2013 VCCC Convention and vacation COMPLETE COVERAGE!!

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john shows the ultraflex hose off, mentioning to scott this is why the connie didnt need wheels, even when they did float..

 

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sean john and greg get goofy

 

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scott tried the connie

 

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vacuum huddle showing genuine antique airway attachments...

 

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my kirby tradition with all attachments you could get with it. i entered it in the best restored category. one of two kirby's i have with the manual serial # matching the machine...

 

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fred had never gotten to play with a penncrest connie before, he enjoyed it the most out of anyone

 

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taking the connie thru its paces

 

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john, sean, phillp and greg have a lively conversation

 

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michael snuck the vacuette off the table and played with it

 

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rob and fred suprise charlie with a gift

 

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charlie's gift

 

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duane shows a fellow collector a vintage royal powertank

 

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bill kirby shows a kirby 2 or 3c

 

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fred and chad discuss the rare abc power nozzle on chad's compact.

 

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off to tania's amazing collection. fairfax, ge rolleasys and a roll around.

 

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old kenmore cannister, GE portable, and ajax cannister. that ajax almost sucked my fingers off!

 

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two itterations of the roll easy and an airway

 

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tania's workbench. lots of model g luxes...

 

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singer cannisters and a lux diamond jubilee...

 

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compacts and airways complete with vintage ads...

 

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this little regina tried to sneak away,, rare little thing too!

 

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old machines... bee vacs i think...

 

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tania's tan model g. i got to play with it. never used a pn1 before. was alot better than vac collectors discenering reviews give it credit for...

 

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sean, john and mark talk about the GE mv1 if i recall

 

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andy tried the leywt cannister.

 

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billy looks at an original airway hose..

 

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this photo is just begging a quote. almost like a "ill use this, dont make me use it"

 

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fred and other collectors talk about the airway ... after this the filter queen was brought out and messager attachment played with.. some of those moments were PG, so i didnt photo them, funny as they were. EVERYONE in tania's house wondered what was going on in that room. you could hear the messager thruout the entire house..

 

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andy tried the singer cannister out for a test drive

 

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tania's lovely tonkinese cat, buddy