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Thread Number: 6175
Commander Kenmore........Come in Commander... |
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| Post# 69013 , Reply# 1 5/11/2009 at 00:52 (5,732 days old) by tristar () | ||
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The Parts Manual... 
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| Post# 69014 , Reply# 2 5/11/2009 at 00:53 (5,732 days old) by tristar () | ||
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The Owner's manual... It's a model 116.732.......anyone know when this was made? 
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| Post# 69015 , Reply# 3 5/11/2009 at 00:53 (5,732 days old) by tristar () | ||
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Pictures just don't do this machine justice..... 
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| Post# 69016 , Reply# 4 5/11/2009 at 00:54 (5,732 days old) by tristar () | ||
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The original hang-card! 
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| Post# 69017 , Reply# 5 5/11/2009 at 00:55 (5,732 days old) by tristar () | ||
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The tools... 
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| Post# 69019 , Reply# 7 5/11/2009 at 01:03 (5,732 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
Nice Find, Eric!
That's one beautiful Kenmore! I have the regular tank model without the cart. Also mine has the burgandy "nose cone" and side trim instead of chrome, and it is model 116.730. Yours was probably made in the early to mid 50's. Don't you just love the "prrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeennnnnnnn" sound it makes when you fire it up? Congrats, Jeff | ||
| Post# 69040 , Reply# 8 5/11/2009 at 08:41 (5,732 days old) by luxg () | ||
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Great find Eric, Love the card attached. "Cloud Light" only 27 pounds.LOL | ||
| Post# 69088 , Reply# 10 5/11/2009 at 22:40 (5,731 days old) by normvac (COLUMBUS, OHIO) | ||
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Eric Great find, absolutely with all the attachments, the card and a new hose. I would have grabed it in a New York Min ! I would not quit agree with Jeff on era. I would say late 40's going in to the early 50's. Norm | ||
| Post# 69122 , Reply# 12 5/12/2009 at 10:52 (5,730 days old) by ericaustin (Dallas, TX) | ||
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It does have a very distinct sound! | ||
| Post# 69281 , Reply# 13 5/13/2009 at 22:10 (5,729 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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Kenkart Production Info
I just checked an email I got from Steve Holvay a while back on production dates for the Kenmore tanks. According to the info he sent me, your Kenkart, model 116.732, was made from 1950 to 1953. Steve is a VCCC member and an expert on Kenmores, BeeVacs, and anything else made by Birtman Electric Co. of Chicago. He can probably give you more info if you email him at Sholvay52@aol.com Jeff | ||
| Post# 474820 , Reply# 14 12/26/2024 at 11:43 by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
If you raise the exhaust cover and look, there will be a stamp with either three or four numbers. My KenKart has the numbers 353 stamped on it at that point, which is March of 1953. They were just rubber-stamped on, but it's the month and year the machine was made. Even the round Kenmore canisters have that date under the lid.
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| Post# 474821 , Reply# 15 12/26/2024 at 11:49 by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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These are examples, so it's easy to see when a vintage,Birtman built vacuum was made.
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| Post# 474862 , Reply# 17 12/28/2024 at 08:26 by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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The great thing about Google is that even many years from now someone who finds one of these Kenmore carts can come back to this page and find good information about the machine.
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