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Given its age, I would consider that vacuum, in its present condition, to be darn near perfect. Any defects are merely proof of its authenticity.

I feel your pain. A few years ago, I picked up an Electrolux Genesis LXe at a thrift shop for $8. It had the ponytail cord that came out the end of the handle. It worked perfectly and had no damage, but because of the recall, I took it to the nearest Aerus/Electrolux dealer, about 40 miles away...

If at all possible, get a genuine Electrolux vinyl replacement hose. As others have said, they're just made better. That said, I have two generic hoses that have had the aforementioned issues with the loose sliding suction relief and with the too short screws on the underside. The slider I fixed...

I've done a few of those conversions myself. The first was a Heritage 1HD that had a dump bag. I upgraded it using a Heritage II mini em-tor and fill tube assembly with a zippered Heritage bag, courtesy of a kind and generous fellow Vacuumland member. A couple of years later, I did a Classic III...

Okay, this one's not in my collection and a big part of the reason it isn't is because of this design flaw: the classic Hoover Convertibles needed zippers on the outer bags instead of snaps. I recently walked away from a nice Convertible because almost all of its snaps had pulled out so the...

I just love when things come together like that. Looks like it was meant to be. I got a Classic III a few years ago with a partial toolkit, and I managed to find another partial kit on eBay that filed in exactly what was missing. Of course, my Classic Omega toolkit is still waiting for its...

They definitely don't make them like they used to, which is all the more reason to preserve and enjoy the ones we have. Welcome!

Down here in the South, we proudly call that Redneck Engineering!

I agree. The fact that the money goes to a good cause makes my purchases at Goodwill and other charitable thrifts doubly satisfying, but I still have to keep in perspective whether the thing I am considering purchasing is a good value. In the case of this Hoover, I had to consider the cost of...

I walked around Goodwill for a few minutes last night and spotted an older (1960s?) vintage Hoover Convertible. It was a base model (no headlight) in peach and tan, and was in pretty 'peachy' condition, except for the tan vinyl outer bag, which was missing a couple of its snaps and was thus...

As promised, here are some photos of the Dirt Devil handheld. I'm not sure what earns it the 'Plus' designation on the cloth bag. When I had it apart yesterday, I saw the manufacture date for the motor was November 1996, making this machine a late '96 model or possibly early '97. While the black...

Yeah, I needed it like I need another hole in my head, but I stopped off it Goodwill on the way home from work this afternoon, and kind of like an active alcoholic stopping off at a bar, not intending to drink but doing so anyway, I found this dusty Royal Dirt Devil 08100 hand vac (black...

I know I've seen that TV ad before, but I'd never noticed the internal tool tray. That's definitely a neat touch and a better alternative, IMO, to the external tool caddy that so often gets broken up on those machines. I've owned a total of three Eureka canisters, of which I presently have two...

Oh yeah, that thing would polish up nicely. If it were closer to me in N.C., I'd be happy to take it. I have no idea what it would cost to ship, certainly not cheap these days, but looking at eBay listings, the shipping charges on complete machines are all over the place, ranging from about $30...

I had a Filter Queen Majestic like that a few years back. It just never resonated with me. Part of it was that it looked like it was in great shape when I got it for $5 at a thrift shop, but then I had to spend more than ten times that much to put it to rights. By the time I was finished fixing...