|
Thread Number: 42026
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
My 1955 Kirby 515 |
[Down to Last] |  |
Post# 443336 6/26/2021 at 12:27 (1,027 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
||
Pam (seijun) gave me this one for free!
Minor updated video, after brush roll was cleaned up and a new belt installed: Serial no. is 101591-WS, which makes mine one of the very first 515s ever built. Hence, this example would have had the black wheels, and the gray bag with the stripes running up and down the Kirby logo. The attachments would also have been gray, with a gray cloth hose with red and silver stripes. ~Ben This post was last edited 06/26/2021 at 14:37 | ||
|
Post# 443372 , Reply# 1 6/26/2021 at 23:37 (1,026 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
||
|
Temporary Rear Wheel
Since the one rear wheel on the side of the machine where the cord is was cracked, with a metal hub used on the front as a quick fix, I removed this cracked wheel and replaced it with one of my two tan wheels that came with my 505, and also installed this wheel correctly (inside out, as per parts diagrams).
~Ben
View Full Size
This post was last edited 06/27/2021 at 00:01 | ||
| Post# 443374 , Reply# 2 6/26/2021 at 23:56 (1,026 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Nice  | ||
|
Post# 443377 , Reply# 3 6/27/2021 at 00:09 (1,026 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
||
|
LesinUtah
Les,
Some parts are correct, but some of what you mention are not. * The gray cord with red plug ends is an aftermarket part from the 1960s. The original one was dark gray with a round female plug end, with the 1953 Kirby logo on the male plug end. * The red wheels are also aftermarket, also from the '60s; the original ones were black Bakelite wheels. * The bag, once again, aftermarket and '60s; the original one was gray with the 1953 Kirby logo with stripes running up and down it. ~Ben | ||
| Post# 443379 , Reply# 4 6/27/2021 at 00:17 (1,026 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
|
The | ||
|
Post# 443380 , Reply# 5 6/27/2021 at 01:12 (1,026 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
||
|
LesinUtah
Les,
Yes, the motor set (11320 armature and 11321 field) used here was also used on most 513s, all 514s, and all 516-517s. 518 would change from no. 11320 (armature) and 11321 (field) to 12062 (armature) and 12062 (field), which would also be used on model 519 as well (the field was the same as model 518, but used the new-style terminal clips to support the new-style carbon brush holders). ~Ben | ||
|
Post# 443384 , Reply# 6 6/27/2021 at 04:24 (1,026 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
||
|
Videos Fixed | ||
| Post# 443393 , Reply# 7 6/27/2021 at 10:12 (1,026 days old) by 2011hoover700 (owosso michigan) | ||
 | ||
|
Post# 443395 , Reply# 8 6/27/2021 at 11:18 (1,026 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
||
|
2011hoover700
I think this one was the second.
Here is a molded male plug end (that I think some 513s had) that was rarely seen. ~Ben
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 443398 , Reply# 9 6/27/2021 at 12:35 (1,026 days old) by Vacmadman (Pueblo Co.) |
||
515 cord
Ben,
"The original one was dark gray with a round female plug end, with the 1953 Kirby logo on the male plug end" Is this the 515 cord that you talked about? Jim | ||
|
Post# 443404 , Reply# 10 6/27/2021 at 15:25 (1,026 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
||
|
VacMadMan | ||
| Forum Index: | 
| Other Forums: |
|
|
|
|
|
Comes to the Rescue!
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}