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Thread Number: 43025
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
I am now the proud owner of all 5 of my grandparents’ Electroluxes! |
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| Post# 450312 2/22/2022 at 21:27 (793 days old) by WoodJ99 (Massachusetts, USA) | ||
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One for each level of Candlewood! Ambassador 3: new downstairs Grand Marquise/Ultralux: old downstairs Diamond Jubilee: new upstairs Super J: old upstairs Model L: basement | ||
| Post# 450328 , Reply# 1 2/23/2022 at 14:07 (793 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.) | ||
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Nice line up! I've got two from grandparents and great grandparents. An "F" and a "XXX". Do you have a favorite? | ||
| Post# 450335 , Reply# 3 2/23/2022 at 18:34 (792 days old) by Lotsofkirbys (Oklahoma) | ||
A dream come true! | ||
Post# 450338 , Reply# 4 2/23/2022 at 18:44 (792 days old) by mjhoshaw  (Western PA) |
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Congrats! How nice to acquire so many at once, and better yet, you know their history. They're in really nice condition too. I don't see many teal model Ls as clean as yours.
Joel | ||
| Post# 450339 , Reply# 5 2/23/2022 at 19:22 (792 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
I wish I had my paternal grandparents' LX. It was still in regular use well into the '90s and probably still in the house when my grandfather passed in 2001. Oh well, it's long gone so no sense crying over spilt milk.
The one 'family' Electrolux I do have is a 1205 my dad grabbed when the neighbors put it out on the curb. I think I was the only one in the family who really used it. The hose leaked like crazy but I still liked it anyway. I just didn't understand about woven hoses. I had assumed it had been disposed of when my parents moved in the mid '90s but was surprised to find it in their attic about five years ago. Although I had initially thought to hold onto it as a parts donor for my other 1205, I ended up refurbishing it and making it a full member of the fleet. These days, it sports an OEM vinyl hose and a PN2 power nozzle, which it had never had before. | ||
| Post# 450353 , Reply# 6 2/24/2022 at 02:30 (792 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
Congratulations!
How wonderful to have received all 5 of your Grandparents' Electroluxes! All fine and beautiful machines, apparently they took good care of them.
I only have one that my Grandparents actually owned in my collection, my maternal Grandmother's Hoover Constellation model 82. Grandpa bought it for her for their 40th Wedding Anniversary in 1955, then he passed away in Feb. 1956, just 5 months before I was born. She brought it with her when she moved in with us just before my 9th birthday, and from then on it didn't get much use. She passed away in 1992, then 6 years later when my Mom sold her house and moved into an apartment, Grandma's Connie came home with me. Here's a couple pics. Again, congrats on the Luxes! Jeff
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