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Thread Number: 43667
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
vintage Whirlpool Vacuum on eBay |
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Post# 455885 8/15/2022 at 15:13 (610 days old) by electrolux137  (Los Angeles) |
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I do believe this is the most I've ever seen an old vacuum cleaner go for.
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Post# 455886 , Reply# 1 8/15/2022 at 15:15 (610 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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Post# 455887 , Reply# 2 8/15/2022 at 15:29 (610 days old) by kloveland (Tulsa) |
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| Post# 455888 , Reply# 3 8/15/2022 at 15:30 (610 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
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Post# 455889 , Reply# 4 8/15/2022 at 15:37 (610 days old) by kloveland (Tulsa) |
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Post# 455892 , Reply# 5 8/15/2022 at 16:58 (609 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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| Post# 455897 , Reply# 6 8/15/2022 at 18:43 (609 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
Yeah someone here mentioned that before - I think it might have been Tom? There is 1 or 2 collectors that are in a high income bracket job and they buy vacuums for insane prices, hoard them away, and then you never see that vacuum ever again.
I will say this much - if you look hard enough you can find rare vacuums for cheap when you know what you're doing. I bought a United Way Electrolux Model G from a seller in a town of only 150 people and it only cost me $50 w/ shipping incl. I also got a Oreck Radio Vac for only $90 a couple years ago - I love that vacuum to death! | ||
| Post# 455907 , Reply# 7 8/15/2022 at 20:38 (609 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 455912 , Reply# 8 8/16/2022 at 05:40 (609 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Never mind…found the answer: David Oreck was working for RCA at the time, and he created his company when he or RCA Whirlpool bought the North American rights to the design for a lightweight upright from McDonald Electric in Hannover, West Germany. Not sure exactly what the corporate relationship was between the three companies: McDonald Electric, RCA Whirlpool and Oreck.
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| Post# 455916 , Reply# 10 8/16/2022 at 09:32 (609 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
You'll note that was the 'old' power nozzle design as well as 'old' canister design. Sears was NOT about having Whirlpool sell power nozzle canisters if they could at all help it. Sears was selling every PowerMate canister they could obtain at that point in the 1960's.
Wouldn't it be nice if that vacuum were on display and the general public and collectors could plug it in, turn it on, and see what it would have been like to own one of them? It would. But that's NOT what's going to happen to that machine. It will never see the light of day again. Thanks to my friend Alex B., I at least can use the power nozzle with a machine that would have had the same motor as the Whirlpool.
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Post# 455917 , Reply# 11 8/16/2022 at 09:48 (609 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree) |
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And… Yours is in better shape too. That machine on eBay looked haggard and tired! Well good luck to the new owner. If he wants to source any replacement parts, he’ll need it. This post was last edited 08/16/2022 at 15:41 | ||
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Post# 455919 , Reply# 12 8/16/2022 at 10:37 (609 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Yes, Kenny | ||
| Post# 455923 , Reply# 13 8/16/2022 at 10:52 (609 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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John
The Whirlpool from eBay was the Lady Kenmore in a different color. My husband thinks it's heavy to push. And, it is.
The Whirlpool has a cracked hose connector on the front of the machine. Sliced pig-tail cord. And worn brush roll. I have a brand new brush roller for that power nozzle in my stock of NOS brushes. Wonder how the bearings sound on that $3049.00 Whirlpool? We'll never know. Off to the silo it goes.
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Post# 455925 , Reply# 14 8/16/2022 at 10:58 (609 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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This seller is also | ||
| Post# 455926 , Reply# 15 8/16/2022 at 11:08 (609 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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I guess Sears wasn't going to give up all the things that made it a "Lady" Kenmore.
The direct connect hose and pistol grip handle. The full bag indicator and two-speed switch were on the front for ease of use. The extra wands stored under the machine. All the tools rode along. It even used a much different bag/bag change set up than the Whirlpool. The Theme for the Vacuum Cleaner Collectors Convention next month is Power Nozzle Canisters. My favorite kind of vacuum.
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Post# 455935 , Reply# 16 8/16/2022 at 15:47 (609 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree) |
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My favorite kind too! I grew up with my grandmother’s Lux 1205. It was so ahead of its time. | ||
| Post# 455940 , Reply# 18 8/16/2022 at 17:19 (608 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Thanks for that information Luxlife.
I'm so curious as to who was first with the design: Whirlpool in the USA or McDonald Electric in West Germany? And what is the year that this design made its debut? It looks like one company copied the configuration from the other....but which one originated the concept and when? I ask this because I actually love my Hoover Platinum Lightweight upright...it actually performs as well as much heavier uprights. The concept is also very simple -and makes a great "carpets only" companion cleaner to a suction only canister. | ||
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Post# 455941 , Reply# 19 8/16/2022 at 18:57 (608 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree) |
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Don’t quote me but… I think Whirlpool’s design was first because of similar models that were sold under the Kenmore name in the in the 1960’s. This is not my expertise and I’m sure someone will correct me. | ||
| Post# 455944 , Reply# 20 8/16/2022 at 20:13 (608 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 455949 , Reply# 21 8/17/2022 at 10:19 (608 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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If you think about it, Whirlpool was private labeling a lot at that time. Kenmore certainly. But they also took the power nozzle they were making for Sears in the mid 1960's, added a fan to the neck, and added a red bag to the handle, calling it an Advance. They added a hard bag compartment and called it a Kenmore. They added a wand and called it a power nozzle. Before the Oreck was an "Oreck" it was a black Whirlpool. Oreck sold it as a Whirlpool, then changed to McDonald Electric when Whirlpool discontinued making any other vacuum than for Sears.
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| Post# 455952 , Reply# 23 8/17/2022 at 17:03 (607 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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The German McDonald, also sold as the second Oreck model in the US, had nothing to do with Whirlpool. Whirlpool was busy at that time making Kenmore vacuums. Eventually, David Oreck began to make his own 8 pound upright. While similar to Whirlpool and McDonald, they all were really very different machines.
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