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1951 Users' Home Maintenance Guide (these must have been updated annually as now we have the 1950, 1951, and 1953 versions). The only text change I have noticed on the cover is the number next to New York. I wonder if that was a phone number?

I'm wondering when the first Aerus-branded machines were produced--was it 2004 or 2005? It seems to me that the numbered "Lux" line--you know, the Lux 9000/C134D, E, F; Lux 7000/C153A; Lux 6000/U140C, U156A, Lux 5500/C141G, Lux 5000/C101K, Lux 4000/U140A, Lux 3000/U110Y, U147A, U155A; Lux...

Very cool, John. Thanks for posting this! Do you happen to know how many amps it is? Also, do you know what serial ids they would have had? I'm putting a list together. This is the information I have on the Heavy-Duty uprights. Please let me know if something is wrong. Model 1363...

Even though I don't know him personally, I can imagine Hans Craig's frustration and would undoubtedly feel frustrated, too, if I were in his situation. With that said, I offer the following: 1) There are other McAllister manuals available. It will just take time and patience before another...

John, Don't think I've asked you this before (if I have excuse me) ... do you have inventory lists of the vintage machines that match serial ids with years of manufacture? I'm hoping to find someone who has them, so I can pin-point the actual years of manufacture of vintage machines rather...

I never knew that the models past the LXI had dust bags. I also didn't realize that the bag chamber of the LXs and LXIs were a different diameter than those mentioned above; presumably, that is--otherwise, how were the bags different? Funny I've never seen them on eBay ... or at least I don't...

Groovy! The somber lighting fits the mid- '60s to mid '70s as opposed to the fairy-tale '50s.

LOL, Mark David! Is that painted blue, or do my eyes deceive me? Is it yours?

John, Then, can you find information on a Model C141C? That's what the lister of the Lux 5000 pictured in my initial posting said the model was.

Thanks a lot, John! Did you find any information on the automatic Lux 5000?

I was going to mention that the Model S's and Model R's line designs on their covers are identical but going in the opposite direction (Model S - flared on bottom; Model R - flared on top). I have always taken for granted, anyway, that the correct way of putting my Model R's cover on was with...

Ok--thanks for the clarification, John.

Thanks everyone, for your responses. Good to have you back, Jimmy and John--at least I haven't seen you guys here for awhile. Yeah, the ambiguity of the launch of Electrolux products always makes me wish that someone would produce their old inventory lists showing serial ids according to...

I'd encourage you to take the franchise owner's hint and consider going to work at the franchise with the possibility of taking it over or at least being a co-owner and turning it into a profit-making business. You seem to have a good business sense anyway, and your knowledge and use of vacuum...

It would be helpful for you to provide a clear definition of a tank and a canister ... or a list of descriptors. In looking through many old vacuum cleaner advertisements online most did not use either term; nor do the Electrolux owner's manuals I have. Some ads from the '50s called them...

So you didn't think you could turn the business around? You give me the impression that you're in the same league as Tom and could do it. I'm guessing that you either are or have been an Aerus associate. Is that correct?

Somewhere in a thread someone mentioned that the Electrolux Model E and Model Automatic E debuted at the same time--in 1955. However, I just ran across this December 1956 ad listed on eBay which refutes that claim. Then, I went to Charles Lester's website and found that he has the correct...

I use a teal-colored Model B-8 for scrubbing, buffing, and shampooing; a Model 1739 Epic Series (doesn't say "Floor Pro" anywhere on the machine--only in the manual ... weird) for nap lifting, and a Rug Washer (teal cover and base that went with the teal Model 1205s) for rugs and mats. My Rug...

Thanks for your response, Tom and Mark David. I did a little digging and discovered that there were at least 2 models of the Lux 5000 that were manufactured: the manual one, as I mentioned in my previous post, that was the last in the line of the Ambassadors (Model C101s) and an automatic...

Below is a pic from an eBay listing for a Lux 5000 which I thought was the last version of the Ambassadors since I have only known about the ones that are Model C101K. The Ambassadors were, of course, the budget model without the automatic shut-off feature when the bag is full. So, I was...