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Don't Worry.... ....About those stickers on the machine and the PN. They're very durable. I just bought a PN-2 to use with my 1205, and it had a damaged sticker on it - removing it was MURDER. I don't know how it got damaged in the first place. I second Pete about the handle. Not the...

Oops! I meant to say "with the turquoise sheath and HOSE" the 1205 was designed to have. My bad.

Original Hoses Have Their Place! There is one time when an original hose comes in handy - for display purposes. What I'm aiming for on my current 1205 is to have current-manufacture "driver" parts for the hose and the wand sheath, but to have originals for display. A 1205 looks very, very...

P.S., Brendan: There are several factors that affect suction on a 1205, and you should take care of them all. The biggest one is the condition of the hose. An original hose is almost certainly going to leak by now; those rubber carcasses have seen their day. A genuine Aerus hose (like the...

Brendan: Stronger suction is better than weaker suction, but only up to a point. Other factors go into cleaning ability, like a PN's brushroll design. All that a vacuum cleaner HAS to do is - get the dirt up off the surface, move it to the bag (or cup), and filter the exhaust. After that...

Careful! Just because a motor will fit the 1205 doesn't mean it's a motor made like the one that came in the 1205. There are Lux motors made with sleeve bearings instead of the round bearing, for instance, and they're not nearly so long-lived. They rev higher, and they do generate more...

If You.... ....Value your health, safety and sanity, do NOT buy one of these machines. I'm serious. My late partner had one, purchased new. It quickly developed a habit of wearing through its PN cord where the cord came out of the PN head, because the exit angle of the cord was such that it...

Hans: "I think a PN-2 was the finest power nozzle ever!" I think the PN-4 is equally good, but I can definitely agree that those two PNs are the finest ones Lux ever made. My guess is that a lot of the performance is down to the weight of the head; that cast-aluminum shell gives the PN some...

P.S., Tyler: If you name your vacuum cleaners, as I do, you might consider the moniker I gave my Model L, which is a late one, and the same color as your machine: Goldielux.

Tyler: Now that I've had some beauty sleep (HA!), I'm really bowled over by the final product you've posted here. That is ONE GORGEOUS MACHINE. I see that you've done the same thing I do with Luxes - put the new, genuine Aerus hose and the new, genuine wand sheath on it. Both are much...

Nitey! I just realized it's three in the morning here! I'll check in with this thread tomorrow to see how things have progressed.

Glad to See... Other kitties who appreciate nice vacuums. My little boy, Tony, has always liked them, was never afraid of them, and then one day, when he was curious about the dusting brush when I was vacuuming, I touched it to his fur, to see if he'd tolerate it. INSTANT ADDICTION. He loved...

Can't Believe... ...That inlet. That thing must have never been used. By the way, you're right about the changes in that area. Atlanta changed so much I finally gave up and moved up here to Iowa. I like city life, but not THAT fast-paced and expensive.

Yeah..... ....That 1205 in the window of the Lux agency (close to Ansley Mall) looked like a small Rolls-Royce sitting there. The sales guys had it polished to the point that the aluminum looked like sterling silver. It was gorgeous, and it just SCREAMED "Expensive!" The demo machine...

That Must Be.... ....The cleanest metal-bodied Lux I've seen since they were new! You NEVER see that hose clear any more.

1205 and PNs The first Lux I ever lusted after was a brand-new 1205 with a PN-2 in the window of the Electrolux agency on Piedmont Avenue; I worked a couple of doors down at the time. Every day, I had to walk past all that turquoise-and-polished-aluminum goodness. I knew it was too...

Tyler: I know what you mean; my Model L was absolutely filthy. I would not have vacuumed a junkyard with it when I got it. No garage here, but things go down the back stairs to the basement for their combination biohazard remediation and spa treatment. ;) You have an email from me...

I Wonder.... ....If that Golden Jubilee was one of the famous Electrolux salesman's "Now and Later" sales. You see Luxes without PNs because they were priced separately, and what salesmen would do with a customer who couldn't afford everything at once was to go ahead and sell the canister, and...

Caramba! That thing is GORGEOUS! You have done a superb job of cleaning it! Hats off to ya. You've just taught me something - I did not know about the plastic washers. I have never, in all my years around Luxes, seen one of their PNs with them intact. Now I have to find some for my PN-2...

Oh, Okay! You had another one all along - and with the correct sticker. Good for you! That one looks really decent. You should be able to get that one into good enough shape to be worthy of the Golden Jubilee, without too much sweat.