Thread Number: 33816
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
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Post# 367248 , Reply# 1   2/20/2017 at 20:25 (2,614 days old) by KirbyCollector (Columbus Ohio USA)   |   | |
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Post# 367263 , Reply# 3   2/21/2017 at 06:00 (2,614 days old) by KirbyCollector (Columbus Ohio USA)   |   | |
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Post# 367275 , Reply# 4   2/21/2017 at 09:56 (2,614 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 367284 , Reply# 6   2/21/2017 at 11:24 (2,614 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Gene,
Like Thom (KirbyCollector) and Hans (kenkart) said, the 13" wide nozzle was indeed an option and was preferred by those end users and businesses that have many tight spots. Going by the 3rd picture, it appears your 13" nozzle, as well as the machine itself, must be made after December 1984 (x8412xxxxx) because the attaching lug for the Classic Omega/III/Tradition speed switch is not present.
And also like Thom points out, the other nozzles you're referring to were used depending on the serial number of the machine itself. If the HII in question was made between September and December 1984 (s/n x8409xxxxx to x8412xxxxx), the nozzle casting would not only have wings but also the attaching lugs for the Classic Omega/III/Tradition speed switch (134374/134380); if built between December 1984 and March 1985 (s/n x8412xxxxx to x8503xxxxx) then that lug on the back of the nozzle casting for the older machines' speed switch was removed.
Here's my small HII nozzle (this one was made in September 1985)... mine too lacks the Classic Omega speed switch attaching lug.
~Ben |