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Thread Number: 44329
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Eureka 745 |
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| Post# 461413 , Reply# 3 3/17/2023 at 12:47 (405 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Wow! Very deluxe Eureka Princess! I have never seen that white button on the back before on a Eureka…does it cause the cord to retract?
Would you be able to post a full top and front picture? I can’t tell what colour it is. Indeed, the curved handle seems to have been shipped from the factory unassembled and never properly connected to the hose. The user was meant to slide the handle onto the hose end until a secure click is heard. The handle was meant to be permanently connected to the hose as the instructions indicate. Most Eureka canisters came with the handle already permanently connected right out of the box. Not sure why this model did not. Enjoy your Eureka! EUREKA. The very best in vacuum cleaners. | ||
| Post# 461530 , Reply# 5 3/20/2023 at 17:26 (402 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Clarification: I located newspaper ads for the model 745 from 1965 to 1971. I'm not sure specifically when the 745-AG was produced and what, if any other types were produced. The AG may have been a 745-A in green (hence the 'G'). | ||
| Post# 461556 , Reply# 6 3/21/2023 at 06:50 (401 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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I’ve never seen a Eureka Tote Tray like that! Probably made out of cardboard. Though offers an easier way to store the tools by just dropping them in the box, it may take up too much room on the floor or shelf of a closet. Would love to a see a pic of a real one!
It looks like the colour of the canister is charcoal gray. Never saw a 1960’s Eureka canister in that colour! | ||
| Post# 461584 , Reply# 8 3/21/2023 at 16:25 (401 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Thanks for the pics and info Thunder!
This is definitely a rare Eureka Prince or Princess. I have never seen that kind of CordAway brake switch on a Eureka canister before. Must have been a short-lived feature! All subsequent canisters with a cord reel worked like a venetian blind: pull out to extend cord, short tug on the cord to retract. Wonder why they did not keep that button…. Strange that they did not label this a Eureka Prince…which is what Eureka was calling the more powerful square Princess canisters at the time in the mid 1960’s. | ||
| Post# 461590 , Reply# 11 3/21/2023 at 19:13 (401 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 461621 , Reply# 12 3/22/2023 at 14:42 (400 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Thanks for the info., Mark and Brian! Here's a April 24, 1970, LIFE magazine advertisement featuring the later Cordaway Model 740 and Princess Model 736. The Tool-Pak makes me think it was a revision of the Model 730 rather than the Model 745.
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| Post# 461625 , Reply# 13 3/22/2023 at 15:05 (400 days old) by Rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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| Post# 461637 , Reply# 15 3/22/2023 at 19:09 (400 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Thanks for posting those pics Jimmy! And the assembly instructions for the Tote Tray!
Eureka tried so many different ways to offer tool storage for their canisters over the decades. My preferred method was that two sided plastic Carry All Tool Caddy that came with the Empress II canisters and Vanguard uprights. My only concern with that one is I wonder if the tools stored snugly on the round nibs after many years of use. | ||
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