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I agree on the colors; the blue machines never caught my eye in the same way. All the machines got the full treatment with detergent, magic eraser, disinfectant, and armor-all, but they were pretty clean to begin with, except for the AP280.

Thanks, gentlemen. Forgot to mention that these machines have been put into regular rotational service, along with the rest of the collection.

Finally, an Ambassador. As far as I can remember, there were 3 or 4 different Ambassadors, and I'm going to guess this is one of the first ones. This hose is in surprisingly airtight condition, but ridiculously short, stiff, and unusable. What was Electrolux thinking throughout the 80's and 90's...

#3 is a Discovery III upright. I've never been a fan of uprights, and, upon finding out from the seller that the machine was an upright, was going to decline, but then figured, what the hell, its an Electrolux, and I don't have any Electrolux uprights. No attachments with this; just the...

Here's #2, a 2100 Special Edition. I recall seeing these in shopping mall kiosks, hence the "Special Edition", I suppose. The only flaw is that the hose doesn't have much suction, but that doesn't matter as I have 2 new vinyl ones.

I'm not hugely interested in newer (i.e. '80's and beyond) Electrolux vacuums, but in the last month or so I've been lucky enough to acquire 4 of them, all through local classified ad postings, and I must say I'm pleased with them all. Here's the 1st, an AP280 with a brand X vinyl hose and PN6...

Welcome I see from your profile you're an Electrolux man like myself. I admire some other brands but have no interest in collecting anything but Electrolux (mostly Canadian Electrolux too). I have 27 machines now, almost all of which are working perfectly and get used regularly. My profile is...

I'm in St. John's.

Hmm..."Goldielux and the Three Bags Enter the Cleaning Contest", or something like that.

The Super J came out in '76, I believe, and just before that was the Golden J/50th Jubilee (also designated as model 1205 like the blue one before it) in '74. They're identical save for the more powerful motor and slightly longer body on the Super J. There was a bit of a mix and match with hoses...

Top Deck This had been taped up; upon removing the tape, I found it was slightly loose, but its not coming off or anything. The blower door is completely jammed, and the little latch that allows it to be opened is snapped off, so I'll have to see if a little WD-40 will work.

Update After several hours of hardcore scrubbing and magic eraser-ing, the old boy is looking more like his late 70's self, although the job is far from done. The bag chamber is crusted with dirt; a bag must have burst in there at one time, although the current one was/is intact. I told a...

Cody: Am not familiar enough with the automatic system to answer the question about the hoses, but see the following thread for renewing old hoses. I tend not to worry much about the automatic shutoff on the Luxes; I just change the bag when instinct tells me to, but its nice to have it in...

A fellow had posted an ad on a local classified website for an "old style beige/yellow Electrolux"; nothing more, nothing less, for $20. I thought to myself that it could be a 57, AP 100, AP 200, or a Super J. I called him up today and arranged to go and see it, not even asking him what model it...

Hey Doug. If nobody else wants it I'd be interested.

Uprightman: I brought up the rice issue solely for my own capricious whims and pleasures :) It remains to be seen how the rice will affect suction and airflow. I just put a new bag in one of my machines yesterday and added rice, so we'll see how it does in the near future. As I said, though...

According to my count, I sucked up 2754 grains of... ...Minute Rice 100% long grain rice, so it might end up expanding inside the bag and turning into a rice souffle, or something like that, but... Thanks for chiming in on the rice situation; I knew you'd said something about it before, but...

Electrolux "Z" Yes, was wondering about that "Z" myself.

Doesn't get any better than an Electrolux for Christmas.

Another point about Electrolux bags...there was a thread a while back in which Crevicetool Rick (I believe) suggested vacuuming up some rice in a new bag to prolong its life, or something like that. If Rick, or others, can chime in on this, it'd be great...I nearly went cracked trying to find...