1960's Regina brooms

[electrikbroomgu]

Cool I love broom threads!

Some of my latest 2012 finds
From left to right-
Brown and orange 1971 one speed economy
Harvest gold Sears kwik Sweep from 1974
Blue One speed 1974 upgrade model
Green upgrade model 2 speed with black slider edge cleaning
Brick red 3 speed Heavy Duty from 1982 with air pulse nozzle
Avocado 1969 one speed economy
Light blue 1985 one speed

Some of these still need to be serviced but all are in good turn key working order!

 

[electrikbroomgu]

I have a few in the spare bedroom too!

Well a few hundred that is!!

 

[electrikbroomgu]

A few more...

On the right side of the bedroom

 

[electrikbroomgu]

And some more

Hanging out in the computer guest bedroom

 

[electrikbroomgu]

In the living room....

The amazing thing with these Regina brooms is they all turn on and work! Many were estate sale finds. Some came from the garbage and others from thrift stores or flea markets. Some were missing cords or the nozzles were worn to the point they fell off the vacuum. One blue two speed from the 80's found at a thrift store didn't power on but was in very good shape. Come to find out the carbons were worn down to nothing! A new set of carbons and it worked like new! That has to be a first, finding one of these with so many hours on the motor that the carbons were almost gone.

 

[kirbyvertibles]

Joel, I always love your pictures, I just drool. If you ever find any doubles think of me hint hint lol
Thanks so much for sharing your photos and your knowledge. I would LOVE to drive there some time for a mini meet. It's only 20 some odd hours away

 

[hoover28]

phillip

If you do come down. you must come see my vac shop and all of meany vacuums///////////LOL

me and Joel are very good friends.


Chris

 

[sunbeamfan65]

electrikbroomgu

Amazing Electrikbroom collection you have I was wondering if you had any spare parts that you would be willing to sell for the Blue 3 speed early 1990's models?The model no. I have is KBO2301 AA. I need a Floor Glide Nozzle and the back of the lower motor housing ( see pics ).I owned this one since new and was purchased in the US in the early 1990's and my other half broke it ( which I think was on purpose lol he never seemed to like that machine ) Wow that was favorite vacuum ever it is too bad that Regina went out of business They had the best quick up vacs ever and were the best on stair cleaning also going under beds If you do have these parts that would be Awesome and I am willing to pay you what ever you want for these parts I can send you payment via PayPal.Thank you so much for sharing your collection with us and I hope you can help me out?

 

[dsmith5195]

Wow that rings an old bell. Does anyone have the older model for sale? EBay's are way too modern. Mom's was tan w/ a pleated bag, anyone know the model number? It had the dial i think on the nozzle.

 

[electrikbroomgu]

Broom parts

Hey Dave,

I have about 6 boxes of broom parts available. I'll look and see if I have that piece and I should have a floor glide nozzle kicking around too. I'll email you sometime this week.

Phil, You are welcome any time for a mini vacuum meet in big Rome/Oneida, NY! There are a few other collectors not too far away that may also be able to attend and we could keep you busy for days between our collections. Also if you need any broom parts I'm sure I could fix you up and yes I do have numerous doubles and triples on the brooms themselves.
Take care,

Joel

 

[kirbyvertibles]

Chris, that would be aaesome, would love to meet with all of you sometime.

 

[vacman1961]

OMG , that is some collection, I have been looking for a certain era Electrikbroom for the longest time, ironically , I just purchased it a few weeks ago on eBay. I'm sure you would have the exact model I was looking for, I had a few certain demands, one of the biggest things it had to have the pleated bag, not the newer style straight bag, the rug pile dial had to be metal, not the plastic design, I preffered a 2 or 3 speed model and it had to have the plastic trim in the front covering the air duct going from the fan to the bag, oh one more thing I needed it to have screw on carbon brush caps, LOL quite a high order to fill, I'm sure you had many. Well, sorry for going off on a tangent, I would be very interested in attending a mini meet up there if your having one, it would be worth the 5 hour drive. I have been in the vacuum business since I was 16, that was way back in 1977, I recently closed my store in 2010 due to a business partner going through a bad mid life crisis and also tough economic times , I was fortunate enough to get a job with Whirlpool home appliances doing service, another one of my life passions. Well, please keep me in mind if your having a mini meet or get together, you can contact me at [email protected]. Thank you.

Charlie