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Treasure from the depts of a Sears warehouse
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Post# 297926   9/10/2014 at 20:20 (3,487 days old) by DesertTortoise ()        

You recall I mentioned the small Kenmore 2.5 I bought came with an unusual small 12 inch wide Powermate. The base was broken in two places, but Sears Parts Direct showed it was still available and a call to them confirmed this. I reported a few days ago that Sears indeed shipped the part and we speculated that it may be a current production item for a 12 inch wide Centec brush.

The part arrived today, and it is new old stock. You can see the old style Whirlpool/Matsushita labeling on the bottom, 116. where the serial number would go but the rest is left blank and it is dusty to beat the band. It has sat in a warehouse for more than three decades I am sure. It is light gray, the original was tan. I don't care.

Thirty year old stock. Unobtainum. I'm still pinching myself on this one.


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Post# 297930 , Reply# 1   9/10/2014 at 20:43 (3,487 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)        

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That is some good luck there buddy

Post# 298026 , Reply# 2   9/11/2014 at 16:07 (3,486 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        

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Whirlpool and Matsushita were different companies. Whirlpool made Kenmore vacuums from 1958 through 1989. They sold the Kentucky manufacturing facility to Panasonic, mostly due to the fact they had their hands slapped by Sears over offering Whirlpool branded cleaners in 1984 - 1988. They were extremely similar to Sears cleaners, and Sears did NOT like it. While both Whirlpool and Panasonic were suppliers under the 116. manufacturing number, they were in fact separate companies. Matsushita had nothing to do with Sears vacuums until 1989.


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