Thread Number: 33105
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Regina Electrikbroom finds |
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Post# 361577   10/27/2016 at 21:52 (2,709 days old) by man114 (Buffalo NY)   |   | |
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Well this is kind of crazy but I found two basically new Electrikbrooms at two different thrifts in a 4 day period. Thought I'd share them. My grandma used to have one similar in color to the tan one. |
Post# 361585 , Reply# 1   10/28/2016 at 02:32 (2,709 days old) by Vintagefox (California)   |   | |
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Post# 361586 , Reply# 2   10/28/2016 at 06:05 (2,708 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 361593 , Reply# 3   10/28/2016 at 09:24 (2,708 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 361594 , Reply# 4   10/28/2016 at 09:25 (2,708 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 361600 , Reply# 5   10/28/2016 at 11:10 (2,708 days old) by man114 (Buffalo NY)   |   | |
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Here is zoomed in on the nozzle. The photos were better resolution than what they came out after I uploaded. I'll get the serial #s up in a little while.
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Post# 361603 , Reply# 7   10/28/2016 at 11:24 (2,708 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 361612 , Reply# 8   10/28/2016 at 15:03 (2,708 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 361614 , Reply# 10   10/28/2016 at 16:28 (2,708 days old) by man114 (Buffalo NY)   |   | |
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Bamboo one is serial 429 |
Post# 361642 , Reply# 11   10/29/2016 at 03:31 (2,708 days old) by man114 (Buffalo NY)   |   | |
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Was just looking at the shady dealings that lead to Regin's demise. The electrikbroom was a proven design and I think outside the shady dealings they could still spbe selling these now in the original state with merely updated cosmetics. |
Post# 361643 , Reply# 12   10/29/2016 at 03:33 (2,708 days old) by man114 (Buffalo NY)   |   | |
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Apologize for the typos. Autocorrect does not like real words apparently. |
Post# 361663 , Reply# 13   10/29/2016 at 18:50 (2,707 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Thank you for that information, Erik. Very interesting! Yet, I can't believe that the suction was powerful enough to require a reduction in suction for use on carpets. But the feature must have been quite short-lived as so few of us cleanerphiles have ever seen it before. Thanks for posting and sharing! :-)
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Post# 361670 , Reply# 14   10/29/2016 at 21:15 (2,707 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 361823 , Reply# 15   11/1/2016 at 22:39 (2,704 days old) by electrikbroomgu (Rome, NY)   |   | |
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Its not everyday one finds two virtually new in the box Regina brooms these days and from the 1970's even. What is even more astonishing is finding one with the ultra rare "power control" nozzle. In my entire collection of well over 200 of these things I literally only have one with this nozzle on a 1970 gray one speed model. Note that this nozzle shows up in the mid to later 1970's Regina pamphlets as an available option.
As for these two brooms, the orange one is pretty rare with the Harvest gold unit being more common during that time era. Also note that the bamboo bag style lasted right into the early 1980's. Both of these machines ironically are from 1974 from a middle of the year production run and are close to being the last of the really good ones. Note that there is still a strain relief on the cord coming out of the switch, a white rubber lower bag retainer covering the band, full metal motor housing, fan housing and upper dirt cup section. Even the floor nozzle on the harvest gold should have a metal bottom plate and a real felt upper brush. The economy nozzle with "power control" used a short brush strip and a plastic bottom. This was right around the time when the cord length went from 18' to 16' in the first wave of cheapening that occurred during the 70's. The orange broom has the 16' cord but the harvest gold one may still have 18' based on it's slightly older production date. These still had good motors in them too with ball bearings on the fan end and are very easy to change out if necessary. I'll bet these two examples run really nice! Best of luck with them. |
Post# 361835 , Reply# 17   11/2/2016 at 08:55 (2,703 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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