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The Henry Company Boy does that ring a bell! If it's the same Henry company I know of, it's located here in Northwest Indiana. Back in the late 1970's I bought my early electric vacuum cleaners from John Henry (the founders son) and it was John who suggested I see the Hoover Historical Center...

A tribute to Stacy Krammes at Hoover Charles Richard is right about how John and I met, however, we both need to say thank you to Stacy Krammes the former Director of the Hoover Historical Center, hereafter refered to as the "H.H.C". Without knowing it I got the ball rolling when I toured...

A warm hug to my co-founder Hi John, great to hear from you. Drop me an email when you can. With love, Bob/Alex Taber http://[email protected]

Kirby Rebuild As a Kirby trainer for several years I can tell you this, find a local dealer to rebuff your Kirby(s) because yes, it is for the original owner only. I can also tell you that the Kirby company does not have a stockpile of parts. They replace with the color that is being used now...

Info on Bee-Vac The Bee-Vac was indeed made by the Birtman Electric company, however, it's a lot older than the 1960's. There were both upright and tank styles made as early as the mid to late 1930's. The Bee-Vac looked a lot like the early Royal, Electro Hygien, Hotpoint and Health-Mor to name...

Can't go by me Age must be catching up with me. I remember quoting from the "Proof Book" of the Kirby Classic 3 that there was edge cleaning as part of the carpet nozzel, so I checked the owners manual and the underside of the carpet nozzle is NOT outfitted with edge cleaning air vents. This is...

Kirby nozzles I accept the correction of Charles Richard. He knows the physics of a Kirby far better than I do, I just sold em. His ideas make sense.

Large and small nozzles There is no differance in suction, just a wider path to cover. The classic style nozzle also featured 'edge cleaning'which was a strong selling point at the time. Alex.

Hoover Floor Washer I also have one of these and I use it often. And here's a bit of history on it. The Floor Washer was designed for Hoover by Don Krammes,husband of Stacy Krammes former director of the Hoover Historical Center, which itself was the original home of the Hoover family.

What a great way to start the day, looking at a vacuum cleaner that I have. Even the color is the same. Alex

Mothers mag and wheel cleaner That stuff is amazing! As you wipe it on you can see the dirt and oxidation melt away. It took me only a few minutes to bring a Kirby Vacuette to a like new finish. Now if somebody would find some way to restore color to the bags I'd be a very happy man. I must...

Polishing the polisher A quick wipe with the 'Mothers' metal cleaner would have saved a lot of time. Wipe it on, rub and watch years of dirt melt away! Try it, it works!

Kirby Rebuild The Kirby Company does a really great job of rebuilding but is I understand it they do not use the origial parts. Kirby does not have a stock of D-50 or D-80 bags. I'm not an expert in this area but strongly suggest that you look to the club for restoration. A number of us are...

Cords I must confess that I used to do that, then I learned from a guy who worked some 30 years for Belden wire and electrical cable that this is bad for cords. How sad that this guy had no interest in sharing the history of Belden. For those of you who don't know this, Belden made the cords...

I was reading my note on greasing the track of the ejector for the Electrolux model LX when an idea popped into my head. For those of you who have Electrolux's with a cordwinder dust the cord with talc from time to time. Pull out all the cord then dust your hands with the talc and retract the...