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Thread Number: 45388
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Royal Commercial 662 with red shake out bag |
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| Post# 469966 3/4/2024 at 17:06 by toastermike (Milwaukie Oregon) | ||
I've found this Royal 662 at the Goodwill outlet store a few years ago and bought it because it had a red shake out bag. It was made August 1988. I know that they usually have the traditional grey bag. The handle was bent, and I found a doner vac with the correct handle. I finally performed the handle transplant this weekend, cleaned and polished it a little and installed an LED headlight. I'm curious about the red bag. Was it sold new this was or might it have been a replacement bag?
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Post# 469967 , Reply# 1 3/4/2024 at 17:17 by Vinvac  (Dubuque IA) |
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Those were awesome machines!
As teenager I worked as a custodian at the school during the school year for two hours before school started and then full time during the summer. We had those Royal Machines badged as HILD if my memory serves me correctly. Those machines ran flawlessly for years. The district hired a new head custodian and he replaced all the machines (except for the two we hid) with Hoover Conquest machines. In the first year, they had to replace two of the Hoovers and hide to buy a Portable Hoover for above the floor cleaning. Meanwhile, we still had out two Royal machines with all the attachments and never missed a day of cleaning. One day we took our hall and door mats outside to shampoo them. The mats cleaned with the Hoovers were fill with grit and sand. Those that we cleaned with the Royal were much cleaner. Just my story and I am sticken to it...LOL | ||
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Post# 469974 , Reply# 2 3/4/2024 at 23:37 by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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I beleive the grey Royal bags were their commercial ones.The colored bags were household.I have grey bags both dump out and use "B" disposable inner bags. | ||
| Post# 469976 , Reply# 3 3/5/2024 at 01:22 by toastermike (Milwaukie Oregon) | ||
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Post# 470059 , Reply# 5 3/9/2024 at 20:35 by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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toastermike
Mike,
Here is my 1987 Royal 662Z Heavy Duty Commercial, which is mostly original except for the rear wheels (according to the brochure of the period, the rear wheels were intermediate size, 1-1/4" wide in diameter). This one was given to me for FREE! My 662Z was built in April 1987, one of the first ones ever built. ~Ben | ||
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Post# 470075 , Reply# 6 3/12/2024 at 05:41 by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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toastermike
Mike,
I think these red bags first appeared in the 1990s; other than the 360 and 380, Royal also had a series of cleaners called the "Duke" series ("Duke" being an apparent John Wayne reference) in 1989, which included such models as 7500/Z (same as 655/Z), 7600/Z (660/Z) and 7800/Z (680/Z), and I believe the red color of the bag on these was a reference to actress Maureen O'Hara (who was Wayne's co-star in five films and was known for her vivid red hair). ~Ben | ||
| Post# 470089 , Reply# 7 3/12/2024 at 22:17 by Tylerhawkins84 (Elkhart, IN) | ||
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Duke Name I am not sure but I would be more inclined to believe “The Duke” name references the royal title kind of like the Royal Prince hand vac linking the “royal” titles with their brand in a clever way. | ||
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Post# 470093 , Reply# 8 3/13/2024 at 10:37 by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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