700 and an old GE upright.

[brando_husky]

In my buddies storage room two machines im picking up. The 700 is in very good shape just very dirty. The GE is quite nice. Two speed model. Excited to clean them up and use them. Smooth and quiet running units.

 

[brando_husky]

Does anyone know the approximate era of this replacement bag on the 700?

 

[vintagefox]

This is just a guesstimate but I would assume it to be a mid 30s, early 40s replacement.
The early 30's replacements just look somewhat similar to original bag.

(Unrelated, It's good to meet another Fur in the vacuum hobby)

 

[brando_husky]

yes! That's awesome. I wondered if there were other furs on here

 

[vintagefox]

I was wondering that myself. Glad to meet ya.
Oh, I should mention, the bag on your 700 is on backwards.

 

[brando_husky]

Mmhm here is my old 700 I restored a few years ago when I was in full swing of collecting. Along with my first coffee can Hoover, model 800 and a 425 (I think?)

 

[brando_husky]

Not sure why these old pictures come up so small sometimes

 

[vintagefox]

I was wondering about that but its alright.

That 700 looks pretty amazing, even more so with its original bumper. A model 800 is on my wanted list lol, they're great vacuums with art deco styling.

My collection is rather small. (mostly due to space) I have my Model 700, My Hoover Dustette model 1015, Hoover Portable, and Kirby G4 Diamond edition.
The only machines that were restored were my 700 and my Portable.

(Sorry for the somewhat old dark photos)

 

[brando_husky]

Also here the 1919 102 I used to have, and my all original 575 (albeit very poor cosmetic condition)

 

[brando_husky]

Awesome! Never seen a portable in person. Kind of elusive.

When I lived at my parents I hid vacuums from my father. I at one time had 40 vacuums hidden in two double door closets in my bedroom and my brothers bathroom. So yea.... That along with finding out I was a furry was pretty... Crazy. Sold the collection and moved out. After two and a half years I've decided to get back into it! Living with non judgmental crazy furries is awesome.

 

[vintagefox]

All nice machines, though its a shame you don't have them anymore. I think I would refer to that as "Character" Doesn't appear to be that bad.

This is what my 700 looked like before I got through it.

 

[brando_husky]

Awesome! My 575 spent about 50 years under a crawl space below a house where hot wet environments ate away the finish, bag box and cord. But it ran incredibly smooth and silent.

 

[brando_husky]

Hey fox you should drop me an email sometime! Email in my profile

 

[vintagefox]

They come up every now and then on eBay, I got mine off eBay about 2 years ago all for $35 it was REALLY beat to hell and back. One thing that killed off these Portables were failing motors. I regularly lubricate mine and haven't had any problems since then.

Hot dang, you managed to hide 40 vacuums? I can barely fit 4 in my own bedroom. (Along with my other vintage appliances) I've been collecting since 2014. More than just vacs, fans, tube radios, computers, and old video game systems.
As long as my stuff works and helps around the house my parents are alright with my collection. They also don't know I'm a fur. Even though I have portraits and badges of my fursona on my walls lol.

Yeeeeesh that's quite heavily damaged.... It looked quite intact too! The tools with the cardboard box are hard to come by.


Oh sure thing! Though I might respond tomorrow, since I'm pretty darn exhausted today.

 

[brando_husky]

Bags emptied and in the car. Ready for restoration.

 

[brando_husky]

Pleasant surprise to open up the General Electric bag and find it completely dust free.

 

[brando_husky]

Such a pretty machine. Can't wait to buff it

 

[vintagefox]

The GE it gonna come out quite nicely with a polish! And its pretty sweet that you don't have to wash out the bag on it as well.

 

[brando_husky]

The Hoover bag was disturbingly dirty. 7 rinse throughs in the tub with mild detergent before it came anywhere close to clear. Eww.