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I was thinking Airway from the 60s

Excellent find.     I'll bet it's lighter than an Olympia for example.  It even has onboard tool storage.

This behaviour sounds like grounds for a break-up.    Vacuums are a prized possession for you and this bxxxh has treated one of yours this way?   Do you know for a fact that the other one was damaged?  Did she give you the parts?  She could have sold it. She probably still has it and...

Very nice collection.  They look to be in top condition.

Each to their own of course.   A cloth bag is going to need cleaning and emptying which is a mess.   Paper bags just pull out carefully and install a new one, then throw the full bag.  Takes 2 minutes with no messy dust floating everywhere and no cleaning anything.   With single port...

"...older generation that knows and collected these is fading out or losing interest in them..."  that's equivalent to what I stated.   I doubt anybody collects butter churns, horse shoeing equipment, and canning equipment.  That was such a 70s thing.   It's getting difficult finding...

subject of this thread Hepa bags are nice, they are better than paper, though more expensive and they are not environmentally friendly.  They are after all woven plastic whereas a paper bag is paper and will easily break down in the ground.   In a Central vac. that's vented, a simple paper...

I have a new, old stock MD Flow master I got 3 months ago.  It has a flow-thru motor.  In addition to using generic single port bags, it has about 3 inches of that woven foam at the bottom of the dust container to keep anything from getting into the motor.   I prefer flow-thru because you...

white carpet

I agree, I love plush carpet with a good quality 1/2" rebond pad or something that doesn't off-gas.   The only hard surface flooring I would use in my home would be a sheet vynil in a light color or pattern and only in water suseptible areas like by tubs, toilets, kitchen, laundry and in...

Market is saturated. Its like the auto market with declining sales for several years now.

Yeah, it's best to avoid spending big money on anything where the prices are jacked up right now.    

A VENTED, top fill central vacuum cleaner with a flow through motor.  Just saying.   You can use any type bag you want, it won't matter because all the exhaust goes outside.     Even if you live in an apartment and need to make a temporary vent through a window when using it, your health...

Somebody bought it.     I tried selling an Silverado era woven hose with the pigtail last year that had the typical wear and no go.  That's what people are trying to get rid of .   I ended up selling the wand then cutting the ends off the hose with 6" of hose left and those items DID sell.

I remember a couple years ago there were people trying to push interest in Kirby, then went to Ebay and found an unusual amount of Kirbys for sale for less than a $100.   Guess what.  Just checked Ebay and there is an unusual number of Rainbows for less than $100   hmmmm.   It's been...

#3 "High end vacuums are an investment."   I think what you mean is they can <span style="text-decoration: underline;">FEEL</span> like an investment based on the amount of money some people choose to pay.   One thing is for sure though, because they DEPRECIATE in value they are NOT an...

impressive.

How much will you ask for it?

Hoover300 pointed out the 2nd model you made a clay figure of.      I'm not up on all the latest uprights.  But I know good modeling work when I see it. 

This where 3D printing would be helpful, isn't?