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Thread Number: 45354
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Evolution of Riccar upright vacuums. |
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| Post# 469704 2/19/2024 at 17:02 by OldCrankman (Lawrenceburg, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 469707 , Reply# 1 2/19/2024 at 18:01 by Paul (USA) | ||
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Well done and informative, Scott. Thanks! | ||
| Post# 469731 , Reply# 2 2/21/2024 at 06:59 by OldCrankman (Lawrenceburg, Indiana) | ||
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I realize I missed some models. | ||
| Post# 469741 , Reply# 3 2/21/2024 at 17:09 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
There's a ton left missing, I used to work for a few Riccar dealers. I see no single SupraLite models listed, those are technically uprights. I also don't see any American Flag models, those were special editions and one of if not the rarest models they've ever sold. There's a brand new Spirit upright that they just released. Etc. This website should help you find more models you're looking for but unfortunately they don't have every single Riccar upright ever sold. Your best bet would be to contact Tacony.
www.partswarehouse.com/Ri...
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| Post# 469742 , Reply# 4 2/21/2024 at 17:23 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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My mistake
I didn't see up close and saw you mentioned about the other two. So I'll list some more examples. This Heavy Duty, some of the Vibrances, and a blue Brilliance. Could do more but that'd take me a while which I don't have the time for.
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| Post# 469750 , Reply# 6 2/22/2024 at 05:20 by OldCrankman (Lawrenceburg, Indiana) | ||
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Thank you guys | ||
| Post# 469761 , Reply# 9 2/22/2024 at 22:16 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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From my understanding according to the VDTA, Riccar's very first vacuum at least as an upright was made by Vorwerk. Riccar didn't started assembling vacuums here until 1997. Before then they were made in Taiwan by a company called Zeng Hsing under by Tacony supervision. I believe it was in 1988 that Tacony acquired Riccar, then a year later they created the Simplicity brand. After Riccar began fully assembling their uprights in America and discontinued production in Taiwan, Zeng Hsing had Dust Care (known as ESSCO today) make uprights for Riccar in Taiwan and other Asian markets. Nowadays, at least when this website was last updated, Tacony has their own Chinese facility to make Riccar uprights for Zeng Hsing. Anyways, the reason why the HP models weren't listed on partswarehouse is because they were made by Panasonic. Tacony doesn't support those machines.
www.zenghsing.com.tw/port...
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| Post# 469762 , Reply# 10 2/22/2024 at 23:07 by BriGuy (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
Interesting. | ||
| Post# 469771 , Reply# 12 2/23/2024 at 09:32 by Paul (USA) | ||
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I did come across this classified ad from September 20, 1969, in a Pennsylvania newspaper archive:
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| Post# 469772 , Reply# 13 2/23/2024 at 09:45 by Paul (USA) | ||
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Riccar Sewing Machine Didn't realize that this line existed.
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| Post# 469780 , Reply# 14 2/23/2024 at 13:09 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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Oh there was more than just vacuums and sewing machines. They also had microwaves which I believe were made by Sharp because they already had a patent for the Carousel "turn table" feature. And I think a few more appliances.
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