Thread Number: 35766
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
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Post# 383912 , Reply# 1   1/8/2018 at 23:22 (2,270 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 383915 , Reply# 2   1/9/2018 at 04:15 (2,270 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Oh that is very nice, you do not see too many custom-painted vacuums, I dunno why. There's a photo of a modern Kirby in Google somewhere that was custom-painted dayglo yellow for someone.
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Post# 383918 , Reply# 3   1/9/2018 at 08:18 (2,270 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 383922 , Reply# 4   1/9/2018 at 09:04 (2,270 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 383983 , Reply# 6   1/9/2018 at 23:22 (2,269 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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I've seen pictures of some cool custom Kirbys done by Chicago Mike. The most creative I've ever gotten was when I stripped repainted a scarred up Electrolux PN4A last fall, with a minor custom touch of buffing out the nameplate and leaving it unpainted. At some point, I may buff it out again and clear coat it. I don't really count changing up the color scheme of my Kirby G5 somewhat by using gray replacement parts originally for an Ultimate G as being anywhere in the same category.
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Post# 445062 , Reply# 7   8/23/2021 at 17:32 (947 days old) by texbodemer (Mountlake Terrace)   |   | |
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Post# 445063 , Reply# 8   8/23/2021 at 17:34 (947 days old) by texbodemer (Mountlake Terrace)   |   | |
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Post# 445069 , Reply# 9   8/23/2021 at 20:35 (947 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Kirby dealers back in the day frequently updated the appearance of older machines they took in trade by changing the plastics to give them color schemes similar to whatever the present model was. Electrolux for many years had a factory rebuild program where older models would be refurbished and repainted to match the current ones. There was also an independent company called Metropolitan that did something similar but they used some aftermarket (aka 'bojack') parts on theirs.
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Post# 445076 , Reply# 10   8/23/2021 at 22:10 (947 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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