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Having acquired a fabled and supreme 1935 Air-Way DirtMasteR fairly recently and subjecting it to a slow careful restoration (dismantling and polishing every single metal fitting including bolts & screws) I took time out to look up all the patent numbers on the base plate. In 1938 Air-Way...

My copy arrived today from Amazon.ca. Only briefly leafed through it but I am already impressed enough to recommend its inclusion on every vacuum collector's bookshelf. I look forward to digesting its comprehensive contents over the weekend.   The original thread has fallen into archives but...

A few months ago Brian aka shag who lives just north of me messaged that he had an Air-Way to give away, probably as a parts machine. I asked what colour combination it was, as I have several 88s and Marks standing around the place. When he said it was white on top and dark gray on the bottom...

The weather being highly co-operative, I drove to Syracuse last Friday for the weekend Annual Christmas Dinner at buddy Rich's. I've written of these gastronomical feasts before. I decided, well, since I'm here in NY state I might as well continue the Grand Tour. Sunday afternoon I headed...

aka Pete Kelley's cellar Wrecked Room. No, the room is not wrecked, it's just overstuffed with treasures. Since just before I headed to the September Convention I've been waiting for a non-rainy free day to go pick up the Electrolux CB Pete found and rescued for me. What with ending the theatre...

The thread title says it all. This is a useful site that has scans of Christmas catalogs in their entirety. I went here looking for pages that might show the 'new' 1950s 6 wheel Kenmore upright I just won. But there's a gap from 1948 through 1951, 1953 and 1954, so the quest continues... None...

and a toothbrush and my new can of SD-20. I plucked this filthy but serviceable Hoover rubber coated wheeled floor nozzle from Crevicetool's pile of NC57 bits at the Convention. I have a brown one with my Aerodyne 51 yet always wanted one for the Constellations, too. Never found one around...

So a ladypal at work turned to me to figure out what's wrong with her ELEGANCE. Her daughter borrowed it to clean out her apartment before moving. It came back a bit banged and scuffed, not 'pulling' as strong as before and emitting a horrible burning smell. Well, of course you can guess...but...

Busy busy times lately what with organizing another major home renovation (more on that later as it probably won't begin until late September or next May) but now that a third mainstage show has opened which I do not work or run I'm finally getting some free summer time. Last week I tested the...

Had Saturday free, it was warm (61F) and sunny, so it was vacuum and detail the Subaru. First I went over to Williams Coffee Pub for lunch to find it closed with a 'Non Payment of Rent' notice on the door! Williams Coffee Pubs began in Stratford as an upscale same price alternative to Tim...

A great gal I work with has a problem...several in fact... Lorna has a darling 6 year old daughter and a cat and a husband. They rent & live in an old dusty two story 'four-square' house. Lorna, of course, is a working mother and we begin 6-day workweeks next week. Husband Van is a superb but...

Came across this gem on Ottawa Kijiji. At this time of year with work commitments Ottawa is just too far a drive. :-( Hoping one of our Canadian members closer to the region might want to save it. $55 seems high (surely it can be bargained down) but the seller says there is a hose and...

Triggered by recent discussions both here and over at Brother Club Washerland about the Lewyt Electronic Motorized Beater Sweeper power nozzle I've found myself idly thinking about them, who was first to market, etc. To begin, I was asked why production of GE Roll-Easys didn't last very long...

Oh Joy! Found it on Kijiji. After an exchange of emails the seller is dropping it off at my house this afternoon. I immediately identified it as the Version 1 bumperless 1957-63 Model ZB86, which I did not have; I do have the 1963-67 version 2 which does differ in some aspects other than the...

This outlines the principles involved for the fully electric hose, wands and Power Nozzle application for the 1958 Model 111. Drawings first then 3 pages of explanation...

5 day warm spell ended overnight. Woke up to foggy cold rain. Stanley & I decided to head down to Woodstock to the Walmart to get him a set of stick-on LED strips for under his dashboard, because he too has a black interior in his new Ford Ranger XLT truck so he can't see his ashtray or much...

I've been watching without intending to bid and didn't mention this Modern Hygiene so as not to jinx it, figuring that those who trawl eBay faithfully would have seen it anyway. I think this Brooks Stevens elongated cylinder 1949 design is quite handsome and the cast & polished aluminum...

'Hoser' being an affectionate & endearing term for a bohunk Canadian. :-) The bonanza is...the hoses all came with vacuums - except one. Guess which ones as I once again spin a wandering tale of the weekend trip down to Ohio and back.

Popped into the local Salvation Army on the way home from the grocery store. First thing I noticed was this Bissell Carpet Shampooer Machine thing, complete-in-box. Don't need one of these and it's kinda much-to-big ugly. But what's that scuttling about loose up the aisle in the distance?

The arrival of sofas and vacuums and air conditioners and the first of the summer heatwaves has spurred another round of organizing projects. It also helps keep my mind off of not being able to join the Rainbow Rodeo in Texas next week. And, it keeps you all entertained while the luck7 & plucky...