Thread Number: 38583  /  Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Not an Electrolux, but an Electro
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Post# 410209   6/7/2019 at 21:59 (1,776 days old) by quebecois (Waterloo, Canada)        

I was given an Arrow ELectro today. The canister is in very good shape, the chrome is lightly pitted, but I think a good paste and elbow grease will get rid of it.

The motor feels very strong, succion is powerful at front end, so is exhaust at the other end. I suspect there was a filter at the rear end, but I may be wrong, I don't know that model at all.

I didn't get any cord with it, I used an ELectrolux cord of the same era to test the motor.

The weak part is the hose. It is cracked at several places.

I will send more pictures shortly.


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Post# 410210 , Reply# 1   6/7/2019 at 22:30 (1,776 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)        

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Well it's a really good looking machine!

Post# 410216 , Reply# 2   6/8/2019 at 03:14 (1,776 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)        

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I have an identical vacuum cleaner from Norway called the WILFA that friends who live there sent to me. It's an amazingly beautiful machine.


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Post# 410217 , Reply# 3   6/8/2019 at 07:38 (1,776 days old) by quebecois (Waterloo, Canada)        

Charles

Yours is awesome !

Do you know if replacement bags are available for these machines ?


Post# 410218 , Reply# 4   6/8/2019 at 08:13 (1,776 days old) by quebecois (Waterloo, Canada)        

Is there actually a filter at the rear end? What does it look like? New replacement filters available?

Post# 410219 , Reply# 5   6/8/2019 at 08:27 (1,776 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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Hi Francois

I picked up the identical machine a couple of months ago. Here's a picture of it with the proper hose and rug/floor nozzle (I didn't get the small parts with it).

Arrow Electro was made by Holland Electro in Holland for the Arrow Sewing Machine Co. in Canada. This model would have been the lower line machine around 1960.

No there wasn't an exhaust filter.

Doug


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Post# 410221 , Reply# 6   6/8/2019 at 10:17 (1,776 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)        

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That's a gorgeous piece of industrial design that just can't be replicated in modern plastic. Get busy with some Mother's and shine that puppy up!

Post# 410226 , Reply# 7   6/8/2019 at 18:51 (1,776 days old) by quebecois (Waterloo, Canada)        

Bought lots of Electrolux accessories today including 15 to 20 floor brushes (some of them are brand new I guess) , the seller also had LOTS of bags of all makes and models for sale, I bought 3-4 Eureka bags with a rubber ring that could fit the Arrow tank, I'll let you know.

Post# 410231 , Reply# 8   6/8/2019 at 20:52 (1,775 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)        

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My Wilfa has a shake-out out cloth bag with a flat filter pad inside the bag chamber behind the bag.


Post# 410234 , Reply# 9   6/8/2019 at 21:47 (1,775 days old) by quebecois (Waterloo, Canada)        

MIne has its original shake-out cloth bag too, but i'm looking for something that could catch more dust.

I'd be curious to see what your flat filter looks like, does it look like factory made?


Post# 410236 , Reply# 10   6/8/2019 at 22:40 (1,775 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)        

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The filter is like those in countless other 1940s & '50s vacuum cleaners - a flat pad made of cotton with a thin layer of cotton batting inside, encased in a metal ring.


Post# 410334 , Reply# 11   6/11/2019 at 15:03 (1,773 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.)        
Wow! These are gorgeous machines

Are there any differences in appearance between BOL and TOL? The chrome really pops on these. Nice!

Post# 410363 , Reply# 12   6/12/2019 at 07:03 (1,772 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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Hi Bill

This was the Top of the Line model style (This one is actually a couple of years older than the Lower Line model above)



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