Thread Number: 36049
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
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Post# 386617   2/23/2018 at 09:29 (2,250 days old) by n0oxy (Saint Louis Missouri, United States)   |   | |
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Thought some might find this interesting, it's a youtube channel dedicated to vacuum commercials and it has lots of them. CLICK HERE TO GO TO n0oxy's LINK |
Post# 386618 , Reply# 1   2/23/2018 at 09:31 (2,250 days old) by n0oxy (Saint Louis Missouri, United States)   |   | |
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Does anyone know anything about this machine? Was it a canister or some kind of hand vac? I had not heard of it before seeing this commercial. CLICK HERE TO GO TO n0oxy's LINK |
Post# 386624 , Reply# 2   2/23/2018 at 11:57 (2,250 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 386633 , Reply# 3   2/23/2018 at 14:37 (2,250 days old) by vacuumguy91 (Hoover Central)   |   | |
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Post# 386650 , Reply# 4   2/23/2018 at 22:02 (2,250 days old) by kirby519 (Wisconsin)   |   | |
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I did with my Grandmothers Classic Kirby until she used it the next time. My Grandfather took the so called heat for it. She however knew I was doing it when I cleaned the car. I was about 5 to 6 yrs old at the time. |
Post# 386703 , Reply# 6   2/24/2018 at 23:12 (2,249 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Hi Mike,
That Eureka Williams tv commercial is advertising the debut of one of the company’s most common canister vacuum cleaners throughout the 1970’s. It was the successor to the popular “canned ham” Empress and Empress Two designs from the late 1960’s. The Sweet Sixteen vacuum line-up got its name from the model number series: 1600’s. The initial line-up had 4 models: 1620, 1640, 1660 and 1680. All were straight suction only canister cleaners when they debuted in 1970. They were boxier than the Empress Two, and had more powerful motors. The deluxe 1680 has a wider handle, visual bag check indicator with warning light, and a rotary dial to set the suction level. The original line up came in a metallic sky blue which is what is being advertised in the TV commercial that you mentioned. A year or two later, Eureka offered 2 of the models in Burnt Orange and and the other two in Harvest Gold. When Eureka Williams introduced their Roto Matic power nozzle, it was sold with one Empress Two canister (the deluxe version), and two Sweet Sixteen canisters. These three Roto-Matic Power Teams has model numbers in the 1200 series. I remember the Burnt Orange Power Team was Model 1265, which was top-rated in Consumer Reports in 1973....second only to a Best Buy Eureka Princess Power Team (1255)...a fourth Power Team added to Eureka’s line up in that year. The boxy Sweet Sixteen canister design survived way into the 1980’s, with even a stainless steel Sanitaire version appearing at some point. The design was also popular with department stores as Montgomery Ward and JCPenney, and Canada’s Eaton’s and The Bay sold Sweet Sixteens under their store brand names for over a decade. |
Post# 386718 , Reply# 11   2/25/2018 at 11:27 (2,248 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Hi Mike,
You’re welcome! Regarding the Vibra-Groomer brush rolls. The first one I feel was actually the best one! The VG1 had a thin, twisted helix shape aluminum body that was like a fan that allowed a lot of air flow to pass through the brush roll chamber. Imagine a flat bar of aluminum that is twisted 90 degrees. On each edge of the twisted bar are half replaceable brush strip and half metal beater bar. Many Sanitaire uprights still feature this unique helix brush roll - some with only brush strips which are better for sweeping glued-down commercial carpeting. The VGII has a more traditional round tube shape and is made of shiny stainless steel. Instead of a pair of smooth metal beater bars, the VGII has mini bars staggered along the length of the tube in a spiral layout. There are four nubs on one side of the belt groove and three on the shorter side of the belt groove. The VGIII was Eureka’s response to Hoover’s Quadraflex agitator. This brush roll has two rows of replaceable bristles that were stiffened by plastic bars on each side of the bristles so that the brushes had more “spring and fling” action. Not quite sure if this design actually swept out more dirt than the earlier Vibra-Groomers. |
Post# 386723 , Reply# 12   2/25/2018 at 13:58 (2,248 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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A Sweet 16, I have the later power nozzle version..But for some reason the Sweet 16 is elusive! |
Post# 386727 , Reply# 14   2/25/2018 at 16:54 (2,248 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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If I remember correctly, this was how Eureka laid out the line up - I’ll go in order of more deluxe to more basic:
1680: Deluxe version had wide carrying handle, Cordaway cord reel, control panel with Bag Guard and dial suction selector, deluxe attachments (Vibra Beat rug nozzle, regular rug nozzle, wider upholstery nozzle, square horsehair dusting brush), maybe a stronger motor too. 1660: all of the above except regular Eureka attachments: no Vibra Beat, smaller standard upholstery nozzle, standard round dusting brush 1640: same as 1660, except smaller handle and no Control Panel with suction dial and Bag Guard - the only extra feature was the Cordaway cord reel...also a weaker motor I think. 1620 - base line model: same as 1640 with no Cordaway - as the calm voiceover in the commercial says “no fancy stuff, no fancy price. Just a sweet and simple cleaning machine...” The feature distribution was similar for the previous Empress II FastVacs: 1880, 1860, 1840 and 1820....if I remember correctly. |
Post# 386728 , Reply# 15   2/25/2018 at 17:12 (2,248 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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For the Roto-Matic Power Teams:
1285: the canister was the deluxe 1880 Empress Two FastVac (in a brown colour) 1265: the canister was the deluxe 1680 Sweet Sixteen (in a Burnt Orange colour) 1245 or 1235 (can’t remember this model number): the canister was a more basic 1640 Sweet Sixteen in a Harvest Gold colour 1255: the canister was a basic classic square Princess model in red with a red Roto Matic Power Nozzle In the 1973 Consumer Reports tests of vacuums, the 1255 and 1265 topped the Power Nozzle canister ratings. The deluxe 1285 was given the dreaded “not recommended” label due to a design flaw that pulled the power nozzle plug out of its port whenever the swivel hose rotated too far at the canister connection! |