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thrift store finds 2 11 2017

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Hoover Concept One and friends

Thanks for the reply. So swapping motors wont work. Is there a way to resurrect this motor or should I give it a burial in the backyard?

Today I decided to start working on my Hoover model 102 Special. The cord was completely toast but there was enough left to put a plug to see if there was any life left. Nope deader than a door nail. Having never taken a motor apart before I decided to put my big boy pants on and try. After...

Eureka 260 I love your upright. My great grandmother had one similar to that when I was growing up. I remember she had red shag carpet and this hideous red and black velvet sectional in the living room. When I would go over and it was vacuum day, I would always ask her to let me vacuum, she...

Thanks Andy, I will give them a call and see what they say. Charlie

I went to an estate sale down the street from me and found this cute little guy thrown in the corner of the garage, so of course I scooped him up since I didn't have a Eureka in my collection. The only problem is they did not know what happened to the hose. It did come with the wands and the...

Behind the vacuums.. is a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro. My partner's grandmother ordered it new and gave it to him when he graduated college. Besides collecting vacuums, sewing machines and irons, I like to work on old cars. We also have a 1960 Chevrolet Biscayne. With Texas weather so iffy, right...

Thanks for the replies. I was wondering about the color of the tank myself. I tried searching the archives to see what I could find but only saw ones with the stainless tank. I thought maybe someone had painted it or it was a replacement since in most of the pics is has Electrolux stamped...

So I came home from grocery shopping yesterday to find this sitting on my front porch. I guess instead of being the cat lady of the neighborhood I am the vacuum guy. Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I all but forgot about the groceries and started playing with my new toys. About an...

bag Paul, Thanks for the information. The bag that was on it appears to be the tattersal pattern and the one the vac shop sold me is the window pane pattern. At least it has a new bag. Now if I could just figure out a way to get the emptor off things would be great. It seems that whoever...

So yesterday I went back to this local junk to store to check out this PN, thinking I would use it on my 1205. The man wanted 3.00 for it with the hose, so I figured why not. While I was rummaging around I found an almost complete set of tools for a Kirby Heritage for 4.00. And then I saw...