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First up a Columbus b30 3 brush suction polisher was in terrible condition.   The paint was flakin motor bearings shot, missing its bag and cord  [this post was last edited: 5/17/2022-17:41]

Here is a unrestored Blue version of the Nilco/Fakir 3 brush polisher, They still make these to this day. 

More pics of it 

The attachments and hoses back when vacuums came with accessories 

The attachments and hoses 

This vacuum was listed on FB market place for a while at a antique shop here in Cape Town. Then one day Joanne came home and told me she had a early ( about a month ) birthday present for me.   Its probably the most complete vintage vacuum I own of its era. I cannot find much info about...

No commercial vacuum is worth the cost it is sold for. Huskey Vacs  I sort of dont agree here although it might be market dependant and also brand dependant.   Here in SA you can buy a a huge selection of commercial  office style vacuums ( dry tub ) vacuums that not only will outperform...

Ok so we get a Drainvac here but its basically a water filtration machine that automatically drains the tank into the sewer system. hence Drain vac . I didnt realise that they had bagged models too.   The problem with their drainig system is that in certain areas here  its illegal to drain...

The Sanitare , Orek porttable and the Hoover wet and dry would have come home with me for sure. You guys have such nice machines their. I would hate to think how many vacs I would have if I lived in the USA.  

Alex   I am not saying the festool is bad, it isnt , if it were better priced then I am sure I would be far keener on it than I am.  My issue came in when doing some research and when I still owned my festool, (I traded it for a really awesome table saw ) I looked at other models on the...

HuskeyVacs Thank yoiu so much, yes our market was very interesting in those days. I do wish we got more USA machines like Eureka ( before it was parts of Electrolux ) and tri star/ interstate machines.   Here are tow Tedelex( fakir ) polsihers I own both still needing some restoration. 

Alex I had a Festool CT33 It was great but the cost of bags, filters was ridiculous. What made it worse is that unlike other festool power tools their is nothing really special about the festool that you can't get on a different High quality vacuum at a quarter of the price, Take a...

600 slc

I was given these brouchures by a friend who was the regional sales manager for Electrolux back in the day, Their were no differences between the 500 slc and the 600 slc other than colour.

Another tedelex branded vacuum, This time a absolute monster it weighs a a ton, tedelex branded Nilco vacuum Someone painted it grey, it should be white, I will sort that out soon

Cole I dont think you can ever have enough shopvac style vacuums. I have so many, and always get more when I find one at a good price, I am always busy with some project that requires one so why not have a few, here are some of mine Karcher NY70 and wd7 Silkfin 40L ( nilfisk) Rigid 18 gal (...

Wow That is in really lovely condition, I wish my one looked like that.

I remember these in the shop I thought they were awesome, My mom however chose a Turbomaster Hoover

My moms friend had one of these, It stood at the top of a huge staircase on the landing, She was awesome and always let me vacuum when we went to visit This is also one of the odd all machines while all he otherswere manufactured right here in Cape Town, This model was imported

506. I loved this machine when was a kid, They were hugely popular here and basically dethroned Hoover as the NO1 upright vacuum in our market