This vacuum was listed on FB market place for a while at a antique shop here in Cape Town.

Then one day Joanne came home and told me she had a early ( about a month ) birthday present for me.

Its probably the most complete vintage vacuum I own of its era.

I cannot find much info about it on the net appart from a picture of it in a german advert that unfortunately doesn't have much info like model or age of the vacuum.

The previous owner or shop also tried to respray the clear coat on the veneer with minimal success but I have left it for now as I am worried about damaging it. They also polished the name out of the badge but you can make out Progress special and the rating plate has it as a model psp 

Its also interesting that it doesn't have a on off switch, I presume it was probably located in the kettle style plug like some other models and that was replaced over the years. 

The attachments and hoses back when vacuums came with accessories 

More pics of it 

My progress 330 3 brush suction polisher

This thing is a monster. solid aluminium base and cover, it is a true beast. The oriional bag still intact too which is lovely 

Hi Tom 

Thats awesome 

I think my one may be a slightly older model or a different model as it was made in Germany,

it has a few differences mainly the rear of the machine and were the plug plugs into it.

Does the instruction book show a On /Off switch ? I am curious to know more about it

At some stage in the 70's Progress had a manufacturing plant here in South Africa too

Tom 

I am wondering if it didn't have a switch in the plug like this old Mary ann of mine. 

Love the branding & typography from the manuals, very mod

To your comment about it being made in Germany, I found this German Progress ad that looks like it may feature the same or a similar model. Source dates the ad in 1939

A Google Translation of the ad copy reads:

Cleaning the house is now really thorough, since the great "PROGRESS" vacuum cleaner has helped. Faster, better, cheaper is the principle of these high-performance devices from Mauz & Pfeiffer, Stuttgart-Botnang. The relevant Specialty shops carry "PROGRESS"

The headline "So richtig gründlich" translates more literally to "Really thorough," but the rest of the sentence doesn't translate to English as smoothly when put in that order.

Lektronic 

Thank you so much that's a truly awesome picture