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And the uprights hand a ton of names. This "profile" is an example.

When it comes to the old style uprights, there are 3 major versions, which I believe were made simultaniouly. You had the low end soft and hard case models (like the featherlite), the cloth bagged and hard body models with headlights (like the green one I posted), and the hard body only clean...

Thanks for the dates on the older hand helds. I see on their website "since 1939", so I have to wonder where they got started. I would guess they may have been into specialty products. I really like their promotional images...

Perhaps this could explain your problems. I am unable to replicate the problem myself, but this looks interesting. http://www.gballard.net/psd/go_live_page_profile/embeddedJPEGprofiles.html

Speaking of green Dirt Devils, I found this on craigslist in California. I didn't have the money, and they probably would not ship it anyway, so I didn't get it.

Nice vacuum there. Seeing it next to that Lux model G really gives a good impression of its small size. I always figured they were a bit larger than that. Phillip: I think your lucky to have found a burgandy version. I'm always looking for the Dirt Devil pro series cleaners and other...

I'm not sure what happened to the PN version. I looked at Oreck's web site, and the standard version is still there, at a ridiculous price of $299.99. I found the Douglas version selling for $89.99. Doing the math, the Oreck is 3.3 times as expensive. Back to the original posts, I'm...

The Ironman / Dynomite was a Douglas product all along, along with many other Oreck machines. Douglas still makes it, and sells it under their name. They are a division of Scott & Fetzer, like Kirby. http://www.douglasvacuum.com/products/36010.php

According to a service manual I have, it requires a 200kt or 8500 bearing on the fan end. Since I have a hard time search for these, I'd guess bearing models have changed since the 1970s when the book was printed. The book does not specify a commutator end bearing for the 800. If you could...

I'd guess the motor may have just been frozen, since it did buzz when turned on, and a more common 102 or 105 inlet cover would work just fine.

It's not every day a Hoover baby model goes unsold. For some reason, the model tag is wrong, but it is quite clear what it is. http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-HOOVER-MODEL102-UPRIGHT-1919-VACUUM-kirby_W0QQitemZ230410068188QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item35a582a0dc

Aluminum Differences Not all aluminum is the same. Elemental aluminum is not what is used, so the composition of other elements in the aluminum alloy the company chooses to use could effect polishing. There are probably other factors, but that just came to mind. Personally, I've used liquid...

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I found this on craigslist. See link (could be deleted at any time). This looks a lot like a Regina electric broom with power brush, but labled for Electrolux. I have seen Canadian Lux brooms before, but those were built by Electrolux themselves to the best of my knowledge. I was wondering if...

If you thought that was bad, check out this!!! Really, I don't see any problem with the modification of the classic Oreck, although I would not recommend buying the first ones on the market. For people wanting a more traditional Oreck, there is always the commercial line. Same for Hoover and...

I'm guessing that this company is not related to the Electrolux that owns Eureka, and its not related to Aerus either, so who are these guys anyway? It looks like the true decendent of the euro Lux canisters. Did Electrolux sell this design off to a company that goes by the Lux brand name? Its a...

There are also some other interesting things on the web site too. Apparently they have a new model history page, although it still links to the old PDF. For some reason they painted large areas of the model 30 gray (including chrome - just awful), and they put the model G facing backwards...

I would guess he would, judging by some of the strangeness of the selection. The currently offer two different Lux type C bags, and they also offer bags for the Dirt Devil Broom Vac, which is quite rare these days. The bags for the Sanyo Transformax must be a hard sell too. I think that model...

Douglas is actually another division of Scott & Fetzer, so from a company stand point, it was made by the same parent company.

The motor is just a GS electric motor, generally found in power nozzles. They were also used in most Dirt Devil hand vacs. I'm not sure if this happened to you or not, but when you open the motor the carbon brushes have a tendency to launch themselves across the room. This is a real problem if...