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    old Kirby hose on ebay (looks like 500 series) worth it?

          <strong><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Norm, the safety switch was the same from the Model C (and R) through the 515. While the overall style of the machine-end hose coupler changed somewhat through those years, they are all interchangeable in...
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    old Kirby hose on ebay (looks like 500 series) worth it?

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Interesting that the seller (meba2233, as Æoliandave has noted) says in the listing that the hose is a "brown" shade. When these hoses were new, they were dark gray with a lovely silvery sheen. Over the years, the...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Just to reiterate, my comments about Electrolux were all based on discussions and interviews with former Electrolux personnel, including a plant manager from the Bristol factory who, along with the rest of the work force, lost...
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    A beautiful GE Swivel Top that came and went...

    <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">This was just listed yesterday and today it's gone. Wonder what happened...</span> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250860484207&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">In some of the issues of "Electrolux News" I have, there are photos and articles about Eckman Center. Nice to know it's still there.</span>   <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">btw does the...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">p.s. to Silverado, it just occurred to me that I hadn't posted a link to the opening page of my Electrolux History site, only the "Electrolux Today" page. Here's the link, if you haven't seen it.</span> <span...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">I would really like to know what information in my Electrolux History is incorrect. I pride myself on that effort more than anything else I've done. It's the most thorough and most-researched. If there is wrong...
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    The most gorgeous Montgomery Ward you'll ever see!

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; color: #ff00ff; font-size: xx-large;">¡¡¡ WOWWWWW !!!</span> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280709906572
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Well, I think my Electrolux History web site speaks for itself in terms of my great devotion to, and admiration of, "The Electrolux That Once Was."</span>   <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

        <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Stuck away in my boxes of Vacuum Cleaner literature I have a xerox of an article from the Readers Digest about the "Electrolux Traveling Museum." Stan Kann gave me the copy of the article. It ran in the magazine some time...
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    moth crystals

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;"><strong>Now how weird is this ... just now as I am sitting here reading this thread about moths, what to wondering eyes should appear flitting into my computer screen but ... a MOTH!!! I can't remember the last time I...
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    moth crystals

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Naphtalene is nasty stuff, highly carcinogenic and also causes other serious health problems. In California, it is classified as "known to the State to cause cancer." Its sale in this state was banned quite a few...
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    Electrolux

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Hello Richard, and Welcome -- from another Electrolux nut!</span>   <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">The hammertone finish on vacuum cleaners and other appliances is a baked-on...
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    1920's Royal

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Hammering motor parts is generally not a good idea...</span>    
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    Trying to find some info on a Kirby vacuum,Dual Sanitronic 50

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">And also the first to have the Roll-O-Waxer!</span>    
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    A Treasure From My Childhood- - - - - - - -

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">The Electrolux G that is 'featured' in this thread has the top-mounted PN port as an aftermarket upgrade. </span>   <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Electrolux had originally...
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    A visit to mom's

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">That's an interesting combination. I assume the Royal came first? I guess by now the Concept One is considered a classic!</span>
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    A Treasure From My Childhood- - - - - - - -

          <strong><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Oh wow, what a wonderful find!! There's something extra special about acquiring actual vacuum cleaners from our childhoods, isn't there! This is a real beauty and in excellent condition!</span></strong>...
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    Kirby 509- how much are they worth?

          <strong><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">P.S.: The 509 was sold in 1949. If the seller has a receipt from 1961 it's either a rebuilt machine, or else the receipt is from a newer model and not the 509. The 1961 model was the 561.</span></strong>  ...
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    Kirby 509- how much are they worth?

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">There are SO MANY variables feeding into value, but some primary considerations would be:</span>   <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;"> -- overall condition of appearance and...
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