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it's been years since we've talked . do you have a number i can contact you at tomorrow? (friday). i think my old number for you isnt good anymore. i'm planning to stop by your shop on may 30th and wanted to get in touch. Will

I know many people particularly in the vintage world of collecting knew David well. He has been having heard issues the last few months including a few mild heart attacks in the last few weeks. I heard the info thru one of the collectors on a facebook group and wanted to inform those not on...

after john's collection, i headed back to alex's house to relax with him and stephen neal as the collectors went off and did theier own things for a while. alex has AMAZING taste in mid century decor.

i know several people have been waiting for this, so i'll go jump into it. this will be broken into TWO threads due to # of photos. (~125 images each) on Sean and i's trip to St. Louis, we stopped in many small cities along the way to pick hardware stores, antique malls and vacuum shops...

back last october Hans Craig (kenkart)posted finding this machine at a local thrift store for a stupid cheap price. i had gotten in contact with him about it about a few weeks after the initial post poising interest in the machine since he mentioned it being too new for what he collects...

i was at Sean Surry's the other day enjoying his company playing with vintage vacuums and looking at old penneys catalogs. towards the end of the day i saw something that screamed "this needs a black and white of it" because of the lighting it's titled " the surgical setting" as sort of an...

1981 monkey wards canned ham after cleanup and servicing. oiled the sticky cordwinder, lubed all the wheel axles (icluding on the powerhead). waxed and rubbing compounded all painted areas and used a vinyl protectant on the hose. i bought a very hard to find VG1 brushroll off ebay for $60 that...

i got a wards canned ham a few weeks ago and most vac sites have bags for eureka machines to fit either stlyes b & s, or s & m. depending on the vintage. i ordered eureka b&s style bags from ebay from envirocare technologies brand and the bag collar didnt seem to fit on my canned ham even in...

have a callout help. does anyone have a spare kenmore powermate motor or donor pn from 1975-1980? the motor and pn it came from are below. the cooling fan for the pn motor was damaged and in an effort to repair it, the fan was destroyed during a test. the motor still functions fine, but...

this one is from sean curry's collection. itll be up for grabs on ebay soon with a complete set of attachments and original paperwork. (im not listing , i just restored it) i just restored the cleaner, hence the attachments not pictured. the bag IS original and didnt touch it. i polished...

to show what i had promised i fred's post about his powermate , here's what i did to increase the filter ability of my 1979 sears best 2997. the first photo is the a/c filter in the primary pre filter. its honeywell merv 10 a/c filter from depot. i bought a 20 x 36 sheet. this can do many...

ALL FOR SALE!!! thread in the supermarket http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?25811_16

DO NOT contact me about the items in these photos. if you want anything from this locale, you MUST drive to Amarillo, TX to get it and pash IN CASH. Henry WILL NOT SHIP ANYTHING from this building. $25 per complete vacuum (includes attachments) parts are negotiable WITHIN REASON. if you want to...

Several months ago, a gentleman posted here about vintage vacuums for sale up in amarillo. originally for sale as one lot, i kept in contact with him to see if there was a chance his boss would permit invidiual sale of the machines. after the bidder dropped out, a few months went by and henry...

found this at a vintage vacuum emphemera haul (which will be posted about later) but knew u really wanted this. sorry some of the photos are a tad fuzzy on the ends. but this is the complete manual with what i THINK you were looking for. pub date is 1947.

how much should i send sean with to pay for it at the convention? Will

they made hard to find vacuum bags for many vintage machines. i heard they went out of business last year, but no clue as to why. anyone have more detailed information??? Will

i haven't been this excited about a vacuum in a long time. although i purchased one on ebay, just a week prior, it was missing the power nozzle, tool rack, had the incorrect length hose and the lid had yellowing on it. slighty dissapointed but willing to live with it, i made a callout for the...

hey all, within the next week thanks to chad cunningham and bill edstrom, im going to be getting a near complete sears best kenmore powermate model 2997 pictured below that bill sent me photos of. with these power nozzles (like in the photo below) obviously the belts and beater bar...

i just aquired this gem ive been wanting for about a year now. sears best kenmore powermate with magicord in 2 tone BLUE. the first photo is the ebay photo of the one im going to be getting. the 2nd is the photo from the 78 sears catalog of this model. my ebay purchase is missing the tool...