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Thread Number: 42142
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
My vintage Kirby, trying to find more info on it |
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Post# 444106 , Reply# 1 7/23/2021 at 17:24 (1,000 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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ashley420
Ashley,
Welcome to the group! Your 512 was built from 1952-53, and it originally had a gray bag and gray trim pieces all over, except for the wheels which were black. The brown trim I'm seeing was probably a rebuild by a mom-n-pop vac shop, about the mid 1980s, which resembles what belongs on a Classic Omega. Here is a video (by Thom aka KirbyCollector) of an all-original 512: ~Ben | ||
| Post# 444107 , Reply# 2 7/23/2021 at 17:34 (1,000 days old) by ashley420 (Arizona ) | ||
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Wow ! Thank you so much ! I am sad to hear it doesn’t have the original pieces but I am not surprised 😂 Well I am happy to have it, that’s for sure. | ||
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Post# 444108 , Reply# 3 7/23/2021 at 17:57 (1,000 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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ashley420
Ashley,
Consider yourself lucky, indeed! I feel the same way about my 1955 Kirby 515 that I got as my 40th birthday present, and I am slowly on the hunt for some original trim pieces. Here is how I got it... (when I turn it on, you will notice right away the fan is broken) ...and what it looked like from the factory (the "after" pictures). (video: VacMadMan) ~Ben This post was last edited 07/23/2021 at 21:32 | ||
| Post# 444111 , Reply# 4 7/23/2021 at 18:48 (1,000 days old) by ashley420 (Arizona ) | ||
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Wow ! I see what you mean ! I will take a video when I put it back together and show you guys how well this thing runs ! It’s crazy !! I love this group btw, so much info ! I included a pic of its brush roll, incredibly clean !
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Post# 444118 , Reply# 5 7/23/2021 at 21:43 (1,000 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 444148 , Reply# 6 7/25/2021 at 17:11 (998 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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