Mine is a cruiser rather than a bomber... a nearly perfect Kirby D80, just needs a good polish to be as new. Now I need to keep my eyes open for the matching tools.... but I'm not complaining, at $30 it was a bargain, brushroll looks new and not a scratch on it anywhere. Bag is a replacement but a genuine Kirby one, an nothing else looks less than original. Pictures in a few weeks when I get home from this extended 'work opportunity' somewhere north-east of Helena Montana. UPS received it shortly after I found it and is carefully transporting it home for me (well to my Mom's which is close enough). It's a bit of a package for the puddle jumper I flew here on.

The D80 is one of my favorite Kirbys!

Hotel room would be a very generous word for where I'm staying.... I'm in the corner of a construction trailer cum dormitory. The Kirby was packed up and dropped at UPS before I even left Helena. If it had come back to the site, someone would have used it to suck up something that should never enter a vacuum. On a positive note, I hope to be following it home in about a week! Things are moving quickly now and soon I can go back to providing remote support.

D-T... got it in one... it is 63 miles to the nearest real hotel and the motel in the closest town has only 12 rooms and they've been at full occupancy for 21 months since this whole enterprise was re-started. Thankfully I get to go home soon.