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(1992) Dirt Devil Plus 503 FIND
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Post# 470503   4/6/2024 at 20:27 by RoyalFan103 (Washington)        

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I found this at my Habitat for Humanity for 15 with everything but the Crevice tool. I now have 3 hoses and yeah. I bought it out of Impupse because I thought it was an Earlier Plus Model. I also thought it was Rare. Will work on Tomorrow or in the Coming Days.

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Post# 470505 , Reply# 1   4/6/2024 at 20:36 by Lesinutah (Utah)        
Nice

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I have I dare say almost every dirt devil royal prince hand vacuums. I recently got a car plug in F

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Post# 470509 , Reply# 2   4/6/2024 at 22:29 by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        
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Victor,

There is one rare Dirt Devil hand vacuum out there that is quite difficult to find: it's the all-metal Deluxe 501D model, which is the same as the Royal 501 Prince but with the Dirt Devil label.

~Ben




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Post# 470524 , Reply# 3   4/7/2024 at 12:22 by RoyalFan103 (Washington)        
Hmm.

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Interesting. Haven’t heard of that Model before.

Post# 470531 , Reply# 4   4/7/2024 at 14:52 by RoyalFan103 (Washington)        

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Here’s a Better look at the Vacuum. It definitely looks like a rare early 503.

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Post# 470534 , Reply# 5   4/7/2024 at 17:18 by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        
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Victor,

I read it was made from stocks of unused 501 parts, when Royal was phasing out this oldie hand vacuum during the '90s. It was truly a limited-edition model, as most people associated the Dirt Devil name with the plastic vacs rather than with the metal construction of the 501.

~Ben


Post# 470535 , Reply# 6   4/7/2024 at 18:20 by RoyalFan103 (Washington)        

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Hmm Interesting! Seen Parts bin Specials sometimes and didn’t know they did that with 501 Parts. Very interesting.

Post# 470541 , Reply# 7   4/7/2024 at 22:55 by RoyalFan103 (Washington)        
All Restored!

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It cleaned up well. Also, the attachments cleaned up well as well. Also bought the Crevice tool and Eureka tool with it.

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Post# 470542 , Reply# 8   4/7/2024 at 23:48 by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        
Dirt Devil 503

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Victor,

The first iteration of the 503 was the very first Dirt Devil hand vacuum when it was first introduced in 1984. In this form, it had a 20-foot long cord and a tool kit was included with the machine.

In 1986, the 503 model number was reassigned to the Dirt Devil Plus, which differed little from the original except for a longer, 25-foot cord. Hence they did a new basic model in the form of the 103, without the tool kit (but could be purchased separately). 1986 also saw the introduction of two different two-speed models: the standard-issue (red) 523 and the "Pro Series" (for authorized Royal dealers; blue color) 533; the second speed was useful with the tool kit.

~Ben


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Post# 470543 , Reply# 9   4/8/2024 at 01:07 by RoyalFan103 (Washington)        
Ahh. Very Interesting.

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This whole time, I thought the 103 was the First Model. Didn't know that the Original 503 was the First one. Thanks for the Info.

Post# 470711 , Reply# 10   4/14/2024 at 22:39 by RoyalFan103 (Washington)        
Continuing to Archive PNGs of the Documents from the Box.

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Here they are.

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