Thread Number: 33097
/ Tag: Vintage Floor Polishers/Floor Care Products
New Addition - Kirby 516 |
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Post# 361527 , Reply# 1   10/26/2016 at 19:55 (2,709 days old) by KirbyCollector (Columbus Ohio USA)   |   | |
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Post# 361529 , Reply# 2   10/26/2016 at 20:55 (2,709 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Actually, the 516 bag would have been a solid dark gray. The speckled bags didn't come until later in the 5## model run. (See photos.)
However, your bag is a fairly early replacement bag. That style hasn't been manufactured since the mid-1970s, so I think it qualifies as "vintage, new-old-stock, genuine Kirby" if not original!
The gray cord with red plugs is original.
Enjoy it!!
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Post# 361713 , Reply# 4   10/30/2016 at 17:57 (2,705 days old) by KirbyCollector (Columbus Ohio USA)   |   | |
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Post# 361715 , Reply# 5   10/30/2016 at 18:47 (2,705 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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Ed, Charles is right, the bag is a genuine Kirby replacement. Your cord, however, is the original cord that it would have come with when it was sold.
I have read here on Vacuumland that your replacement bag was first offered for sale thru distributors around 1965, & as stated above was discontinued by the mid 1970's. So that gives you a more definitive timeframe from which it is from. Rob |