2013 VCCC Convention and vacation COMPLETE COVERAGE!!

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micheal and tania have a conversation with ken wagman.

 

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mark and bill looking at duane's massive selection of original manuals.

 

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tyler looks at the vintage manuals. tyler is only 16, but loves vintage machines.

 

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lots of vac discussions going on....

 

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sam addison looks at two hoover citacions and parts them together to make 1 good one..

 

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jay, scott and another collector admire the NIB kirby's.

 

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sean talks to john about his new hoovers...

 

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collection and sale machines, ... sooo many ... cannisters!

 

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even more, compact, GE hoover, lux, royal

 

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my snag from the free pile, a long sought after machine, the rare hoover convertible 719. my first blue hoover!

 

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john long gets heckled as he poses for a photo

 

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a perfect model 70 displayed by the lovely long john, and now back to you bob.

 

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john and michael look at some hoover bags

 

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tyler and scott discess the bison. scott actually his this model bison in his collection

 

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duane and tania get started on working upgrading a motor in rick asquith's airway 88.

 

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getting ready to put the new motor in rick's airway

 

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tania helps duane line up the motor...

 

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all done with a happy collector pleased with the result!

 

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duane demos how to buff polished aluminum.. i know this messy process all too well..

 

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fred stachnik works on sean's convertovac brushroll to detemine why it wasnt spinning like it should at meqion vacuum's workbench

 

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closeup of the repairs in action. turns out it a problem with the brushroll motor and will need fixing after the meet. however, mark turbyfill fixed the commutator problem and the cannister motor runs like new...

 

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andy and billy play with a new filter queen in duane's front room of his vac shop

 

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a collector plays with sean's convertovac after the main motor was fixed.

 

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billy lipman says he's never played with one of these before.. he had a ball with it..

 

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charlie, sam, andy, phillip and rob all in a vacuum huddle

 

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chad cunningham's compact and insanely rare abc (always beauty clean) power head. he's on the outlook for the original powered hose.

 

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chad and his abc compact.

 

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john long gets some play with my penncrest connie. many people at the convention have never seen a penncrest connie in person.

 

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john tries to thwart scott's evil moden machine with an , ahhhh hoover...

 

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john vacuums the air recirc vent....