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    Wet/Dry Vac 1970s

    Is this the Shop Vac you are looking for? My folks bought this in 1976 or maybe 1975.
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    Kirby D-80 Fan..

    I recommend a Filter Queen They have awesome suction and can pick up anything except water. Plus you can simply take the lid off and retrieve anything you didn't want to suck up.
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    Hamilton Beach

    From what I can tell: I have seen magazine ads for the H-B hatbox style vacuum from as late as 1966, and a newspaper ad for the "light look" style from 1963. I have seen the lite look model in both turquoise and yellow trim colors, I have only seen the hatbox with yellow trim. H-B closed...
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    Early Shop Vac

    Hello fan of fans, If it says New Jersey I would guess that model is from the early 70s, possibly late 60s. Very old, quite a survivor!
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    Early Shop Vac

    I have a metal tank model I have one from 1975 or 76. I can remember my folks buying it from k-mart. It was a daily driver until 2001. It is a 5 gallon metal tank, model 640 and says Aqua Vac by Shop Vac. Bicentenial red white and blue color. I know that mine as well as current models came...
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    Electrolux 1205 questions

    Thanks for all the info! Too bad it sounds like it is not the original hose, at least it still has the correct pn-1. I will try hammering out the kinks in the hose, I was amazed at the suction especially with the flaws. We plan on using it as an upstairs vac instead of lugging our rather...
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    Electrolux 1205 questions

    I recently acquired a model 1205 from my mother in law (she was going to throw it out).  It is in fairly good shape except the hose is crushed in two places.  It is a nice looking woven electric hose so I hate to put an aftermarket vinyl one on it (it is off white with dark brown checks, I'm not...
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