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Thread Number: 32761
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
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| Post# 358874 9/6/2016 at 21:44 (2,781 days old) by chan55 (Green Bay, WI) | ||
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Today's vac of the day is the Compact with a pretty fancy lady promoting it. I know nothing about the Compact. History anyone? Do they work well? Are they still made? | ||
| Post# 358875 , Reply# 1 9/6/2016 at 22:23 (2,781 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest) | ||
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From what I've been told. The pretty lady; is a man. Compact per se, is still made under the name Tri-Star. Here is a link to a past post, and a pretty good history. Way better than I could ever tell it. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Kirbysthebest's LINK | ||
| Post# 358909 , Reply# 2 9/7/2016 at 09:03 (2,780 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest) | ||
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Comact thread, mentioned cross dresser. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Kirbysthebest's LINK | ||
| Post# 358913 , Reply# 3 9/7/2016 at 10:21 (2,780 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
Here's the story of the Compact Cross dresser.
It was supposed to be a standard photo shoot for the cover of the Compact Electra's instruction book, and assorted advertizing. All things were in place, room set up, clothes designed (or bought) and so on. Then disaster struck. The woman who was to pose for the picture either failed to show, or called in sick, at any rate the photo shoot was about to be postponed. Then one of the crew offered to 'get into costume.' Nothing more is known about this, but clearly this is a man in drag, and it was done at a time when this sort of thing was rare. I can only assume the reaction of the crew, the whistles, off color remarks, and so on. But one thing is clear, he saved Compact a lot of money by not having to reschedule the photo shoot.
Perrsonally, I'm not into the cross dressing scene, but I have to admit this guy IS stunning! | ||
| Post# 358915 , Reply# 4 9/7/2016 at 11:04 (2,780 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest) | ||
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Thank You Alex I knew I had heard the story, but couldn't remember the specifics well enough o tell it.
I had searched the archives last night and this morning. To tell the truth, up until I had heard the story; I always thought it was Yvette Mimieux. | ||
| Post# 358919 , Reply# 5 9/7/2016 at 12:01 (2,780 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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Yvette Mimieux is it?
Hi Kirbysthebest:
I've told this story before, so what I posted was a short version which lacked the detail. I'll try to find the original so you and others can read it. As to where I first heard this? I think the credit goes to the late Craig Long, he really had a memory! Mention any instruction book and he could recite it word for word. Here's a picture of him in my living room in May of 86 for the second meeting of the V.C.C.C.. As to the Air-Way, he brought that to me from Buffalo, New York. And Craig was the only member who was an overnight guest, all others stayed at the Stardust motel on my corner. 
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| Post# 358921 , Reply# 6 9/7/2016 at 12:03 (2,780 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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| Post# 358930 , Reply# 7 9/7/2016 at 15:40 (2,780 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
Compact!
I don't know anything about the ad, but in terms of performance they work very well my CXL is probably my most powerful canister.
They were a very simple machine, a case, a switch, a motor, a cloth bag, and a paper bag, very easy to service and barely anything to go wrong. They also used what they called a "wingtip vortex" which guided debris to the front of the cylindrical bag which kept the area closest to the motor free (mostly) of debris. They are still produced but they were sold to Aerus (electrolux) a while back, everything from the EXL on up is produced by Aerus. If you go looking for one I'd say look for a CXL, DXL, maybe an EXL or CS. The MG1 and MG2 while nice looking machines both utilized the VM3 motor which gave them poor airflow. | ||
| Post# 358954 , Reply# 9 9/7/2016 at 23:00 (2,780 days old) by chan55 (Green Bay, WI) | ||
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compact Wow,never even thought about the lady,just the vac! IF you closely,her face could look manly without makeup, and her feet are quite large............. | ||
| Post# 358955 , Reply# 10 9/7/2016 at 23:05 (2,780 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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| Post# 358960 , Reply# 11 9/8/2016 at 00:00 (2,780 days old) by luxflairguy (Wilmington, NC) | ||
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The "woman" has NO adam's apple! | ||
| Post# 358966 , Reply# 12 9/8/2016 at 08:22 (2,779 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest) | ||
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The Adam's apple, or protrusion of the Larynx would be more difficult to see with the angle in which the model's head is turned. Then again there a men without much of a protrusion, and there are women with very large Adam's apples. | ||
Post# 358975 , Reply# 14 9/8/2016 at 09:32 (2,779 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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I heard about the 'man' thing, too.  | ||
| Post# 358976 , Reply# 15 9/8/2016 at 09:34 (2,779 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 358981 , Reply# 16 9/8/2016 at 10:06 (2,779 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest) | ||
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Well then Mike There is only one answer. We will have to do like they do in NASCAR and "tear her down for inspection."
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| Post# 359021 , Reply# 17 9/9/2016 at 08:14 (2,778 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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"tear her down for inspection" No thanks, but have at it if it intrigues you. | ||
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