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Not to..... throw salt in an old wound but....moving companies and shipping companies go on market value and mostly those are items that can be replaced. Vintage stuff (and it doesn't matter if it's typewrites, vacuums or stereos), have a harder hill to climb in proving value. It would be...

Use... a real rust penetrant like PB Blaster or Liquid Wrench. WD40 is nothing more than spray silicone-a water displacer, hence the initials 'WD'.   Kevin

Yes.... Daniel...that's an exceptional 30....spectacular with all the accessory pieces!   Kevin

<a name="start_16737.179293">Rattle can jobs can work, given proper prep and usage. Not el cheapo types, but a good quality rattle can job can hold up in my experience. I believe that Rego guy referenced some weeks ago does use the rattle can. Nothing wrong with that</a>   Of  course it...

<a name="start_16737.178877">I am well acquainted with Krylon Fusion. It works fine on many things, but it does not repeat not repeat NOT work well on something that gets bumped a great deal, as a PN does. I made that mistake, trying to turn a turquoise PN-1 hood into a white one. It...

@Justin <a name="start_16737.178678">I'm very fond of my 1205. It's a good vacuum, I love the color... blue is my favorite color. I don't have a PN-1, so I have been using a PN-5. I replaced the chewed-up hose with the new bojack hose with the PN switch under the handle grip. I'd like to...

The... turquoise 'Jetson' G....for service, utility and looks.  Occasionally, I'll see some canister vac that intrigues me, but I don't have the time/resources to try other marques. The Hospital G is interesting, but insanely priced due to rarity.   Kevin

It.... seems there is no end to the deep pockets of collection-ists.  This is the perfect example. Especially agonizing for the guy who has been looking for something this nice for a longtime, has a limited budget and has to bid against them. And the collection-ist is usually older, will die...

<a name="start_16598.177341">"Why Don't We.... </a>Just ask that a moderator lock or delete this thread, since those of us who wanted to discuss an historic event presently on many peoples' minds seem to be infuriating and upsetting two posters who could have simply clicked over to threads...

Stunning.... find Dylan and yes, you stole it.  This kinda stuff is still out there if you're lucky enough to walk in on one.   Kevin

Nice..... story, Brian! For all us dyed-in-the-wool LUX fans....wouldn't it be nice to have a bound book with NA LUX stories like these going all the way back to WWII? Hmmmm.......   Kevin

Wow..... Bernie....that Kenmore is over the top with the two lit eyes!!!! Incredible....how rare are those and from what period?   Kevin

Defintely... a 'eye of the beholder' type thing. But for me, the LUX G hands down.

I'd... be interested to hear more about the 'kit'....at least maybe a photo? I had probelms with the terminal block on one of my 1205's.....I think I have one broken lug soldered in there as we speak. One 1205 wouldn't run after I reassembled it; copied the wiring on the other (which was...

If... nothing has changed since 1912 as you suggest, then it would be common place today for luxury liners to go down.  Not only is it uncommon, but a HUGE media circus if anything happens to a luxury liner at sea. The possibility of disaster by your estimation  would be akin to something worse...

What..... is "offensive" to me is the prattling on about an ill-fated ship with bad metallurgy, a 'company man' captain that housed the idle rich and because of that, it captures so much attention & imagination. Considering all the greater ships that came "after",  I consider all the hullabaloo...

Wow.... I just find that story incredible, even in the annals of looney history trivia  I wonder if he even got interest @$1,500....well, its madness to mourn gone vacuums....think about all the vacuums that are in landfills....actually, I'd rather not.   Kevin

This... isn't about those that "didn't deserve to die", but about why people are so fixated on one blundered passage, on one cold night in the North Atlantic. History is rife with people and large groups who "didn't deserve to die".  It was from your failed "bureaucrats" that ocean liner safety...

The.... Titanic was thoroughly eclipsed by the Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth, the QE2, the SS France and the SS United States just to name a few of the greater ships made after. Ships that had decades of illustrious history/service, including service in WWII and beyond. To capitalize on the...

Well.... for one thing Anthony, it would be incredibly 'bad luck' to make a replica and sail it across the Atlantic-sailors are notoriously superstitious about such things. Quite frankly, except for its old-fashioned luxury appointments and the English ill-fated 'class society' concept, there...