Thread Number: 39120  /  Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Kirby 505 question
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Post# 415047   10/18/2019 at 14:43 (1,623 days old) by mark9564 (Camano Island, WA)        

I just picked up a kirby 505 but it has red trim , handle and bag, did the 505 come in red?

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Post# 415050 , Reply# 1   10/18/2019 at 15:36 (1,623 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth)        

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No it did not.

Post# 415051 , Reply# 2   10/18/2019 at 15:41 (1,623 days old) by mark9564 (Camano Island, WA)        

I guess the the motor is the only part that is a 505.

Post# 415053 , Reply# 3   10/18/2019 at 16:32 (1,623 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        
mark9564

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Mark,

No, it was all black when it first left the factory in 1945.

~Ben


Post# 415056 , Reply# 4   10/18/2019 at 19:41 (1,623 days old) by texaskirbyguy (Plano, TX)        

Mark,
Yours looks almost as unoriginal as mine, just not as much.
www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bi...
Perhaps they were both rebuilt at about the same timeframe?
Regardless, they are nice little vacs, even in red!
However it does still look like you have the black wheels...


Post# 415057 , Reply# 5   10/18/2019 at 20:31 (1,623 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)        

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Unfortunately, it would cost a king's ransom to convert it back to how it looked originally, the correct 505 bags are as rare as hen's teeth.
A nice looking machine no doubt but bojacked Kirby's (even a 505) are a dime a dozen. What's more, if the original builder's plate was removed (or replaced with a Kirby rebuild plate) the originality is gone.


Post# 415066 , Reply# 6   10/19/2019 at 01:33 (1,622 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)        
Oreck xl

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I disagree. I have a rebuilt 505. It doesn't make it less desirable. I have it and a 3rd 505 1 or 2 small items being restored back to factory original.
It's the parts not being correct a rebuild plate with fully restored to OEM is just as desirable.
Parts can be found. You have to know what you are looking for. I know exactly what to look for.
Just wishing texaskirbyguy would give up his model C emtor and I'd trade original 505 emtor.
Les


Post# 415068 , Reply# 7   10/19/2019 at 07:58 (1,622 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        
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Les,

All this talk about 505 and other rebuilt 1930s-early '50s Kirbys reminds me of this rebuilt 1940 Kirby 3C sold on eBay years ago...

~Ben


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Post# 415069 , Reply# 8   10/19/2019 at 09:13 (1,622 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)        
Lesinutah

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So let me ask you then, Les. Do you know where I could find a black duvetyne bag at a FAIR price? I have so many bojacked early 500 series machines and a 1C that's missing a bag. I don't have ANY machines with the original black bag. Sadly, many were lost in the rebuild process.

Post# 415073 , Reply# 9   10/19/2019 at 13:22 (1,622 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)        
Hmm

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Hi
Email me at lesinutah@hotmail.com.
I can explain but not on public message board.
My model c is no rebuild. I got a super deal on it. My phones getting replaced and pic is on Google Drive.
I'm looking for a 508 bag I can't find anywhere.
Les



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