New Finds and updates!

So here are some updates and new finds:

-Eureka Bravo 2 World Vac- It was mine, and then I sold it (Long story.) It is mine again, and I just put in a N.O.S motor in it. It works perfectly now.
-Miele Powerhouse- Mom's friend found it in the trash, in an upscale neighborhood. I took it apart, washed almost everything and put a new belt in it. I also got rid of most of the scratches with magic erasers. It works nicely and is only missing one tool. I never see these so this is a find for me. I'm using Type U HEPA bags in it.
-Kirby Sanitronic VII- My uncle found it at the dump. Motor runs beautifully and has the original bag. Fan is in excellent shape. The light bulb socket was cut off, so that will be fixed soon. My vac shop sold me a N.O.S brushroll for it for only $10. It was missing the nozzle, so I bought one from a 562 on ebay, and put the Sanitronic belt lifter on it. No cord, but I can use the one from my 515 to run this.
-Kirby Heritage 2- Uncle also found this one at the dump. Only issue was the burnt cord at the connection to the vacuum. I bought a genuine cord for cheap on ebay, and put a new brushroll in it. I completely washed the bag, and now it has a HEPA cloth bag in it as well. New belt too. Runs perfectly. It was so nice, I sold off my other Heritage II and kept this one.
-BIGGEST FIND!- 1977 Filter Queen model 700- $20 at Savers. It STUNK, so I washed everything that I could. It has all the tools, but is missing the wand and powerhead. There are minor splits in the hose that doesn't affect the electrical stability of the hose. I got off most of the nasty gunk on the metal with a sponge. It works Great- Just need to find the original wand and powerhead. The filter bat was also replaced, and that was washed.

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Post# 318383 3/15/2015 at 11:20 (3,327 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York)
Checkrate/Likes 1 So here are some updates and new finds: -Eureka Bravo 2 World Vac- It was mine, and then I sold it (Long story.) It is mine again, and I just put in a N.O.S motor in it. It works perfectly now. -Miele Powerhouse- Mom's friend found it in the trash, in an upscale neighborhood. I took it apart, washed almost everything and put a new belt in it. I also got rid of most of the scratches with magic erasers. It works nicely and is only missing one tool. I never see these so this is a find for me. I'm using Type U HEPA bags in it. -Kirby Sanitronic VII- My uncle found it at the dump. Motor runs beautifully and has the original bag. Fan is in excellent shape. The light bulb socket was cut off, so that will be fixed soon. My vac shop sold me a N.O.S brushroll for it for only $10. It was missing the nozzle, so I bought one from a 562 on ebay, and put the Sanitronic belt lifter on it. No cord, but I can use the one from my 515 to run this. -Kirby Heritage 2- Uncle also found this one at the dump. Only issue was the burnt cord at the connection to the vacuum. I bought a genuine cord for cheap on ebay, and put a new brushroll in it. I completely washed the bag, and now it has a HEPA cloth bag in it as well. New belt too. Runs perfectly. It was so nice, I sold off my other Heritage II and kept this one. -BIGGEST FIND!- 1977 Filter Queen model 700- $20 at Savers. It STUNK, so I washed everything that I could. It has all the tools, but is missing the wand and powerhead. There are minor splits in the hose that doesn't affect the electrical stability of the hose. I got off most of the nasty gunk on the metal with a sponge. It works Great- Just need to find the original wand and powerhead. The filter bat was also replaced, and that was washed. Photos... < > Photo 1 of 7 View Full Size

Post# 318390 , Reply# 1 3/15/2015 at 12:04 (3,327 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)
Checkrate/Likes Nice little collection. It's amazing what people will throw away.

Post# 318392 , Reply# 2 3/15/2015 at 12:30 (3,327 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)
Checkrate/Likes I used to have a FQ like that 30 years ago, VERY well made machine

Post# 318412 , Reply# 3 3/15/2015 at 17:19 (3,326 days old) by fantomfan (Rochester, New York)
Checkrate/Likes *Thanks!* Filter Queens are SOLID machines. I'm glad I was able to save it. It probably would have been thrown away by Savers- things like that don't sell easily at thrift stores.