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Thread Number: 31123
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
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| Post# 343908 2/13/2016 at 18:42 (2,987 days old) by s31463221 (Frenchburg, KY) | ||
Here's something you don't see every day...A completely original GE Roll Easy R1. I haven't fully unboxed it yet, but this vacuum is inventoried and all there. I have had this for over three years in the box it came in and finally decided to play with it tonight!
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| Post# 343913 , Reply# 1 2/13/2016 at 19:27 (2,987 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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Looks brand new. I've never seen one up close. I call it the hassock. It's different. | ||
| Post# 343917 , Reply# 2 2/13/2016 at 19:57 (2,987 days old) by s31463221 (Frenchburg, KY) | ||
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Thanks! | ||
Post# 343921 , Reply# 3 2/13/2016 at 21:06 (2,987 days old) by vacuumlad1650  (Wauponsee, IL) |
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| Post# 344143 , Reply# 4 2/15/2016 at 13:26 (2,985 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York) | ||
Gorgeous! | ||
| Post# 344152 , Reply# 5 2/15/2016 at 14:37 (2,985 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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| Post# 344158 , Reply# 6 2/15/2016 at 15:00 (2,985 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
G.E. Roll-Easy
That is indeed a beauty, thanks for sharing.
Way back in 1958, I was about to attend the Nyack boys school in Nyack, New York, and after a tour of the school where the headmaster spoke to both my mother and grandmother, but completely ignored me, he finally addressed me and asked "is there anything you want to know?" "Yes" I said, "what kind of vacuum cleaner do you use?" The headmaster seemed a bit shaken by this question, after all, why should a young boy be asking bout vacuum cleaners? So he shook his head and took us to a room, here he opened a closet door. There was a brand new G.E. Roll-Easy! Sad to say I never got to use it, but it went onto the 'must have' list in my mind. And in 1994, that dream came true when I added the one shown here to my collection. The Roll-Easy's are great machines and I plan to put mine to work in the near future. 
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| Post# 344185 , Reply# 7 2/15/2016 at 16:52 (2,985 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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I have one But cant find any attachments or wands... | ||
| Post# 344186 , Reply# 8 2/15/2016 at 17:26 (2,985 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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G.E. Roll-Easy. | ||
| Post# 344187 , Reply# 9 2/15/2016 at 17:34 (2,985 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 344193 , Reply# 10 2/15/2016 at 18:38 (2,985 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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G.E. Roll-Easy. | ||
| Post# 344194 , Reply# 11 2/15/2016 at 18:48 (2,985 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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G.E. Roll-Easy | ||
| Post# 344211 , Reply# 12 2/15/2016 at 21:28 (2,985 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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I did not see the smaller carry handle on the older versions. I guess that is the only way you could safely take it down a flight of stairs.
I can't believe the latch holding the wand in the steering hole would be strong enough to actually lift it off the ground or prevent it from bouncing down a full flight of stairs. I don't think you would be able to safely roll it downward over stair treads by holding it with the wand in the steering hole. You'd have to carry it the old-fashioned way, methinks. | ||
| Post# 344215 , Reply# 13 2/15/2016 at 22:51 (2,985 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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G.E. Roll-Easy. | ||
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