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Thread Number: 30606
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Westinghouse Canister Vacuum Cleaner |
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| Post# 474257 , Reply# 2 11/19/2024 at 05:58 by fantomfan57 (Central Texas) | ||
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Better late..... than never.
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| Post# 474304 , Reply# 4 11/22/2024 at 09:23 by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
I’ll never forget that confident Westinghouse slogan from the 1960’s: “You can be sure if it’s Westinghouse.”
Those were the days when brandnames symbolized a real company with a real North American factory location and work force that you could see with your own eyes. Globalization and international corporate take-overs now creates a “house of mirrors” that makes it almost impossible to know who is behind the product you are buying. The last Westinghouse vacuum we saw in North American stores was that bagless Wired/Wireless upright - probably made in some sweat shop in China. | ||
| Post# 474316 , Reply# 5 11/23/2024 at 04:27 by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
Westinghouse
Great work Garry, looks like it turned out pretty good! I have the previous model, the SC-1. not much difference between the two, other than the exhaust cap and mine has 4 wheels where yours has 3. I also have a white replacement hose with mine. Ken Wagman gave me a nice turquoise hose for it, but I haven't gotten around to switching it yet. Mine was also a family vac that belonged to an Aunt whose husband worked at the Westinghouse plant in Mansfield, OH most of his life. She had it since it was brand new and I got it when they moved into assisted living. I worked at the same plant for 6 months in 1977, but by then they were only making washers, dryers, and ranges there. Vacs were never made there, but in a plant at Springfield, Mass.
Brian, the slogan "You Can Be Sure...if it's Westinghouse" had actually been around since 1948. Before that, their slogan was "Every House Needs Westinghouse." The slogan was on an extremely large sign on one of the buildings of the plant, and when we were returning from road trips when I was a kid, seeing that sign always meant We're almost home! Jeff
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Post# 474319 , Reply# 6 11/23/2024 at 09:04 by parunner58  (Davenport, FL) |
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This Westinghouse was my mom's first vacuum. Here are the only pictures I can find. It is me playing with it November 1960
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| Post# 474322 , Reply# 7 11/23/2024 at 10:38 by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 474704 , Reply# 8 12/19/2024 at 22:09 by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, IN) | ||
 Did you paint the hose or find a genuine hose? I have the Westinghouse Roll-Easy and I was debating whether to spring for a pool cleaner hose on it (only thing in roughly the same green color as the vacuum). I didn't know how well paint would stick to a generic hose, as I've seen people with painted Shop-Vac hoses (OSHA safety rules) and the paint rubs off and it looks bad. | ||
| Post# 474726 , Reply# 9 12/20/2024 at 17:12 by fantomfan57 (Central Texas) | ||
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Yes, I painted the hose with a better matching color. I just noticed that the furniture guard is missing. I must have mixed something up. | ||
| Post# 474733 , Reply# 10 12/20/2024 at 18:36 by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, IN) | ||
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| Post# 474743 , Reply# 11 12/21/2024 at 03:16 by fantomfan57 (Central Texas) | ||
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Spray, it was a "juggling act" preparing the surface, hanging it up outside under ideal temperature and humidity. Glad you like it. | ||
| Post# 474747 , Reply# 12 12/21/2024 at 05:39 by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, IN) | ||
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