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Hi guys This is my first post in a long time, I took a bit of a step back from vacuums because I was sidetracked with work/cars/moving house etc Is anyone able to tell me about this strange little beast? I picked it up brand new on ebay for just £45. The seller stated that it was one of three...

Well I thought i'd share this one with you guys since it's such an odd little vac. Firstly, it may look familiar to some of you because the basic design has been been sold as a commercial spray extraction machine under various names including Hoover, Taski, Truvox etc etc. What makes this one...

Hi guys I've had my Filter Queen 70th anniversary for some time now, it is my main vacuum and I love it to bits. Unfortunately, I think the motors dying on me, it's started producing a burning smell. It recently had some new carbons and the armature was cleaned up because I found the armature...

Well, I wrote to BVC to see if they could identify my BVC commercial for me because it was missing its ratings plate and this is what they sent me back :)

Hi guys, just picked up this unusual BVC, never seen another like it before. It's had a hard life and is a bit tatty, the motor was seized and the switch knackered, however i've rectified this and it runs quite well now. Does anyone remember seeing any of these back in the day? Unusually, it...

So i've finally finished my Electrolux C2116 project, heres some before and after pics. I know these are quite common over the other side of the pond but in the UK they are very few and far between. They were sold as a commercial only model from 1979 to about 1985. My one is the rarer Widetrack...

Hi people, haven't posted in a while because I got fed up of the arguing and bickering but hey, i'll give it another go! recently acquired this incredibly rare Jeyes Hygiene Ensign SDV. I believe in its day, it was quite a popular little commercial vac but they seem non-existent now. This is...

I went and saw Seamus the there day and came back with a car full of interesting vacs as usual :) 1982 Hoover Junior Compact U2210 1974 Hoover Convertible U4003 1983 Hoover Ranger Exclusive U4274 1979 Hoover Ranger U4014 1964? Hoover Constellation 867 Some of these are a first for me, i've...

well, I'm quite chuffed with myself at moment after winning this little guy on ebay. It was on a few weeks back but I missed out because it went for a silly amount, think it was in the region of £112. Luckily for me it ended up getting relisted due to a non paying bidder. I won it today for £31...

Well guys, it hurts me to have to do this but some of my Sebo collection is up for grabs. Basically the bills for restoring my Audi Quattro are starting to roll in and I need the money. And to be quite honest I need the space back too, i've got far too many vacs. Really want them to go to good...

Well, it started with the Constellation. Then my partner decided it would be nice to have a matching Dustette and so on and so forth and in the space of a few months, we've ended up with a gorgeous set of swedish green and smoked pine Hoovers :) the only ones we've still not got are the shampoo...

Well, i've wanted one of these for a while and finally the hoover fairy came up with the goods. Now to our american friends this is a bog standard Eureka/Sanitaire. In England they seem to be much rarer and harder to find now. This is my first Sanitaire and I don't know much about them to be...

Probably one of the dirtiest vacuums i've had to clean so far. After about 3 and a half hours work, I got it looking decent and it runs lovely too! Ryan

I was working on one of Rics Goblin Solo's today and after finding that it was dead, I took it apart and discovered this… The commutator was completely annihilated! It was in pieces and scatted around the motor compartment. It come off with such force that it had cracked the outer plastic motor...

Visited Seamus today (seamusuk) and as always didn't come back emptied handed. First up is a very nice swedish green Senior which will go into my partners swedish green hoover collection, next up my first ever filter queen, absolutely love this one. And third, a rather poorly Moulinex with a...

Thought i'd show you this little rarity, again from the depths of rics garage. How many of these do you see these days! This was Electrolux's take on the Aquavacs/Aquaplus that was popular at the time. It reminds me of a tortoise or a military vehicle of some sort. It's huge! It had been been...

Dug this little rarity out of the garage today after Benny had mentioned them the other day. It's a Circa 1980 Goblin Omni 1000. To be quite honest, I don't know much about this odd looking cylinder. It's quite a big old beast though. but they seem to be non existent these days.

My partner was recently given a lovely little swedish green and smoked pine Constellation thats in need of restoration. My question is, has anyone been able to successfully match up the paint colour and if so how? does anyone know what the codes are?

Right, i'm going to give you guys a little sneak peak of what my next set of youtube vids will be based on. Here is a very nice but slightly discoloured c1984 Goblin Solo Deluxe that i've just finished cleaning up for Ric. Now, while I was working on this one, I had a flashback. When I was...

Been working on this one today. I first owned it in about 2004 but quickly sold it on after discovering it sounded horrific when I powered it up. Sold it to ric and it remained unopened in the same box I sold it in until about 3 months ago when I got it back from him. Took it apart today and not...