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Years ago, probably 2007 or 2008 it was, I received a rather frantic contact from the great Alex B regarding a Hoover on Craigslist that needed to be grabbed up immediately. Naturally, I was very curious, and BEHOLD, it was the Bicentennial floating Celebrity with the P/N!!!!! Of course, I...

I know not everyone is as fascinated with these machines, but I go nuts over both strange commercial vacuums, and Silver Kings. Why not combine the two! Here’s a Thompson Bypass!

And yet I still came out feeling good about it in the end... Well isn’t this sounding sultry already... but it’s all true, I swear!! A good friend of mine found, on FB Marketplace, a free central vac unit and all the attachments, you just have to come take it off the wall. I knew what this...

Had a bagless Riccar made by Cyclovac since 2005, was tired of cleaning the filter and one of the circuit boards is going bad. So I decided to replace it with something bagged...

I once witnessed a great sack of lard jump for joy over a far from perfect example of one of these... squealing and clapping so loud it echoed throughout the entire thrift store as flubbed heaved and thrusted in directions previously unknown to mankind. But it’s the great ‘KACK KACK KACK KACK’...

The Electrolux of my childhood, the very first Electrolux I saw or used! Not one that looks just like it, but the very machine I remember! It lived what is now the majority of its life in a small church in a small town in SW Nebraska, and last summer one of my cousins told me they had a vacuum...

So we all know this videos are distasteful and unpleasant, but there is something we can do, this guy has a ton of videos involving water in vacuum cleaners, so I've been encouraging anyone who feels as I do to flag his videos as promoting dangerous and reckless activities. Its not safe, and I...

Wanted to post this somewhere I figured people will look and see this. Clay called me just now, wanted to let everyone know he's still alive, but also still at the rehab facility. He has a new cell phone and number, and I told him I'd post this here so people could call and talk to him, I know...

I should learn not to tempt myself by even walking into a thrift store. Feels odd posting this in the vintage section, I remember this machine when it was relatively new. My great Aunt Esther and great Aunt Marty both had this model back in the day, wore them out and replaced them 10 or so years...

Found this little number sitting there and I just couldn’t pass it up. If nothing else the brushroll alone justifies the purchase!!

Sweepin’ flap abuse, never thought this would actually happen to me, but this is what happens when you hide a hose 4 AA batteries at once...

Well I just realized I don’t think I posted this machine before (looked to see and didn’t find any posts of it). I found it earlier this year, and it’s from the category of vacuums I definitely wanted but thought I’d never find. Found the thing at a antique/craft mall my mom knows about. I think...

First and foremost, David's obituary: http://www.mosermemorialchapels.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=3356120&fh_id=11505&lud=34CB2FB95EB301720665B6C62C7A98CB We are still just starting on planning the Denver memorial service, so as those details become I will post them here as well...

Well, I know many of us are anxiously awaiting new about Davids passing, both with plans for his memorial service, and of course the fate of his collection. Because of my closeness with David, as well as my close location to where he lived and kept his machines, I have been and will continue to...

I've ben wanting one of these since about 2007, when I first got to play with one. Finally last month I got one from my friend Daniel. Mine had a rough life before finding its way to a vac shop as a trade in. It needed a new electric hose, which I already have, ordered it brand new from Hyla USA...

Just this Sunday (two days ago today) I drove up to Arvada (the opposite end of Denver from where I live) to pick up my latest $40 Craigslist find, another GS90, but this one came with all the tools and manuals, only missing the upholstery tool, which I'm going to order this week along with...

I found this nice little vacuum at a thrift store the other day and had to grab it. I remember one of our neighbors having a red Sanyo one like this, it was their only vacuum in a house with almost all carpet. It did well though, they weren't cheap little vacuums, but they did well, and the...

I've wanted one of these for a while, and finally have decided I'd like to find one.

Well, back in the spring/early summer a regular customer came in to order bags for this machine. While he was here we got on the subject of my vacuum cleaner obsession and collection. He said he didn't plan on keeping the machine much longer, and was likely just going to toss it out. I said that...