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It was called the Aqua-Queen.

If I'm not mistaken, the new Airway cat and dog model has a twin fan lamb motor.

The Kirby salesman in our area has the Platinum model, and has sold a fair number already. I actually like it better than the Avalir 2, with its big bruise "K" on the bag. I noticed Kirby is not a division of Scott and Fetzer but rather Kirby Operating Company LLC.

Zakk is shedding a lot, so the Dyson "Ball" DC15 Animal came out to play today.

You have many choices of wonderful, 1950's canister vacuums. FYI, at the old VCCC conventions Filter Queen and Rexair gold model D rug nozzles proved to be superior for carpet cleaning. Air-Way's rug nozzle does very well, as well as does Royal's rug nozzle. Compact made a good rug nozzle as...

What an awesome machine. Mine was purchased 62 years ago.

There will never be a new Kirby model, except color changes. It's not realistic to think there's enough sales to put the millions of dollars into tooling for a new model. Kirby's heyday is long past.

Flat lid C-4 Revelation (1957). Compact branded machines were sold direct to the home. Revelation branded machines were for vac shop sales.

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The Kirby dealers just had a 'convention' in Cleveland very recently. Going to just be a color change. No new model.

It's a knock-off of a Royal. It was not made and has nothing to do with Royal. There was a company who supplied the vac shop industry called GenVac. Before the internet. Like 1980's. They sent catalogs and that machine was one of their Asian knock off vacs.

Hans: I completely understand. I have a vast collection as well, gathered over more than 50 years of active collecting. Being proactive, I've polished most of them, put their attachments and owners manuals with almost all of them, getting them ready for the estate sale. I've made individual...

The handle on the Air-Way Sanitary System is removable. You MUST use a heat gun first to heat the metal that the handle slips into. Not difficult, but you will break/crack it if you do not use a heat gun on the metal first. Heat gun on HI, heat up the metal (with screw removed) until the...

Oh Les: I'm definitely haunting ALL the machines. Ha Ha Ha. The only thing I hope is that they all end up with people who admire and respect them like I do. BTW, my impending doom isn't likely any time soon, but tomorrow isn't guaranteed for anyone.

I have often wondered what will become of my collection. To that end, I have tried to get all the optional tools, owner's manuals, and brochures together with the machines. It will make it far easier on everyone, and whomever gets a particular machine from my estate will get everything that...

All Rexair serial numbers are consecutive. They only made one model at a time. My model B was one of the very last before the big change to the Model C in 1950. They started building model C in September of 1949 for launch in '50. This Rexair is one of the jewels of my Rexair collection...

The "renovating utensils" (attachments) cost an additional $25. But, if you buy the machine tonight, we'll throw in the utensils at no extra cost.

The original box for the motor unit. Note it was NOT called a vacuum cleaner (even though it is). It's a Conditioner and Humidifier. "King of the Air" is represented by a flying lion, truly a King of the Air.

The original owner's manual.

The hose is still new. Completely sealed and not faded at all. I think the only attachment they used was the upholstery nozzle. The motor was spotless. I greased the lower bearing, but did nothing else to it, as it wasn't needed. This motor (made by Black and Decker for Rexair) runs very...