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That is a cool machine. On many Eureka uprights, there are springs on each side underneath that you have to disengage to release the top shell.

That's crazy... And all this time, I thought the Easy Bake oven was strictly a toy. This would definitely be a step up from a hot plate for a cold water flat, but I'll bet it had a great appetite for fuses. The thing looks more like it belongs in a laboratory than in a kitchen.

Completed... After shortening the screws--one side by a half inch and the other by three eighths, go figure--they are now a perfect fit, and the halo is in place and serving its intended function (see photos). For now, it doesn't have washers, but if the screws don't stay in place, I may have...

FrankenLuX got its halo! It's a good thing I found those screws yesterday, because the cord halo was delivered a day early, and not only that, the mail came a few hours earlier than normal today. A test fitting shows the Model E halo is a perfect fit for this frankenLuX, but I still have to cut...

Bespoke Halo Screws I've found some screws to attach the cord halo to the LX with a slight modification. The diameter and threads are right, but they're about twice as long as they need to be. When hand tightened into place, the screws stick out about a half to three-eighths of an inch. That's...

Yes, the ejector mechanism does not appear to be present on my machine. I have no idea whether Metropolitan did that on a case-by-case basis or as standard operating procedure, although I would suspect the latter might be the case. I could see where rebuilding the machines to a standardized and...

frankenLX... So the plot thickens. It seems pretty clear we've got a Frankenstein machine here, most likely created in the laboratory of the Metropolitan Vacuum Cleaner Company. Given that the side panels appear to have originally been in the later unpainted style, instead of yellow with red...

It's great that you're enjoying it. That's what really matters.

I had one similar to that one that I found at Goodwill a few years back for $5. I went through and fixed a number of things that were wrong with it, and spent more than ten times what I'd paid for it in the process, but it still didn't perform all that well. Even though there was more that...

Proof of concept... Looking at the first of the four photos below, and you can see, more less, what I saw in my mind's eye regarding the Electrolux nameplate. Imagine all of the paint removed from that side plate, except for behind the Electrolux word mark. I'm also liking how those ribs are...

Bondo and paint makes it look like what it ain't... Yeah, this Metropolitan refurb would seem to lend credence to that used car salesman's axiom above. Some parts of the respray aren't bad at all, but other parts are awful. The worst area is the bag door, which looks like it was done with a...

Model LXI I did a little digging and found the thread linked below with some good information about the elusive LXI. I checked mine against the photos in the thread, and is indeed the genuine article, albeit missing the rear wheels and axle. My guess is they were removed when Metropolitan...

Interesting. I've never heard of the LXI. Kind of cool that it could be a rarity, even if the rear wheels are missing and it's got a low budget paint job.

So, I met up with fellow Vacuumlander Jl earlier today and went home with an Electrolux LX. It's a Metropolitan rebuild, probably done in the 1205 era, based on the blue paint job. It came with a set of wands, a few tools, and a plastic replacement hose. She also threw in a Eureka VibraGroomer...

Those are my favorite uprights. Your best bet may well be to look for a donor machine that you can cannibalize for parts. Check with local vacuum shops. They might have one in the back they can let you have parts off of, or they might just let you take the whole thing to save them to save them...

I'm with Tolivac... For me, filter bags are the only way to go. I had a live-in girlfriend a few years ago who insisted I use her plasticrap bagless Bissell. It took me longer to empty and clean the dust bin and filters than it did to actually vacuum the apartment, and I always ended up covered...

You'll never guess what showed up in my mailbox today. Another set of wands! Apparently, the ones that arrived Tuesday were the original pair sent out. One corner of that package, just a plastic envelope, had gotten torn and taped up, and the word "tape" was hand written on the shipping label. I...

Yes, it's good to have this project finally completed and for both machines to be fully functional without having to swap parts back and forth. When I was testing out the power heads, I didn't bother to snap the cords into the retainer strips on the 1279's wands. When I finally decided to put...

Yes, I'm still interested. I apologize for not responding in a timely manner. Things are a little insane right now, with the end of the semester. I'll text you and we can work out a time to get together and take a look at the machine.

Epilogue... Every saga worth its salt needs an epilogue, and I'm glad to finally be able to write one for this little story. After more than a month of waiting and rankling, the wands I ordered arrived today. Honestly, I've gotten things faster from China. They're not OEM Eureka wands, which I...