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Thread Number: 27869
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
RARE Montgomery Ward Canned ham "powerteam" find! |
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| Post# 311344 1/9/2015 at 01:28 (3,395 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
1981 monkey wards canned ham after cleanup and servicing. oiled the sticky cordwinder, lubed all the wheel axles (icluding on the powerhead). waxed and rubbing compounded all painted areas and used a vinyl protectant on the hose. i bought a very hard to find VG1 brushroll off ebay for $60 that has the correct shaft and pulley to operate in powerheads. works amazingly well. powerhead works evenly matched as my powermates with the wonderful beater bars.
the machine was a find at a salvation army in ardmore, OK for $15 and runs great. lamb motor is nice and strong and powerhead motor runs like new. also if anyone reads this far down in the post. i need a full vintage set of attachments for it. the upholstery nozzle is all that came with it, and is badly damaged at the neck. the other attachments were not there. 
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| Post# 311345 , Reply# 1 1/9/2015 at 01:29 (3,395 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
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| Post# 311346 , Reply# 2 1/9/2015 at 01:30 (3,395 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
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| Post# 311347 , Reply# 3 1/9/2015 at 01:31 (3,395 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
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| Post# 311348 , Reply# 4 1/9/2015 at 01:31 (3,395 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
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| Post# 311365 , Reply# 5 1/9/2015 at 08:55 (3,394 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 311368 , Reply# 6 1/9/2015 at 09:18 (3,394 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 311381 , Reply# 7 1/9/2015 at 10:30 (3,394 days old) by smow69 (Muskogee Oklahoma) | ||
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great find I love the montgomery wards vacuums i have 5 of them. no canned hams but I do have a canned ham badged jc penny | ||
| Post# 311413 , Reply# 9 1/9/2015 at 15:35 (3,394 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 311431 , Reply# 10 1/9/2015 at 16:35 (3,394 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
The search for tools in a matching colour will be a challenge. There are many bright white Eureka upright tool sets on eBay that would at least give you a new classic Eureka Williams crevice tool, dusting brush and upholstery nozzle. But it looks like your rebranded Wards vac has that classic Eureka beige of the early 1970's. You may need beige tools to get a proper match.
Nice to hear that the machine is powerful - those Eureka Williams "Roto-Matic" power nozzles were wonderful | ||
| Post# 311474 , Reply# 11 1/10/2015 at 02:32 (3,394 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
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rick i really appreciate that. from my experience, the only times you score complete sets of attachments is digging thru vacuum shops or vacuum shop estate auctions.
for hoover and eureka, on ebay, attachment sets dont exist at all. kirby, rainbow, compact seem plentiful and even complete. when it comes to canisters, attachments sets simply dont exist unless you DIG and pick. attachments for kenmore powermates also dont exist outside vacuum shops either.... let me know what you find rick. again appreicate you looking out for them. | ||
| Post# 311494 , Reply# 12 1/10/2015 at 10:18 (3,393 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles) | ||
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Neat! What a nice vac, good luck on the attachment search. I'm always amazed at how hard it can be to find attachments for even common vacs so can imagine this will take some time and persistence but the end result will be worth it. | ||
Post# 311501 , Reply# 13 1/10/2015 at 11:13 (3,393 days old) by countryguy  (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Here's a pic of my canned ham although is the non power nozzle version.
Gary | ||
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Post# 311514 , Reply# 14 1/10/2015 at 13:50 (3,393 days old) by westinghouseman (Capron, Illinois, 13 miles due north of Belvidere, Illinois.) |
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| Post# 311516 , Reply# 15 1/10/2015 at 14:22 (3,393 days old) by toastermike (Milwaukie Oregon) | ||
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| Post# 311517 , Reply# 16 1/10/2015 at 14:24 (3,393 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
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| Post# 311533 , Reply# 17 1/10/2015 at 18:09 (3,393 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 311541 , Reply# 18 1/10/2015 at 19:41 (3,393 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California) | ||
There is a.. | ||
| Post# 311552 , Reply# 19 1/10/2015 at 21:13 (3,393 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
Gary | ||
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Post# 311599 , Reply# 20 1/11/2015 at 11:32 (3,392 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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