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I have a Haley's Comet I restored and this would be a fantastic addition to my collection.

Lol, I was scratching my head wondering what a "brush roll chart" was. Now I know. Just me I like to stick with original when restoring a worthy vintage machine.

How does a flat paddle grab hair?

Is this what you are calling a Champion power nozzle? https://www.thinkvacuums.com/premium-champion-electric-powerhead.html They are made by Qindao Creation Industry & Commerce Co Ltd. They are sold with Cirrus and Johnny vac VC439 canisters made by the same company and are frequently called...

I did a search for a Champion power nozzle but all that comes up are Champion pressure washers. Is what you are calling a "Beam Imperial" the Beam Rugmaster or the Solaris?

Champion??? Who dat? The power nozzles Panasonic used to make for the Kenmore brand, their own brand and others like Cen-Tec, Nutone and Hayden are now made by Suzhou Cleva Electric Appliance Co Ltd.

Oscar Meyer had the Weinermobile. Electrolux could have had an Olympiamobile.

"Power Fins" remind me of old fashioned beater bars. What's old is new again : /

I was torn between the Aerus flip over brush or a generic horse hair parquet floor brush and chose the latter. I find them more versatile than anything else for hard floors. I can use it sort of on edge to sneak between a wall and a desk or between two pieces of furniture in ways that are...

Aerus will still sell you one with a new vacuum. Pretty sure new ones are still being made. I just bought a new one from Aerus for my Guardian Platinum.

Oreck sold two versions of the Philips "Swiveltop" canister series in the US. They were called the DutchTech. The first version had the short body depicted in your image, single speed in leaf green with an electric hose and a choice of Wessel Werk EBK280 ( or 290, I can never remember ) or...

They sell this stuff in big rolls for sound deadening old cars when owners install high end stereos in their classic cars.

Like everyone I learn the hard way. I had a geared belt Hayden Deluxe power nozzle that chewed through geared belts and that ain't supposed to happen. Turns out the motor was ever so slightly misaligned and the motor pulley was eating belts. A great example of what's called the Peter...

I bought what turned out to be a huge roll of 1/4 inch thick dense closed cell self adhesive foam with an aluminum backing for not very much money. This roll will probably outlive me it is so big.

I assume you didn't touch the motor but if the motor is somehow slightly misaligned it might chew up belts.

When everything is installed can you turn the brush roll easily or is maybe something binding a bit due to a misalignment somewhere?

You will laugh but a few of my older vacuums or power nozzles that I use regularly I have added sound deadening to.

Some are, some aren't. I have seen a lot of Dysons with utterly conventional single stage tapered fan Panasonic suction motors with carbon brushes. The battery powered models probably are the ones using a brushless motor but not the corded Dysons.

In the fullness of time I am going to retrofit the Avalir Platinum parts that make it quiet to our Avalir 2. Kirbys have this high pitched whine that is as or maybe more annoying to me than the whine of a Diesoon or Shart. I want to see what I can do to make the Avalir run quieter.

What Clean Obsessed sells is similar but a different vacuum. The Mighty Mite is sold by Sanitaire and Bissell, with Sanitaire being less expensive than Bissell.