Thread Number: 42083
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
ROYAL 501 Red and and Gray |
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Post# 443720 , Reply# 1   7/8/2021 at 22:02 (1,014 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 443721 , Reply# 2   7/8/2021 at 22:23 (1,014 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Nathaniel,
I think your 501 is from the early to mid 1960s because of the rug plate design -- by about 1968 they changed that to the full wraparound version that ran through the end of production in the 1990s. ~Ben |
Post# 443725 , Reply# 3   7/9/2021 at 09:06 (1,014 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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I have one almost identical to that and I agree about the approximate date of manufacture. They're great little machines. In the first photo, it appears the bag is installed upside down. I had to do that on mine when I put a paper liner in the bag. It wouldn't attach securely with the logo facing upward.
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