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1354A bumper Dysondestijl, I know it's a bit of a late reply, but I have a dirtsearcher model (the later top fill version with brown trim) and it's currently wearing the earlier off-white bumper which I believe is the correct one for yours. Would you be interested in a trade?

Mine's a turbo diesel in the rare dark blue colour with chrome trim :D I have owned it for over 4 years and it's been fantastic, still going well :)

Oops, my bad. I tend to assume everyone on a forum is at least as old as me!

Citroen BX citroenbx, do you own and drive a BX by any chance? I happen to be a BX owner, it's my main/only car and I wouldn't trade it for anything! sorry for the off-topicness

Don't worry too much about reassembling them, it's pretty straightforward really. The only bit that can be a pain is two of the motor screws (you need a very long screwdriver) I'd be happy to offer any help, advice or parts I have lying around and if you'd like to try out the one I have let me...

Blueq, where in Oxford are you from? I live in the Oxford area and we've got a junior like that if you'd like to see one working. It's a later one with brown trim rather than blue. I did have a spare blue standard junior in bits in the garage but I think it has been thrown out now. I do still...

Turbo brush... I have been using a Wessel Werk turbo brush (TK 270 - its the one that came with "Henry Plus") with the three Henries and that works really well. It feels just like an upright to use! I think when carpets are involved, the turbo brush really is a must. I have always been an...

Snapped a photo of the three of them today, lined up in order of age. Particularly observant folks may notice the red button missing from Henry #2 - I haven't replaced the switch yet!

I was considering getting a Henry or commercial Numatic for a while, when my friend mentioned his neighbour had a bunch of them which were bought as a job lot and she had given him one for free and would likely not want a lot for one. This was good news as they were going for a fair bit on eBay...

502S Electronic Well, I couldn't let the electronic motor control gear and that neat neon power switch go to waste, could I? So here is the first 502SE (the E is for electronic ;)) with electronic motor control and 550 watts. The 502 came from a very rude and not exactly honest ebay seller...

Electrolux Twin Turbo 517 I know, it really impresses me how quiet and light it is, and it feels more rugged than the 560. I thought the quietness was a 500 series thing though, not just a twin turbo thing, but videos of other 500 series machines seem a lot noisier (as is the 560, though I...

So the Twin Turbo with the classic 500 hood was only on sale in 86, or did they keep making them for a few years?

Here's the 517 :) And for the curious, I have uploaded some photos of the damage/wear on the 560 http://imageshack.us/g/38/img0949s.jpg/

Ah, well we have the cream/blue version model 517, and I have seen a model 520 before in the same colour scheme. (i think the 520 has a more powerful motor and bag check neon) I really like the look of the 500 shaped hood, and I think it looks very nice with the rectangular "twin turbo" badge...

Thanks for your information. So the first "Twin Turbo" machines were the ones with the 550/560 shaped hood with the ridged front? I had thought they were all released at the same time with the 502 shaped one replacing the 502s and the 550/560 ones replacing those models. Was there no entry...