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I found this kenmore powerhead model SP 80ps at a thrift store. It looks absolutely pristine, can't hardly find a scratch on it. It was $5, figured why not might find something that it'll go to one day. Thing is, I really have no idea what model canister it goes to, does anyone know?

I'm going to check it out in more depth here soon, I will let you know

So, when I have it running, there can be a loud rattle. It sounds like it's maybe metal peices not fitting togeather exactly right and the vibrations are rattling them against each other. If there's a little pressure put on the head to the floor, it seems to get somewhat quieter. BUT, I took...

Meegan As for dirt devils, I mainly like their hand vacs. Royal wise, I really want to try their uprights, their more classic styled ones (the ones with a similar-esque style to like say a kirby). Forgive me, I'm not familiar with Royal model names.

Great find! That's awesome! I wouldn't mind finding one of those. It is odd to see a conquest in a thrift shop, but then again you never know what you'll find. Again, congrats.

Kirbyvertables / delaneymeegan It's cool man :). I have noticed the red ones have dirt devil plastered right on the front, which makes me wonder why they didn't with the blue ones, oh well. And thanks delaneymeegan, I've been developing this little liking of old dirt devils, and are wanting to...

Kirbyvertables I should have taken a picture, but the side of it does actually say dirt devil

Thank you Guys I really appreciate the information. Sorry for the extremely late reply, I didn't see there had been a post on this thread in a while but I'm glad I see it now

Cool regina! I really like the look of it! I recently got a regina stick vacuum (albeit not as vintage as yours). I'm starting to think that reginas are pretty good looking sweepers

Mmm....I really don't think older sweepers are dirtier to use. At first the sweeper itself will probably be dirty considering it's coming to you second hand, but actual operation once it's been cleaned well I think is actually cleaner than newer sweepers. I feel they clean carpet better, and...

Human I will keep you in mind! Do you know if the blue ones are less common than the red ones?

I found 1 of my 2 most wanted sweepers! A little dirt devil broom vac, blue none the less! It was only $15 and came with a pack of bags. The other day I was going around shopping for sweepers, and I found a dirt devil cruiser, which is one I've been wanting. I got to looking at it, and it was in...

Delaneymeegan Wow that is a very time period kitchen. Looks like nothing has changed in the last 40 years.

Nice find! I also got a sentria from a local pawn sop, only needed a belt and a bag. It works fantastic.

Fantomfan57 It has a cup that you have to empty.

S31463221 I'm glad you like it! Me and the wife think it's a cool little thing, nice looking and good working.

A couple days ago me and my wife were out doing "thrift shop runs" in another town, and we came across this Regina 3 speed! It was intrigueing, I've never owned a regina or a sweeper that old. It seems to work absolutely fine, wife used it to sweep the kitchen and it had no problems. It's kinda...

So, I pulled the cover off the "powermatic", taking a look inside to finally find out what's making the horrible screeching noise. Turns out it's the motor. Took the belt off and spun the motor by and and it squeaks/squeals something fierce. It's a model s3557, 10.3 amp. Finding a motor or a nee...

I had read on older posts on this site that people were calling it basically a hoover, who knows if they knew what they were talking about lol. I don't know much about singer so I basically have to go off of what I read

So I found this singer at goodwill, which is my first run with a singer. Appears to be a 90's model, and from some searching I found it is more or less a rebadged hoover. Got it for $15, only thing visually wrong with it besides normal scratches and such is there is a small hole in the top of...