Thread Number: 44272
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Johnson wax vacuum |
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Post# 460865 , Reply# 2   3/2/2023 at 11:12 by electrolux137 ![]() |
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I've never heard of a Johnson Wax vacuum cleaner. All I'm aware of is their floor polishers which they themselves manufactured. Long after they stopped selling them, a man in Wisconsin who had worked for them until he retired still repaired them and kept spare parts. He died some years ago and with him went whatever remaining stock he had.
The later models, from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s, were beautiful and highly styled machines. The "Gort Helmet" models had a very musical sound. When I was a little boy living in Hampton, Virginia every time I heard our next-door neighbor using theirs up I ran to their front door to watch Hubby running it in the living room.
The heady scent of their Beautiflor wax was unique and heavenly. |
Post# 460871 , Reply# 3   3/2/2023 at 15:45 by a007kirbyman ![]() |
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Post# 460872 , Reply# 4   3/2/2023 at 16:00 by electrolux137 ![]() |
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Post# 460988 , Reply# 5   3/5/2023 at 20:17 by newbie (wisconsin)   |   | |
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Belt is on the way, thanks for the info. I live near J.Wax headquarters, and can find no info around here. Maybe they aren't proud of the machine with their name on it? |
Post# 460989 , Reply# 6   3/5/2023 at 20:49 by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Probably just don't keep record back that far and nobody remembers it.
I tried getting a manual from Riccar for a vacuum they made in the 1980's and they said they have no support for that model and tried to sell me a new Riccar vacuum instead. I could only find this about the vacuum; "In 1989, British-born James Dyson (inventor of dual-cyclone vacuums) and Canada's IONA Appliances (the predecessor of Fantom Technologies) made a licensing deal in which the company would manufacture and sell a line of commercial dual-cyclonic upright vacuums called Vectron, for SC Johnson Wax, on which Dyson held the patent. Two years later, SC Johnson exited the commercial vacuum business and IONA renamed the vacuums to "Fantom". 1993 brought a successful infomercial for the original Fantom vacuum. One year later, the vacuum offered a HEPA filter as an option. In 1995, the vacuum was renamed the Fantom Thunder (AKA Kenmore Destiny)." |