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That's all for now until I get my other recent vacuums cleaned up. They're seriously filthy. I'm honestly a little grossed out. Enjoy this bonus meme picture I made using the photo of the Shop-Vac's underside. It uses the text from the original album - but the background is Photoshopped in.

Eat. Eat! The Shop-Vac in action. It's hard to get a picture demonstrating it being used unless I were to suck up a bag of sand or something.

I think I did a pretty good repair job. It's good enough, at least.

Speaking of dangerous cords, I'm not sure if this happened before I bought it or if it got damaged when being stored over the past few months. Yeah, asbestos!* Thank God I was in a well-ventilated area. *This was a joke. I have no idea if it was actually asbestos.

Photo of the plug. Someone converted it to two prongs with a pair of pliers. In 1969, the 3-prong design was mandated for large appliances (refrigerators, washers/dryers, etc.), although it was never a requirement for smaller appliances such as vacuums or fans. Likewise, in 1974, it was required...

Photo of the on/off switch. Nice and simple.

Model name detail.

Photo of the inside of the canister. Missing a lot of paint, but oh well. The remaining paint looks like someone left tubby custard in it.

Photo of the inside of the top of the unit and the filter. It's covered in some grass because my mother had started to use the vacuum before I could get pics. I'm unsure if the line-in from the hose is meant to be on an angle like that. Or did it break off?

Photo of the underside of the vacuum. That is some seriously nasty-looking rust. Or is it glue for the chassis? Either way, I'm pretty sure I've seen a Freak Kitchen album cover that looked like this. Surely some steel wool will see to it without any problem.

Photo of the top of the unit. A nice little crack in it, but nothing major. It's a beater. I'm not sure if there's meant to be a pipe or something for the exhaust. I'm more familiar with how cars work rather than vacuums.

Photo of the price tag. It had been there since December 27, only a couple of weeks.

And here's a photo of it as of now. It's missing its chassis and wheels and has an aftermarket hose, but for $10 I certainly cannot complain.

Hey all! I'm here to update you on a vacuum I bought earlier this year on January 11. See post #42915 for background. Here's a photo of the Shop-Vac Model 600A in the store back in January, in the bottom-left corner.

Bonus picture before I disappear again: a Tornado in one of the local car garages here. Might be a 1978 model as that's when the garage was opened.