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What is your favorite older Electrolux |
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Post# 74978   7/11/2009 at 14:46 (5,414 days old) by thevacuumman (Borger, TX)   |   | |
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here is mine |
Post# 74991 , Reply# 2   7/11/2009 at 18:00 (5,414 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Here's my REAL favorite. The Lux model LX. And the one above is an R, and it came out in 1958. How boring Rick |
Post# 74998 , Reply# 3   7/11/2009 at 18:28 (5,414 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75002 , Reply# 4   7/11/2009 at 18:52 (5,414 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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"Only the Electrolux has the automatic self-sealing disposable bag" Air-Way pioneered it...The LX launched it spectacularly into the mainstream Paired with a 1955 LXI Once you've experienced one of these formidable juggernauts launch a dustwrapper across the room, scattering all evil dustbunnies in it's path, well, you can just never go back to the way it used to be. Notice I deftly avoided using mildly suggestive potentially innuendo-laden terms like eject, catapult, thrust, ram, erupt, spew, fountain, geyser, etc to describe the perfectly ordinary housecleaning vacuuming function of ejaculating a bag full of nasty stuff for hygenic disposal.. Huh? What? Oops....never mind Dav |
Post# 75003 , Reply# 5   7/11/2009 at 18:58 (5,414 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 75026 , Reply# 7   7/11/2009 at 22:02 (5,414 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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I know! I know! I know where Dave got them from too, but will let Dave tell Rick |
Post# 75027 , Reply# 8   7/11/2009 at 22:32 (5,413 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75030 , Reply# 9   7/11/2009 at 22:54 (5,413 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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Very interesting Dave, thanks for the information, who else but Electrolux would come up with a custom setting for each home!! |
Post# 75032 , Reply# 10   7/11/2009 at 23:01 (5,413 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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The brown canvas pouch, 17 page booklet - lushly illustrated with photos and diagrams - and two Plexiglas dust wrapper plate templates, along with the three LX-specific tools and the key comprise a trained Electrolux Salesman/Serviceman's kit for individually adjusting an LX Pneumatic Control brain in and for the Customers home. You can use it to fine tune later LXs with the outside dial and LXIs, of course. I was lucky enough to find the key cellophane-taped in the cord receptacle in one of my six LXs (forgive me - each one is a distinct variation...toldja it was my favorite machine...LOL). The kit was a chance Ebay find a few years back....back when you knew who you were bidding with. It cost me $40 on August 19 2007 and oh dear, I see it came from Atlanta GA. Sorry Rick if we were both in the running but I didn't know ya then...wouldn't have mattered anyway. I remember my heart racing while I forgot to breathe toward the end.. I will scan the booklet Sunday night which explains the procedure and results so much better than I can type. I have this pouch with me always in the Vacuum Gauge case wherever I take it. One never knows when an LX needs a tune-up and de-wheezing, eh BTW, I recently acquired a second LXI, this one with the white dusting brush and wallbrush, and it will get the Davy Ultra Upgrade of a PN socket inside the bottom bumper of the swiveling hose receptacle and the Red & Yellow nameplates. I'd also like to add a third or fourth turbine stage for true Monster Vacdom - there is room to modify the engine bay to take 4 fans without encroaching on the bag eject mechanism. |
Post# 75054 , Reply# 12   7/12/2009 at 05:29 (5,413 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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My favorite older Luxes are the XXX, the AE, and the G, and I have one of each. All 3 are beautiful, quiet, and powerful machines, although my XXX only has the 475 watt motor instead of the 535. But all 3 bring back memories. My parents had a XXX, my paternal grandparents had an AE, and one of my uncles sold G's, and when we spent Christmas with the aunt and uncle when I was 9, he did a complete demonstration Jeff |
Post# 75058 , Reply# 13   7/12/2009 at 05:55 (5,413 days old) by thermokid (Casper, Wyoming)   |   | |
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would have to be my mom's old automatic Baby Blue G. That machine was rode so many times down the stairs by us kids, and it didn't even hurt it. Of course Mother doesn't ever use it any more. But it still runs as good as the day it was new...... |
Post# 75067 , Reply# 14   7/12/2009 at 08:53 (5,413 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)   |   | |
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Post# 75070 , Reply# 16   7/12/2009 at 09:54 (5,413 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 75083 , Reply# 17   7/12/2009 at 12:40 (5,413 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)   |   | |
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Post# 75086 , Reply# 18   7/12/2009 at 13:00 (5,413 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75089 , Reply# 19   7/12/2009 at 13:49 (5,413 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Bouncing bananas are so neat. |
Post# 75093 , Reply# 20   7/12/2009 at 13:57 (5,413 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 75097 , Reply# 21   7/12/2009 at 14:41 (5,413 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Depending on the source, you can get different dates of production runs.....and naturally all versions of the same machine aren't pictured. |
Post# 75109 , Reply# 22   7/12/2009 at 15:15 (5,413 days old) by kirbfan94 ()   |   | |
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That olympia one is beautiful! |
Post# 75117 , Reply# 24   7/12/2009 at 17:10 (5,413 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Cross border comparison. Similarly to the USA timeline poster, supernaturally all versions of the same machine aren't pictured. Such as the unfathomable exclusion of the 1953 ZB54 and 55 and the unforgivable bundling the 1957 red ZB 83, 86 & 88 series machines under the single picture of a green ZB89. :- The green ZB87 & 89 were not introduced until late 1967 Davy - Kaptain Kanada |
Post# 75120 , Reply# 25   7/12/2009 at 17:35 (5,413 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 75126 , Reply# 27   7/12/2009 at 19:08 (5,413 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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I'd say G but I still need good hoses for min I have 2 Silverado's also sweet & a 2100 which says 84 to 8 I was sure it was more like 89 as that's a date on my 2100 manual & it I think was a US model not CA |
Post# 75154 , Reply# 32   7/12/2009 at 22:06 (5,413 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Quibble, quibble, quibble. Silly boys...you don't carry an 80, ya grab that handle like the saddle pommel it looks like and ride 'er til she's wet. Oh, there I go again, having flashbacks to 1959 when Gramma Kerr would pull me around her house on her 86, me in my Roy Rogers outfit...maybe it was Quicksdraw McGraw or Deputy Dawg?. Yes, Roy & Dale, Lone Ranger and Tonto were broadcast all the way up here to Canada "Yippie Yi Yo Ti Yay, Gallopin' All The Way, Here Comes Quick Draw McGraw" and his faithful sidekick Babbalouie. :- Back on topic: Same questing goal at my place, Rick "I have one example of every machine on that page". Got the Canadian page covered too, from 1935 to 1995-ish. I keep my twingle tuned for a nice Rennaisence some day and that will end my CanUSALux timeline As for the smooth sexy soft & pliable generously sized 80 handle compared to the angular hard edged knuckle-skinning G handle, no matter how well balanced...well sometimes something practical's gotta give over for aethetics. BUT The 80 handle allows a 6" x 1.75" elliptical opening for hands and even the aluminum trim strip is concave to accommodate hulking Lumberjack knuckles. The less flexible G type handle has a rectangular opening only 4.5" x 1" with a much shallower concave dimple. Not to, like, quibble or anything.. Now, about the cosmetics, convenience and accessibility to the respective electric hose connection ports...:- Dave -small hands, big grip. ROTF |
Post# 75155 , Reply# 33   7/12/2009 at 22:07 (5,413 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75159 , Reply# 34   7/12/2009 at 22:38 (5,412 days old) by sireluxomatic ()   |   | |
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Nice hands, and handles too. You guys have reminded me that I have a long way to go to complete the Lux time line; I'd better go buy some shelves in preparation. |
Post# 75210 , Reply# 35   7/13/2009 at 09:37 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75211 , Reply# 36   7/13/2009 at 09:40 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75212 , Reply# 37   7/13/2009 at 09:43 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75215 , Reply# 38   7/13/2009 at 10:04 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Remove all the separate components from the base plate and door, cleaning each piece and remembering where everything goes back You'll find a liberal accumulation of fine dust throughout the system including under the master power valve diaphragm that pulls the bag spring and doorlatch and inside the control slave valve that monitors vacuum differential. The vinyl hose may be sticky and deteriorating and coated inside with more powder. The tube may be clean as a whistle or so badly deteriorating that it is stiff or even snapped in half. Replace it with a flexible piece of vinyl aquarium hose the EXACT same length & diameter as it must not stretch or bind when the door is closed. Ive taken to using rubber player piano hose with a ball point pen spring inserted at the hinge point. The pinhole bleed in the hose bezel rivet must also be unclogged. This bleed communicating with the rotating hose inlet sends the signal to the valve. I use a strand of copper wire for this as a dressmakers pin/sewing needle is too thick. Pipe cleaners soaked in lighter fluid are perfect for cleaning the oily green schmutz inside channels and will not harm the styrene plastic Fortunately the control valve casings, unique to each model version, are held together with screws so its a simple matter to disassemble and clean the rubber diaphragm, wells and nipples. |
Post# 75218 , Reply# 39   7/13/2009 at 10:11 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75219 , Reply# 40   7/13/2009 at 10:12 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75220 , Reply# 41   7/13/2009 at 10:13 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75221 , Reply# 42   7/13/2009 at 10:14 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75222 , Reply# 43   7/13/2009 at 10:16 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75223 , Reply# 44   7/13/2009 at 10:16 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75224 , Reply# 45   7/13/2009 at 10:17 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75225 , Reply# 46   7/13/2009 at 10:18 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75226 , Reply# 47   7/13/2009 at 10:19 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75227 , Reply# 48   7/13/2009 at 10:20 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75228 , Reply# 49   7/13/2009 at 10:20 (5,412 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 75230 , Reply# 50   7/13/2009 at 10:24 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75231 , Reply# 51   7/13/2009 at 10:25 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75233 , Reply# 52   7/13/2009 at 10:27 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75234 , Reply# 53   7/13/2009 at 10:34 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75236 , Reply# 54   7/13/2009 at 10:47 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75237 , Reply# 55   7/13/2009 at 10:48 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75238 , Reply# 56   7/13/2009 at 10:55 (5,412 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 75239 , Reply# 57   7/13/2009 at 11:01 (5,412 days old) by z30soulbrother (West Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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i have an electrolux polisher with box i still use it. the box is marked "for models 55 and 62 quiet suction cleaners" i still have the luton guarentee, Have used it at my friends on his dyson animal you should see it go! |
Post# 75240 , Reply# 58   7/13/2009 at 11:12 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75248 , Reply# 59   7/13/2009 at 13:13 (5,412 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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Dave, that was very interesting. Thanks so much for taking the time to post it all for us. |
Post# 75253 , Reply# 60   7/13/2009 at 13:45 (5,412 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 75255 , Reply# 61   7/13/2009 at 14:04 (5,412 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 75264 , Reply# 64   7/13/2009 at 15:39 (5,412 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Ahhhhhh...... |
Post# 75266 , Reply# 65   7/13/2009 at 15:42 (5,412 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Over-lapage of appendage digits may cause blood circulation problems, interfering with the ever useful wrist action. |
Post# 75268 , Reply# 66   7/13/2009 at 15:44 (5,412 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Ahhhh, (again). |
Post# 75269 , Reply# 67   7/13/2009 at 15:47 (5,412 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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I can only say thank goodness the cord winds from the wrong side on the 89. Think of what damage that could cause! |
Post# 75287 , Reply# 68   7/13/2009 at 18:46 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Butt do not think that your feeble, yet compelling, attempt to divert our rapt attention from serious design flaws by provocatively posing in crevice clinging, banana enhancing designer label EORGIA fleece shorts can mask the primary shortcoming of the G Aww, you big brutes bruise so easily; must be the poor circulation from being so tall. And that Georgia heat is befudding your common sense.. Can your G do this? That's 81" of raw suction straightening out curly 2-legged pocketbear chest carpeting. Even if you could on that massive sun bronzed muscular frame that puny, top heavy, so-tip-prone-it-needs-a pair-of training-wheels-up-front G would be hard pressed to summon up much more than 60-70" draw. The bowlingball lifting 89 has a wind cheating profile as well as a pair of waterwing hydrofoil/snow ski skids to cleave its way through any dense uneven debris field ya wanna plow through on an inherently stable 3 wheel arrangement.. And what's with carrying the vacuum around anyway? Is the G so delicate it can't stand & roll on its own 5 feet? No vacuum on the second floor or basement? A sorry substitute for proper weights to keep those massive limbs inflated I suppose. Now, I grant that ya got yerself a pair of purty legs, sorry calves and silly girlyman socks notwithstanding, but those gym sessions ain't workin' out so well if the 89 is so heavy it causes you to topple over banging it into your ankles. Surely those wide shoulders and biceps so bulge-y ya can't get your arm all the way down must hold the vacuum well away from vertical plane sway contact with lower limbs But wait! Those artfully placed, transparently obvious sympathy-begging medico patches are not even in line with indicated 'documented' mid femur/tibia 'injuries' and cannot fool our august assembly of constant thread readers. Just wait til that G hits the door frame or banister on the way up to your shamefully vacuum-less 2nd storey or down to the basement, swings around and fractures a kneecap...or crushes a bannana What's that I hear? Is that the sound of Big Man Sobbing Wee Davy was small but oh my! He struck that Goliath down... |
Post# 75289 , Reply# 69   7/13/2009 at 18:57 (5,412 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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And don't think those band-aids didn't hurt yanking them off either!! OK, OK......I give up! I just set fire to the G. Now those Z67's, Don't get me started! What the He.. Oh skip it FOTFLMAO Rick |
Post# 75304 , Reply# 71   7/13/2009 at 20:05 (5,412 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 75306 , Reply# 72   7/13/2009 at 20:10 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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After waiting through what seems like weeks of rain on days off, Tuesday is going to be sunny clear and warmish at 72 F. In anticipation I took the new 89 over to clean up the boat carpet and crevices. Because The G Just Ain't Powerful Enough For Such A Big Job. LO Powernozzle IVed every surface and filled the gas tanks and took the Subaru through the car wash and then used the 89 to vacuum the car out stem to stern. Filled darn near half a new bag with fine road dust and pine needles (don't ask) Hey Rick, try dead-lifting 25 litres of gasoline straight up 4 feet from the ground leaning over a gunnell...twice - that'll build up that weak right arm of yours. :-) |
Post# 75308 , Reply# 73   7/13/2009 at 20:24 (5,412 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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On the way back from the grocery store for boat snacks I found this pair of 59 cent cobalt blue anodized Ray-O-Vac electric candlelights at Sally Ann's. I think I can safely date them to the 1960s because of the white glass flames, internal electrics and insulation cardboard and Mica. I even loaded them with Ray-O-Vac C cells Should look very nice framing the Altar of Fallen Winkler-snappers...naw, I'll put them with the other flashlights Davy |
Post# 75318 , Reply# 74   7/13/2009 at 21:40 (5,412 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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Set fire to that beautiful Electrolux G!!!! |
Post# 75326 , Reply# 75   7/13/2009 at 22:01 (5,412 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75503 , Reply# 76   7/15/2009 at 17:56 (5,410 days old) by z30soulbrother (West Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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mine are the whole "loaf" series |
Post# 75507 , Reply# 78   7/15/2009 at 18:17 (5,410 days old) by z30soulbrother (West Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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challenge by electrolux c1965 |
Post# 75586 , Reply# 79   7/16/2009 at 16:55 (5,409 days old) by ridgidvac ()   |   | |
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my fav Luxes + the Rug Washer (G thru Diamond Jubilee style) |
Post# 75596 , Reply# 80   7/16/2009 at 19:04 (5,409 days old) by bmgilk ()   |   | |
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The LX is my favorite. The suction is really strong and the self ejecting feature is great.Plus they are real easy to work on! Mike |
Post# 75616 , Reply# 81   7/16/2009 at 23:23 (5,408 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75617 , Reply# 82   7/16/2009 at 23:26 (5,408 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 75743 , Reply# 85   7/18/2009 at 11:46 (5,407 days old) by gsohoover (Reidsville, NC)   |   | |
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My favorite has to be my Model G.It was my first electrolux. |
Post# 75759 , Reply# 86   7/18/2009 at 13:28 (5,407 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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Post# 75765 , Reply# 87   7/18/2009 at 14:27 (5,407 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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I have to agree with you on that one Fred!! One beautiful machine that I have thanks to you!! I still have to get an electric hose and power nozzle for it. One of these days!!!! |
Post# 75766 , Reply# 88   7/18/2009 at 14:39 (5,407 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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Post# 75767 , Reply# 89   7/18/2009 at 14:42 (5,407 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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Post# 75822 , Reply# 90   7/18/2009 at 21:31 (5,407 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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Oh my, Fred I can't believe you still have those pictures!! I can't even remember how many glasses of champagne we had when those were taken!!! |
Post# 75846 , Reply# 91   7/19/2009 at 11:16 (5,406 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Glasses of Champagne?.....more like a 55 gallon drum to me. |
Post# 75866 , Reply# 92   7/19/2009 at 15:41 (5,406 days old) by kirbykid63 (Wilmington Delaware)   |   | |
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My favorite is all the model G's they are so quite and easy to restore I have three a blue a tan and my prize 1967 hospital G. Richard new2youvacuums |
Post# 75951 , Reply# 93   7/20/2009 at 20:32 (5,405 days old) by electrolux-dude (Canyon, TX)   |   | |
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Here's Mine--My Hospital G |
Post# 76223 , Reply# 94   7/23/2009 at 18:28 (5,402 days old) by electroluxkirby ()   |   | |
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I have AE and Olympia. Out of the two I like the AE the best, it's lighter, more quiet than the Olympia, and I like the shape of it better. Both are real workhorses. |
Post# 76389 , Reply# 95   7/25/2009 at 16:44 (5,400 days old) by ridgidvac ()   |   | |
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The B-8 shampooer/polisher is also my fav Lux (esp those from the Diamond Jubilee on back) |
Post# 76542 , Reply# 96   7/26/2009 at 17:29 (5,399 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Wasn't going to start a new thread for it as I won't be working on it for some time and I have a perfectly nice XII on top of Luxious Towers. This is not a joke. This was on my doorstep when I got home from work today, Sunday. No note, don't know who left it but clearly they think of me. Hauled it in, put on a cord and...nothing. Took the motor cap off...the brushes are worn off but the springs are still there and the armature turns freely without play - that's hopeful. Note the fabulously clever handle repair. :-) |
Post# 76545 , Reply# 97   7/26/2009 at 18:32 (5,399 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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It has been nicely recovered in real brown leather over the leatherette which tells me all I need to know about the condition of the leatherette. :-) The hose is not correct of course but is a blue & gray saran weave that will come in handy. Co-incidentally the screw-in connector I found in that box with the Goblin and Vacuna nozzles two weeks back fits! |
Post# 76546 , Reply# 98   7/26/2009 at 18:40 (5,399 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Obviously it has sat long time and was maybe found in a damp basement. There's no mold and the cloth bag is still good but rust is lining the bag chamber and skids. I think it's sweet as is and won't change a thing other than the cosmetics. Whoever recovered it in leather took the trouble to remove and re-rivet the Electro-Lux badge. Thank you for that. The simple door handle hardware is a nice touch so I'll just re-paint it glossy black. Gave it a quick wash and thus it will sit for the foreseeable future as the doctor has a backed up appointment book...and he got his passport last Thursday, at last. Dave |