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Thread Number: 39958
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
1950 Electrolux Model XXX |
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Post# 424181 4/25/2020 at 00:45 (1,454 days old) by electrolux137  (Los Angeles) |
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Post# 424250 , Reply# 3 4/25/2020 at 19:00 (1,453 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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Lux XXX clip-on wheel dolly ~
Jo (and anyone else who's interested!), here are some photos of my "Souped Up Super Deluxe Lux XXX!:" It's the last version of the XXX that was done up in LX colors and leatherette with a blue hammertone* finish on the front and rear covers. It was offered as a lower-tier model for those who wouldn't spring for the more expensive (and heavier!) LX.
It has a 1205 motor, a later Electrolux add-on to allow use of disposable bags with the XXX, and the wheeled cart that fits either the XXX or LX. It just clips onto the runners. The big tires make the tubby LX trundle along very nicely as opposed to feeling like you're tugging a sack of bricks behind you!
----- * Speaking of which, authentic hammertone finish is a baked-on process that's very smooth in appearance and practically indestructible. You'll never get the same look from spray paint, although Electrolux's later factory rebuilds of AF, L, G, etc. were just spray-painted. They start to get really tacky looking when the paint starts getting rubbed and scratched off. | ||
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Post# 424251 , Reply# 4 4/25/2020 at 19:03 (1,453 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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XXX Suction Control ~
You'd connect this between the lower wand and floor tool to adjust suction. It wouldn't work on the handle end of the hose because the end that goes into the wand is too short and doesn't block the long slits in the wands.
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| Post# 424297 , Reply# 5 4/26/2020 at 19:01 (1,452 days old) by Jo (Dallas,TX) | ||
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Interesting That suction control is very interesting. Would be fun to have one. Looks like the wheel rack doesn’t have front wheels? I’ve often wondered why the Electrolux wands have those slits in them and I’ve seen other brands with them too. Anyone know why those slits exist? Jon | ||
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Post# 424301 , Reply# 6 4/26/2020 at 20:43 (1,452 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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Post# 424302 , Reply# 7 4/26/2020 at 20:45 (1,452 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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Post# 424318 , Reply# 9 4/26/2020 at 21:48 (1,452 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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~ The Model XXX was sold for more years than any other Electrolux -- from 1937 until 1954. Many millions of them were sold. By October 1948, three million had already been sold. You could probably at least double that figure from 1949 to 1954.
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| Post# 424330 , Reply# 10 4/27/2020 at 08:58 (1,452 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Yes, the XXX is a stunningly beautiful piece of mid-20th century industrial design. My grandparents had one that the maid was still using when my grandfather went into assisted living in 1998. I don't know what became of it, but it was probably still in the house after he passed away in 2001.
I'd love to have an XXX or an LX. Maybe someday. I briefly considered an LX I saw on eBay about a month ago. It had a full collection of tools, including a PN1, for which it had apparently been retrofitted. It had a buy it now price in the $45 range but the shipping cost would have lifted the total well over $100 and at the time, I was focused on finding the few parts I needed for the Diplomat that had just come into my hands, so I—somewhat reluctantly—let it pass. | ||
| Post# 424334 , Reply# 12 4/27/2020 at 10:51 (1,452 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
As a child of the sixties, the model XXX seemed to me to be a very out of date machine. By the 1966, the Kenmore PowerMate seemed very advanced to me. The Automatic F seemed 'contemporary' to me, but the tanks on runners just didn't do it. Then I grew up and understood their place in history. My model XXX that's on display is a pre-war 1937 model which I think is the most beautiful of all the versions. It uses so much polished aluminum in its construction. Also the very dark grey leatherette against the mirror finish aluminum is just stunning in how it throws the light when you look at it. The very first XXX's really have a very different look from the much later models.
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