A Strange Kirby Classic Omega...

[kirbysthebest]

Belt and brushrool original

on a 40 year old machine?   Appearance is that it is not a NIB.  Appears to have been used.  My Omega is notorious for eating belts, especially the older style that was original to this model.  Don't care if I'm right or not, but not buying that these are original.


 


They can be OEM replacements and still bear the correct logos.

 

[jfalberti]

If memory serves,

Wasn't the Tradition the first Kirby with a 240v motor made for over there?  If so, then the motor in the Omega would have been replaced with a Tradition motor, since over here, those models share the same motor.

 

[hooverjedilord]

The Brushroll is original, the end caps are different on later models and on genuine replacements, and the belts look old enough, and brittle enough, to be original- I could certainly be wrong about that though. But jfalberti guessed correctly about the major abnormality of this Kirby; it has a Tradition Motor, although he's wrong about the Tradition being the first 240 volt kirby sold in the UK. The Classic Omega was the first, James Sandilands has an original 240 volt Omega, but they're one of the rarest vacuums in Britain, the Classic III is also reasonably difficult to find, although I do have an original UK Classic III, but due to the major rarity of a genuine 240 volt Classic Omega it's a heck of a lot easier to import one from America and switch the motor from a Tradition.

 

[hooverjedilord]

Here's a comparison between my converted Omega and James' genuine 240 volt Omega. Mines the one on the left.

 

[universaldave1]

Here is my Classic Omega that I restored almost 3 years ago. I took it to the 2014 VCCC Convention.

 

[KirbyCollector01]

Universal Dave 1 I remember watching your video of that omega

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

My 1974 Kirby Classic Omega/Pinstripe Bag

Thomas,

Here's my 1974 Kirby Classic Omega with its factory pinstripe bag back on!

~Ben