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Here is my latest thrift store find. A Model 1370 baby blue Penncrest Convertible. It was pretty dirty & scuffed, but it cleaned up nicely. It's the first Convertible that I have taken apart down to the bottom bearing & serviced. It purrs like new now! First Pic is before.

Incorrect brush-roll positions Gary, since that photo was taken I switched the brushrolls around & corrected them. When I first got the V2 I posted the same pic & someone told me about them being in the wrong arrangement. It must have been serviced sometime before I acquired it & they...

And another pic This is my favorite thing about this model. The brushrolls. I have always had a fascination with the counter-rotating multiple brushrolls of this type.

Here's mine This is my WindTunnel V2.

Congrats on your find Jason! I know how excited you must be to find that.

As Richard said, you can use Plasti Dip to coat the inside of the hose to make it airtight. There have been previous threads where the latexing process is described step-by-step. I have have used liquid latex on one of my woven hoses with good sucess. Dave Kerr (AeolianDave)has posted his...

Nick that is definitely a great find for $10!. My sister had that same model she bought new at Sears when they moved into their new house at the time. She had it quite a few years before replacing it with another Kenmore. I do recall this as being the TOL model at the time.

I have an 80's PowerTeam ElectrikBroom which is the power nozzle model. I took the bag off as was described previously by unscrewing the top. Washed it inside out in the bathtub with great results. I have always had a soft spot for the ElectrikBroom. Happy vacuuming!

John, which model has the crest on the headlight lens? I don't see it in the pics, or I am not looking close enough.

John, which model has the crest on the headlight lens? I don't see it in the pics, or I am not looking close enough.

Erik, I was thinking the same thing that the power nozzle looks like a Singer nozzle. I remember the plastic Singer canister in Wal Mart in the 80's had that same PN.

Gordon, just so you are aware,only the Sidekick, bare floor tool & one set of those wands actually went with that machine. The rest are for a much older Lux model & I don't know what the plastic attachments go to. They even have the wrong bag in the machine & extra bags are wrong style. Those go...

Cool find! I have the same model you have there. I also recently found the full attachment set NIB for it.Had been searching for attachments to go with it awhile.

Bobby, nice find! I have the yellow version w/ turbo brush. It's a good lil cleaner, better than I thought it might be.

Hey Gordon, does this machine still have the woven hose? If so that is more than likely where the loss of suction is. The interior rubber disentegrates over time & breaks down, thus losing alot of the suction thru cracks & splits. A new replacement vinyl hose would be ideal for it. I have...

Welcome Mathiew! You will make many friends here & have wonderful conversations. Glad you joined us & we look forward to hearing more from you. There are also groups on Facebook that you can join if you like as well. :)

Dave, this is a great idea for a thread! Anxious to see what others are posted. Brian I believe one of the members has one of the Kenmore canisters with the Power-Mate that is a stand alone vac. Seems like it is Alex Braun if I recall correctly.

Scott, I had one of these recently too. It was a free leftover from a garage sale. Anyway I thought I would have some fun with it. Long story short, it is as you say overly complicated to disassemble to get to the filter. The cost of a new filter was also not something I wanted to invest in. As...

Hey Tristan! Welcome back. Glad to see you here again! You have been missed. :)