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Thread Number: 44441
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
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| Post# 462438 4/20/2023 at 16:47 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
I just saw this from Kirby's social media page. I reconize one Kirby in this picture as a Heritage but the other one looks really different. I'm now very curious to know more about the Kirby with the bag mounted in the rear instead of on the side. Also the wheels and nozzle looks different. I've never seen one like it. Was it a prototype from a long time ago?
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| Post# 462440 , Reply# 1 4/20/2023 at 16:52 by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
There two different machines pictured. The one with the bag off to the side looks like an early Heritage II before they introduced the slightly smaller floor nozzle. I have no idea about the other one with the bag in the back. Maybe it's some sort of prototype that never got past the proof-of-concept stage.
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Post# 462442 , Reply# 2 4/20/2023 at 16:58 by kloveland  (Tulsa) |
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| Post# 462445 , Reply# 3 4/20/2023 at 19:32 by convertible18 (utica, ny USA) | ||
i think this is a  | ||
| Post# 462455 , Reply# 4 4/20/2023 at 22:56 by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 462456 , Reply# 5 4/20/2023 at 23:00 by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Post# 462459 , Reply# 6 4/21/2023 at 03:18 by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) |
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 Yes the other vacuum is a prototype. It has the height adjustment pedal on the nozzle and not the wheels, whgeels built into the nozzle, a upturned scooped rear bag chamber, big rear wheels, and a more boxy shape. Very interesting, nobody has seen these photos before.
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Post# 462462 , Reply# 7 4/21/2023 at 06:46 by Kloveland (Tulsa) |
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Did the Heritage II have stripes like this on the handle?
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| Post# 462479 , Reply# 8 4/21/2023 at 19:26 by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Post# 462481 , Reply# 9 4/21/2023 at 20:44 by kloveland (Tulsa) |
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| Post# 462484 , Reply# 10 4/21/2023 at 22:35 by repairman (Woodridge, IL) | ||
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It's a first generation Kirby Heritage from 1981. If you zoom in closely, you can see the embossed Kirby logo on the headlight lens. There also doesn't appear to be a Kirby logo in the bottom right corner of the handle either. | ||
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Post# 462485 , Reply# 11 4/21/2023 at 22:57 by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 462486 , Reply# 12 4/21/2023 at 23:45 by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Bag on the prototype matches the heritage 2 bag. The heritage 2 in pic is the same bag and the same handle. Heritage 1 logo on the fork was different. The heritage 84 heritage 1 orange bag and the heritage 2 in my pic are the same fork. If you notice the handle says turbo. My heritage 84 with orange bag says turbo and the heritage 2 says turbo on the handle. The heritage 2 legend1 and heritage 2 legend 2 have different decals.
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| Post# 462524 , Reply# 14 4/23/2023 at 14:51 by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 462549 , Reply# 15 4/24/2023 at 10:19 by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
I questioned Kirby on this and they claim its the angle of the photo. Someone at Kirby's social media f*cked up by showing this... Pic of what it appears to be below, patented 1986.
patents.google.com/patent/US4610...
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| Post# 462553 , Reply# 16 4/24/2023 at 12:44 by Kirbyg6 (York) | ||
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| Post# 462554 , Reply# 17 4/24/2023 at 12:58 by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
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