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    electrolux fyi thread

    http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1964&dat=19810821&id=gwcuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G8wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1676,386717 just thought this internet link would be interesting to the fans of the "real " electrolux years .....
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    will the r... charles , i disagree that electrolux went downhill after they "allowed" consolidated foods to buy them . and certainly not a loss of heart and soul by any means . i feel if anything it was quite the contrary . while maybe not making that "classic" design some us were used to...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    will the .... charles , i know him but your spelling of last name is slightly off . my brother the vp of sales had every lux news letter . i think his wife convinced him some time ago to chuck it all . i had a lot of that also . being in their repair service for a time , i had or had...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    will the ... charles [ that is a real nice name ] i went back and re read the link to history of modern electrolux . all i can say is i truly apologize as i misread/ interpreted some excerpts . i do not see those several errors now. again my sincerest apology ! very well written ! i...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    w. hi kevin , do not hold your breath too much longer or you may turn blue like those bojack rebuilt model 30's ! lol ! again , i think the person who posted the link to their electrolux history site did an incredible job ! i guess it shows there are some mighty proud followers of the...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    w... johnson , sheridan , dumas , dick brown ... etc etc and lots more of etc electrolux superstar vip's or hit the road salespersons and everyone in between ... they were the best of the best ! call 'em what you want : but if i had to collect a group of people to...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    wil........ i think the electrolux history website is fantastic ! minor errors aside : it is not impolite or in bad taste to ask if my father is "still" alive . that is assuming you did not know . my father passed on a several years ago and my mother a couple of years after and in the...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    will t..... first off , i did enjoy reading the article capsule of old lux . there are several errors in your writings . none of which i have any interest in discussing at the moment and none that take away from real stuff at hand : but there are some little areas that at some time we...
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    Now here's something I've never seen before...

    adding to that handle is not a genuine electrolux model 30 handle . no way no how ! some bojack stuff but not from the factory . forget the model g . the g was not the same color either. as for shocks , better off replacing your 57 chevy's first ! the model 30 had really no electrical...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    will the .... thanks for the nod . i seem to remember this plaque and then again maybe not . there was so much going on at so many different levels of the company . local sales branches , district , divisional , corporate . so many promotions and awards ... impossible to follow it all ...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    will the real e... oh yeh as for the cbw and cw wet vac ... that may very well be correct . i will make it a point to get hold of my brother who ran the lux service center in ga. i am pretty sure he will know a lot about that and will get back to you with whatever info he can share with me .
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    will the real elec... my canadian friend , i meant no malice towards the canadian lux. my dad was involved with them also . they were somewhat similar to some degree. and as i mentioned were well built too . they had no equal to the super j or silverado but made some mighty fine units over...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    drifting away if the model 30 had wheels and a port for the power nozzle it would still be king . going forth .. the "hospital" version of the model g is my fav but the tilt factor was an issue . lower the height and as moe howard said " spread out " the wheel base . pretty as could be ...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    will the real ... since i am on a roll with your terrific site i thought i should mention regarding an old thread here : electrolux in the 70's did make at least 3 [ i have 3 on dvd and on the original production studio vhs video slave ] tv commercials with my father pitching electrolux ...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    will the real electrolux please stand up part 2 or is it 3 thats the coolest thing ... i would love to read that article about the lux museum van . .... so when are you getting a week off to do nothing but look for that article ? lol ! kidding of course ... not ... i do not remember...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    will the real electrolux please stand up part2 hi kevin , i had/have a couple of pics of part of the outside of the van . sorry do not think i ever toke one within and certainly not when time i had my girlfriend of the time visiting me inside the van ........ i was traveling across country...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    will the real electrolux please stand up part 1 hi everybody , i remember that issue of the electrolux news . really cool to see the pic/article again ...thanks !! i have lots of stories but i do not want anyones ears to bleed so to speak ... electrolux unlike many companies, especially...
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    will the real electrolux please stand up !

    charlie mckee was/is my father. he was among other things over the years, president and ceo for electrolux . his heart , soul and most of his working life was electrolux . i cannot think of many who did not love their job or product more then he did . a member here mentioned he got...
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