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Just a thought Gareth Concord was the in-house name for appliances sold by Dion's. Could this machine be a B30 with plastic shroud?

S1000 This is an SA made version of the Z310. It has a metal case covered in white vinyl. There is a blower port in the base with a deflector to the rear filter. The hose is original, but the floor brush is a replacement. There is a socket for a power nozzle on top, The washer is a 1979...

Back in service After a test run, I am inclined to believe that this machine will outlast me...

Brushes New one on the left & the old on the right. I have never seen brushes worn down this much.

My Electrolux S1000 died today after 38 years of hard work. On stripping, I found that the motor is built like a tank. One carbon brush had disintegrated & the other had about 2mm of carbon left.

Capil Found this Goblin on Gumtree, labeled as a Capil.

Euromate plug I have never seen a Euromate plug on a vacuum, but being only 450W, this equates to 1.95A, well within the Euromate's 2.5A rating. In SA, all vacs, power tools etc are sold with a moulded Schuko plug, even though we don't have Schuko sockets. Replacing the Schuko with a BS plug...

Gareth I'm in Bothasig. I see you also have an Electrolux S1000.

Columbus That is a Columbus B12 polisher with vacuum attachment. The B11 version did not have the clips to remove the brush base. I am still using my mom's 1958 B12 to polish my Stinkwood dining-room table. They did not buy the vacuum attachment at the time as the polisher alone cost 48 Pounds.