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I take it you've never had to take the motor out of one of these. They come apart one way, you need to very forcefully, and also gently, remove the base by going up and over the handle to remove the motor cover. It is quite a pain if you have never done it before.

Would love pics. Where are you located?

Actually its more like a Deluxe with ball bearings. Note how there is only a hole in the wheel bracket for an oil wick but no wick in the motor, but it has the model D handle system. I've never seen a motor brush Eureka from the 30s in England, doesn't mean they didn't exist but they would be...

Either before or after this one they did a ball bearing(what would be a model K power plant) with the head of a model 11. They seem to be more common than the deluxe. Vac pictured owned by Jack Copp but there are others online. Note the round fan case and front height adjuster.

I have to ask Did you ever get the brush mechanism working? The motor not working could either be bad carbon brushes or the switch not making contact. These are not repulsion start and live forever.

Any DTD job. I'll put it this way, my great grandfather was an ice man.

Are my eyes deceiving me or does that last pic say 400 volts?

BE CAREFUL working with motor!!!! VERY easy to ruin the threads on the shaft, comes apart similar to a Royal(aka a PAIN) <<< Someone that ruined 2 different Bee Vac Super Junior motor shaft threads this way

Wasn't there also a very dark purple one? I think that model was the one for sale on Amazon a couple years ago NOS

A late 80s rebranded Royal 501, likely for a special store or catalog. Think you forgot a decimal in the price though... Very few vacs are worth that and most of em are restored 1930s Kirbys.

You may get more responses for this on Facebook, it seems a lot of former members here migrated to the groups on there.

It seems no one has been able to get a hold of him for months.

Yes!

That indicator is definitely replaced, appears to be maybe cardboard or plastic? The original would be clear celluloid.

On the Hoover its a bolt with a wing nut. On the Air Way its a flathead screw. But I would leave that intact and just eat the shipping cost. Trying to remove the handle usually leads to the cast aluminum cracking.

I eat my words sometimes. Found in a 1936 Buckeye Vacuum parts catalog. If you read the top paragraph... The green is original.

Thank you so much for posting this! Some of these I have never seen before, like the Graybar branded Sweeper Vac, or Graybar straight air, or the Galvin Midget...

Noted about the rubbing compound, it looks quite nice! That is an interesting color of Hoover Senior, does the bag match the hood or is it grey?

"No screw left unturned" as they say. That takes talent and patience. I can't wait to see what else you restore!

That light blue 652 is gorgeous! Is that plastic base? Voltage is no issue, I bought a voltage step up transformer awhile back for my foreign cleaners. As for shipping cost that is to be expected, I can sell a few things if need be to save up. It would be an honor to own a Turkish cleaner!! Do...