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Thread Number: 43779
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Rare White Westinghouse soft bag |
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| Post# 456852 9/18/2022 at 12:05 (369 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York ) | ||
I honestly forgot if I made a similar thread some time ago, but I know Eurekaade vacuums for a brand called White Westinghouse in the very early 90s. I've seen the hard bag models (one pictured below) but I was windering if any had or hand any photos of the soft bag model. I've seen elusive ad photos in newspapers for them but never an actual photo of it.
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| Post# 456863 , Reply# 1 9/18/2022 at 17:46 (368 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
The whole White Westinghouse episode in Eureka’s history is once again a result of parent Electrolux of Sweden gobbling up another American appliance company: White Consolidated Industries. Not sure when this happened, but probably around the early 1990’s when Eureka was selling it’s new World Vac line of cleaners. From about that time for about a decade, The Eureka Company seemed to be a subdivision of White Consolidated Industries. All packaging for cleaners, bags and belts had a copyright date with the name White Consolidated Industries or WCI. This also included Beam central vacuums. There was even a White Westinghouse Mighty Mite vacuum!!!!
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| Post# 456864 , Reply# 2 9/18/2022 at 18:01 (368 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York ) | ||
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Eurekaprince
Yes now I remember that I made a thread a few years back about this.i had no idea they also made a mighty mite version. I would assume the version from the 80s. I'm talking about a particular model that looked like a Bravo. I think from the add it was a white color. It's definitely a rarity but it actually looks much nicer than the Eureka versions
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| Post# 456865 , Reply# 3 9/18/2022 at 18:03 (368 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York ) | ||
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Found the photo from my old thread
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| Post# 456875 , Reply# 4 9/19/2022 at 09:55 (368 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York ) | ||
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More pics!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post# 456889 , Reply# 5 9/19/2022 at 15:37 (368 days old) by kloveland  (Tulsa) |
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| Post# 456891 , Reply# 6 9/19/2022 at 17:24 (367 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 456913 , Reply# 7 9/20/2022 at 06:23 (367 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York ) | ||
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Hoover300
Thank you for finding it!!!! Its definitely a rarity!
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| Post# 456921 , Reply# 8 9/20/2022 at 20:08 (366 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 457104 , Reply# 10 9/28/2022 at 07:21 (359 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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According to Wikipedia: "Westinghouse Licensing Corporation ... was created in 1975 when White Consolidated Industries bought the Westinghouse Electric Corporation's major appliance business. White Consolidated Industries was in turn acquired by Electrolux in 1986." | ||
| Post# 457117 , Reply# 11 9/28/2022 at 14:36 (359 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York ) | ||
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cam2s
You still ended up good with the G6! Kirby's are absolute monsters, so im surprised to hear that the Heritage actually broke down so early before you fixed it. Ive been looking into a Heritage II lately but I could do for any of the 80s-2000s models. Some Kirby's from what I heard back then were developed in part with NASA? Is this true?
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| Post# 457132 , Reply# 13 9/28/2022 at 22:21 (358 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska) | ||
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and also... Someone that's a better Kirby expert than me can chime in but I believe the fan material was a NASA developed product. The have used different materials over the years and I'm not 100% sure which models go with the different types. | ||
| Post# 457133 , Reply# 14 9/28/2022 at 22:53 (358 days old) by Eureka1998 (New York ) | ||
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cam2s
Thats about right now from what I remember reading a comment off of Ibaisaic's channel. The fans were helped created by NASA in part so thats probably what it mainly was. And yes Kirby's like your G6 always stand the test of time, even pitted against other well built manufacturers. I like the heritages and the generation series. The Avalir gen 1 and 2 both look like the Heritage and Tradition brought to the modern day with their colors. Such awesome vacs.
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