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Post# 62295   3/11/2009 at 19:34 (5,521 days old) by edgar (Belgium)        

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Hi,

I found a fairfax in holland. Great looking machine, but I think there are a lot of parts missing. there was a hose 2 metal pipes a metal rugnozzle, and a machine to transform the power with. Can annybody tell me more about this unique find.

Thanxx edgar


Post# 62296 , Reply# 1   3/11/2009 at 19:38 (5,521 days old) by brandon_w_t ()        
Yea

Looks nice. Not origianl hose. Does not have a Power nozzle, or a cart on wheels that it sat on. Not sure where you could find one of those, But thats all I can tell you

Post# 62298 , Reply# 2   3/11/2009 at 20:00 (5,521 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        
That's a good start on a Faifax set - all the important

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such as the aluminum floor nozzle and the chrome steel dust bucket. Fingers crossed someone will have a spare caster base to donate someday. Which model # is on the label?

Yes Edgar, that's a red Kirby hose, often used as a replacement. Frankly, I think the solid red goes better with the Fairfax trim & tools and I've seen the solid red on half the Fairfax's I've laid eyes on. The 'real' Fairfax hose has that visual white nylon netting embedded in the red vinyl. The cord would be a matching red also.

I found the tools for my pair from several sources and finally snagged the floor polisher base attachment cheaply off Ebay last year.
Dave


Post# 62300 , Reply# 3   3/11/2009 at 20:23 (5,521 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        
These are such fantasticly designed expensive looking vacuum

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My polisher base also included the Activated Charcoal Filter & other stuff which came as an extra cost optional kit. This filter is meant to purify and deodorize the room air and is placed in the base with the powerdome on top - no bucket. The 1976 manual cautions to use the filter on slow speed for no more than two hours a day.

"Charcoal filters are used in industry when re-use of pre-conditioned air proves economical. Some other uses - in Space Capsules, in Atomic Submarines, even in Cigarette Filters." :-)

The earlier Fairfaxs did not come with a Power Nozzle and do not have a two-pin socket in the handle.


Post# 62302 , Reply# 4   3/11/2009 at 21:05 (5,521 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

Here's my old Fairfax. I can't remember what I did with it now before we moved.. I either took it back to a thrift store or gave it to Doug in Moose Jaw, did I Doug?

They're probably one of the most uncommon vacuums there is out there even compared to Filter Queens and Rainbows. You hardly ever run across a Fairfax and to find one in Holland is amazing.


Post# 62307 , Reply# 5   3/11/2009 at 22:15 (5,521 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)        

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Hey Pete:

Nope - I already had two of them.

Hey Edgar:

I'll see what I can find for parts and send them with the next machine. I think I have most of an extra set somewhere. Give me a yell. I think I have another machine that you may want too.

Doug


Post# 62334 , Reply# 6   3/12/2009 at 05:15 (5,521 days old) by edgar (Belgium)        
type number

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ok, the only info i can find on it is that it,s made in Canada type number vsx i think and there is no connector for a power nozzle. The lady that had id is jukebox colector and she took it with her to holland several years ago. She does not have anny info on it because she bought it at a yardsale in the usa.

Doug soory for me being away a lot very busy speak to u soon.

edgar


Post# 62354 , Reply# 7   3/12/2009 at 14:52 (5,520 days old) by brandon_w_t ()        
Looking for one

Does anyone have or know where I can get one? Im looking to buy one.


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