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This is the second strange straight suction Royal I have seen of this nature, and the second one I either could not afford, or was outbid on. As you can see the attachment is from a Eureka. I have no idea what the purpose or target consumer of these models were, and I have never even heard them...

Gluing it back together should not be too big a problem. It is possible something got into the motor. If you take the casing apart, you may be able to remove the piece from the inner motor casing without digging in too far. These motors can be taken apart but they can be tricky. One thing to...

You too! My green hand vac had weak plastic. I used hot glue to rebuild the base plate screw holes. I just thought the brush roll might have generated enough heat to weaken the plastic, but of the many hand vacs I have, the green one is the only one to have this problem. Its interesting that...

Hang on a minute! There is still a company that makes a new cleaner with a woven hose?! Even if the quality is lousy, it's still incredible that anyone bothers anymore. I thought Electrolux in the US was the last woven hose maker and they ditched them in the mid 1990s. As nice looking as they...

The general complaints I've heard on the Power Cast were weight and handles snapping off. Other than that it's generally considered to be a fine machine while it lasted. I'd love to get my hands on one someday. They were selling on ebay for under $100 new before they were discontinued, but its...

While I strongly feel that Kirby needs to do some work, I'm concerned about what could possibly happen if this thing goes bad. The Royal Power Cast is an example of how this can happen. Royal was smart enough to keep its old and reliable model line in production, and fell back on that. With...

Did they put ridges in the case like Electrolux, or is it smooth inside? I guess the bag is probably so small it wouldn't matter anyway. Do those machines shut off when they overheat? I know some cleaners will do that, including some ultra cheap models.

Speaking of PNs, the one used on the current breeze (or something like that) canister is of the same design, just the wrong color.

This is a straight suction 120v dustbusterish thing right? Like one of those things built into the concept II uprights? I'd guess something might be loose. I'd rip into it and see if the motor got loose and then check the outside screws. I suppose motor problems could also be the cause, but I...

Nice vac. I have a new cloth bag for one of those in my collection. If it was orange I'd say send it my way, and I'd add it to my planned orange Oreck collection. Early Orecks and true commercial models interest me. I think with an older Oreck like that you could probably find a way to replace...

Sorry, I actually don't have any Dirt Devil canisters in my collection. I just have a ability to find them for sale, especially when I don't have the money to buy them! The day I get some money they will all vanish!

I'd say the Classic III was candy apple red, and maroon if they are dirty enough (which most seem to be), and the 500 series machines still had gray bags, and they are over 50 years (wow, its 2010!) old at this point. They also did not have bags in the color of the machine, like every model...

Did everyone forget the G4? That was blue, and only about 10 years ago. A light blue color would be nice for a change. Dark Blue has already been done twice. Red (real red, not burgandy or maroon), has not been used before. I think black, gray, and silver have been overused recently (last 25...

"and I would like to get them all :)" Do you plan on getting all of the variants too? If so, its time for you to buy a warehouse someplace. I love pointing out how hard it is to find all of the variants of these machines. For those who thought that someone getting all of the 60s and 70s Hoover...

Ok, found one for you! See image and link. I found the other one on craigslist. It was one of 3 or 4 that I found. http://www.propertyroom.com/itemdetails.aspx?l=6022593#

I did find a picture of a Dirt Devil wet / dry vac. This is not the thing you were after, but you might find it interesting.

I know what your talking about, but I don't think I have any pictures on hand. I know they had a wet / dry machine and a shop vac looking rug cleaner. I'm not sure if they were the same or different machines. I think the rug cleaner was called the cyclone. While it was made in the time period of...

As a fan of racing, and of GM automobiles, I'd also like to get my hands on the Eureka Corvette Vac. They pop up from time to time. I like the Kenny Wallace stuff. He was driving a Pontiac at the time. I have some of the diecast Dirt Devil racing stuff, and have seen racing related Dirt Devil...

Here is a picture of the Kenny Wallace edition car vac. Aside from the Kenny Wallace name on the bag and body, it appears pretty much like the standard car vac that I have. This is the only one I have seen. The car vac I have is a poor performer, much worse than the standard 2 amp models. In...

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