A Perfect Example

[electroluxtank]

skate bearing

The fan bearing on a model G here is just a regular 8/22/8 roller skate bearing.

If you want to go nuts you can use a ceramic bearing too

 

[mercuryman]

True...

But if you're going to try to sell a vacuum for $275...don't you think you should address those issues before selling it?

Vacuum shops sell refurbished models of that vintage for far less money, and offer a guarantee to boot!

 

[electroluxtank]

Ebay sellers

Here I have bought and sold on Ebay
for about 13 to 14 years with about 6000 + item sold, and hundreds of crap items to good stuff bought too.

When I am an expert on wad #56's stuff I know better how to price it.

In "stuff: that I am not an expert and there is little past history; I will PURPOSELY price the first widget types HIGH to "test the waters"; then drop the pricing when re-listing if it is too high.

There are times were too one will sell an item for ones friend or employees,and the seller (me) thus knows the price is too high and lets the market teach the real owner ( friend or employee) that it is too high. That 275 buckj vac might be the sellers friend, and they think the price should be that way.

In some dead stock items I listed , I have too gotten folks emails explaining in great detail why my items are overpriced, and they have sold before I even could respond.

I wager that most folks who are not collectors have no clues as to a vac's hoses looks, thread patterns and many minors details.

The 275 buck seller of that vac can just relist and drop the price somewhat and go fishing. Who know maybe it would sell for just 60 or 180 too.

If I take the 13 years worth of "emails saying an auction item is priced too high" , my own experience is the majority are incorrect thus here I often never respond anymore.

Here I sure would not pay 275 for a Model G since I am not a collector. I would rather buy one for 20 at the thrift store, or 60 bucks total with freight like tan one I got with working PN-1 and good house, plus poor boxing thus I have two wheels to replace.


In on brass piece here that was in a junk box since 1970, my dad had it as a counter weight on a device, then it was back in the scrap metal box. I placed it on Ebay and got 2 different emails from experts who gave in great detail that that brass piece was only worth its weight in brass, and that I was totally stupid to attempt selling it. The 10 day auction ended with the bidding at 72 bucks, for a piece of brass with an old companys name on it, that all here wanted to just throw away.



One item I use to sell at 95 bucks as new old stock often gets emails saying the price is too high. I ran out of the 3 years ago and re found some and listed them at 116 bucks and have sold 3 since Thanksgiving. Thus the "they will not sell at that price" emails have restarted for this item again!

 

[electroluxtank]

This Model G auction includes a matching bikini?

She looks cute too

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-ELECTRO...330516790518?pt=US_Vacuum&hash=item4cf455fcf6

 

[electrolux~137]

That's a really nice Model F hose. Looks nearly perfect except that the suction relief cover is chipped. If someone had a light-gray replacement for it, it would be gorgeous.

This is the early version of the G with the PN port in the front. The cord has been replaced; the original cord on this version of the G had a Belden plug with a pear-shaped oval "bumper guard" that kept the plug from slamming against the cord winder. You can see one of those here, on the late Model F cord winder:

 

[electroluxtank]

Here is F58835X with its tired cord! old or new F ? or No

This user Model F is by my shops back door and a decent workhorse. I paid about 25 with shipping via ebay a few years back, the non stock hose is some weird plastic thing about 8 feet long that too has a relief ring; the hole is round that it exposes. The hose has no bayonet, you just push it in and it holds. The super long hose is nice for odd jobs.

QUESTION: This worker Model F has the front doors added rubber strips like the new F, but the old type cord winder. Re the links "Later AF has rubber bumper strips on front-end;"


Its serial F58835X I wonder if the 58 is for 1958? Maybe it is not the date since my recent tan Model G is U59484H and thus not a 1959.



Maybe the worker F is a combo like Nomad on Star Trek in the Changeling
Probably your site here in the link.



http://www.1377731.com/lux/luxfg.html

 

[akabent]

E-tank

Thanks for posting some variations of the plugs (Charles, too.)
The 'middle' example/plug is an aftermarket plug by Electrolux; it actually comes apart for installation and was often installed by your friendly salesman though he probably tried to convince you to upgrade to a new machine first! The bottom one is perhaps the most common on the G's, both mid-run and tan G's. The one Charles referenced on the 'F' was eariest on the G's (traditional Belden) and there was one more, also early in their run that was larger than your (last) example. These seem to be the most rare. Again, thanks for posting!
RB

 

[electroluxtank]

So your saying my F vac is an automatic E?

 

[electroluxtank]

"Worker vac"

Used this today to vacuum out the Furnace filter enclosures.

 

[akabent]

So your saying my F vac is an automatic E?

Hi again. No, actually I am LOL right now! 'E-tank' was my attempt to refer to you (ElectroluxTank) but apparently, it was not as funny in 'print' as in my head!! The (last) cleaners you posted surely are model F's (AF's) The 'E' on the handle also appeared on the handles of the E, AE, S, AF, and R but stood for Electrolux. (I am still laughing at my failed attempt of humor!) So, I'm guessing you must also be a big Electrolux fan as am I, though my other foot is firmly planted in Hoover territory.
What other Electrolux models do you have?
Rick B

 

[electrolux~137]

The "E" on the handle stands for "Electrolux," not Model E. The "E" appeared on every handle from the Model E through the Model L except for the Models T and G -- in other words, the E, S, AE, R, F and L.

Yours is a Model F. The front-cover bumper is one of those features that apparently got changed in-between model versions, e.g., all the changes attendant to the early and late F may not have occurred at the same time and indeed most likely did not. However, this is the first F that I've seen with the early cord winder but the front-cover bumper strips.

The F is a beautiful and elegant-looking machine, although I have always preferred the earlier version with the smaller and narrower flip-open cord winder. The later donut-style cord winder is so large that, to me, it ruins the sleek appearance of the machine.

P.S.: While the F and G were automatic machines, they were only identified as Models F and G and not Automatic F and Automatic G. The only machine of that series that was so-designated was the Automatic-E, and I assume that was to differentiate it from the earlier non-automatic Model E.

On the machine itself, it is designated as "Automatic E," but in the instruction manual it is referred to as Model E-Automatic. They basically reprinted the same instruction as the Model E but added a couple of pages to cover the new automatic features, and on those added pages it's referred to as the "E-Automatic." I've always kinda liked E-Automatic more than Automatic-E. It seems to roll off the tongue more elegantly and somehow seems more "quaint."