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Thread Number: 40243
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Year compact started sales ????? |
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Post# 427269 6/19/2020 at 10:54 (1,400 days old) by Thevacomaticiec  (Bathurst New Brunswick Canada ) |
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I hope its okay to post this pic.
What year is it ? When compact went from huge aurcradt cleaning to door to door sales ???
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| Post# 427270 , Reply# 1 6/19/2020 at 11:31 (1,400 days old) by Rowdy141 (United Kingdom) | ||
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Post# 427273 , Reply# 2 6/19/2020 at 11:39 (1,400 days old) by Thevacomaticiec (Bathurst New Brunswick Canada ) |
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| Post# 427274 , Reply# 3 6/19/2020 at 11:50 (1,400 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Hmm
I found this article. Some guy named tom Gasko wrote it. The history starts in 1937 i just found the article. I'm posting the link.
Les CLICK HERE TO GO TO Lesinutah's LINK | ||
| Post# 427275 , Reply# 4 6/19/2020 at 11:53 (1,400 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
They started selling Compact vacuums in 1947. World War II was over, and the new "Lamb" motor was available. Since Interstate Engineering was a die-cast aluminum manufacturer of airline parts, it was only too easy to make the vacuum. They had already designed it and made a very small number of them for Howard Hughes airline. Commercial air travel was taking off in a big way after the war, and the airline industry had to have a vacuum that was easy to use on an aircraft. The Electrolux was too long, the Hoover was too big, they all presented problems. So Interstate designed the Compact specifically for the air line industry BUT the cleaning people who used them all fell in love with them and wanted to buy them. They started a small direct sales organization in California and it blew UP. Within ten years, they had sold a million Compacts in the USA. They were the most expensive vacuum on the market for almost two decades. In 1958, the Compact was $229 and the Electrolux model AF was $99.
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| Post# 427276 , Reply# 5 6/19/2020 at 11:58 (1,400 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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European
I found the most recent TriStar sold in Europe. Its plastic I'll post a link too.
The compact might have been just for Howard Hughes TWA and after the war they started DTD? If you have the 50th anniversary edition I know you know how to find the year that would likely be when DTD sales started. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Lesinutah's LINK | ||
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Post# 427277 , Reply# 6 6/19/2020 at 12:03 (1,400 days old) by Thevacomaticiec (Bathurst New Brunswick Canada ) |
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| Post# 427279 , Reply# 7 6/19/2020 at 12:13 (1,400 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 427297 , Reply# 8 6/19/2020 at 13:13 (1,400 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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| Post# 427299 , Reply# 9 6/19/2020 at 13:23 (1,400 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 427301 , Reply# 10 6/19/2020 at 13:37 (1,400 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest) | ||
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A plastic Compact!!! Blasphemer. I am assuming that they are not representing it as a "Compact" more as a compact vacuum. Now that they are Tri-star, they are getting buy with it. | ||
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Post# 427302 , Reply# 11 6/19/2020 at 13:43 (1,400 days old) by Thevacomaticiec (Bathurst New Brunswick Canada ) |
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| Post# 427312 , Reply# 12 6/19/2020 at 14:28 (1,400 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Nice | ||
| Post# 427319 , Reply# 13 6/19/2020 at 15:39 (1,400 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Les:
You can use a C9 motor in a 1959 machine, however, you would sacrifice the blower feature. A 1959 motor can easily be installed in a C9 if you remove the blower shroud (2 screws). You should see all the binders FULL of vacuum materials, owners manuals, etc. I've been collecting for almost 50 years. Someone asked me if I thought about putting out a newsletter. I have so much stuff I could do that for years. One day you'll have to visit. There's a Staples across the street for color printing and I have a printer here at the shop. You're welcome to make copies of anything you like. The folks who come to the Vacuum Cleaner Collectors Conventions usually spend hours looking through all the printed materials I have. | ||
| Post# 427331 , Reply# 14 6/19/2020 at 16:41 (1,400 days old) by Rowdy141 (United Kingdom) | ||
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Post# 427332 , Reply# 15 6/19/2020 at 16:45 (1,400 days old) by Thevacomaticiec (Bathurst New Brunswick Canada ) |
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Post# 427334 , Reply# 16 6/19/2020 at 17:43 (1,400 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree) |
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