Thread Number: 848
My Kirby C series story! |
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Post# 8757   1/30/2007 at 13:29 (6,267 days old) by funvacfan (Canada)   |   | |
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The first vintage vacuum I bought (1989) was a Kirby "C" series. I always wondered what the model was until I saw one on E-bay. A potential bidder informed the seller that it is an oldie, and that is a "C" series. I recognized that it was similar to mine because of the switch, and the armoured cable from the switch to the motor. I really treasured that vacuum for a long time, I had no idea HOW old it really was. I fiqured it was from the 50's. So...a couple years later when a friend of a friend needed a vacuum for a month or so while they decided which model vacuum they were going to purchase, they asked to borrow my extra (the Kirby). Well of course I said yes, seeing that they had just moved in to a new place together. I didn't see them for a couple of months...but I was invited to their house warming party. When I got there, they had really done a great job fixing and renovating the place. Some time during the evening, I asked if they were finished using the vacuum. They said they had decided on a Panasonic upright, they were very pleased with it. They thanked me for letting them use the Kirby. "Great, no problem", I asured them, and told them I would come the next day with the car to pick it up. That's when they told me they had put it out to the trash! They thought it was just an old vacuum that was on it's way out. I said nothing. I've never said anything to them about it. They are still friends of friends, although I rarely see them anymore! A valuable lesson learned young! Guy |
Post# 8765 , Reply# 3   1/30/2007 at 15:09 (6,267 days old) by dial-a-matic ()   |   | |
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... If you still have the machine, could you post pictures? -a- |