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Thread Number: 39496
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
The first Electrolux I ever saw.. |
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Post# 419064 1/24/2020 at 17:53 (1,546 days old) by Kloveland  (Tulsa) |
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was a 1205. My grandmother had one when I was born in 1985. She only had the canister two wands, generic white upholstery nozzle and hose. She said she busted the power nozzle and threw it out. I assume it was the one piece with the plastic sheath. I remember watching her vacuum the house with just the small upholstery nozzle. She had multi level orange and brown carpet. It must have took a long time to vacuum a fully carpeted house with a small upholstery nozzle. Later when she installed white plush carpet she bought a used Kirby Omega which was around 1990. I have the Kirby! She gave me the Electrolux when I was a kid. I wish I still had it. So I guess that’s why I have five 1205s now. Lol!
In the picture is how I remember her 1205. It was an early 1205 because I remember the pigtails on both ends of the hose.
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Post# 419065 , Reply# 1 1/24/2020 at 18:02 (1,546 days old) by Kloveland (Tulsa) |
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It’s funny that.
four out of the five are the early models. I didn’t plan it like that it just happened that way. I just grabbed lol! I personally like the 1205 better than the G. Am I compulsive? Most definitely!
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| Post# 419066 , Reply# 2 1/24/2020 at 18:08 (1,546 days old) by RainbowD4C (Saint Joseph, Michigan ) | ||
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| Post# 419069 , Reply# 3 1/24/2020 at 18:21 (1,546 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
I have one of those | ||
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Post# 419070 , Reply# 4 1/24/2020 at 19:22 (1,546 days old) by rodknock95 (Salem, Missouri) |
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My Grandmother had this This is what I grew up with at grandmas
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Post# 419071 , Reply# 5 1/24/2020 at 19:24 (1,546 days old) by rodknock95 (Salem, Missouri) |
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1205 I need to add a 1205 to my lineup
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| Post# 419078 , Reply# 6 1/24/2020 at 21:09 (1,546 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Blaze | ||
| Post# 419084 , Reply# 7 1/24/2020 at 23:13 (1,546 days old) by 4501933ho (Canfield ohio) | ||
I have one
I have a 1205 that I found in the trash at my campground I had to fix one of the brushes and it worked fine after that
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| Post# 419086 , Reply# 8 1/24/2020 at 23:28 (1,546 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
The 1205,
was the first vacuum cleaner I ever sold. I was 18 and worked after school and on weekends. I later realized I was better with the demo than making a sale.
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| Post# 419094 , Reply# 10 1/25/2020 at 08:18 (1,545 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
The first for me was also a 1205! We had moved into town in 71, temporary a mobile home park, not even paved yet it was so new! Across the street from us was a huge 3 section custom mobile home, they owned the park! Of course she had the vacuum! First I had ever seen of a powerhead vacuum! I used it a lot, she was in close contact with her Electrolux man! The very reason of course I had to find something similiar when I could, my pawn store Silverado!
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| Post# 419100 , Reply# 11 1/25/2020 at 09:34 (1,545 days old) by Vac-o-matic (Saint Louis, Mo.) | ||
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XXX It was my grandma's. She kept it in the box it came in with a comforter over it..one of her prized possessions..and a Sunbeam mixmaster..always covered. She was born in 1886..so she took very good care of her things. | ||
| Post# 419110 , Reply# 12 1/25/2020 at 20:00 (1,545 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
The first Electrolux I ever saw was my grandparents' LX. Their housekeeper was still using it when my grandfather went into assisted living in 1998. I have no idea what happened to it after that. It was a beautiful machine and so quiet!
I have a long history with 1205s as well. The first one of those I ever saw was the one my next door neighbors had when I was little, maybe in the early '70s. When I was in high school, my dad recovered one from the curb when neighbors across the street moved. It had a non-electric hose that leaked like a sieve. The only tool we had for it was a flippy floor tool and two metal wands. I thought that machine had gone away when my parents moved from Raleigh to Charlotte in 1997 but I found it in their attic when they were moving to a retirement community twenty years later. Needless to say, I scooped it up and brought it home to keep the 1205 I'd had as my primary vacuum cleaner since 2004 company. Other Electrolux canisters I own are a Super J, a Diamond J and a Silverado, which I rebuilt about a year ago but still needs some work. I also have three Electrolux uprights—a Discovery II that I rescued from the curb, a Discovery Plus with onboard tools (very awkward) and a Genesis LXe. | ||
| Post# 419178 , Reply# 14 1/27/2020 at 11:55 (1,543 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Bad hose
I can relate to what Cameron said. When I was using the 1205 my dad rescued from the neighbor's trash pile, back in the early '80s, I couldn't understand it's lack of suction and when I rescued it from their attic in 2016, I initially put it in my barn because of that and the fact that it was so dirty and the top handle was broken. But on a whim, I put a good vinyl hose on it, compared its performance with my other 1205 and determined they had equally good suction. So I cleaned it up, found a replacement handle on the cheap and now use it more than any of my other Electrolux canisters. It's also kind of fun to say that since it didn't ship with a power nozzle when new, I gave it its first power nozzle experience.
Hint on the handle: NEVER pick a 1205 up by the long part of the handle; ALWAYS pick it up by the shorter part that runs crosswise. It's a very poor design that was corrected with the Super J. | ||
| Post# 419228 , Reply# 16 1/28/2020 at 08:32 (1,542 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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1205 Early--No drain hole under motor in case liquid in accidentally picked up,round bag lock out button,no screen between bag chamber and fans,metal handle(later plastic could often break),no above floor clip(service managers were later told to add if a 1205 came in for service without one). | ||
| Post# 419230 , Reply# 17 1/28/2020 at 09:39 (1,542 days old) by Karl (Illinois) | ||
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The 1205 was a first for me also, my Mom had the 1205 until I moved out. Not sure what happened to it, I should have gotten it from her. | ||
| Post# 419231 , Reply# 18 1/28/2020 at 09:43 (1,542 days old) by 4501933ho (Canfield ohio) | ||
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Where do I look | ||
| Post# 419239 , Reply# 19 1/28/2020 at 12:57 (1,542 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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Serial number-- --is at rear bottom of cordwinder if very early,at front wheel after those. | ||
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Post# 419268 , Reply# 20 1/29/2020 at 00:30 (1,542 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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 ~ The first Electrolux I ever saw was Mama's Model E-A. It was just like the one in the photos here -- no cord winder, with polisher. | ||
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