VACUUM CLEANERS:
Air-way Green Goddess hollow handle upright
Air-Way Sanitizor Model 55, two w hose & tools
Air-Way Sanitizor Model 66, two Blue, complete. Early flat bottom one has the nameplate factory mounted on the right side due to sheet metal painted wrong side out
Air-way Sanitizor Model 77 - Green, two the same, complete
Air-Way model 88 Mark II - turquoise
Air-Way model 88 Mark V - banana yellow w PN
Compact C2 complete - taupe with side decals
Compact C4 complete in chest from Kyle K - pale gray/blue with the flat-top lid hose inlet
Second C4 in seafoam blue, regular inlet
Compact Electra C6, turquoise w hose. Matching turquoise Polish-Aire model A2 and Magic Disc, in box
Compact Electra C7, Apple Green - all accessories & hose
two more C6 in turquoise
Compact Electra C8 Mustard FlowerPower with power head, repainted hammertone steelgrey
Compact C80-2 in Sky Blue (not turquoise) w power hose & PN & 2nd version Magic Disc
Tristar CXL in Maroon w powerhose & PN
Two Vortech Forces - burgundy/dark green
Bissell CYCO floor sweeper
Canadian Lux:
1932-39 Electrolux XII-C, dk brown
1939-49 Electrolux ZB30, ribbed gray leatherette
1949-51 Electrolux ZB55 version 1, crocodile, 2 of em
1951-53 Electrolux ZB55 version 2, crocodile, 2 more
1953-57 Electrolux ZB54, grey/blue basketweave w red bakelite bag & motor ends, & red painted logo side trim.
1953-57 Electrolux ZB55, grey/blue basketweave w black bakelite bag & motor ends. unpainted logo side trim
1953-57 Electrolux ZB57, brown tweed & bakelite w matching accessories, brown tool saddle, brown cord reel and rear wheels, brown painted logo side trim
1957-63 Electrolux ZB83, brainless all cream with red end-cap bands, wheels and handle strip.
1957-60 Electrolux ZB83, all cream w red trim and joint bands, cream cord halo.
1957-60 Electrolux ZB86, version 1, all cream w red cordwinder & trim, telescopic wand.
1961-67 Electrolux ZB86 Elux86, version 2 - all cream w red ends & all around cream bumper trim, telescopic wand.
1963-67 Electrolux Z88, red w HandiKit & red tools
1957-60 Electrolux Z88 version 1, all red, no bumper trim.
1961-67 Electrolux Z88 version 2, all red w cream all around bumper strip.
1967-73 Electrolux Z89 Lux-O-Matic, green w clip on powercord, trigger hose, telescopic powerwand & PN1. Tool caddy & Shag Rug tool.
1967-73 Z89 Lux-O-Matic green with pigtail powerhose.
4 more Z89 Lux-O-Matic green parts machines, hoses, tools, accessories, wands, PNs.
1973-76 Electrolux AP100, tool caddy complete w shag rug tool. Powerhose w trigger, static powerwand & PNIII and Sidekick
1980-82 Electrolux AP280 set in brown, same as above
ProLux Plus Heavy Duty Commercial upright
American Lux:
Electrolux XXX - five versions of em including an unusual factory hammertoned 1947 XXX with stamped steel end cap
Electrolux LX 1952/53/54 - seven, each version w cordwinders.
Electrolux LX1 1955, w wheels & side swinging cordwinder
Electrolux Model E - version #1 blue w cord cone
Electrolux Model AE - version #1, blue w cord winder
Electrolux Model G, matching turquoise hose, static powerwand & PN-1
Electrolux 1205, late model smooth blue with self-connecting powerhose & PN
Emdeko FILTEX canister complete w manual, green veining on cream
Eureka Super Roto-matic 910, 1956, canary yellow & chrome w hose, cloth & paper bags
Eureka Rotomatic green with all tools, hose and dolly
Eureka 1010 Mobilaire ham in green complete
Eureka Vibrabeat Triple Filter ham in blue complete
Eureka model E1273 by Euroclean Group Canada (Electrolux), Burgundy with powerhose, Rotomatic head, tools
Eureka self-propelled upright model 5047E
Fairfax all chrome, complete with hose & tools thanks to Doug Smith
Fairfax all chrome with Powernozzle and Floor Polisher attachment.
Filter Queen Model 200A w tools and original look hose in brown vinyl weave.
Filter Queen 700, woodgrain plastic tub, complete w optional accesories satchel box
Filter Queen 700, marblized foil plastic tub
Filter Queen 31, chrome steel tub & powerbrush
Filter Queen Model 33 two speed in Taupe/Salmon with cordwinder trolley
General Electric model AVF28 upright
GE TIDY portable cylinder model AVT-160 in box with hose, wands and all tools
General Electric AVT70 cylinder, 2 tone brown w cloth hose
General Electric AVT805 cylinder, all chrome with complete Cleaner Tools box.
General Electric Swiveltop, two tone green with cloth hose & some tools
General Electric Swiveltop in two tone pink w cloth hose & tools
GE Swiveltop model V14C2 in brown & chrome complete
CGE model CP101A canister, brown w powerhose & powerhead
General Electric Roll-Easy Version One copper trim 1957 w manual, all nozzles. Now has Turquoise hose & tool caddy
GE Roll-Easy Version Two with aluminum trim & later Double Action floor tool
2nd Roll-Easy Version 2 found in N Canton with Tom Anderson on a Thrift Trek
Haleys Comet, restored gold and original hose handle & coupler. Adapted silvergrey vinyl slinky hose from a Compact
Hoover Constellation debut model 82 non-floating swiveltop, 1954 two tone blue w hose & tools
Hoover Constellation model 85 swiveltop, Ivory & Rose w hose & tools and cord wrap winglets
Hoover Canada Constellation Model 841E 2-tone Taupe swiveltop, complete w original box, hose & tools - sold by The T. Eaton Company, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Hoover Canada Constellation model 438, 1964 all Ivory w Canton Red handle, rubber bumper & floor ring.
Hoover Canada Constellation model 451, All mustard yellow
Hoover Canada Constellation model 869, All sky blue
Hoover Canada Constellation model 888, All Kiwi green as sold by Consumers Distributing Canada
Hoover USA Model 87, Garland Green with Powerhose on/off switch feature
Hoover New Connie model S3341
Hoover Portable Cleaning Center model 2110, taupe & yellow
Hoover Portable Cleaning Center model 2120, blue & turquoise
Hoover Slimline model 2017 in apple green & taupe
Hoover Canada Model 716, pale pink handle, cord and base...baby blue hood, bumper and bag w converter and tools
Hoover Canada Model 913 Commercial, silver & black w red nameplate lettering, made in Britain
Hoover DAM Model 1120, Burnt Orange & Taupe w hose & tools
Hoover Concept 1 Powerdrive, 2-tone blue
Hoover Dustette handvacs, 1 black, 1 taupe/gold. Both made in England for U.S.A market
Uprights
Hoover 25
Hoover 27
Hoover 28
CanHoover 281
Kenmore Commander w wheels on aftermarket non-Ken-Kart wheeled cart w hose & all tools
Kenmore Magicord Model 116 in Avocado Green w matching powerwand & PN
1980s Kenmore model 639, white with Powermatic head and a Kenmore stairtread Powermate - much like a Lux Sidekick.
Kirby 515 w original bag
Kirby Dual Sanitronic 80 green- complete suite
Kirby Heritage II black w red - complete suite
Kirby Tradition blue - complete suite
Kirby Classic Omega
Kirby G3 Powerdrive Ivory - complete suite
Kirby G4 Powerdrive gray - complete suite
Kirby G5 complete
Kirby G6 complete
Lewyt model 44 hammertone grey, complete in hatbox carton
Lewyt model 55 hammertone grey
Lewyt model 66 hammertone blue complete w dolly & tools from the famous NV56 collection Crevicetool rescue mission
Lewyt model 77, first Big Wheel 1955 hammertone Blue w cloth hose and all tools in carryall box.
Lewyt Model 88, 1956, green & gray w green hose & tools.
Lewyt model 120 w see-thru Power Window, last Big Wheel hammertone Grey w sac window 1960 version made before Lewyt bankruptcy.
Industry first - Lewyt 120 AC Motorized Beater Sweeper PN for the 1956 Model 107 Electronic. Long clip-on cord plugs into vacuum under toggle switch or into wall socket.
Lewyt Model 40 New Style hatbox canister in pale blue 1970s?
Modern Hygiene complete with hose, wands, all tools & accessory suitcase - designed in 1949 by Brooks Stevens
Monitor (Kingston) cylinder - highly styled late 40s/50s streamline in sky blue & polished AL castings w OR hose, blue AL wands and tools.
2nd Monitor Cylinder
Kingston (Monitor) cylinder in hammertone gray
Nilfisk 1960s(?) all aluminum high filtration canister on tricycle trolley with hose and accumulated tools in pale blue
Plymouth bomb cylinder late 40s?, w hose & tools
Premier Deluxe upright Model 9 late 40s?, polished aluminum
Premier Model PR80 cylinder late 40s
Premier Model PR70 Vac-Kit half size cylinder early 40s? w original green weave hose
Progress (german) model P50F - 1952-62 - in green suitcase with tool tray and most Bakelite tools. Bojacked hose w Electrolux XXX wand end. Replacement powercord in sky blue. Bakelite end caps with pressed cardboard body sylinder and internal motor supports - that is to say, in place of metal the vacuum is principally constructed of robustly pressed rolled paper tube elements. uses cloth dustbag fitted with paper liner. Pulls 65". Has unusual Bakelite blower accessory with heating element inside and hose-length cord that plugs piggyback style into powercord socket on vacuum. Puzzling but useful. Frustratingly, the metric sized tools need a slightly smaller tapered wand than American/Canadian standard. Need wands and a proper hose to use them all. For now I have ground down a black plastic Kirby wand end to fit tools.
Vactric cylinder w gold textured vinyl complete in shipping carton that has metric wands that fit the Progress perfectly :-)
Sunbeam Challenger in bilious green Psychedelic flora pattern with all matching tools & hose. Pulls 91", tho. Super UGLY!!!
Royal model 201 canister in Blue w hose, wands, tools & trolley
Royal Pony in burgundy w saddleback tool carrier and a 12 foot hose & pn
Electro Hygiene clone of Royal 201 in Dark Red & Grey with hose, wands, tools & trolley
Rexair Rainbow model D-2 chromedome & copper w 3 pin power socket option, hose & tools
Rexair Rainbow model D-3 in wood grain & brown smoke w power nozzle & tool kit
Rexair Rainbow model D-4 in black marbelized & smoke w power nozzle & tool kit
Singer R-3, brown wrinkletone - Napoleons bicorn hat crossed with a horseshoe crab
Singer S-2 upright designed by Raymond Loewy for 1959.
Singer model E-12AC cylinder with powerhose & PN
Singer PowerAmp 9.0 bagged upright model HB12802C (by Ryobi)in dark gtreen, a sleekly designed upright.
1961 Viking Canada (Eureka) model 107, 2-tone turquoise complete with hose, tool caddy & matching tools...including a turquoise Eureka Vibra-Beat Rug Tool.
Westinghouse Bakelite body hand vac
Westinghouse model T2 cylinder with wands, hose & tools
CARPET SHAMPOOzalers, WAX POLISHERizors & FLOOR WASHERlators:
Hoover Polisher model 0211, dk brown bakelite
Hotpoint Canada Polisher model HCS11, 2 tone burgundy
General Electric Polisher model CS14A, Ivory & brown - Hotpoint clone
General Electric Polisher model CS15, chrome housing &handle w pink bumper & cord. with manual
Two Hoover Floor Washers model 3500, yellow
Electrolux Model BX10 rug shampooer/floor polisher, cranberry red
Electrolux Model B21 rug shampooer/floor polisher, two-tone green
Shetland Floorsmith automatic dispensing shampooer/polisher
and so it goes...
um, several piano trackerbar hand pumps and various instrumental electric suction units and organ blowers.
What are your dream machines yet to be found?
Any & all Canadian versions of Electrolux
Westinghouse 1959 model MC1
Lewyt Electronic Big Wheel models 107/111/121. I have the blue Power Nozzle !!!
Any cylinder vacuum embodying Streamline Moderne/FutureRama industrial design principles.
Oh, what will I find forsaken and forlorn by the wayside this week...?
What are your earliest and favorite vacuum memories?
Like a lot of folks here the vacuum, indeed anything mechanical, fascinated me from tot-hood. Grammas Filter Queen, Aunt Carols Constellation, Moms Electroluxs.
What is the history of vacuum you have owned?
Most are Salvation Army/Goodwill/Saint Vincent DePaul/Value Village/ReStore finds, countryside tag sales and local auctions. And then theres all those nice people who simply toss stuff in your car til the door wont close - that one goes in the passenger seat. Nothing from relatives, dang it, tho I have my Mom constantly quizzing her gal pals and the church ladies.
And of course famous McHardys Vacuums. First independant vacuum store in London Ontario 1952, where I was born and hung out as a downtown kid, even after we moved out to the burbs. J.C "Mac" sold his first vacuum door to door in 1947. http://www.mchardyvac.com/index.htm
Here in Stratford its Bill Ellisons Vacuum Shop, who is also a collector of long standing
eBay is a judiciously indulged temptation. Less and lesser as the Canadian $ plunges again. :-(
Have you ever worked on, repaired and/or restored any vacuum cleaners?
Every machine in my house gets totally dismantled and reconditioned as like-new as feasible. Thanks to these archives I have set aside the NevrDull in favour of #00000 steel wool, Mothers Billet Metal Polish, Mr Clean Magic Eraser and Polish Wheel. Heartfelt thank yous to you all.
Have developed a guaranteed method of saturating the inside of leaky hoses - cloth or saran weave - with thinned liquid latex that restores like-new suction without sacrificing appearance or flexibility and will not peel off. Thus all my original hoses work as well as they display. Feel free to email me for instructional sheet - I can not do it for you unless you are here to watch. :-)
