hygiene903
Well-known member
Is still a Silver King! It's always great when you can cross a machine off of your want list, and my good friend Ken Wagman recently helped me to cross one off of mine! He gave me a Custom King model AE, which is essentially a Silver King with a slightly different name. It included all the standard cleaning attachments and 3 packs of filters, and I am amazed at how powerful it is, yet so light weight! He also gave me a hose for my Westinghouse SC-1 Canister that will match it a lot better than the white hose I have with it now. He sent it home from the convention with Luke Gebhart, and I picked it up at Luke's about 2 weeks ago.
Now here's a question which I hope we have a Silver King expert or two who can answer for me. Was it a similar situation to Compact and Revelation, where the Silver King would have been sold door to door and the Custom King sold in vac shops? Or was the Custom King private labeled for someone else? Or was one sold as a household machine and the other commercial? Hope someone will be able to answer these questions for me, and yes, I will post pictures as soon as I get some taken.
So thank you again Ken, for this wonderful addition to my collection, and thank you Luke, for bringing it with you and meeting up with me so I could pick it up. Was great visiting with you and Levi and seeing the goodies that you got at the convention and thank you also for the Convertible hose and Royal bags you gave me as well!
Jeff
Now here's a question which I hope we have a Silver King expert or two who can answer for me. Was it a similar situation to Compact and Revelation, where the Silver King would have been sold door to door and the Custom King sold in vac shops? Or was the Custom King private labeled for someone else? Or was one sold as a household machine and the other commercial? Hope someone will be able to answer these questions for me, and yes, I will post pictures as soon as I get some taken.
So thank you again Ken, for this wonderful addition to my collection, and thank you Luke, for bringing it with you and meeting up with me so I could pick it up. Was great visiting with you and Levi and seeing the goodies that you got at the convention and thank you also for the Convertible hose and Royal bags you gave me as well!
Jeff