp pictured and an 8.5 amp, # 6201 (I know it because that's what I have.)


Post# 290243 , Reply# 7   7/25/2014 at 19:49 (3,534 days old) by kirbyds50 ()        

When I was just a little kid, probably no older than 5, my Grandma used to have me sit on the hood of her (now mine) Kirby Sanitronic 7 in order to weigh the nozzle down and make it pick up better. I just got the biggest kick out of it! Every time I visited my grandparents, I hoped that Grandma would need to vacuum while I was there!

Grandma passed away in 2002, and Grandpa passed in 2010 and that was when I acquired the vac. It takes me back to my childhood, and I intend to keep it forever.


Post# 290244 , Reply# 8   7/25/2014 at 19:57 (3,534 days old) by kirbyds50 ()        

Here's a pic of the old machine. I have it along with a Dual Sanitronic 80.


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