Thread Number: 43395
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Eureka 200 Series model data |
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Post# 453322   6/4/2022 at 17:47 (662 days old) by texbodemer (Mountlake Terrace)   |   | |
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SERIES MODEL NAME/STYLE FEATURES BODY COLOR OUTER BAG YEARS NOTES
200 200 AUTOMATIC BGT 201 AUTOMATIC BGT, HP 1971 210 AUTOMATIC HL, HP 1957 228 AUTOMATIC HL, HP 1969 238A CLASSIC BGT 1965 238AK CLASSIC BGT CHR/BLK 238D CLASSIC BGT WHT/LB LT BLU 1967-69 238F CLASSIC BGT WHT/LB LT BLU 1971 238K CLASSIC BGT CHR/LB LT BLU 1968-1969 239 CLASSIC HD, BGT 240 AUTOMATIC HP, HL, ADJ WHT/LB LB 1966-1968 242 AUTOMATIC HP CHR/LB LB 245 AUTOMATIC HP, HL, ADJ, CA, 2SM 1968 S 246 AUTOMATIC HP, HL 2-TONE BRN 1947-1956 248 HEAVY DUTY HP CHR S/O 250 AUTOMATIC HL, HP TAN/CHR TAN 1950 255 AUTOMATIC HL, HP. 1956-1959 FIRST EUREKA UPRIGHT WITH DISPOSABLE BAG 258 A AUTOMATIC BGT, HP 1959-1966 258B AUTOMATIC BGT, HP 1967 260 AUTOMATIC HL, ADJ, HP, 2SM WHT/LB CHR/LB LT BLU 260B AUTOMATIC HL, ADJ, HP, 2SM WHT/LB CHR/LB LT BLU 1963 260DK AUTOMATIC HL, ADJ, HP, 2SM CHR/LB LT BLU 1967 260EK AUTOMATIC HL, ADJ, HP, 2SM CHR/LB LT BLU 1968-1970 265A AUTOMATIC HL, HP, CA WHT/LB LB 1966 265AK VANGUARD HL, HP, CA CHR/LB LT BLU 1967 266 VANGUARD HL, HP, 2SM 270 VANGUARD HL, ADJ,CA, 2SM, HP WHT/LB CHR/LB LT BLU 1967-68 271 VANGUARD HP, HL, ADJ, CA, 2SM CHR/GOLD 1968-69 |
Post# 453324 , Reply# 1   6/4/2022 at 18:37 (662 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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Nice work. What are your sources? I didn't know that the Vanguard debuted in 1967. |
Post# 453332 , Reply# 2   6/4/2022 at 22:21 (662 days old) by texbodemer (Mountlake Terrace)   |   | |
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Post# 453352 , Reply# 3   6/5/2022 at 13:22 (662 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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According to the copyright on this YouTube clip, the first Eureka Vanguard made it’s debut in 1968. It even had the old top-side hoseport like all the other Eureka uprights of the early 1960’s. The neat Tool Caddy shows the Bottom Plate you had to attach to the underside brush roll window to block off the suction for hose cleaning!
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Post# 453355 , Reply# 4   6/5/2022 at 13:57 (662 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 459176 , Reply# 9   1/5/2023 at 08:00 (448 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Re: the 1978 advertisement…
I am not sure if AB Electrolux was legally allowed to mention their name on any North American advertisements until they bought back that right a decade or two ago. Eureka Williams - and later The Eureka Company - had always been a division of National Union Electric Corporation since the 1950’s. In the summer of 1974, Sweden’s AB Electrolux bought up most of NUE’s stocks on the public market and thus effectively took over ownership of NUE and all its component companies including Eureka. AB Electrolux continued to buy up various North American appliance companies and was constantly reconfiguring the corporate structure of their North American operations. So at some point, Eureka went from being a subsidiary of National Union Electric to being a subsidiary of White Consolidated Industries to being a subsidiary of Electrolux of North America. You can see the progression on the copyright notices at the bottom of Eureka’s advertisements, instruction manuals, shipping cartons and even packages of genuine bags and belts. |
Post# 459182 , Reply# 10   1/5/2023 at 13:06 (448 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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Thanks for the info., Brian! |