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Thread Number: 28426
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Kirby model in thriftshop |
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| Post# 317525 , Reply# 1 3/5/2015 at 15:33 (3,337 days old) by Firebirdman55 (Owensboro Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 317534 , Reply# 2 3/5/2015 at 16:10 (3,337 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
If it's in your price range, go for it. The parts behind the counter are most likely the hose and attachments. You can't go wrong with a Kirby. They're well-built and unlike today's plastivacs, they're designed to be serviced and rebuilt instead of being tossed in the trash. If you're at all handy with tools, they're pretty easy to work on yourself. Seriously, that thing can last you a lifetime.
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| Post# 317535 , Reply# 3 3/5/2015 at 16:32 (3,337 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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In re-reading both your posts, I see you're in Belgium, which could explain why you hadn't heard of Kirby. It's a premium American brand, sold door-to-door by a network of independent dealers. I have no idea what their European business model is like, but here in the States, they don't advertise much in mass media. My first introduction to the brand came back in the early '70s when I was about 8 or 9 years old and a Kirby salesman did an in-home demo in our living room. I was mightily impressed with the machine but my parents bought a considerably less expensive Hoover Convertible instead. It took about 40 years before I got a Kirby of my own, and now I have three.
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| Post# 317722 , Reply# 5 3/7/2015 at 16:28 (3,335 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 317767 , Reply# 6 3/8/2015 at 08:15 (3,334 days old) by HooverFind () | ||
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@human: that's about 80 USD... and the shop claims that everything is still in working order (tested by them). | ||
| Post# 317773 , Reply# 7 3/8/2015 at 09:04 (3,334 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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