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Hi Jim, you are so right. We had a very nice talk back in either late April or early May when I found your phone number while cleaning out my phone book. At the time I did express interest in the possibility of purchasing a few uprights or at least parts, but was not sure as to what was going...

I just came across this E-Bay listing a few minutes ago. I was quite amazed at what was in the pictures and what was written. This reminded me of a vac shop that was owned by Gordon Smith, located in Agawam, Ma., that closed when the owner's health quickly failed. This happened in June 2011...

Hey Ben Thanks for the information. My mystery Kirby has the toggle switch. I am wondering if there was a possibility, that whoever the owner was, that some things were replaced early on. I guess what I will have to do is go back to the storage unit with my camera and take some pictures...

Finally got back to storage unit Well I finally got back to my storage unit yesterday. I started to remove some of my vacuums to look for the handle and sani-emptor/bag. I found to my surprise that the top shelf of one of my shelf units had broken after 12 years. It is made of heavy...

Thanks Edgar for your comment. I should have mentioned that that Kirby is from the early 1950's. I will post again after Easter with the additional information on the handle and emptor/bag. Look forward to dating the model. Edward

Hi All; I was wondering what the story is with E-Bay. I wanted to purchase a Kirby recently using the Buy it Now, but I was not able to use my PayPal Credit. I'm not sure how it is supposed to work, but I thought that if the PayPal Credit was in the item's listing that it should have been...

My wish list vacuum is a Kirby 505. I own a number of Kirby's and I would love to ad that one to my collection. It would be great to come across any of the others that were made prior to the 505.

Sorry that this it late for the forum. I just what to thank you for the Kirby belt lifter and wheels. As soon as they arrived, I placed the belt lifter on my model 561. I received a replica bag from Michael back in March. Now all I have to do is take a picture and get it posted. The wheels...

Hey Brandon, I might be interested in the Kirby Starburst belt lifter and possibly the gray wheels. Could you send me an email about them if you still have them. I try to check out the posts every other day. Thanks. Edward

Royal 189 bag Hi Glenn, I own two Royal model 189's and both of them have the black and red bag, though one is quite faded. When I bought the first one, it was because I liked the colors as it looked so cool when the vacuum is running. The second one was from someone in Oregon that wanted to...

I was amazed to see this post for the Monitor vacuum. I had a friend back in the 1970's that had one of those vacuums. The bag was large and half black and half white to beige. I really liked it and when he told me he was moving, I said the I would like to buy it from him, but he already...

I would love to see some pictures of what you have also.

The one that I regret gitting rid of was my Premier commercial upright. It was my first vacuum, bought brand new from J C Penney and I traded it in to buy my Kirby 561.

The most I paid was $90 for a Hamilton Beach model 14 off E-Bay.

I have the same problem here. When Armand and I broke up after 20 years together, not because of my collection, I moved back to W. Spfld., Ma. not knowing that in the next couple years I would move back to live with my ailing mother and my oldest sister. When our mother past away my sister...

This was the first vacuum I bought when I had my first apartment in 1978. I bought it at J. C. Penney. I really liked the way it cleaned. Sadly I traded it in for a Kirby model 560 which I still have to this day. I wanted the Kirby and the man the sold it to me wanted the Premier.

I have bought mine at secondhand stores and e-bay. I received a Kirby from someone that thought of me when he passed a yard sale. I also came into possession of 26 uprights from a vacuum repair shop for helping the owner as he was moving to a new site for his business in 2003. It has been at...

I just looked at the graveyard pictures and was quite shocked. I will have to admit though, that at last 26 of the uprights that I acquired came from a vacuum repair shop in the next town over from where I live. The building he was in was sold to the city of Agawam for a park. The cellar was...

Bill, nice job on the Kirby. I like the way it looks with the black bag. Was the bag brand new or did you dye a generic bag?

Thanks for the info and I will pass it along to the person that is starting a cleaning business.