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I think we all knew what John meant, Tom. As per usual, you are ever so helpful.

Looks great, Austin! I have some quadraflex brush strips heading your way!

Austin No thanks needed! I enjoy our friendship tremendously, and helping you make your 29 a daily driver is the least I can do! I know the cord/switch debacle was maddening! Let me know when you're ready to change the handle control bolt and I'll walk you through it. Much easier than it...

The later run Convertibles also utilized the front conversion. Many clicked into high speed when the handle was in the storage position. If memory serves me, front conversion came about somewhere in the mid/late '70s.

What other canister cleaners was the Sunbeam up against?

Anytime! I'm so glad you like it! More to come! 😊😊😊😊

this guy needs to count his losses If he paid $140 for this cleaner, then destroyed it, he ought to take whatever he can get for it as a parts donor. $80 (even $50) is entirely too much. Perhaps this bothers me SO much as I spent a large amount of time corresponding with this gentleman trying...

Kenkart Excellent point. I was surprised to see that rating as well! Many say it was "over engineered", but I personally feel that it set the stage for cleaners in the future. Way ahead of its time for 1936! Tom- congrats. There is something so awesome about FACT based history. [this post was...

Excellent question kirbyvertibles!! I emailed the seller and he claimed the tools were worth $80 alone...he's out of his mind.

Very interesting, Tom. It's intriguing how only machines you personally appreciate are "correct" with "communist reports". Thanks for the "info".

Austin I love that you're having fun with the mothimizer!!!! I'll be sending you the manuals to accompany the tools soon...looks like I might've found a brown veriflex hose and tool kit to match the 29 as well!! :)

He just admitted he destroyed the machine today after I let him know I was posting this. It's a shame. The cleaner could be saved.

Roger, Your videos are fabulous! Thank you for all of the time you put into them! Looking forward to viewing more in the future!

Be aware that this cleaner is in deplorable shape. I tried to assist the seller in what I thought was a restoration for his personal collection, only to find he was trying to sell this cleaner in non-working condition. The motor is non operational due to spraying wd40 into the commutator, the...

So out of ALL the years Consumer Reports has been publishing ratings of appliances, it just so happens they finally got it right... just once...in 1959/60 with this one and only cleaner? Wow... You've also said some manufacturers paid for favorable ratings (airway and Hoover would not), does...

So you're saying this is the only issue of the magazine to get it correct?

Since when... Since when did you put any stock into what Consumer Reports says about a cleaner? You've called them "communist reports" on many, many occasions. Not bashing, just interested to know why this rating wasn't deemed "communist ".

I figured it was around that time. My mother was born in August of 1953 and my late grandmother purchased three 63s before her birth. And absolutely! I'll email them to you tonight!

Not sure if this is the answer... But this is the price of parts list for the 63 from my copy of the 1957 Hoover service guide. Dated September 1, 1953.

Congrats on your dust buster!I haven't thought about them in ages! Looks just like the one that was in the mud room in my home as a kid. Neat find!