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I've got one just like the one he's working on except lucky me I have a headlight on mine. SC888. I was trying to read the serial no. on his but the camera guy wasn't cooperating. The first of the three I have is a real oldie, It has a red metal hood, no lite and a black base,plastic. I suspect that this was somebodies Sanenstein or Frankentaire or... The 2nd Sanitaire I have is the Blueline model,(for the home) which has chrome hood with lite and the paper F & G bag inside a blue zippered cloth bag. It's really the fancier of the three and performs just as well as the two red commercial duty vacs. It's like a 'souped up' Eureka ESP of the same time. The difference between the blue and red lines as I see is the reds have shake out cloth bags and 3-pin commercial cord and plug.I do like the wider rear wheels and easy access to the fan. I've been listening to the second video while typing this and something just happened while he had a cleaner running so I better go watch!
 
The serial number does NOT tell the build date on Sanitaires or sanitaire knockoffs. The year it was built is in a circled nipple in the removable fan chamber and the non quick kleen models it's on the base in the same area
 
My Sanitaire does not have the removable fan chamber cover but the numbers surrounding the nipple are 18 and 4. I assume that would translate to the 18th week (somewhere around mid-May) of 1984.
 
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