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Their is 1 Mk111 at TomGask's vacuum muesum. The s 32 I doubt that any made it to the Usa as they were never made in 110v .

From Left to Right. Columbus s 32 origional metal base Vacuum cleaner Columbus S32 update Metal base Vacuum cleaner Columbus Concorde plastic base Vacuum cleaner Electrolux 404 plastic base Vacuum cleaner Columbus B30 metal base 3 brush suction polisher Columbus Concorde Metal base 3...

Yea Its s32. My fault for big fingers and small phone touch pad. I have Two of them will post pics shortly[this post was last edited: 12/10/2017-14:43]

The s22 was manaufactured right here in CapeTown about 30km from were I live, probably taken over to the UK by some one who moved their

Wow I have never seen the s22 outside of South Africa, What does the rating plate say

I grew up in a upright home and most of our neighbors has uprights, My mom decided to buy a canister vacuum in the form of a AEG 509 and while I was as always happy to vacuum I preferred uprights, That said Like Tom said were uprights really started to make sense was when on board tools arrived...

Their was a slight vibration on the motor, so I partially stripped it down to clean the fans and fit a new main bearing

Congrats Bud, I am sure you are very proud. Time will fly with these little guys, Mine were just born yesterday and now they are 13 and 15. Cherish every moment

I just saw now auto correct changed it from Portapower to portable LOl

Huge motor for such a small vacuum, 1000 watt too

Motor apart ready for cleaning and New bearings

Pulling the pressed plate off the back of the motor took some doing But it gave way finally

Its odd that when we are growing up as vacuum collectors that we associate people with certain vacuums. Aunty Debra one of my Moms friends will always be remembered for her Philips p44, and the fact that Unlike most of my moms friends Aunty Debra had no problem with me hauling the vacuum out and...

The rating plate survived, If just

Well I must admit I was totally shocked today with a gift from a good friend, Colin and i have been friends for 17 years or so,He owns a Dry carpet cleaning company in Hout Bay and what started out as a customer soon turned into a great friendship, In fact he came to our rescue years ago when...

The tool adapter fits over the spindle, the belt has to be removed first. So the brush cannot spin.

Hey Bud this looks amazing,As always you did a great job on the restoration I too have a delux junior with the rotating cord clip.Mine however fetures a shake out bag, which means it was sold by a Hoover agent store here in SA, Fantastic machine.

I have a x4 and again like many have said I have never been very impressed with its cleaning ability, Now the G1 with its manual height adjustment does a much better job, The problem is that the electronic height adjustment is constantly fiddling and never gets close enough to properly clean, I...

one of my two dirt finders

Love this one , was a real wreck when i got it