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I did something Saturday that I haven't done in a long time -- came home with a shipload of vacuum cleaners!
I went back to the vac shop to hunt around for a brush roller for the "Super Janitronic 560." The guy I got the machine from said they had some various sizes of Kirby brush rolls. Dared I hope to find a Super-Sweep size?!
Well, that turned out to be a bum-steer, which was a disappointment especially after a heart-pounding moment when I saw what appeared to be a very long brush roll in a box of other brush rolls. It was sticking up much higher than the other ones. I rushed over to the box and pulled the brush roll out. It was a standard later-500-series version, only sticking out so high because it was kinda wedged into the box and not touching the bottom of it. Darn.
But I did come home with a nice assortment of "consolation prices" -- everything you see in the photos cost me exactly nothing!
HOOVER MODEL 28. Cleaner than it looks -- see bottom of machine. Has original cord, needs a brush roll & bag.
There was another Model 28 way back in a corner under a deep, low shelf. I tried and tried and TRIED to grasp it but it was just an inch out of reach. The guy said he thinks he has the original bag for it around there somewhere; if he finds it he'll let me know.
KIRBY D50. Negligible condition, rescued to use as a parts donor. Lightbulb housing broken.
ROYAL DELUXE POWER TEAM. Good condition, needs clean-up. Need attachments & wands. I have a retracting cord winder for it.
VITA-VAC. Good condition. Motor unit, need hose & attachments.
EUREKA older chrome motor hood. Excellent condition.
EUREKA complete Cordaway set, including the original cord, that works great. I'm going to put it on the Eureka Vibra Groom (see below).
EUREKA & HOOVER Convertible bags -- both in nice shape with good zippers.
Not depicted are a couple of machines I got from there last week -- a beautiful Eureka Vibra-Groom upright loaded with chrome, and two turquoise Hoover convertibles that will come together into one good machine.
Now all of a sudden I have a bunch of vacuum cleaner projects -- these machines here as well as some other pending things including the "Super Janitronic 560," a Kenmore "Bugeye" Imperial, a Eureka Challenger, a Eureka Model 9, and Lord-Only-Knows what else!
I will say, though, if I find a brush roll for the "Super Janitronic 560," that's going to the top of the Spa Treatment list!
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I did something Saturday that I haven't done in a long time -- came home with a shipload of vacuum cleaners!
I went back to the vac shop to hunt around for a brush roller for the "Super Janitronic 560." The guy I got the machine from said they had some various sizes of Kirby brush rolls. Dared I hope to find a Super-Sweep size?!
Well, that turned out to be a bum-steer, which was a disappointment especially after a heart-pounding moment when I saw what appeared to be a very long brush roll in a box of other brush rolls. It was sticking up much higher than the other ones. I rushed over to the box and pulled the brush roll out. It was a standard later-500-series version, only sticking out so high because it was kinda wedged into the box and not touching the bottom of it. Darn.
But I did come home with a nice assortment of "consolation prices" -- everything you see in the photos cost me exactly nothing!
HOOVER MODEL 28. Cleaner than it looks -- see bottom of machine. Has original cord, needs a brush roll & bag.
There was another Model 28 way back in a corner under a deep, low shelf. I tried and tried and TRIED to grasp it but it was just an inch out of reach. The guy said he thinks he has the original bag for it around there somewhere; if he finds it he'll let me know.
KIRBY D50. Negligible condition, rescued to use as a parts donor. Lightbulb housing broken.
ROYAL DELUXE POWER TEAM. Good condition, needs clean-up. Need attachments & wands. I have a retracting cord winder for it.
VITA-VAC. Good condition. Motor unit, need hose & attachments.
EUREKA older chrome motor hood. Excellent condition.
EUREKA complete Cordaway set, including the original cord, that works great. I'm going to put it on the Eureka Vibra Groom (see below).
EUREKA & HOOVER Convertible bags -- both in nice shape with good zippers.
Not depicted are a couple of machines I got from there last week -- a beautiful Eureka Vibra-Groom upright loaded with chrome, and two turquoise Hoover convertibles that will come together into one good machine.
Now all of a sudden I have a bunch of vacuum cleaner projects -- these machines here as well as some other pending things including the "Super Janitronic 560," a Kenmore "Bugeye" Imperial, a Eureka Challenger, a Eureka Model 9, and Lord-Only-Knows what else!
I will say, though, if I find a brush roll for the "Super Janitronic 560," that's going to the top of the Spa Treatment list!
