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Thread Number: 41949
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
A Special Tribute To Eureka |
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| Post# 442825 6/11/2021 at 05:06 (1,042 days old) by Maytagman1982 (Savannah) | ||
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I'm about to do a special tribute to Eureka for making good vacuums yesterday and in the past. | ||
Post# 442831 , Reply# 1 6/11/2021 at 10:48 (1,042 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Very nice. | ||
| Post# 442832 , Reply# 2 6/11/2021 at 14:34 (1,042 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 442833 , Reply# 3 6/11/2021 at 15:28 (1,042 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
I love Eureka. They were a very progressive company. One of my favorite Eureka models was given to me by the late, great Stan Kann. I have multiple binders full of information about the company.
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Post# 442860 , Reply# 4 6/11/2021 at 23:48 (1,042 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Well, Rob, I'm compiling | ||
| Post# 442880 , Reply# 6 6/12/2021 at 11:48 (1,041 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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| Post# 459310 , Reply# 9 1/10/2023 at 14:16 (464 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 459312 , Reply# 10 1/10/2023 at 18:27 (464 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Forgot to include that his obituary was from August 1988. | ||
| Post# 459326 , Reply# 11 1/11/2023 at 06:17 (463 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Wow. Thanks for posting this. I have always wanted to know about the people who led Eureka during what I like to call it’s Golden Era: 1960 to 1990. It must have been difficult for Mr. Schaefer after the takeover by AB Electrolux in 1974…all of a sudden he had to report to new bosses in Sweden.
Would love to know more about Schaefer’s design team during his tenure…. | ||
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Post# 459817 , Reply# 14 1/28/2023 at 09:35 (446 days old) by VacMadMan (Pueblo Co.) |
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My Eureka's
I only have two Eureka's in my collection, but I do hope to add more in the future. I have the model K and the model M. The model M is one of my favorite vacuums with its beautiful air-deco styling. I also love the fact that the Eureka logo is printed on both sides of the bag.
I have two other vacs with the side mounted bags. The Apollo, and the Universal E720. Both only have the logo printed on one side of the bag. My model K has been modified with a paper bag set up, but you would never know by looking at it. This post was last edited 01/28/2023 at 09:52 | ||
| Post# 459819 , Reply# 15 1/28/2023 at 10:21 (446 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Re: Reply 14 Your Eureka collection may be small, but your resto's and K modification are impressive! | ||
| Post# 459829 , Reply# 16 1/28/2023 at 20:43 (446 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Jim
You sure you don't have a history in photography. Those are some great resto jobs. The old straight suction machines using a pvc pipe same diameter of the exhaust. You then use a 45 degree fitting and another 45 if desired and f@g setup is in pla c e. Impretty sure this is what you did. I won't take credit onery on here did a video on his royal 235 and he used this setup.
Very nice resto and photography. | ||
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Post# 459836 , Reply# 17 1/29/2023 at 07:01 (445 days old) by VacMadMan (Pueblo Co.) |
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Les
Thanks so much for your comment, but as much as I would like to take credit for this one the truth is I bought this Eureka from another collector years ago who did all the work. This is one of two vacuums in my collection that required almost no work from me. Just a little hand polishing. I did take the pictures LOL! Thanks again Les.
Jim | ||
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