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Canadian Electroluxes |
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Post# 10213 , Reply# 1   2/20/2007 at 01:14 (6,246 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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Post# 10214 , Reply# 2   2/20/2007 at 01:15 (6,246 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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Post# 10215 , Reply# 3   2/20/2007 at 01:17 (6,246 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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Canadian model shown in this instruction booklet from the ZB54 -- it's a huge thing isn't it! |
Post# 10217 , Reply# 5   2/20/2007 at 01:20 (6,246 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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Post# 10218 , Reply# 6   2/20/2007 at 01:21 (6,246 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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also had optional wheels - several years before the American LXI! |
Post# 10219 , Reply# 7   2/20/2007 at 01:22 (6,246 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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the maroon one! (I believe these are John Young's machines.) |
Post# 10220 , Reply# 8   2/20/2007 at 01:22 (6,246 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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Post# 10223 , Reply# 10   2/20/2007 at 01:30 (6,246 days old) by charles~richard ()   |   | |
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but can't seem to find them. But you can see what I believe is a complete collection of them at Doug Smith's site. |
Post# 10224 , Reply# 11   2/20/2007 at 01:44 (6,246 days old) by petek (Ontario)   |   | |
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Here's the ZB55 I found awhile back, still in pretty good shape, a bit of rust on the runners but I haven't done anything with it. |
Post# 10225 , Reply# 12   2/20/2007 at 04:08 (6,246 days old) by sudsman ()   |   | |
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Those are so neat I love the Canadian Machines they have such a rotro elegance |
Post# 10235 , Reply# 13   2/20/2007 at 16:39 (6,245 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 10236 , Reply# 14   2/20/2007 at 16:43 (6,245 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 425379 , Reply# 15   5/13/2020 at 15:39 (1,414 days old) by TribalElder (Kingston, ON Canada)   |   | |
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I have an Electrolux Z88 in green along with a comprehensive assortment of accessories and parts. I am looking for a replacement hose, since the one I have had is now shot. Does anyone know where to get these vintage parts? |
Post# 426616 , Reply# 18   6/7/2020 at 11:46 (1,389 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Hi everyone:
Just to begin with the link for my website in the first posting is out of date. Here is the new link: smithcollection.altervista.org/... Electrolux Canada Ltd. Was started in 1932 and, from what I can tell, originally had more ties to the Swedish company than Electrolux USA. Being a smaller market the designs of our machines were modifications of the Swedish design while the US company was large enough to have their own R & D and created their own design. Over the years the company grew and evolved its own R & D department. While the two companies were very much tied together and shared many developments (Eg the powernozzle was developed in the US while the power hose was developed in Canada) they still remained unique entities (partly because of border restrictions). At the same time, though we share the same continent, consumer tastes are far different. A good example of this was when free trade came in (which saw the Canadian factory closed like most other manufacturing in Canada). They began selling the Grand Marquis in Canada instead of the System 90. And sales plummeted. Canadian Housewives found it way too heavy and clumsy after having been used to the relatively light machines that Electrolux Canada had produced. There was a scramble at that point to bring the Diplomat into production to save sales. Also, if you have noticed, from the mid 1970s on (with the exception of the 50h Anniversary E2000) Colour schemes of the Canadian and US machines matched up. Allowing them to share things like hose and power nozzle production and making some models like the uprights (US) and Tri Vac (Canada) fit into the sales lines better visually. |