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I had a Generation 3 make a break for it yesterday. I backed the car out of the garage to run some errands and forgot to close the door. The Kirby obviously sensed an opportunity (helped by a sloping garage floor) and rolled toward freedom. I came home to find it on its side in the driveway...

Today is a significant day in Bison history. On this date in 1971, the first Bison built in Ocala rolled off the assembly line. It was presented to the mayor of the city. See link for details...

Turns out the guy selling the Kirby bagless kits is also linked to the Bison. Strange. http://www.kirbybagsneveragain.com/story.htm

I recently stumbled across this article from the Ocala newspaper from 1976, detailing some non-vacuum items the Bison factory was set to manufacture. It also mentioned a Bison heavy-duty commercial machine called an Apollo. Has anyone ever seen a Bison Apollo? Is there any evidence that it...

Great news, guys. I finally found a working Bison! I've been looking for one for about five years now. Since the factory was here in Ocala, it just seemed natural to get one. I stopped to browse a vac shop in South Daytona Beach a couple of weeks ago. The shop was already closed for the day...

I have to admit, I've never been wild about the Convertible. Older Hoovers, sure. The DAM, yes. But the Convertibles have never really interested me at all. They're fairly common in the thrift shops here, and I can't count the ones I've passed by. Until Saturday. I walked into a Salvation Army...

While pricing a replacement brush roll the other day for my Kirby Gen3, I came across a shop that sells them for the G3 and G4 with stiff black bristles (standard?) or with softer white bristles. I'm wondering how much difference there really is, and which one I should get. The G3 is a daily...

Anyone have any info about Sanyo Dirthunter bagless machines? I ran across one in a thrift shop the other day and it looked like an interesting machine. Not sure of the model number, but I think it might have been a B1230. Red and white, with a black hose and tools. The color's what attracted...

I just found a Hoover Concept Two Electronic in a local thrift shop. It came complete with the hand vac and hand vac tools, and seems to be in fairly decent shape. The hand vac runs, but doesn't sound too healthy, while the upright is OK. Given the electronic speed control (five on the floor!)...

I had two different vac shops tell me today that replacement parts for "old" (pre-Aerus) Electrolux machines are no longer avaiable to them wholesale. True, or do I just need to find a better shop?

OK, I'll confess I never understood all the fuss over the Electrolux Model G. Until I picked one up at a thrift shop today. Wow, what a great machine! I don't think I've ever heard a vacuum this quiet, and certainly not this quiet with so much suction. Unfortunately, it has that ozone-like...

Now that's what I call timing! I just picked up a 3101 Concept One last Saturday at a yard sale for $2. It's identical to the blue one pictured. And my grandmother had the matching 3103 for 25 years. The brown matched the shag carpet in our house. Great memories! Rick

OK, all you restoration gurus, what's your secret? I found a Kirby 511 at a flea market last year that looks like it came straight from the factory, polished so bright I can almost see my reflection in it. I have a couple of other Kirbys that I'd like to get looking the same way, but I don't...

Hi guys, greetings from the ancestral home of the mighty Bison! Longtime lurker from AW.org, and way before that on the original VacWeb forum, deciding to join the fun. I'm curious about an Electrolux upright I found recently. It's an old model, billed as a "heavy duty" automatic upright...