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Thread Number: 37864
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
1955 called. They want their Lewyt back. |
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| Post# 403628 1/6/2019 at 12:00 (1,930 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
No way am I giving it back. This one is perfect and complete. Including the optional tool rack and swivel caster for the back of the machine, and the wall rack to store the hose and extension poles.
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| Post# 403629 , Reply# 1 1/6/2019 at 12:01 (1,930 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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The perfect 1955 American housewife. Something most vacuum collectors aspire to be.
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| Post# 403630 , Reply# 2 1/6/2019 at 12:03 (1,930 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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They even had pine deodorizing tablets. Your house could smell like Christmas 365 days of the year. Oh joy.
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| Post# 403631 , Reply# 3 1/6/2019 at 12:05 (1,930 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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The world famous Speed Sak.
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| Post# 403632 , Reply# 4 1/6/2019 at 12:06 (1,930 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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The optional wall rack. Allowed you to store your machine completely assembled, ready to be rolled into action at a moments notice.
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| Post# 403633 , Reply# 5 1/6/2019 at 12:07 (1,930 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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The hubcap on the big wheel. Do you think Mercedes Benz may have minded?
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| Post# 403635 , Reply# 6 1/6/2019 at 12:09 (1,930 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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The optional “papoose” attachment carrier. This one also includes the optional swivel wheel. Yes, that is the correct color of the attachments. Plastic injection molding was in its early stages.
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| Post# 403636 , Reply# 7 1/6/2019 at 12:12 (1,930 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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1950s realness. They even told you where the switch was. They engraved the serial number into the edge of the switch pedal.
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| Post# 403638 , Reply# 8 1/6/2019 at 12:14 (1,930 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Apparently, so you will never forget, they had to tell you it was a “vacuum cleaner”. Gotta love 1950s design.
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| Post# 403639 , Reply# 9 1/6/2019 at 12:16 (1,930 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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The face of the rug tool showing the comb valve in the OPEN position.
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| Post# 403640 , Reply# 10 1/6/2019 at 12:17 (1,930 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Showing the comb valve in the closed position.
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| Post# 403641 , Reply# 11 1/6/2019 at 12:18 (1,930 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Both style, and substance.
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| Post# 403642 , Reply# 12 1/6/2019 at 12:19 (1,930 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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The number 80 carpet nozzle
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| Post# 403644 , Reply# 13 1/6/2019 at 12:19 (1,930 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Post# 403656 , Reply# 14 1/6/2019 at 17:17 (1,930 days old) by countryguy  (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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| Post# 403657 , Reply# 15 1/6/2019 at 17:56 (1,930 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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For some reason, the first vacuum cleaners other than airway that used disposable bags, didn’t really call them “bags”. Hoover called them Hygienasacs. Electrolux called them rappers. It makes sense that a self-contained bag that did not sit in a cloth bag, as most machines of the time did, would call the bag a sak.
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Post# 403663 , Reply# 16 1/6/2019 at 19:41 (1,930 days old) by n0oxy (Saint Louis Missouri, United States) |
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nice machine That machine sounds awesome, and I bet it used a nice sounding Lamb electric motor, probably the one from the early 1950's, still pretty powerful. Lewyt definitely was making great vacuums until they made the zappers. Mike | ||
| Post# 403671 , Reply# 17 1/6/2019 at 20:34 (1,930 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 403677 , Reply# 18 1/6/2019 at 21:44 (1,930 days old) by vacuumdevil (Vacuum Hell ) | ||
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Post# 403696 , Reply# 19 1/7/2019 at 00:33 (1,930 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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Liked the "switch","vacuum cleaner" markings!Want one!!!fun to use it with a Volt powernozzle.Yes,our transmitters are marked "250Kw SW transmitter on the nameplate-Another is "radio transmitting equipment"Maybe that vacuum should be marked vacuum cleaning equipment! | ||
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Post# 403706 , Reply# 20 1/7/2019 at 13:48 (1,929 days old) by rivstg1 (colorado springs) |
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Post# 403732 , Reply# 21 1/7/2019 at 21:16 (1,929 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Post# 403739 , Reply# 22 1/7/2019 at 23:07 (1,929 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL) |
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