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Thread Number: 44172
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Eureka Power Team - Model 1514-A |
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| Post# 460007 , Reply# 1 2/3/2023 at 06:24 (468 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
These “low rise, flat top” budget Princesses seem to have made their debut in the early 1980’s. The suction only versions seem to have 3300 model designations, and now I see that the power nozzle version seems to have the 1500 model designation.
If you compare an earlier 700 series Eureka Princess or Prince to these later 3300/1500 canisters, you can see some obvious differences: 1. the earlier 700 series are taller which allowed them to accommodate either a tool storage tray or a CordAway cord reel inside the canister. The 3300/1500 series is very low and flat and simple and has no room for a cord reel. 2. The earlier 700 series had rear wheels that stuck out from under the canister - this allowed the cleaner to be stood on end for storage and stair cleaning. The newer series has wheels that don’t stick out - the back of the cleaner is very flat and when stood upright for storage, it just sits fully on its backside. 3. The earlier 700 series had a plastic foot on the back that doubled as a cord storage hook. On the newer 3300/1500 series you don’t have this extra piece - I guess you just have to wrap the cord around the canister body itself. 4. The earlier 700 series had a large plastic latch on the back that you grabbed to open the top of the canister for bag changing. This also doubled as an exhaust diffuser so that the vacuum did not blow exhaust directly out the back, and so that the motor could still blow out exhaust air unimpeded when the canister was stood on end for stair cleaning. The newer 1980’s 3300/1500 series only has a small metal hood latch on the back. | ||
| Post# 460011 , Reply# 2 2/3/2023 at 08:43 (468 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
Paul
Nice little Eureka there! I actually had one and sold it to a neighbour long ago. That brushroll isn't a VGII, if it were it would be metal with replaceable strips and 3 bumps on each side to be the "beater bar". That's just the basic Disturbulator brushroll. Still good though. If you ever have to replace the brushroll, look up on Ebay for the TriStar black generic brushroll, they are what's used on Eureka RotoMatic powerheads as well.
But listen here, no more talk of Punxsutawney Phil or Shubenacadie Sam! Wiarton Willie DID come out and predicted a early spring, and I am looking forward to it. :-) | ||
| Post# 460026 , Reply# 4 2/3/2023 at 12:20 (468 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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You’re welcome Paul!
In the 700 series, there was no room for both the inside tool tray and CordAway (a play on the word corduroy or the French “cord du roi”). So when Eureka Williams added the CordAway on a Princess canister, they had to put the Tool Pak on top of the canister. There is a beautiful 1971 Christmas ad showing the two different avocado green Princesses - one with the inside tool tray, the other with the top-side Tool Pak and CordAway. When it comes to naming vacs, EW either put the name right on the machine, or only on the dealer spec sheet, or on both. This gave them flexibility in their marketing and advertising campaigns. Most often, the model name (like Vanguard or MobileAire or Prince) appears directly on the first or second version of the model). Then in subsequent years, EW drops the name completely and it disappears into the history books. | ||
| Post# 460028 , Reply# 5 2/3/2023 at 16:18 (468 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 460055 , Reply# 6 2/4/2023 at 18:25 (467 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 460073 , Reply# 7 2/5/2023 at 21:57 (466 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
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Well, glad you learned a bit about Canada, Paul. Apparently, there was also another groundhog in Quebec, Fred la Marmotte, who just recently passed away. And in Nova Scotia there is also Lucy the Lobster, who is still making predictions at 31 years old.
I have to wonder if this is a Eastern Canada thing though? I have yet to hear of another groundhog in Western Canada making weather predictions. | ||
| Post# 460199 , Reply# 11 2/10/2023 at 16:07 (461 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
That Eureka brought back memories of my red/orange Princess that I had from the mid '90s-early 2000s that my grandmother had owned. It was the first power nozzle canister I'd ever used and made me decide I liked those better than uprights. In many ways, I still do. I wish I still had the thing. In about 2003, my then-step-daughter decided to use it as a shop vac to suck up some spilled dry cat food, but a piece got stuck somewhere in the motor and was making a terrible racket. When I couldn't fix it in five minutes, my (now ex-)wife pronounced it "ruined" and made me dump it off at Goodwill. After we split, I had no vacuum cleaner, other than a crappy little shop vac, so I replaced the Eureka with an Electrolux 1205, equipped with a PN-1 power nozzle.
I eventually found a Eureka 1571 "Ironsides" canister for $10 at a thrift store, with just an electric hose that I was able to adapt to work with an old Electrolux power wand (teal with 'pigtails' at both ends), and now I run it with an Electrolux PN-4A power nozzle. I still miss my orange Princess, and even though I'm not actively seeking out any more vacuums, I'd grab one of those in a hot second, if I saw one complete with the power nozzle. | ||
Post# 467036 , Reply# 14 10/24/2023 at 17:26 (205 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Paul | ||
| Post# 467044 , Reply# 15 10/25/2023 at 12:18 (204 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Hi Ben, According to the September 1982 ad below, the original Mighty Mite was equipped with the new style combo floor tool:
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| Post# 467045 , Reply# 16 10/25/2023 at 12:56 (204 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Btw, the new style floor combo tool made its debut in the spring of 1981. It appears that the elbow connector was retired at this time, too. | ||
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Post# 467050 , Reply# 17 10/25/2023 at 20:56 (204 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Paul
Paul,
Thank you very much! I do remember the very first Mighty Mites did have the new-style combo floor tool with the former '60s (Eureka-Williams era) logotype on it (as is shown in the ad you posted, and in pictures 1-2 in this reply), but I think by the fall of '83 (when the Mighty Mite 3100s still ended with type letter A, i.e. 3120A) it changed to the then-current Eureka wordmark (pictures 3-4). Since neither the 3332, 3336 nor the 3712 had come out until 1985-86, then that means the black combo floor tool bearing the '60s logotype would be extremely rare. ~Ben This post was last edited 10/25/2023 at 22:55 | ||
| Post# 467088 , Reply# 19 10/27/2023 at 15:57 (202 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Hi guys,
Just my two cents worth: these are not “combo tools” as they are meant to be used on carpets only. Eureka provided a separate bare floor brush with all of their canisters up until the 1990’s. The Mighty Mite II with the sleeker profile and hidden tool storage in the back came with a combination carpet/floor nozzle mads by Wessel Werk. | ||
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Post# 467092 , Reply# 20 10/27/2023 at 17:35 (202 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Paul | ||
| Post# 467226 , Reply# 21 11/1/2023 at 13:31 (197 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Re: Replies 19 & 20 ... Thanks, Brian, for the clarification. The brush's advertised use for both floors & walls—influenced the "combo" moniker. See the parts pamphlet below—originally posted by Keither in thread 40279. Gotcha, Ben.
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Post# 467241 , Reply# 22 11/1/2023 at 22:19 (197 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Paul
I looked up the trademark for "Edge & Corner Kleener" (what Eureka refers to its deluxe carpet nozzle) and the first time it was mentioned anywhere was sometime during November 1980, which fits in with your guess as to it being introduced in 1981. However, it had not actually been filed as a trademark until 1987.
Eureka also had a trademark for "Brushed Edge & Corner Kleener" which had a first time anywhere date of August 1984, but as with the other trademark, wasn't officially registered until 1987. ~Ben CLICK HERE TO GO TO KirbyClassicIII's LINK | ||
| Post# 467265 , Reply# 23 11/3/2023 at 13:48 (195 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Great info.—Thanks much, Ben! | ||
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