. . . I just scored an E'lux 475-watt XXX motor. I've owned several model XXXs as an adult. My parents had an early postwar XXX with flat skids, a saloon door, and a 475-watt motor. I wanted the sound and vibe of the original motor. In the past few days I won such a motor on eBay. I bid based on the fact that it has a rectangular capacitor,  so I was hoping for the best. What I received is indeed a 475-watt motor. It runs a musical half-step below the 535-watt motor in my XXX and LX, so I know I have the real thing. I will service this motor and install it in my XXX, which for some reason has a thin-stack, 535-watt motor (branch office replacement?) The bearings are quiet, so I'll flush and re-grease them, and then I'll install this motor in my XXX, of course saving the original (?) motor for its future owner.

This made my day. I've been wanting a 475-watt XXX "forever", and although the nameplate doesn't match, I'm fine with what I have.

Cheers,

Joel