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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">Actually, Kevin, I'm not a "Newfie". I'm a Newfoundlander, or, to be completely correct, a Newfoundlander and Labradorian. I don't like the aforementioned word, and I never consider myself one. Also, not sure what you mean about...

Thanks Fred <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">I remember as a kid laughing at a neighbor's car, and my father reprimanded me for making fun of other people's possessions, because they might like the car in question, or that car might be all they could afford in their...

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">I'm glad you mentioned that, Fred, because I've been thinking, since Christmas, of the machines I've bought from classified sellers (9 of them), and wondering if things WERE in my favor. Funny thing is, none of the vacuums I've bought...

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Here's a find I made today, via classified seller: An Epic 6500 in rather striking charcoal gray. The lady I got it from is moving into an assisted living condo, and has no need of it anymore. Lucky me, I suppose. Its in perfect...

Barry Garry Harry Larry etc. <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: small;">Just a suggestion: don't say the word "don't" in front of "...buy a (insert manufacturer's name here). There may be people on here who either have the vacuum you named, or might (gasp!) want to get one, no...

Simply put... Can't expect everyone to care about vacuums, or know about them. Better that something is for sale on Ebay and may or will be bought or used in the future, instead of trashed. Let's leave the issue of illegality for real crimes. P.S. Another point. Even vacuum collectors don't...

Big congratulations on the wonderful find, Fred. Truly my favorite Electrolux (along with the 2nd version of it), and this one appears to have dropped intact and unused into your house straight from the late 50's/early 60's. The red wand I believe would have come with the 2nd 88 in the mid-60's...

6500 Hearse Now you mention it, it does look somewhat like a hearse; bigger and wider in the "ass", and tapered downward towards the front. Truth be told, they went to an awful lot of trouble adding the big top/rear end just to accommodate the crevice tool, when the combo tool clipped on to the...

Not sure about the Legacy, but I have an Epic 6500, which, so far as I know, is exactly the same vac, and air does escape through the handle. Not sure if they designed it that way, but that machine produces quite a bit of heat, and the big "tool garden" sits on top of the exhaust, with only a...

I'm not sold on plastic "Electroli" either, but after seeing the new Guardian on Youtube, I couldn't believe my ears. As far as design goes, they should have stuck with the Renaissance styling with an integrated filter. That machine was one of the "coolest" they ever produced, and, if the...

I have a fair bit of nostalgia for the Super J; loved to use them back in the '70's and saw a lot of them in use. Funnily enough, never saw one with the combo tool riding on top; I guess people never used them or lost them.

Now there's a Holy Grail find if there ever was one. What a great machine.

PN II #2 That's about as upright as this gets (leaning against the wall). Fascinating thread, I must say. Nothing better than trivia, minutiae, and speculation, not to mention, via more knowledgeable people than myself, confirmation :)

PN II (Canadian) Pictures Ignore the age spots and the "naked" logo. It's been a while since I've done a detailing on or used this old boy (don't know why, since its a perfectly good power nozzle). The only drawback to any of the PN Is is that they don't stand upright. Seems that Lewyt was...

Red Plastic Telescopic Wand I'm intrigued by that power nozzle rug scrubber; pity it never made it any further than that. Re: the red plastic telescopic wand. I have one and there's nothing on the back side of it. See picture below (It looks somewhat like the red is longer than the green, but...

Seems like this design morphed into the 80's Electrolux uprights (with the exception of the bypass dirt fill tube).

Was thinking, after getting this basic machine, and seeing Dave's new 86...wouldn't adding on all of the extras (i.e. cord reels, electric hoses, power nozzles, etc) bring the price of these basic machines very close to the TOL?

When the AP 100 first came out, it had the beige PN V which was identical to the PN IV, and I guess it was changed very shortly thereafter (1974?). There was also a beige telescopic wand (another item for the want list, come to think of it). I recall my next door neighbor had an AP 100 with the...

Not sure about the U.S., but the 2100 in Canada was the TOL machine, and the LE the basic.

Here's a thread from the archives on the Model G electric hose. See link below. I do have that PN; I think the only differences from the U.S. version are the designation (PN II) and the latch on the elbow for the telescopic wand. I'll have to bust it out tomorrow for some pictures; I haven't...