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    Attention Detroit Area collectors, Please view.

    And Another Sorry for posting pictures in such a manor, but Windows 98 Second Edition decided to lock up upon selecting preview when using the new up-loader. Usually it's better behaved. ;)
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    Attention Detroit Area collectors, Please view.

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    Attention Detroit Area collectors, Please view.

    If you were recently at the North of Mt. Clemens Habitat for Humanity ReStore and bought a GE Swivel Top form the Early '60s (turquoise) without the attachments I found them. This ReStore Location has been known to separate items and sell them separately to get more money. They really are...
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    Kirby Sentria Instruction video

    Use a YouTube downloader I personally like Clipconverter.cc, it tends to have the fewest errors. http://www.clipconverter.cc
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    Shark Vacuum Question

    A mess to clean out, but I cannot name any modern plasti-vac that can come close to out cleaning it on carpet. I usually have great prejudice on a machine like the shark, but I was proven wrong. If you can stand having more filter maintenance than that of a new dirt devil it is really a good...
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    Bojack DVC Classic III Bag... Bad Idea

    A few months ago I bought a Kirby Classic III on Craigslist, and have been slowly fixing it up with some new and used parts, some genuine, others, not so much... One of the parts that needed replacement was the original "filter felt" bag which leaked dust badly and covered the machine with a...
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    Advice Needed | Vacuum for Pottery Studio

    NSS M1 Pig??? Would the pig be a good choice in your opinion?
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    Okay kids, get the smelling salts and fainting couch handy...

    2 Years Later... I stumbled upon this thread while searching for the keeler self propelled mechanism and am wondering if any new information has come up on the "Super Janitronic 560"? Also, did you ever get a brush roller?
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    Advice Needed | Vacuum for Pottery Studio

    It has to be a portable... Here is the situation, The unionized night janitor is known to sleep on the job and fails to even vacuum the regular classrooms weekly and almost never even enters the ceramics studio. With the union they can't fire him. This has to be something that my pottery...
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    Advice Needed | Vacuum for Pottery Studio

    My high school ceramics teacher is looking for a vacuum cleaner that won't blow the dust back into ther air, will be able to take the abuse of the clay dust, and will not clog up instantly either. Since I will be looking it can be new or vintage for that matter. Any ideas?
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    Found a Lewyt Electronic

    Just a suggestion You probably should repost this advertisement in "Super Market" as its own thread.
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    Oreck Introduces the Elevate Uprights

    Oreck XL Classic, Oreck Heritage, what's next? An Oreck Legend?
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    Insaine Ebay prices

    100% Genuine Iron Oxide® Charles, Look at those rare attachments, I have never seen those before on an Electrolux! haha. Forget eBay, on my local craigslist there is an Dirt Devil RV central vacuum being sold for $412.
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    Questions on vintage Kirby 519

    Tolivac... The problem is he doesn't have the original equiptment, it came to him with the F&G kit on it and no emptor. My suggestion was to buy another converter to be able to use Sanitaire type ST cloth HEPA bags with the eureka F&G to ST converter for better airflow. It could also be...
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    4 Restored Kirby's For Sale! 99.00 Each!

    Tradition Is the Tradition a paper bag model or a shake out model?
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    Questions on vintage Kirby 519

    Dispite my wallpaper I am not a Kirby expert... But I can answer your questions. #1) Heritage II tools will not fit a 519, but I believe those from a 516 to Sanitronic VII will. #2) Just bend it back. They are not supposed to spring back. This is one of my few gripes about old Kirby...
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    Sirena vs ??? - Please Advice

    With money and Origin in question, I Repeat... An old metal Electrolux of 1205-Grand Marquis design, The Power nozzle is indestructible on all models, belts last 5+ years without slipping. Powerful, durable, quiet, long wearing motor. Ease of finding bags. Found easily and cheaply on eBay...
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    Water Lift Tests With New Marshalltown Gauge

    Water lift tests Your profile says that you have a G4 as well, could you test that so it can be compared to the predecessor to the g series, the Heritage II design.
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    Here Come the 2016 Dysons!

    Hook it to a baird meter... ...then we'll see how great it is! I'd wager this against my Fairfax with Eureka made powerhead any day, you can hear the airflow! The FX doesn't tip over either. I took that thing up to a friends house up in Indian River MI who has a sand driveway and used it with...
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    Sirena vs ??? - Please Advice

    High quality vacuum for Hardwood Floors And area rugs sounds like the perfect slot for an Aerus Lux Classic canister vacuum. Besides if you're not a vacuum enthusiast like us you will soon tire of wanting to clean out that Sirena or even Rexair/Rainbow for that matter. Bags for an Aerus are one...
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