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  1. tommymilan

    Hoover Senior Ranger UK U 4064 Suppressor ussue

    Dear friends, very sorry for not having posted anything for a while but I'm back with a problem I'd like to ask you suggestions for easy resolution. As it might have happened to many of you guys, the supprssor of one of my Hoover seniors exploded some time ago and I removed it; Could any of you...
  2. tommymilan

    another Vorwerk in the family

    Hello guys, when I woke up this morning I found a text from a friend telling me he had saved something for me, he told me it was an old "Folletto" with powerprush in very sorry condition, I obviously said ok, thanks a lot for the thought, looking forward to seeing it etc., so the day started...
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    My recent "conquest"

    Dear friends, it took me a while but I'd like to share with you my happiness for this find: about a month ago I bought for 25 € this marvellous Hoover Conquest U 7071, a vacuum cleaner that I've been searching for for many years, I alrady had the smaller versions mod. U 7069 in the earlier...
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    Best Deal on an Electrolux Professional UZ 930

    Dear Guys, a couple of weeks ago I bidded on this nice Electrolux cleaner, one of my favourite commercial cleaner ever, one of the most powerful and quietest I've ever used in my life. I had already bought one off ebay in Germany, with Electrified hose and Sebo power nozzle and I've been using...
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    Another member of the family, I hope you enjoy it!

    I bought this very nice Electrolux mod. XII off ebay, in very good conditions and quite complete. Also Seller made one of the best packings I've ever seen in my life, though it was about 100 miles away from Milan and shipping took just a couple of days. The evening I found the parcel in the...
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    Micro Electrolux Z 53

    Dear guys, a few days ago I bought on ebay this very rare portable Electrolux z 53, does any of you know anything about it? I had never seen one in person, i hope you enjoy these pictures! Greetings, Tommy
  7. tommymilan

    Constellation in other countries

    Hello Guys, I've always known Hoover Constellations with this name, yesterdayI was surfing on ebay and I found some french ADs in which it was called "la boule" the ball, the sphere... Do any of you know other names it was given through the years and around the world? Just curious!!! Tommy...
  8. tommymilan

    rubber bumpers in general

    Dear friends and fellow collectors, I'd lik to ask if any of you has any advice to share wit me for restoring rubber bumpers of old vacuum cleaners, , you know they try to dry, scratch and brake. Any advice will be much appreciated! kindest regards, Tommy
  9. tommymilan

    About Nilfisk Ga 70

    Hello all! I have a question for Markus79 and for any of you who could help me about nilfisks ga 70: I saw some of them with metal top exhaust cover with plastic inserts, others with a grey plastic cover and others like the wonderful one found by Markus recently, with a larger round plastic...
  10. tommymilan

    Vorwerk vk 117 owner's manual 1973

    Hello guys! I went back to my scanner and continue the work I had started a month or so ago. Here's the first manual of Vorwerk Kobold vk 117 with power nozzle Et 10. I hope you'll enjoi the pictures. Greetings to all Front cover...
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    nilfisk gm 90 main filter washing

    Hello all, do any of you know if nilfisk gm 80 /90 main filters are washable. I'm going to wash mine like I was washing my Loro Piana Chachemers but adding disinfectants etc... My gm 90's filter is perfectly white but as it came from other's home I'd like to clean it up. any advice? Kisses...
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    hoover paint problem

    Hello guys, i'm experiencing a problem with the painted bases of many of the Dial-a-matics (convertibles in EU) that I own, obviusly starting from the oldest:paint scratches and falls down. I am in trouble, should i be going to re-paint them ? They wouldn't be original then. I could find the...
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    Lux Mod V I couldn't resist!

    Hello all, just wanted to share with you my emotion! I've just purchased on ebay Italy a Lux mod V in good conditions, with case and some attachments. I'll receive it tuesday or wednesday. Paid it € 120 shipping included, not little but...I couldn't resist! I'll post better pictures when I get...
  14. tommymilan

    Water tragedy

    Hi dear fellows,a little tragedy occurred ! Last night rained a lot and a good part of my babies are damp! I sabba cry, extracting water!i didn't mean towash carpet like this!!!!
  15. tommymilan

    EU Nilfisk gs 90 with pn

    Hello, this is the vac I've recently fallen in love with!
  16. tommymilan

    Vorwerk leaflets and manuals

    Hello guys, as you know I like vorwerk vacuum cleaners very much and have so many beautiful leaflets and user's manuals tha I'm scanning. Let's start with a leaflet of Vorwerk vk 111 from 1955-56 I hope you like them! Any question will be answered! Tommy
  17. tommymilan

    1968 electrolux italy

    Dear Guys, I haven't posted anything for long but yeterday evening I met a friend of mine who brought me somehting I just want to share with you! greetings, Tommy
  18. tommymilan

    New project: granny Nilfisk

    Dear friends, a few years ago I bought for a ridiculous sum of money this scary old Nilfisk vacuum cleaner, in such poor conditions, so i placed it somewhere in my house of vacs and almost forgot about it! Now it's time to give it a SPA treatment and give it kind of a more appropriate look...
  19. tommymilan

    kirby lost a wheel!!

    Dera fellows, I'm writing to you because today happened something I'd never expected: I was using of my almost brand new kirby g6 to clean the carpet and suddently the font wheel on the right came out while the Toe Touch control pedal assembly came out from its location making the cleaner...
  20. tommymilan

    Do you ever dream of vacs?

    does any of you fellow collectors dream of vacuum claners?It happens to me quite often, dreaming of me in flea markets finding several vacs, especially the most desired of mine, or dreaming of being vacuuming with a certain cleaner...Anyone? Am I sick? kisses tommy
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