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Thread Number: 29763
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
The Emperor Lives! |
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Post# 331506 8/11/2015 at 21:10 (3,180 days old) by bvac6  (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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So after an expensive motor rebuild the old beast has been resurrected! I'm really impressed by the power it has! The disturbulator grooms the carpet really well!
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Post# 331531 , Reply# 2 8/12/2015 at 10:01 (3,180 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree) |
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AWESOME! More pics please! I only saw this one once from the back side because it was in a neighbor lady's closet. I didn't have the nerve to open the closet door right there in front of her to get another look. | ||
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Post# 331565 , Reply# 3 8/12/2015 at 16:38 (3,179 days old) by bvac6 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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As requested, more pics!
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| Post# 331571 , Reply# 4 8/12/2015 at 17:45 (3,179 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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Post# 331607 , Reply# 5 8/13/2015 at 01:52 (3,179 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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Nice vacuum-looks pretty husky!Looks like it has a very large motor and fan.And its direct air!Are bags still available for the Emporor or do you have to retrofit bags from another brand? | ||
| Post# 331613 , Reply# 6 8/13/2015 at 05:41 (3,179 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 331615 , Reply# 7 8/13/2015 at 08:50 (3,179 days old) by Tech12 () | ||
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Congratulations, cool looking machine. | ||
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Post# 331626 , Reply# 8 8/13/2015 at 12:12 (3,178 days old) by bvac6 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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Bags, etc.
The bags it takes are Type P, and they are quite extinct! I am fortunate to have found a couple packs of them at the old vac shop. The Carpet Compensator is a plug that has a plunger on the bottom of it that opens to allow air in as a sort of "pressure equalizer" when the nozzle bogs down on the carpet due to the strong suction. The motor is actually not very big, at least not the biggest I've ever seen. The fan is really unique! Its deep bladed and has these two little "teeth" on the edges of it that have a sharp point on the end. I assume its to shred whatever object may get hung up in the fan chamber.
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| Post# 331661 , Reply# 9 8/13/2015 at 18:31 (3,178 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California) | ||
That.. | ||
| Post# 331666 , Reply# 10 8/13/2015 at 20:48 (3,178 days old) by vac-o-matic (Saint Louis, Mo.) | ||
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Congrats! You'll really enjoy using it, and it's like new now with the rebuilt motor. I don't get mine out too much, knowing that I'm lucky it's still working, don't want to push my luck! | ||
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Post# 331680 , Reply# 11 8/14/2015 at 03:37 (3,178 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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"P" type bags--can other bags fit?The shredder teeth on the fan blades sound unique!Is the fan metal? | ||
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Post# 331693 , Reply# 12 8/14/2015 at 08:30 (3,178 days old) by bvac6 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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Tolivac
Honestly Im not sure if other bags would fit. The opening at the top of the bag fill tube is rectangular and I don't know of any other bag that is still produced today that would work. The brushroll is pretty worn but still contacts the carpet, Id love to find an NOS one lying around! The fan is metal and is quite thick.
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Post# 331743 , Reply# 13 8/15/2015 at 01:15 (3,177 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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So,guess its tough to find bags for the Emporer-that is too bad-nice machine and with a tough metal fan!Hope you can run into a new or spare brushroll!What about belts? | ||
| Post# 331746 , Reply# 14 8/15/2015 at 09:06 (3,177 days old) by blknblu (CT) | ||
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Like this?
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Post# 331752 , Reply# 15 8/15/2015 at 11:35 (3,176 days old) by bvac6 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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Well I'll be! | ||
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Post# 331807 , Reply# 16 8/16/2015 at 01:42 (3,176 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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What can you use if the Regina Housekeeper belts become unavailable?Thought Housekeepers were NLA. | ||
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Post# 331888 , Reply# 17 8/17/2015 at 09:40 (3,175 days old) by bvac6 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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Belts | ||
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Post# 331938 , Reply# 18 8/18/2015 at 01:54 (3,174 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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Good-if Panasonic belts fit-you and the Emporer are good to go. | ||
| Post# 332010 , Reply# 19 8/19/2015 at 02:29 (3,173 days old) by HenryDreyfuss (Ohio) | ||
Really cool machine! | ||
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