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"Fatal Error" authored by J.A. Jance...page 250....(APPLAUDING HERE) (APPLAUDING HERE) (APPLAUDING HERE) Maybe SOMEBODY wants to contribute to Vacuumland....ATTABOY....!!!!!

I finished an excellent read last night, two police detectives were investigating a puzzling homicide and one of the factors involved was a overheated, older Kirby vacuum that was near the deceased man, who had been taped to a chair and tortured before being suffocated with a plastic bag. The...

KirbyClassicIII...being totally deaf I am reluctant to waste my time and that of the Kirby staff would would take my call...do you think it matters and do you think they would really know about an issue for a 30 year old machine? I think not...

A fine looking machine, a GREAT one for the price and it looks well made. I have never seen one labeled "Made in Britian"....!!!

All the contents of the Power Pack box appear to be new and never used...I do wonder however, if the empty filler for the PP box was possibly intended to be replaced by the "Convenience Group" attachments that are standard with a new Kirby. One photo shows my Convenience Group box fitting...

First off...a photo of my beloved Heritage 84. $12.99 and tax at Goodwill, it works perfectly. Plus a photo of the Performance Pack I just purchased for $4.99 and tax. Notice how one entire half of the box dividers are empty. According to the manual that came with the pack, all items that were...

I located this forum while doing a search for "Kirby Performance Pack" while at my local Goodwill two days ago, I purchased 3 boxes of Kirby accessories, the regular attachments (Convenience Group)like a hose and nozzles was $2.99 and sales tax as was a complete box containing a Rug Renovator...

I am going to be counting my two upright carpet cleaners, a Hoover Steamvac and a Bissell Quicksteamer Powerbrush. PLUS my 1991 vintage Bissell canister PowerBrush Plus carpet cleaner. Stick vacs...nope on those. Hand vacs, maybe.

Thanks guys....I have probably about 12-13 conventional upright vacuums, but they are probably outnumbered by my shop vacuums. I will not include my tiny cordless bugsucker vacuum, however.

I am wondering if shop vacuums and small cordless and corded hand model vacuums can be included in your total number of collected vacuums....? Thanks for any responses.

Just wondering as a new member here...if you are not sure of the date of manufacture of your vacuum, how do you really know it is a vintage model? The vast majority of my collection are newer and have the date of manufacture on a label, except for my oldest one which is a Kirby Heritage...