1975 Royal Pony 401 Tank -- Bypassed Motor Switch?

[kirbyclassiciii]

On eBay, there is a 1975 Stark (Royal) Pony 401 tank vacuum. The owner says that when Stark's refurbished it about 5 years ago, while installing the new power cord they somehow bypassed the main motor switch in a way that the motor turns on simply when you plug it in.

The serial # on the unit reads 57FC60318 which translates to a mfg. date of June 1975.

~Ben

http://cgi.ebay.com/VTG-ROYAL-Canis...cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_Vacuum&hash=item1c147b952f

 

[joe22]

confession

the switch is BROKEN, ;-)

 

[scvacuumguy]

Easy as h3ll to fix

 

[eurekastar]

Does it just use one of those common step on switches that are used on lots of other vacuum models?