Spur-of-the moment vacquisiton...

[huskyvacs]

Are you sure? The parts clearly had their date wheels with numbers in the 90s. I don't have photos of them at the moment, but I didn't see any with the numbers 00 or higher. Then again, I know very little about Panasonics, so yeah.

The Panasonic Quickdraw MC-V7314 came out in 2005 and retailed for $159.99. That would be $266.08 in 2025 dollars.

 

[panasonicvac]

Yes, I remember when they were being sold back in the day. I almost got one as a Christmas present back in 05 but I changed my mind and got a Hoover Elite Rewind instead.

 

[cheesewonton]

The Panasonic Quickdraw MC-V7314 came out in 2005 and retailed for $159.99. That would be $266.08 in 2025 dollars.

The V in MC-V means the vacuum was a product of the Whirlpool-Panasonic joint venture from 1990-1995.

 

[centralsweeper63]

I could believe that. Even though it is coming from a smearer. Huskyvacs, that seems like quite a cheap price.

 

[huskyvacs]

I could believe that. Even though it is coming from a smearer. Huskyvacs, that seems like quite a cheap price.

All I could find left on the Internet was an Amazon listing from 2007, but I can believe it's likely no different than retail MSRP or it was sold through wholesale. The $159 price point was a typical middle of the road price for this kind of thing. This was already an old platform by the mid 2000's, and it's clear it was a parts bin special and they cobbled up something just to use up the old body panels and motors in their warehouse.

 

[centralsweeper63]

When did the platform come out? Late 80s?

 

[amtraksebo1997]

The Panasonic Quickdraw MC-V7314 came out in 2005 and retailed for $159.99. That would be $266.08 in 2025 dollars.

Okay... but then why do the date codes range from 95-98? Did they manufacture these things in the 90s and then hold off on bringing them to market until the 2000s?

 

[amtraksebo1997]

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Could you link it if possible?

 

[centralsweeper63]

Maybe, IDK

 

[huskyvacs]

Okay... but then why do the date codes range from 95-98? Did they manufacture these things in the 90s and then hold off on bringing them to market until the 2000s?

It's the date that that part mold was made/last time it was revised, it's not indicative of when a vacuum left the assembly line to a specific day and week. Brands that churn out so many models per year, like Hoover or Eureka, might have date wheels within a year or two of manufacture. This is why you never rely solely on date codes, just use them as a guide to get you within +5/-5 years of the range and work your way backward/forward. On brands where the serial number format is known, or companies that use Julian date codes, that is the way you get the specific day the vacuum was assembled.

 

[centralsweeper63]

That is a good point. Likely early 00s at a guess.

 

[panasonicvac]

I do recall the motor on mine having a date stamp on it saying 05 if memory serves correctly but I also recall having the other plastic parts having date clocks on them saying the 90's as well when I took my Panasonic apart for service. huskyvacs is likely correct that they were just leftover parts to use up, I can't really say if that was the case. But I can confirm that these couldn't have been put together in the 90's or early 2000's. By 2000 from what I gathered, Panasonic shifted from making vacuums in the US to Mexico. In the early 2000's after the transition, Panasonic was selling the MC-V7311 in blue. Then between the early to mid 2000's, they were selling the MC-V7312 in green. And in mid 2000's or no earlier than 2004, they were selling the MC-V7314 and it was the last one they sold because it was then replaced by the red MC-UG471 no earlier than 2006 which is a total redesign.

 

[centralsweeper63]

The mystery continues.

 

[cheesewonton]

The mystery continues.

Perhaps it was a model designed and initially sold during the joint venture but carried over for years due to sales success? I know the V in MC-V means the vacuum was a product of that joint venture.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Possibly.

 

[amtraksebo1997]

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I see. Now that has me wondering both when this machine was made, and what machine first used these parts back in the mid-to-late 90s.

 

[huskyvacs]

I see. Now that has me wondering both when this machine was made, and what machine first used these parts back in the mid-to-late 90s.

I said it already, 2005. That's when it was sold and when the manual was printed.

There's also a Panasonic Quickdraw MC-V7305 from 1998, this one likely uses parts from that model.

Then there is further a Panasonic QuickDraw MC-V5117 from 1996 - which looks like the start of this series of vacuums.

There was also a M65995 model which fatally electrocuted a Circuit City employee in Pasadena, Maryland in October of 1995.

A sales associate was vacuuming the carpeting of a general office area. He was using a Panasonic Quickdraw vacuum cleaner (Model No. M65995, Serial No. DD4332533) to perform this task. The 9-ampere vacuum cleaner was plugged into a 120-volt, 15-ampere receptacle outlet. A ground fault in the unit's switch energized the metal handle and electrocuted the employee.

Anne Arundel police said yesterday that James, a part-time employee at the electronics store, was vacuuming the floor in a back room shortly after 7:30 p.m. when sales manager Steve Monoiodis and Laurie Hendricks, another employee, heard a scream. They ran into the room and found the teen-ager holding the handle of the vacuum cleaner and leaning against a metal shelf in obvious pain, police said. Mr. Monoiodis told police he touched either James or the vacuum cleaner and was shocked slightly. Mr. Monoiodis unplugged the vacuum and the teen-ager fell to the floor, police said.

Police said they do not know what happened to the vacuum cleaner to cause the accident, but they do not suspect foul play.

Accident Summary Nr: 170830699 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN VACUUM CLEANER

Teen dies in freak accident at work -- Youth electrocuted while vacuuming at Circuit City job​

James Christopher Hill (1977-1995)

 

[amtraksebo1997]

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************ I was not expecting THAT to be used as an example for answering my question! That's horrifying!

 

[huskyvacs]

************ I was not expecting THAT to be used as an example for answering my question! That's horrifying!

Neither was I, but hey that's what you find when doing research on hyper-specific models of vacuums! Like that Windtunnel T-Series I found that burned someones house down due to the cord catching fire and setting the vacuum on fire. This stuff just shows up.

 

[cheesewonton]

Holy crap. I have gotten a handful of 120 a couple of times and while emphatically not pleasant it didn't kill me.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Oh, fun.

 

[amtraksebo1997]

Neither was I, but hey that's what you find when doing research on hyper-specific models of vacuums! Like that Windtunnel T-Series I found that burned someones house down due to the cord catching fire and setting the vacuum on fire. This stuff just shows up.

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[cheesewonton]

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I once stumbled on lawsuits filed against Whirlpool for old Kenmore electric hoses that caught fire. My recollection is that there were three such lawsuits. Might explain why Whirlpool decided to get out of the vacuum biz in the late 1980s and pass the baton to Panasonic ( who immediately made major improvements to the hose material used ) and later on sold Hoover right after buying their former owner Maytag.

 

[centralsweeper63]

And there is many, many more. Electricity is dangerous.

 

[panasonicvac]

Speaking of electricity, this was how we got the MC-V7387. Shortly after we bought our first cabin, we had it renovated and expanded in 1996. The vacuum we originally had was a green Sharp (likely a Twin Energy Big Wheel). Anyways, not long after the renovation, the vacuum fried itself. Heard there were sparks coming out of it and blew itself up but that was just from what I was told. Took it in to the vacuum store it was purchased at and my late buddy who was the owner tore the thing apart, found that there was no way it could've been fixed because it was like melted so much on the inside. Come to find out that during the renovation someone wired one of the outlets backwards. So not only did they fixed the outlet but also they bought us a new vacuum. And we selected the Panasonic because from what I was told, it was the best or top of the line from the store. While I would've been curious to see what the old vacuum had looked like if it never got fried, at the same time I'm glad we got the Panasonic because it is my all time favorite vacuum or at least top three. Left it behind when we sold the place in 2003 but we should've brought it to the new cabin because we had still needed it. Other than that one problem it had before with the vacuum kept shutting off (likely because the handle switch was loose), I couldn't think of a more perfect vacuum for the place. That was why I originally wanted to get the MC-V7314 as a Christmas present because I missed the other Panasonic so much and it was going to fill in as a backup vacuum for the new cabin but of course neither of which happened, I got the Hoover instead and never brought it to the cabin.

 

[centralsweeper63]

That is a funny story, thanks for sharing!

 

[amtraksebo1997]

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Huh. Can't say I'm too surprised about them. I have a Kenmore Magicord from the 70s with a split open wire-reinforced hose. It needs bags, a hose, a set of tools, and a power nozzle. I can imagine that happening to people, and then the wires inside getting frayed, and then it's downhill from there. That's just my guess.

 

[amtraksebo1997]

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Never knew you had a Sharp back in the day. Not to get even more off topic than this thread already is, but Sharp vacuums hold a special place in my heart. My grandparents have had one for pretty much my entire life. It used to be their basement vac (and I also used to be terrified of it as a kid), but now it lives I'm their upstairs hallway closet. They also took really good care of it, as well as the rest of their machines, too.

In addition to that, a close family friend had a dark red/maroon Twin Energy. It was a more deluxe model with a looped, metal handle, a metal brushroll, a bag check indicator and power control, and a metal telescopic wand. That thing was a beast. It agitated fantastically, and was super quiet. Unfortunately, the pre-motor filter got degraded, and the switch on it went bad I think. They still have it as for as I'm aware, and if they do, I'd like to swoop it up before they'd throw it out.

Anyways, back on topic, would you happen to know what machines would use the same attachments as the MC-V7314?

 

[cheesewonton]

Huh. Can't say I'm too surprised about them. I have a Kenmore Magicord from the 70s with a split open wire-reinforced hose. It needs bags, a hose, a set of tools, and a power nozzle. I can imagine that happening to people, and then the wires inside getting frayed, and then it's downhill from there. That's just my guess.

The wires in those hoses are solid, not braided. But, yes, the hose material was miserable presenting opportunities for coils to come into contact and start a fire. Also the connections at the molded cuffs on the later 1980s three wire hoses weren't the best and the pig tail that used to jump over the swivel were prone to fraying. Panasonic introduced the molded cuff hose and much better hose material.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Hoses are very complicated.