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So richtig gründlich Love the branding & typography from the manuals, very mod   To your comment about it being made in Germany, I found this German Progress ad that looks like it may feature the same or a similar model. Source dates the ad in 1939   A Google Translation of the ad copy...

Apple & Celery Green Texaskirbyguy- I came across your post when I was initially searching for more info on mine, actually! Yours really IS a gem from the 60's right? I like the funky color combo too, going with "apple and celery green" based on the catalog lol Will definitely post progress...

Filter & Logo Laments Kirbyklekter - great tip about the filter, thank you! It looks like the foam filter is definitely gone, is there a modern equivalent that you use? Or a preferred material that I could use to make my own? Superocd - totally agree, its funny how things come back around and...

Found it! You were right on the money dysonman1, looks like it was made around October 1975! So cool that you remember seeing this setup displayed in the store. I found some diagrams for this canister and attachments (with reference to the correct powermate) that have the October date on them...

Saved this super cool canister vacuum from the dumpster yesterday and am about to begin cleaning it up! All attached pictures are before its been given a basic wipedown, happy to post progress pictures of the clean up and (fingers crossed) tests of its functionality if anyone is interested I've...