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Wednesday I was down at my church in Inglewood for a mid-week Lenten service, then I went to visit a friend in Centinela Hospital down there. Not too far from the hospital is a thrift shop run by the Lutheran Women's Missionary League.*


I stop by there whenever I can, because I've made a couple of nice discoveries there, most notably this past winter when I found that gorgeous Model XXX down there (see link).


So anyway, I went by there Wednesday. No XXXs, but there was a fairly nice 1205, the later version with direct-connect hose.


It has some "issues," mostly with the tacky replacement hose that appears to be a home-cobbled job. No power nozzle, just the aluminum wands and two combo-tools. There also was a set of wands and rug nozzle from some other make; not sure what it is but I think it might be Eureka.


Note the price marked on the mismatched rug nozzle... Yep, that's what I paid for the lot! The lady said it was so low because "the machine will not turn on."


Guess why...


Yep, installing a bag in the previously empty baq chamber was all it needed! The motor sounds very sweet and smooth, "runs like a top."


A bit of TLC and it'll clean up just fine!



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*No, that's not some made-up name from a TV sit-com or a relic from the 1950s... it's really still the name of a Lutheran women's organization!







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