Thread Number: 28639
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
does anyone collect these? |
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Post# 319552 , Reply# 1   3/28/2015 at 13:55 (3,316 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 319682 , Reply# 3   3/29/2015 at 21:27 (3,314 days old) by Bikerray (Middle Earth)   |   | |
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Post# 319689 , Reply# 4   3/29/2015 at 22:23 (3,314 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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I think Western Auto went out of business in the late '90s. It was bought by Sears sometime in the '80s and they even carried Craftsman tools the last few years of its existence. The one in Greenville, N.C., where I lived 20-odd years ago, had one that changed to Auto America and then changed back to Western Auto before it closed up. They even handled Western Auto warranty work while they were Auto America.
Back in the '70s, my dad bought a black and white portable TV set for our kitchen from Western Auto. It was a re-branded GE set that said Truetone (how the hell did I remember that?) on the front. The serial number actually began with the letters 'GE'. In the mid-'90s, I bought a re-branded GE set from Sears. Mine said 'LXI' on the front of it, which was Sears' house brand for electronics at the time, but Kmart was selling an identical set with a GE logo on the front. It's a good TV. I still have it and it still works fine. |