Recent content by dmcdonaldthg

I offered the guy 30 for the second and he accepted, although the spring on the handle seems fine. Maybe he/she replaced? I really just wanted the emptor - and so far haven't found a place online to pick them up cheap for the 500 series. Not sure about the belt lifter - it doesn't say Kirby...

BTW, I don't like the belt lifter for this one, would like to find the original Red lifter...

I think the green bag is real Kirby, I think they just made a conversion kit so it could have a paper bag inside. HEPA? Below is the other one I got for parts, but I'm going to polish this one up as well:

Sooo, I bought a Kirby 510 off ebay - really good shape - to restore. However when I got it, I noticed it's missing the emptor. I decided to buy another 515 off ebay to use for parts because it looked bad in the pictures, but when I got it - it was in great shape - I decided it was too nice to...