Thread Number: 35948
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
My Electrolux Model G Hipster ''Fixie'' |
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Post# 385513   2/6/2018 at 03:37 (2,243 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Here's another vacuum I added to my collection on 11/15/2017 for the total price of $35.08! It came from a Goodwill Outlet that had an eBay operations depot for larger items. This vacuum came straight from hipster central, Seattle Washington! It's in a "fixie" style similar to bicycles with a menagerie of different color parts like it was built from the ground up on a tight budget with junk parts.
I have not tested it yet or used it as of this writing on 2/6/2018 because I want to go over it and oil it and wash it before using it as well as repair the cord obviously. The red panel of the vacuum is weird to me, as I originally thought that it was hand-painted on purpose by the owner to make the machine look junky, but it looks like it is factory. None of it came off when I rubbed it, and there is no signs of the original paint chipping off under it or hiding under the trim. I also do not think that anyone other than a factory could pinstripe the lettering that perfectly? Also does anyone know if the hose can be fixed by sawing off the damaged end and reattaching the coupler? And the electrical cord looks worse than it actually is. The inner wires are fine, but the outer sheathing used to be rubberized and it hardened with age and became brittle and cracked at all the bend points. You can snap it like a glowstick. It also weirdly came with some unknown white vacuum accessories and some Rainbow tools that look brand new. Enjoy the photos! Photos were taken on 11/22/2017 4:12-4:27am. |
Post# 385610 , Reply# 1   2/8/2018 at 02:25 (2,241 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 385612 , Reply# 2   2/8/2018 at 05:05 (2,240 days old) by TheSpiritOf76 ()   |   | |
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LX or a LXI (60 or 61). |
Post# 385648 , Reply# 4   2/8/2018 at 20:47 (2,240 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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@ TheSpiritOf76 - Okay thanks!
@ Real1shep - Yeah the term "fixie" has shifted now and I guess it has dual meanings. Project bikes made from a bunch of random mismatched parts can be called fixies now. Like if a mountain bike has a racing bike wheel on the front and maybe a saddle seat and a cruiser bike fork. I'm sure if I disassemble it and clean it out maybe it might reveal itself if it's been just painted on the outside or its through-and through. There is no brush marks or lumpy spots on it at all, so this wasn't a small scale repaint in any case. Maybe if the person was a skilled auto painter they could have pulled this off, but I have no idea. I did read that Canadian Electroluxes were red, maybe this was a serviced or factory repainted one, or at least the shell of one? I got it in any case because it's one of a kind, and I do like the color contrasts. |
Post# 385656 , Reply# 5   2/8/2018 at 21:52 (2,240 days old) by Phaeton (Los Angeles )   |   | |
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Post# 385665 , Reply# 6   2/8/2018 at 23:26 (2,240 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 385666 , Reply# 7   2/8/2018 at 23:27 (2,240 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 385690 , Reply# 9   2/9/2018 at 20:31 (2,239 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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If you want to do that, that would be much appreciated, thank you! As long as it doesn't leak the condition won't bother me. I'd likely use this Electrolux G as a "vacuum cleaner cleaner" to suck out the other vacuums in my collection since I usually seem to always find ones with full bags.
Also I think my grandmother's Olympia One has a hose like that on it, with the cord for the power nozzle within the hose, and you just plug it in. I always thought it looks like a gas pump nozzle. |
Post# 385763 , Reply# 11   2/10/2018 at 19:15 (2,238 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Cool, thanks! If you have a hose and power nozzle cord (doesn't have to be a matching color) I'd be interested in it. I'll have to decline the offer on the PN1 itself as I don't need one right this minute.
I don't have the money right now though, but will soon. Probably by the end of the month or sooner. |
Post# 385770 , Reply# 13   2/10/2018 at 20:02 (2,238 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Unfortunately I only wish I had a house that big to do that with! I have only 800sqft. minimal traditional WWII troop home and it's pretty cluttered. My goal this year is to clean out the guest room in the basement and make it back into a bedroom and not a junk room, and also park my vacuums in there along the side wall.
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Post# 387116 , Reply# 15   3/3/2018 at 17:30 (2,217 days old) by Real1shep (Walla Walla, WA)   |   | |
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Post# 387301 , Reply# 16   3/5/2018 at 21:19 (2,215 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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It looks great! The newer one with the pistol grip would work for me. You can keep the pigtail power cord as since my last post I've gotten another teal G with matching PN1 and cable.
This one I intend just to use as a vacuum-cleaner-outer so I doubt I will ever have a PN1 on it so it won't be necessary. Thanks! I do have a bunch of odds and ends vacuum parts laying around but it's not all together. |
Post# 387320 , Reply# 17   3/6/2018 at 07:34 (2,214 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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Post# 387326 , Reply# 18   3/6/2018 at 09:02 (2,214 days old) by Real1shep (Walla Walla, WA)   |   | |
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@Adin...they are. If they are electrolux floor tools...they say Electrolux.
@huskyvac....send me a PM with your contact info, please.
Kevin
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Post# 387378 , Reply# 19   3/6/2018 at 21:11 (2,214 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 408632 , Reply# 20   4/25/2019 at 14:11 (1,799 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 408667 , Reply# 21   4/25/2019 at 23:41 (1,799 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.)   |   | |
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I think it looks pretty cool, in a hipster-fixie kind of way! |
Post# 408676 , Reply# 22   4/26/2019 at 02:23 (1,799 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Oh yeah it will stay the way it is! That's the reason why I got it, it's unique and you won;t ever see an ElectroLux like this one, and whoever painted it was a professional in every right. You can look at it with a magnifying glass and the paint is dead perfect in application as well as the pinstriped Electrolux emblem, I dunno how they did it so good.
I still plan to use it as my "vacuum cleaner cleaner-outer" vac to suck out clogs, clean bagless vacs, antique vacuum dust bags, and all that. |