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Vacmadman That would be me. And I can add to how many expensive Kirby’s I’ve sold and bought. My C series machines. One was expensive, and the others were a steal. I used to have an all factory original 508. But needed the money. I managed to get a good amount for that. As well as a 514, 510...

The Kirby Model C was my dream machine. But I have one now. So the next ones in line for me would be the Kirby Model R, American Lincoln Super Sweep, Kirby ComVac 1300 & 1600, the Aerus Lux Guardian Platinum, and the Rainbow E2 Black.

Well I should say color of logo

Hoover300 That one appears to be from around 1953, based on the grey pattern on the box. As well as the style of logo.

The Sweet Aire bottle Huskyvacs showed is the one from sometime between 1953 & 1956. Here’s the first bottle from 1950.

That Link was accidental. Vacuumland somehow did that when I was posting. That link takes you to nothing. My apologies.

Sweet-Aire The screw on the back with the pad inside is the Sweet-Aire port. Kirby introduced Sweet-Aire (a scented liquid) with the Kirby 510 in 1950. You would unscrew that, and drop a little bit of that stuff in there. So when you would vacuum, the Kirby would smell good. The Sweet-Aire was...

Agreed Let’s wait and see what happens.

Went back for the G5 the next day. I might go and get the D50 today.

I think I have a lot of these parts you are looking for. Feel free to shoot me an Email.

I saw these at three different thrift stores today. May go back for the two Kirbys once I have the money.

I went on Kirbys website to check out a few things. I noticed they’ve updated it quite a bit. There’s now an option to buy a Kirby without a demo, straight from their website. I think it’s quite interesting to see them make this change. I am curious to see if, and how this’ll affect overall sales.

That is a Kirby 2C Get it! The C series are very rare. It can be restored.

Well, if this new model is really happening. It’ll truly be interesting to see how they approach this. If it does happen, hopefully we’ll be getting something truly great and that will continue to live up to the performance Kirbys have, among other things.

Huskyvacs I can assure you the motor supports the fan just fine. My G5 has been supporting it for five years, as I mentioned above. Here’s a video of that G5 running.

Here’s my experience regarding Metal Fans in G Series. I have been using a Metal Fan in a G5 for the past five years now. It has had absolutely no issue at all. It runs just fine and sounds smooth. The performance is a lot better than when it had the Nylon Fan. And yes...

The headlight has some newer rivets holding the trim on. There’s a chance it was modified by a vac shop with those newer rivets to be able to take the newer style trim. Since models 508 and older (down to the 2C) had the smaller trim that only covered the very front of the headlight hood.

We got an early 500 series Kirby. The nozzle is specifically a 508 - 512 nozzle. I can tell by the lines on the front. As well as the rug plate. The emtor is a 3C - 505 emtor. 3C - early 513 handle grip. 514 & 515 handle fork. Aftermarket belt lifter. All replacement red trim, bag, cord, etc...

Based on everything I see on this machine… It’s a Kirby 513. Nozzle and Headlight trim appear to be original. The grip is correct as the early 513s had those older grips. But the grip sleeve is an aftermarket. The belt lifter is an aftermarket. Cord is original for the 516 - 561. The emtor tray...

Kirbylux77 I have to agree with you on that. These may not be true Air-Way machines. But as you said, at least the name is on a good vacuum. I’m honestly not mad about these machines being branded Air-Way. It really would've been a disgrace if the name were on a cheap disposable Chinese...