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Great find, Preston! <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">I have one of those myself, and let me tell you -- they are wonderful machines!  Well-built, and if properly cared for, will last a lifetime.</span>   <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">To answer your...

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">John, thanks for posting this.  I never met him, but I am sorry to hear of his passing.  May he rest in peace.</span>   <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Bill W.</span>

Here's what I do ... <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Because I like to buy vacs from the UK also, I've established a mail forwarding account with a firm in Dover, Kent that will receive parcels for me and then forward them to my US address.  This gives me a UK based address...

DId you notice? <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">That the seller says the belts were manufactured by "<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Lust</span> Vacuum Corporation"?  Really?  Now I know that to us as collectors, vacuums are an object of desire -- but to devote a...

Congrats, Matt! <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Those are really nice machines.  I remember my long-deceased neighbors, Vera and Matt, from two doors down, used to have one: sometimes when I'd go over to their house to visit them and their daughter Kathy I'd vacuum for them...

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Paul, that's a real beauty!  Congrats on a great find!</span>   <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Bill W.</span>

I will cut cords off of old appliances ... <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">... only if they are irreparable, and if their only value is for scrap.  Other than that, I will either 1) give the appliance to a local thrift store or 2) take it to a local recycling center.  It all...

I have one of those! <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">The same exact model, the same exact color, everything!  Bought mine on eBay.co.uk and had it shipped over here.  Like the rest of my European machines, I'm able to run it with a voltage converter that I've installed in my...

Your collection never ceases to amaze me! <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">John, you have one of the most amazing collections I have ever seen ... always something fascinating!  Keep the pictures coming: looking forward to seeing the "gallery" when it's finished.</span>  ...

Happy Birthday Logan! <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">I have one of these Rainbows myself ... they're awesome machines!  I wish you many happy years with it.</span>   <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Bill W.</span>

Nice find! <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">That's a beauty of a machine.  Does it have the "Touch Power" switch on the hand grip?</span>   <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Bill W.</span>

Kirby Serial Numbers <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Mike,</span>   <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">I have a Kirby G5, with the serial number 2980705289.  Using the information provided in your post, would I be correct in saying that my machine was made...

Congratulations! <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">It's so satisfying to find a dream machine -- and I speak from experience!  And what a nice find yours is, I might add.  I wish you all the best with it!</span>   <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Bill...

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Looking forward to it!</span>   <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Bill W.</span>

Thanks John! <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">You bet!  It'll be tagging along with me next time I come.  And at that price, there was no way in heck that I could pass it up!</span>   <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Bill W.</span>

Thanks Fred! <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">I remember that song too!  And I guarantee I couldn't get through it today without being seriously out of breath at the end!</span>   <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Hoover made this machine from '75 to '76...

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Thanks, Rob!</span>   <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Bill W.</span>

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Well, today I decided that I would stop into Savers, one of my favorite local thrift stores, on the way home from a congregational meeting at my church in Tonawanda.  And I have to say, it was a darn good thing that I did because I found one of...

Hi Lisa! <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Congrats on your find!  Those 1060's are really nice: I have one myself that's still in perfect condition, as well as a Convertible that's as old as I am -- and it's still running like brand new, too!</span>   <span...

If you have breathing difficulties, <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">I would avoid bagless vacuum cleaners like the bubonic plague if I were you!  You can talk about "hygienic bin emptying" features to me until you're cobalt in the face, but at the end of the day you still...