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Thread Number: 28147
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Help Please with 1C 3C and R model Kirby Vacuum Manuals |
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| Post# 314649 2/5/2015 at 11:52 (3,361 days old) by chicagomike (Plover, WI) | ||
Hi,
I am working on a project where I am re-type-setting the old kirby vacuum manuals. I am still looking for complete scans of every page from the original manuals for the following models: 1C, 3C, 1R, 2R, 3R, and 4R. If you have any or all of these manuals I am looking for, could you please scan every page of the manual and email it to me? If you do not have the ability to scan them, then pictures of every page would work too assuming the pictures are clear enough for me to read everything. Private message me or email me if you prefer not to post here. I would be happy to: 1.) pay $ you for taking the time to scan the manual(s) for me 2.) or I would be happy to mail you a re-type-set manual when I get them complete 3.) or I have a couple items I can trade with for the scans such as a.) black kirby wheels or b.) belt lifter caps Thanks in advance for anyone taking the time to help me with my project. | ||
| Post# 314654 , Reply# 1 2/5/2015 at 13:15 (3,361 days old) by sonnyndad () | ||
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Check Kirby's website. | ||
Post# 314655 , Reply# 2 2/5/2015 at 13:32 (3,361 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Mike,
Kirby has the 2C and 4C manuals available among those in your list: 2C: kirbywhq.powweb.com/manuals/2C/in... 4C: kirbywhq.powweb.com/manuals/4C/in... The "R" series meant retail sale, and had a handle-mounted lever switch a la the Royal uprights. ~Ben | ||
| Post# 314660 , Reply# 3 2/5/2015 at 14:40 (3,361 days old) by chicagomike (Plover, WI) | ||
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Post# 314695 , Reply# 4 2/5/2015 at 21:40 (3,361 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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~ I wonder if there even were separate manuals for the R models. The differences were so minimal from the C models, other than the cord. I imagine that's something that could have been explained to retail customers looking at the machines in department stores. Seeing as how they reused so many photos from one model's manual to the next, I really do wonder if they would have gone to the great expense of producing separate manuals. What they might have done was print a single insert sheet, maybe two-sided, that explained the special feature of the R models. I have never seen any Model R manuals. | ||
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Post# 314697 , Reply# 5 2/5/2015 at 21:43 (3,361 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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~ The Kirby company did not produce separate serial number places for the R models, by the way. What they did was "X" out the "C" at the beginning of the serial number and added an "R" at the end. See photos. | ||
| Post# 314725 , Reply# 6 2/6/2015 at 09:47 (3,360 days old) by chicagomike (Plover, WI) | ||
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See the photos of R model tags which do not have X's on them.
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| Post# 314727 , Reply# 7 2/6/2015 at 09:52 (3,360 days old) by chicagomike (Plover, WI) | ||
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See photos of the R model manual, they do exist. Photos are from Jame's website and I posted without asking him, so please remove the photos if I am not allowed to post them..
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Post# 314752 , Reply# 8 2/6/2015 at 13:27 (3,360 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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~ Well, "knock me down with a feather." That's the first R-model instruction booklet I've ever seen! I'd sure like to see the entire booklet. Then, Mike, as to your comment in your subsequent thread about posts getting hijacked, what can I say ... "Guilty as charged." (I posted this comment here so as not to hijack your new thread!) That being said, you will find that most of the discussions here are "organic" and often evolve and morph into other directions -- again, sometimes diverting entirely from the original topic. It's like when people are talking at a party -- a subject will be brought up that people will discuss. Then, invariably, someone says something along the line of "That reminds of..." or "Did you hear about..." etc. etc. etc., and the conversation goes off into another direction. You can only control to a certain degree the course of threads. They will nearly always drift into other directions -- sometimes related to the original thread, sometimes not. | ||
| Post# 314767 , Reply# 9 2/6/2015 at 16:05 (3,360 days old) by Kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
Very rare  | ||
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Post# 464066 , Reply# 10 6/22/2023 at 21:31 (302 days old) by odavid123 (Los Angeles ca ) |
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Help!  | ||
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Post# 464172 , Reply# 11 6/28/2023 at 16:24 (296 days old) by kwalsh97214 (Portland) |
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A few quick questions about Kirby "R" models
I have a few quick questions as I read recent vacuumland posts about Kirby “R” models.
1. When collectors say that the “R” refers to Kirby models that were made for retail sellers, does this mean stores like Gimbels, Bloomingdales, Macys and the like? 2. Did retail stores ever “personalize” these “R” models with a badge, bag, or other marking identifying the store? 3. Why are Kirby “R” models extremely rare – I would have guessed that large retailers would have sold hundreds (or thousands?) of these models (even during the depression years)? Thanks. | ||
| Post# 464173 , Reply# 12 6/28/2023 at 20:29 (296 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Odavid | ||
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Post# 464174 , Reply# 13 6/28/2023 at 20:34 (296 days old) by odavid123 (Los Angeles ca ) |
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Here is what I know .
1. When collectors say that the “R” refers to Kirby models that were made for retail sellers, does this mean stores like Gimbels, Bloomingdales, Macys and the like?
David ) Most likely these were sold at department stores in the 1930s like sears, Macys etc . Although vacuum shops also carried these. The R models were not the first to sell in retail the Vacuette electric and Scott and fetzer sanitation system were sold in limited editions too ( switch on handle) 2. Did retail stores ever “personalize” these “R” models with a badge, bag, or other marking identifying the store? David) not that I know of . 3. Why are Kirby “R” models extremely rare – I would have guessed that large retailers would have sold hundreds (or thousands?) of these models (even during the depression years)? David ) the R models were produced on limited quantities so to not interfere with door to door sales . These were produced for 4 years only . | ||
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Post# 464175 , Reply# 14 6/28/2023 at 20:36 (296 days old) by odavid123 (Los Angeles ca ) |
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Update !! | ||
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Post# 464178 , Reply# 15 6/28/2023 at 21:02 (296 days old) by kwalsh97214 (Portland) |
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David | ||
| Post# 464181 , Reply# 16 6/28/2023 at 22:47 (296 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Nice | ||
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