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Thread Number: 38740
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Strange Kirby Bag |
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| Post# 411629 7/17/2019 at 19:39 (1,742 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
Found this buried in the depths of the internet. Did Kirby ever make a white bag? I would say it was faded, but the print is almost perfect. Also, someone needs to save this Kirby!
~K
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| Post# 411630 , Reply# 1 7/17/2019 at 20:31 (1,742 days old) by Rowdy141 (United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 411633 , Reply# 2 7/17/2019 at 21:06 (1,742 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 411634 , Reply# 3 7/17/2019 at 21:22 (1,742 days old) by Rowdy141 (United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 411636 , Reply# 4 7/17/2019 at 22:05 (1,742 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 411651 , Reply# 6 7/18/2019 at 03:29 (1,742 days old) by Rowdy141 (United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 411664 , Reply# 7 7/18/2019 at 15:45 (1,742 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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Interesting
Seeing as it probably can be remade, that bag might actually look cool on a custom kirby. I actually have a sizeable garbage dump from the 1960s on the hill behind the house. I go up every winter in order to avoid snakes lol. It has stuff from the original Big Wheel to a couple wringer washers to hubcaps from 1960s cars. I even found a possibly fixable late 1950s power drill!
~K
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| Post# 411674 , Reply# 8 7/18/2019 at 18:31 (1,741 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Hmm | ||
| Post# 411677 , Reply# 9 7/18/2019 at 19:52 (1,741 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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If that kirby was on my property it would already be in the house and in restoration lol. Doing the drill will be quite tough.It was quite corroded and rusty when i found it, it was under a pile of leaves on an old car bench seat. The old cord literally broke in half when i bent it lol. Some of the screws are so stuck no amount of wd 40 will loosen them. Also, the trigger broke off, but That should be fixable though. The pic is of an identical, nicer version.
~K
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| Post# 411680 , Reply# 10 7/18/2019 at 20:11 (1,741 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Nice | ||
| Post# 411739 , Reply# 11 7/19/2019 at 17:01 (1,740 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 411760 , Reply# 12 7/20/2019 at 04:42 (1,740 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.) | ||
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By any chance have you come across any mid- fifties Frigidaire washers up there? I...oh I see, well thanks any way, just thought I'd check...never know,lol! | ||
| Post# 411910 , Reply# 13 7/22/2019 at 20:08 (1,737 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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I have a drill just like that one. It's either a Black and Decker or a Sears - I forget. I have to wear rubber gloves when using it because my garage is miswired in reverse so it becomes live when plugged in out there, but it's fine in the house. It was my father's he bought brand new I assume and used all his life. It hasn't run since the 90's.
I found a similar one last year at Goodwill for $4 that is a Canadian-only Sears model (their version of Sears - I forgot the name). They are very tough little drills and I have no doubt in my mind that with just some grease and oil it will work just like new again. I always prefer old tools because they can be dropped without shattering, and they don't have Nanny Nancy safety obstacles on them all over the place, and their cords are very long. I used a 1950s hedge trimmer on my bushes all the time because it has a nice handle on the side that makes it easier to hold when cutting sideways - just have to watch your fingers as your knuckles are only 2" away from the blades. Your trash dump is a very nice treasure to have on your land, and if you get out there with a good quality metal detector (Garrett Ace) you will likely find tons and tons of stuff - be on the lookout for any bottle dumps around the property or next to the pile too. | ||
| Post# 411978 , Reply# 14 7/24/2019 at 14:54 (1,736 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.) | ||
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As huskyvacs mentioned, a metal detector would be awesome since so many things were still made of steel. How big of an area is it, 1/2 acre or more? I'd be curious to know how long the land was used for dumping? Well, as "The Pickers" say, happy picking. | ||
| Post# 413851 , Reply# 15 9/15/2019 at 20:19 (1,682 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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Actually, I have
But didn't find much. I have seen items from the 50s all the way to a bottle from the late 90s. It was used as a burn pit as I saw a turned over wheel with burned stuff in it. The area is basically all in the pic except a couple ripped up cans. It is up a VERY STEEP hill and was led to by a very old and overgrown atv path, although I will follow it sometime, see whose house it leads to. i am thinking of getting the nicer washer (close to the camera, made half of plastic) this winter and Turing it into a table. It is completely gutted except the lever, so it is basically a shell. The other one has literally rusted through on one side, although i saved the tag, it is a speed queen. The other had some weird name written on a sticker tag.
~K | ||
Post# 414522 , Reply# 16 10/2/2019 at 01:10 (1,666 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Hoover300
Kieran,
The official answer is no, what you saw was a faded gray or black bag. Kirby did, however, make a white bag ... but it was a vinyl bag without the Emtor casting, for the American Lincoln Super-Sweep 180 (1979-1982) and Super-Vac 180 (1982-1985). It could take a disposable paper bag (331668) or a reusable cloth bag (331767). Either one of these bag setups will be hard to find, so good luck! ~Ben | ||
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