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Well, yesterday, I found something new (to me), a clearance store in Stanley (Co. Durham), and once I finally got round to the vacs, they had loads of them!! Various bagless Vax models, a stack of Dyson DC22s, some Panasonic uprights, Nilfisk Wet & Dry tub vacs, a row of Miele S7s, and a load of...

I finally found one, in the UK, and funnily enough, I only found it when looking through someone's feedback, they had bought a Nilco vac that was identical to the current Clarke 560b, so, I looked for Nilco vac items on ebay, and hey presto, a V-belt for a Nilco 271, aka, Victor Europa 271!!! :D...

I seem to have come home with a Senior model 652A, grey trimmed thing with a metal base.... :S £12.50 paid, came with tools but no hose/converter pan, and sounds like a spanner in a blender, so I think the motor has rather dry bearings.... :S I'll get some pics when I find my camera.... What...

Found this one this morning, and it's ever so slightly different to mine in that it has a Shakeout bag fitted rather than the F&G/E74 setup, and it is apparently brand new, so, if you have £150, then buy it, it's a damned good vac...

Okay, I finally bought some new bags yesterday, generics of course, but I just got round to fitting them after cleaning out the vac after one of my other "wrong bag" attempts (using Electrolux Contour series bags on their side with the card plate trimmed) had actually leaked like a sieve...

Got bored of restoring this one, so, I'm selling it, cos I need to clear out stuff before moving house... ebay listing: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230670626596

Cos this C16 is just awful, makes the C12 look slightly used in comparison!!! :S http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190573419911

Another vac to add to the collection, well, briefly, I just bought it for parts for my Sanitaire ZC-880, specifically the motor... :) What am I talking about? Well, it's an Electrolux C12 "Professional" of course, the "pre-Sanitaire" for us brits, it's in tatty looking condition, the hood's all...

Okay, my Miele was beginning to smell like arse, so it was in need of a bag, and as I haven't bought any since, erm, well I can't remember when I last bought some for it, I decided to use a bag from my collection of bags, and the only one spare that I could find, that I didn't plan to use, was a...

When you put your mind to it, nothing is impossible... :P And with the use of the most advanced piece of technology to date, the "paper wedge" has come forth to complete this adaptation that many have spent so much time altering and rewiring for... :D I give you, the Dual Heritage 84... :P

After a bit of a faff (ebay vs. stored cookies fault), I've relisted the Turbopower tools, and I thought I best create my own thread as not to further hijack the other thread... :) Any questions regarding the item (I.E. postage, collection, payments etc.), please message me through ebay, just...

Just found this load of Kirby demo & promo stuff on ebay, looking at some of the promo and salesman stuff, it certainly gives an insight into the mind of the Kirby salesman (or at least, the area distributors!!)!!! :P http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/320727205243

And it's green, as Scotty once said to an attempted starship hijacker... :D After a few years of looking, I finally got the one Kirby I really wanted, the Dual Sanitronic 80, in it's wonderful Avocado green, and the best bit is, there's not transatlantic shipping involved, cos it's here in the...

Just something I put together last night, takes some work to do modifying the end caps, and I nearly blinded myself in the process, but I got there in the end... :P I've yet to try it out, cos the PN case needs repairs, and I need to remember what I did with the wheels, and I need to get...

Okay I discovered they came to the UK in 2010, but I only just noticed!!! Anyway, they're offering their Sanitaire clones (the 12" and 16" versions) with 870 Watt motors, and that got me thinking if they could be dropped into a True Sanitaire, but of course, I don't fancy spending £200 on...

I thought I'd give ebay a scouring for Kirbys today, and I happened upon this listing for a pair of Kirbys, a Heritage and HeritageII, and when I saw the wiring job done on the latter, my heart sank so far it fell out of my arse!! My god that is jut the poorest bodge job I have seen in a long...

What more can I say? :P http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/330568523414

Only it was somewhere in Ontario, Canada, you can see it in this vid courtesy of CrazyBritishBloke (no relation!!) from about 1:06:

Okay, here's a puzzle to solve, the bags I got with the Electrolux are for another vacuum altogether, but I don't know what, so if anyone knows what they fit then I can do something with them other than shove them in my Bag collection never to see daylight again... :) Size is: height: 40cm...

Which was supposed to be a Hoover Junior 1334... Anyway, I'm not too disappointed with having it, I have wanted an Electrolux 500 for a while, just never really took any effort to get one. Anyway, it's visually in good condition, the plastics are remarkably smooth with hardly any nicks or...