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Found it in a thrift shop today for $4, looked to be in PERFECT shape so I snatched it up! It's green with red stripping, any ideas? I don't have an AirWay, so I guess it can double as a Christmas decoration 

It came in the box of attachments for a Model 561, only it's definitely not the 561 manual! It's entirely black and white, and does not mention what model it's for anywhere. Did they stamp the attachments with KIRBY back then? None of them are stamped either. Any insight is appreciated!

Inspired by Powerglide's thread!    Mine was a real score...a beat up old Hoover Convertible U4047 

Will be needing to ship in the future, is the handle removable and how? Thanks!

THANK YOU!!!! 

Hi! I'm clueless as to how to re-wire my Electrolux after refurbishing it (thread to come!), could anyone help me with a wiring diagram of what goes where in the motor compartment? I have 2 blue wires coming from where the handle plugs in,1 red wire and 1 neutral. Any help is appreciated!! 

Hey Parwaz, figured this belonged in "Vintage" Since just about every cleaner in the study fits under the category, and I'd better get out of that thread before OliveOilTinfoil gets in a fit about thread hijacking!    Continued from my scraped reply in "Dyson DC41MK2-I must be mad!".....  ...

I picked up an Amway ClearTrak, untested and cordless, from the Flea Market yesterday. Saw it in a pick-up loaded down with cordless vacuums, and asked! Figured it would be good for messy jobs, I know of a store with a ton of ClearTraks for in-home use! Anyhow, $7 went to $5 and we met in the...

Somebody posted a thread like this a while back, I couldn't find it!   I ran across some Eureka pictures I took, but I'm pretty sure I never uploaded them!   Here we go, I forget which model this is but I got it a set of attachments and a Sunbeam MixMaster handheld for $8.00 a while...

Doesn't this pack of "Hoover" bags ring a bell? It's a dead-on duplicate of the 1960s packaging, But since I couldn't find my 60s Hoover bags (If I even have any, I'm loosing track of my trade-mark bag-horde! )!   Oh, and that Attachment Set  came with some not-so-HOOVER goodies! I'll let...

          <span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;">-----Kenmore Southern-States Restoration Center-----</span> <span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;">-----September 13th 2014----------------------------</span> <span style="font-family: 'courier new'...

Good evening vacuum collectors, vacuum enthusiasts, and those who simply like to keep a clean house!    I've been going to the Flea-Market weekly now, one week i scored, the other week i went into heart-ache and also semi-scored!   Let's start with last week......   <span...

So, we all love these things:    No, not washers, but a GIF, a moving image! so i figured I'd make some of my own! feel free to chime in anytime with your own GIFs, We accept Diskette, Reel-To-Reel, or for our modern users, simply reply below! I hope this works!  

Your dream machine 1979 Tradition is on eBay with no bids...

I was chatting with another member here, and the topic of making a Kirby hose run on the 1st gear instead of 2nd came up. This got me thinking, what happens if you ran a Kirby on both speeds at once? A possible 3rd gear? or a giant mess of exploding electrical stuff? let's see what vacuumland...

SERVICE BULLETIN: JULY 20TH 2014:   Greetings, From the Kenmore Restoration Facility of the south-east to our sister-facility in the great north-west!   Today's Restoration job is a nice Kenmore 2.5 Canister, in cream! However, take special note of the unusual powered-hose set-up...

Rather than blowing-up Dys0nb0y's thread, I figured I'll create this in response!   I've always been true to Fantom. I have always found them to be the best choice in bagless, with Amway being the close second. The Thunder especially excels in cleaning and durability. Fantom is the standard...

Good Morning VacuumLanders! Does anyone here remember the video I planned to make about putting a Fantom Thunder up against a Dyson DC07? Well I did that today! And with some some-what nice editing later, I have a motion picture online! It even comes with vintage opening music! yay!   <span...

Can you believe I'm using a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Modern</span> HOOVER in my cleaning schedule? Hard to believe it, isn't it?    I'm talking hard floors, more specifically, tile! my mopping schedule has usually been whisking out the Penncrest (True-Blue Hoover in...

Hi there! I'm hoping the Fantom experts (I can tell you the history of Fantom forwards, backwards, and in 8mm format, but this is my first Fantom tear-down!) can clue me in on wiring!   If there's one (and only!) thing I dislike about rebuilds, it's having to tear something down again due to...