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Thank You Thank you, Paul, Les, and Tom, for your replies. Paul, I had forgotten about uspto.gov, and after seeing your post I went to the sight and looked up Silver King and Silver Knight as well. Found out the Silver King name was first used on 9/22/1947, and the company name was originally...

Is still a Silver King! It's always great when you can cross a machine off of your want list, and my good friend Ken Wagman recently helped me to cross one off of mine! He gave me a Custom King model AE, which is essentially a Silver King with a slightly different name. It included all the...

My Other Collections I worked in the Printing Industry for the biggest part of my career, and it was a trade that I enjoyed so much that I pursued it as a hobby as well as a vocation. I printed a lot of gag cards over the years as well as some work for other people including cards, letterheads...

Parents And Grandparents' Vacuum Cleaners When I was a kid, my parents had a model XXX Electrolux for their main vacuum, and a Kenmore model 116.730 for the basement and cleaning out cars. When I was selling Electro-Hygiene during my senior year in high school, I traded them both in for a model...

Love American Style Used to watch that show all the time but somehow don't remember this episode. Thanks for sharing it! Jeff

My model 66 Air-Way Sanitizor is now complete with the addition of an Attacha-Kit which I recently purchased on ebay. It's taken a while to get everything I needed for my 66, beginning with the hose, wands, floor brush, and polisher pad that came with it, then adding a rug nozzle, Whirl-a-Way...

You are actually missing two wands, one straight, one curved, the floor brush, and the blowing connector for the hose. A better picture would be appreciated, showing both ends of the hose and with the tools spread out so we can get a better look at them. Jeff

Nice Find Charles! I've never seen or heard of them either, but my first thought when I saw the pics was that it looked like what you would get if you crossed a Kenmore "Torpedo Tank" with an Air-Way, and the clamps on the front cover and the handle look like Birtman parts, but when you said...

So Sad Charles, I'm so sorry to hear about Arlee's passing. Sending my deepest condolences to you and hoping you will find comfort in the memories of good times you had together. May he rest in peace. Hoping the collectors in your area will come and get the vacuums and parts you are offering. I...

Paul, I'm not sure about that. I do have a list showing the 1002 as being built from 1953-1955, which would put it in the right era for the blue & grey models, and instead of showing a range of serial numbers, it says "assigned by Perivale." Oddly, the 1001 isn't on the list at all, but also...

Hey Paul, Enjoyed your listing of the color schemes of Hoover's lineup for 1950-57. Don't have any corrections, but I do have an addition for you. The Hoover Pixie model 1001, which was part of the blue & grey lineup with the 63 upright and 82 Constellation. I have one, as well as the 29, 62...

Congratulations Keith! What an amazing and rare find! Looks like it's complete too, other than the power nozzle you're looking for. Hope you find one soon! I've never seen that version of the CB either, and actually have never seen a CB in person, only pics of them that have been posted here...

Congrats On Your First Royal! I think you'll enjoy it. Is it an 886? Looks like it. You'll find the model and serial numbers on a label on the back side of the nozzle. And you're right about the black piece that looks like a spout. Don't know just what it is, but it definitely does not go with...

Amazing! Thank you David, for sharing this treasure trove of valuable information with us, and for all the work you put into creating it! Very much appreciated! Jeff

Declan, I'm not really in a large metropolitan area either, and the county I live in is mostly rural. Just happened to go to the right sale at the right time. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have as many of these sales around here as they used to. Jeff

R.I.P. Fred So sorry to hear this. I remember meeting and visiting with Fred during the 2008 Convention in North Canton, and the wealth of information he shared here in his posts. He certainly did a lot for Vacuumland and VCCC, and will be missed. Jeff

A Frankenkirby! A little bit of everything on that one! Might be worth $25 as is! Jeff

Estate Sales On May 13 I found a Frankenkirby and 2 Filter Queens, model 33 and 31X, at an estate sale in my area with a sign over them that read, "Vacuums-$5 each." Needless to say I snatched them up real quick! The Frankenkirby started its life as a D-80, but has a Classic III handle, cord...

Lux XXX Here's mine. It has the 475-watt motor, but also has the saloon style exhaust doors and flat runners. Think it was built in 1948, when they were using up the last of the 475's before they started building them with the 535's. Everything you see here came with it when I got it, except...

Welcome AJ! Welcome to Vacuumland! Nice Kirbys and Royal 501's you have there, and also enjoyed your stories on how you got them, especially the ones passed down to you from your family. Family vacs are always a special part of our collections and I have a few of them too. Again, welcome to the...