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"Electrolux is gunna shit."

Like that little "Automatic" badge.. Reminds me of a better time :P

10/10 for creativity and perseverance.

I admit, the Spirit is an elegant design.. Alas, after the 80s it all seemed to go down the pan for the Vacuum industry, that new Miele upright Mike mentions is the best looking new cleaner i've ever seen, lol.

You shouldn't take on too much at a time Alan ;] That's not a criticism of course dude, if I were you i'd be putting all my downtime into the Jetflo though.

Beasty lookin bugger ain't he? hehe. Pure Electrolux design, just like a giant Model G or w/e.

Well this man, for one, will be crossing his fingers.

It's such a cute little thing, and imo it's one the coolest colour schemes ever :P along with the Lux 504 and 500. I presume it does actually fire up? I imagine so it being old Panasonic.

Of course you should try to get a matching badge, although from what i've seen the writing on them is all the same, it's only the colours that are different. I guess a brown and white/cream one wouldn't make much difference. Hehe, you live in another country Alan and yet I really want this...

I thought it was rust but I was like "nahhh" I guess you could find a donor badge, lol.

So you gonna keep the Jetflo, Alan? the colour scheme really is lovely in my opinion. :) Just needs a bit of hard work and perserverance, maybe get the dodgy brown stuff off the cleaning head label. ;p Progress pics if you can mate, lol. Ian

This is what I always say; If I want a Chinese Vacuum Cleaner, it'll be from a Chinese company. The same with Japan, Russia, Eastern Europe, Germany, Britain or any country you can name, none of this outsourcing rubbish..

The earlier Dysons are a bit better, I tell you mate..it's NOT a co incidence that the quality went down the pan the second Dyson transferred production to Malaysia. British jobs for British people I say :p

I find most of the Vacuums i've aquired/found worked just fine without any mechanical TLC from me at all, there's maybe one exception. I'd like to see the same with a Dyson, they seem to manage a years average use then pack up for god. My Dad and Bro were up the tip once, casually eyeing the...

Well, the two toned blue ones were the first..lol. I'm just going on what Reggie (compactc9) told me lol. Looks good though, think you'll dare to try a full strip down and rebuild on this'un? heh you're braver than me, especially if it's put together anything like the Dial A Matic.

He can be a looker again, Alan :) Just need to crack open a tin of elbow grease.. (elbow grease is a british euphamism for hard work, usually related to cleaning..I dunno if you have it too Alan :P) Love the colour too Alan, i'm told these green ones are some of the first Jetflo's from the...

More pics of the Jetflo if you can, Alan :) I saw a Hitachi like that Jetflo (nearly typed Jetfro then, how unintentionally racist of me) once, early CV model or something..unfortunatly it was on some wasteland and in two neat halves, and that's the only one I ever saw. Hmph.

Cheers, Walter. :) I love all the "cheap" (much better than what we have nowerdays though) Vacuums that were mostly seen in UK catalogues, mostly in the 1970s/80s.. I've got a few 70s Goblins myself, nowt as "exotic" as the Housemaid mind lol. Ian

Sorta a Darth Vader vibe eh? my Heritage 2 has that colour scheme, works to great effect I think lol. Heh, the Hotpoint Swallow..I wouldn't mind one, pity they're like rocking horse excretia. (These were dirty fan I presume, Mike? I'd best start another thread for obscure vacs lost in the...

Love the Electro-Hygene/Royal canister. And doesn't that Sunbeam Turbo Brush look like a Kirby? loving it.