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I Agree About the Bag I also thought it was a little strange they chose to use the same basic cloth bag design as on the 501 Prince in a different color scheme but they did not use the Puff Paint on the red portions as in the Royal 501. I’m guessing it was a last minute idea to try and boost...

Wow, that is pricey! I knew the retail of the regular 501 Prince in the mid to late 80’s was around $59.99. If you adjust for inflation $79.99 in 1993 would roughly be $175 in todays money! That is pretty salty for a hand vac especially a Dirt Devil branded one purchased at Target. I guess...

Here are some pics of my 501 D Kirby Classic III here are some pictures of the Dirt Devil branded variant of the 501 you asked for. It is a model 501 D and it was manufactured in 1993.

Okay I will try to remember once I get it all cleaned up I plan to sell it on eBay as I really have no use for it since I have a NOS 501 Prince in the box and a Dirt Devil 103 that I use for stairs. I had never heard of them or seen one until I saw a post on here about a month ago and then lo...

Thank you! I just wanted to thank you for posting your video of disassembling the Royal Prince 501 on YouTube. It is so thorough and well explained. I took an old machine I designated for parts and rebuilt the motor following your instructions. I just got a very rare Dirt Devil all-metal 501-D...

Defective Bering? Maybe you have a defective bearing assuming you changed it and didn’t just re-pack the original. If the old one came off and you have the correct size the new one should press back on. If you have a new bearing that is the only variable that changed so the bearing would seem...

Rivet Squeezers To do a factory correct job you would need to buy a rivet squeezer tool with the correct dies for the size and style of rivet used. You would also need tubular rivets in the correct length. You may be able to find a seller that specializes in vintage Kirby parts that has the...

You could just use the cloth bag If this is only a spare just use this cloth bag without the paper insert. The only real benefit to using the paper bags is to keep your cloth bag clean. If yours isn’t that nice just use it, I’ve heard the paper bags cut down on suction quite a bit too. These...

Duke Name I am not sure but I would be more inclined to believe “The Duke” name references the royal title kind of like the Royal Prince hand vac linking the “royal” titles with their brand in a clever way.

I Would Like To Know As Well That would be nice to know. My guess is they were pressed in with a specialized type of tool or machine and it would be very difficult or impossible to pry it apart and then press it back together without ripping the bag. I have a NOS Royal Prince that I’ve never...

Put in a claim I have been selling on eBay for over 10 years and buying on there for over 20 and let me tell you they treat the buyers way better than the sellers. Did you even try putting in a return request? If the item wasn’t as described put in a return request for that reason, eBay will...

Vintage Appeal As modern machines become more and more cheaply made and last for shorter periods even people that don’t collect vacuums will seek out the older better made stuff for less money than the new throw away junk made overseas. The issue for the everyday person will be finding...

Royal 4700 Tank I know this is a very old thread but I came across it and decided to add mine. This is my favorite Royal, my 4700 Pony Tank. It was made in 1999 and bought new by my grandma in Jan. of 2000. She gave it to me in 2009 when I bought my first home. I have restored it to near...

Royal For me it’s definitely Royal. I wish Royal had not sold out to TTI and remained an American based company. I especially love their metal canisters with the Panasonic power nozzle. They are great cleaning machines and groom carpeting very well. Now TTI has pretty much discontinued...

??? I don’t know what synthetic HEPA is but Royal offered HEPA grade Type J paper bags for the metal tanks and they are still pretty readily available as of right niw.

I’ll give them another try I do have a few NOS versions of the new brush roll so I will eventually try them again. I found a used set of the inserts in near new condition and my set is still good so it will be a while. I just prefer to keep things original but once parts are gone I guess I...

Commercial Uprights Royal was actually a pretty popular commercial vacuum supplier in the 80s and 90s. Once they outsourced production in the early 00’s I think their reputation and quality started to slip to the point they are basically defunct now. The commercial models were generally basic...

Laundering Bags I hope your bag comes out well. I try never to launder cloth bags unless they are very visibly soiled or stained. I take a canister vacuum and crevice tool and suck all the dirt out doing both the inside and out of the bag. If it has any kind of odor you could try hanging it...

Carbon Brushes? Have you seen the size of the brushes on these old Electrolux motors? They are about a mile long and thick. Nothing like what you find on modern motors. Unless this machine was used daily for hours I would bet it has 1/2 or more of the brushes left.

I’m No Expert Isn’t that an Olympia One hose? Also it looks like the crevice tool is from the Olympia One. I agree that someone either bought the Olympia One new and packaged up their old vacuum in the new box to store or someone just recently found a NOS Olympia One and put this used yet very...