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Mr. Muller, This is the Wick Rinkler moving and storage company. As of yet - have not received check for the transportation fees of one WaterMatic vacuum cleaner. Understand someone in Canada is interested in same. Likes the color. This is your final notice. Please remit transportation...

It's a little difficult to tell from the picture - but that machine may be similar to the XII - the XXX's predecessor. The Bakelite housing may have very small headed screws that are somewhat buried inside "tunnels". Those are the ones that must come out to remove the assembly. Still, I am...

Sorry. I have not seen the inside of an early machine. If I have, it would have been a hundred years ago.....I would like to see some pictures of the inside though - perhaps then I may be of some assistance.

Unless you've got a very old model XXX - with the Bakelite motor (have never seen one taken apart myself - so don't know how those older ones are set up) - you should be able to merely remove the three nuts holding the entire motor assembly in the tank, and out it comes. Now, the rubber...

Richard, I have to agree that the LX is beautiful. I always had a "thing" for my Grandmother's vacuum cleaner - but it was the LX that got me interested in vacuum cleaners to collect and study. And who says they aren't practical? They make great boat anchors. Rick

You have GOT to be kidding???? How could something like that not have been used/installed after all these years? Fantastic!!!! Good for you! Rick

Fred - I know. It seems a shame, and I'm going to sort of hate to do it, but yes - I will be painting the lower half as it was originally. What is worse - I'm going to have to SAND that beautiful chrome plating to roughen up the surface so that the coating will stick. My guy said that he could...

Thanks for the compliments Kenneth, Brandon, and Jim. It's not talent. It's patience, and I have been fortunate enough to have been exposed to a lot of different things in my life to help me complete these projects. I worked in the coatings industry for many years, knew people that owned...

Back-side view:

Completed items side by side:

Testing inflation:

Manufacturing the bag's flexible tube and paper bag attachment snout:

Went with all-white lettering. The machine has no red on it, and thought I would simply make it match the headlight lens.

Making the badge strip:

Sewing, installing zipper, etc:

Boiling:

Being that the fabric was a polyester blend, it required special dye and procedures:

Selection of fabric and dying to match what little of the original color was present. The light colored patch is the "before" color:

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