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I keep reading this thread, but I have not watched the video, since I know it will just make me angry, sad and depressed all at the same time. I can't stand seeing the wanton destruction of any device, no matter how little value it has. It's bad enough that most consumer devices have such...

I suppose this could go on either the vintage or modern forum, but I just wondered how impossible it is to find preferably the last of the 912 type Hoovers, the U7037? I have never seen one in person anywhere, and it is one of the few Hoovers made after the 1930s I would consider owning...

Hi all, I recently acquired a circa 1984 Advance Carpetwin 14 (actually model 140) that needs a new brush roll motor. This is a real tank of a commercial vacuum and I hate to relegate it to display-only status as it survived nearly 30 years of hard daily use. The brush roll motor is...

I was watching that machine as well, but I could not justify buying it and having no real way of fixing the handle "yoke" Even if you could somehow epoxy it back together, it either would be an ugly fix, or not strong enough for reliability in use. Like was already mentioned, I bet...

I could see how the Pig would be great in any movie theatre or auditorium. Cleaning between rows of seats with most vacuums is usually quite a pain, unless, like the pig it has a long hose that can do an entire row with the machine itself in the aisle. Not to mention, it would be just the...

That really is a serious vacuum if I ever saw one. I did read the company history pages, and found it fascinating that the company exists pretty much as it has for nearly a century. That said, I have never seen a pig in person, but oddly enough, my high school in rural Pennsylvania had...

Holy Smokes I might as well use my Honda lawnmower in the living room!

Does anyone have one of these in their collections? It looks to me like possibly one of the most robustly constructed canister(ish) vacs imaginable. Apparently the M-1 "pig" has been around for quite some time, and the company goes back even further, with ties to Bissell. Would love to...

Let's just say that these bags were just about as filthy as you could imagine. Something resembling a dead cat (in reality, it was just a huge ball of carpet fibers and hair) was extracted through the emtor first, but there was still enough dust within the bag when I took it off to cause...

Another big thank you! Just wanted to thank all for the helpful suggestions in regards to getting the Emtor off and proper bag-washing procedure as I successfully removed the emtors from both my machines tonight, and sucked the majority of the crud out of the bags in preparation for washing...

so how do you get the Emtor off? On a related note, I got the bags off my 2 Classics without too much screaming, but I would love to know how you get the Emtors off. Do they pull, twist or otherwise? I tried various combinations but I did not want to apply too much force and break...

Many Thanks! Thank you very much for the bag washing instructions. The bags on mine came off with some gentle persuasion to get the elastic off the Em-tor (flinging a huge clump of dirt all over the room) I will do some more research and reading on my own to get up to speed with Kirby...

Both are in pretty rough shape Both will need new brushrolls and possibly new fans, and a heck of a lot of elbow grease to get looking presentable. Just wondering, is there a good tutorial for going about washing cloth bags like this? I don't want to do something dumb and end up with a...

Absolutely gorgeous machines! Those are truly beautiful vacuums. I have to say the machines from this era are among my favorite for the gleaming aluminum and clean lines. Unfortunately, I have never run across any for sale in my area, and the ones on Ebay are usually rustbuckets and much...

And what looks like his arm as well perhaps I can just imagine him precariously positioning his laptop to get the pictures. I've tried it myself, but I can't recall if the images were backward or not.

I am awfully slow at hobby projects! At the rate I complete projects around here, check back in about 10 years! I have to figure out how to get them taken apart correctly first! If I can rebuild a lawnmower engine, I would hope I can handle this.

One more thing Just had to say, you must give a big hand to a consumer product like a Kirby that can be rebuilt and resold time and again for the better part of 50 years (or more for some Kirbys) That 1-CR was already refurbished and dressed up once, and when I get done with these...

Both of you are correct! Just checked, and while I did not take any more detail photos, the right hand machine is certainly an actual 1-CR. Fan case has a small metal flange surrounded by the gasket just as described, while the Classic III just has the gasket. The aluminum tabs that...

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A quick shot of my pair of Kirbys in deplorable "before" condition. As you can see, the Classic III is pretty complete but filthy. The other machine obviously has some strangeness going on, and looks like a conglomeration of parts. The label underneath says Classic 1-CR, but the...