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I found an LED bulb to replace the bayonet base bulbs for Royal uprights that use the 120v bulb. The size and fit is identical to the original. The difference in performance is amazing! The LED is several times brighter and whiter, and fills a much larger area of floor. It is a Feit brand and...

I have a nice Filter Queen model 33 with a plastic coin on a chain celebrating 50 years (1928-1978). I assume it must have been built around 1978. Last weekend I bought a beautiful D33 at an estate sale. They seem the same except that the D33 has chrome ball casters rather than plain wheel...

Last weekend I bought this nice Filter Queen 360 at my local Goodwill outlet store for 69 cents a pound. I use the Limited Edition next to it regularly. In comparing the two I've found that the 360 is more powerful but also a lot noisier. The tube diameter of the tools is larger and the overall...

Last weekend I bought this nice Filter Queen 360 at my local Goodwill outlet store for 69 cents a pound. I use the Limited Edition next to it regularly. In comparing the two I've found that the 360 is more powerful but also a lot noisier. The tube diameter of the tools is larger and the...

Last weekend I found this beautiful Filter Queen 350 at my local Goodwill outlet store. It came with the original hose and wire attachment crown, all in excellent condition. The inside is nearly flawless. I gave it a complete cleaning and replaced the filters, and it runs great. It's very quiet...

I have a chocolate brown Filter Queen model 33 that seems pretty complete. It came with the wider floor tool along with the matching felt pad attachment. As shown in the pictures it has a short curved tube that swivels at the nozzle and is removable in the right position. I doubt that it is...

Thanks for the info! I was guessing 1930's, 40's at the latest. I replaced the belt and oiled it yesterday. While it was still plugged in it began to smell and then gave out a nice electrical pop. I haven't checked it out yet but I'm sure it can be fixed.

Classic 1CR original bag Ben, I occasionally see Classic 1CR's at the Goodwill outlet store. I'll keep my eye open for an original bag and emptor.

At the same estate sale that I found the Kirby 514, I also bought this Bee-Vac hand vac with a revolving brush. It's in excellent condition. Anybody know anything about these? I know the company made vacuum cleaners and other products for Sears until the 1950's. I can't find any other...

Last week at an estate sale I found a Kirby 514 in decent shape. I passed on it because it had an F & G conversion bag. I went back the next day to buy an original cloth hose for my restored 509 and original maroon boxes for the tools along with the polishing head. When I rummaged through...

Starks Vacuums, a Portland OR based family owned chain of stores, for many years has been a large volume seller of Royal vacuums. Royal made Stark branded versions for them. I see a lot of them in thrift stores and own a couple of them including this mint 5000NA from 1988

Most of my collection has come from my local Goodwill outlet store. Years ago I paid $5-7 for a vacuum. Then they began charging 99 cents per pound. Recently they raised everything to $2.29 per pound under 25 pounds, and $1.19 over 25, greatly reducing my purchasing! Lots of people complained...

Royal Royalette I bought a rare Royal Royalette about 3 years ago, and they look very similar! This one is estimated to be from the mid 1930's based on a department store ad for the Royalette dated 1936. I also have 3 other hand vac's from other manufacturers that have the same styling that I...

shake out bag Congratulations Ben, those shake out bags seem to be hard to find!

562 Billy, the 562 was the 1962 model.

Legend II Nozzle Broomvac, this is the original nozzle. I often find Legend II's, all with large nozzles. I would like to find a small one for it someday. My understanding is the small nozzle was an option and was an old 500 series nozzle with the newer belt lifter and bumper fitted. Maybe I...

I displayed my entire Royal collection a while back and thought I would do the same with my entire (and much smaller) Kirby collection. Left to right: 509, 560, Dual Sanitronic 80, Classic III, Legend II and matching Vacuette. The 509 and DS 80 are fully restored, and the others are in their...

I love my entire collection of beautiful Royal's, but the 880 in it's beautiful blue glory for many must be the quintessential Royal. A 3 amp 880 was my first vacuum purchased new in the late 1970's for $175.00 plus $25.00 for the tools. I don't have it anymore, but now have a 1983 4.5 amp 880...

Sure, that would be fine.

That sounds fine. I'll send you the address to your email in your profile.