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love my Royal cannisters I have a old Royal 413 and a newer Stark/Royal 4650 and I love what they do for the carpet and that I can get under and around most everything. Been wondering and considering a Royal upright if a good enough deal shows up and after seeing those photos maybe one would be...

Bought a cheap upright cordless here Woot.com had a deal on a Rowenta Delta Force 18 volt upright just after Xmas here in the States. It claims up to 40 minute run time on normal slow speed and 30 on turbo fast/carpet mode. It only does floors, has a power brush in the head, removable small...

The 57 was a cool car, mom always drove it to heal us kids around. It had a 315 poly V8 that step dad claimed the previous owner used to race. I remember it ran good but the brakes would randomly lock up after stopping. I remember the push button trans went out and step dad and one of his...

Yeah, too bad that only cost seems to count now and if course we all want cheaper stuff so everyone bails off shore to get cheaper stuff made to sell. Most of the cordless pro grade drills now are made in China or elsewhere and the latest Dealt grinded we use at work are now bragging assembled...

Those were the kind of cheap used cars my family had as a kid. Step Dad liked Mopar and a Cadillac so we had a lot of both. I remember a 60 Dart Pioneer 4 door, 57 Plymouth wagon, 54 Chrysler with the last straight 8 they made I was told, 55 Cadillac we bought for 200 bucks in 69, then a bunch...

Well, pretty sure the ones I saw in the family tool collection were older then 70s but good to know they lasted way longer than I thought. There used to be a lot of auto parts and chain store tools way back when and many were made by major US tool companies back then and were excellent quality...

We used to have both and shopped both though I preferred Sears for the tools and things. Wards used to have a tool line too way back when but Sears was better known and stayed with theirs. I remember step dad had some Wards Power craft tools around and I may have a few somewhere still but think...

With the proper safety gear I'd give it a shot. I tuckpoint chimneys for a living and I'm on ladders, roofs, and scaffolding all the time. You just have to be aware of your surroundings and where your at and have a plan B in the back of your mind. I just climbed a fir tree probably 30 feet up...

Stark cannister Bought a Stark/Royal 4650 off Craigslist last summer for 25 bucks. Had a open wire in the hose so the handle controls didn't work but worked fine on the override/blower mode. Got a 4600 hose on eBay and that fixed it. I also got a bunch of Royal bags with it too. Replaced my...

I have two Beltron picture tube rejuvinaters. They were one of the best ones made and many tubes the guns are just dirty and need a cleaning rather then a full rejuvenation which can push a weak tube over the edge. I bought my second one off eBay for about 25 shipped. It had a bunch of custom...

Well, hard to say if anyone still rebuilds or sells new tubes. Back when I was really fixing TV's a lot I could get any tube I wanted new or rebuilt. IF it was very rare they would rebuild my core for me. I think typical price in the late 80's early 90's was 90 to 120. Sony tubes, at least the...

The oldest color set I ever saw( not working) was a Crosly color caster prototype from 1948. The guy I used to buy my rebuilt CRTs from was given it in the early 50's and his son told me he remembered watching the Rose parade back then when it was one of the first color broadcasts in Portland...

I use a older but not antique Starks/Royal 4650 and it is supposed to be one of the first HEPA filter types out. I don't notice any dust escaping and it cleans really well with a excellent power head. My earlier 413 power tank was the same as long as the hose wasn't shot and full of holes. We...

my back pops out... I blew my back out years ago picking up a forklift fork so since then it just POPS out. I also have had kidney stones off and on for 30 years so my pain tolerance has gotten pretty high. Stuff that would put most folks down merely anoys me now and I have heavy pain meds...

Had a rebadged one years ago and remember it being a excellent little machine with a great power head. I think mom upgraded to a Kirby and finally gave it away to a family friend. Wish I still had it now and wouldn't mind seeing how it stacks up to the Royal 4650 I have now. If nothing else it...

Well we do that with our old cars all the time. Leave the body mostly the way it came but anything under the hood or the running gear is fair game. My Dart has a 83/4 rear out of a slightly newer 71 Dart, the electronic ignition is out of a 75 Cordoba I think. The distributer is a combo of a old...

Pro Flow fill valve bad, not old. Yep, my 3 year old second 1.6 cheap builder grade pro flow decided to just start running a few days ago. Couldn't figure out how to take it apart and seems to use some kind of vacuum port with a rubber stop thing on the float arm that shuts it off. Pulled it...

There are quite a few on Craig's List here as I have a saved search for them in case I find another later model power tank. There have been a few really nice looking Royals and Starks uprights, some dirt cheap, was very tempting but already have two power tanks. Everybody wants light bagless...

The first color set we ever had I bought in 74 with my berry picking money I saved all summer. Bought a used Zenith 69 23" console for 115 delivered. It was my personal set and had them put it in my tiny bedroom, ticked my step dad off to no end but he refused to buy us a color set so I bought...

Probably one of the big filter caps on the power supply. If your lucky it may be leaking or bloated so you can visually find it. I never had a capaciter tester back then so visual and voltage plus subing suspects for me. I bet you can buy or download a SAMS manual for that set and...