Thread Number: 41542  /  Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
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Post# 440106   3/21/2021 at 10:03 (1,130 days old) by csheff (Michigan)        

I have a Montgomery vac that is a 55 Gal drum with two one horse motors where u can use one or both. I can not find anything on it. Model is TXK-8583
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

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Post# 440112 , Reply# 1   3/21/2021 at 12:30 (1,130 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)        
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Montgomery ward doesn't make their own vacuums. They rebrand vacuums. Eureka, hoover, kenmore among others
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If I had to guess pullman holt commercial vacuum. Nilfisk, NSS, Clark etc.

Post# 440118 , Reply# 2   3/21/2021 at 15:32 (1,130 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.)        

dear LORD ! circa 1960s or early 1970s is my estimate based on the cheap 1 hp motors. (That was the best they could do? Yes back then it was.)

Also had a childhood friend in the 70s whos father had a typical sized shop vac in their basement and the top was the same color, graphics, and other details.
It also had a metal waste drum that was at most 15 gallons.
That tacky 55 gallon container does not bespeak practical.

It says hello 1960s lets bury some really awful toxic waste in an unlined landfill that will leak and cause the Love Canal tragedy of the late 1970s.


I wouldn't keep something like this unless you know for a fact what it was used with.
It could have been used for toxic materials in which case it's contaminated.

But it's an interesting shop vac beast.....that should be sent to the metal scrap bin.

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Post# 440137 , Reply# 3   3/21/2021 at 19:52 (1,130 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)        

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Rare early shop vac from department store Montgomery Wards. Not sure where all the paranoia about "toxic waste" comes from. Vacuum is in great shape. So easily these rust out.

Here's an early one from Sears from the 1950's or so (not my photo).

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Post# 440153 , Reply# 4   3/21/2021 at 22:35 (1,130 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.)        

Yes, if you vacuum up anything wet or even damp with these

and don't clean it out after each use AND let it completely dry

it will turn into a rusty mess. Frankly, even if you DO clean them out appropriately they will still rust.


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Beside that, why are these so unattractive? 55 gallon metal drums = sign of death or ill health



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Post# 440696 , Reply# 5   4/10/2021 at 00:55 (1,111 days old) by Cbrown (Ohio)        

Not sure what all the toxic weird ideas are that are being posted but.

That vacuum you show is a craftsman rebadge, I collect these too and nearly bought a similar one. The one you posted was intended for dust collection craftsman made alot of vacs with the 2 motors for dust collection. Very very nice find!!!

I have a few like that that use a fiber drum!

Post# 440699 , Reply# 6   4/10/2021 at 07:17 (1,111 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)        

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Interesting, I didn't know Craftsman had dual motored ones too.

Not actually a Craftsman rebadge, as Craftsman stuff is just rebadged, they don't make anything. So likely just another company making it for both Craftsman (Sears) and Montgomery Ward.


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