A Sunbeam Hits The Beach.............

[vibrabeat]

A Hamilton Beach that is! I picked these up over the weekend. Went on a classic appliance pick up........the owner had these two vacs in his garage and to my surprise offered them to me with out me even having to ask!.

 

[vibrabeat]

The Hamilton Beach is such a neat design! Its a little rough, but works.......!!!!

 

[vibrabeat]

Bag arrangement is very similar to GE Premiere vacs.....

 

[vibrabeat]

Hamilton Beach foot switch.......

 

[vibrabeat]

The Sunbeam is a working vac also and is in much better shape. This must be a more deluxe version with the "chrome" accents.......

 

[vibrabeat]

Sunbeam logo.........

 

[vibrabeat]

Inside........the inner workings seem to be very "Eureka like".... Was this a Eureka copy or made for Sunbeam by Eureka?

 

[vibrabeat]

Tool storage.........

 

[arh1953]

Those are two really nice vacuums, especially the Sunbeam, it's kind of a Celebrity clone. The chrome is especially appealing.

 

[hoover28]

wow

the hamiltom beach is a odd ball indeed. never seen one like that befor.


Chris

 

[hygiene903]

Nice Finds, Jimmy!!

You don't see too many of the Hamilton Beach, and i agree, the Sunbeam appears to be a more deluxe model. I've seen similar Sunbeams in tan 7 brown, Blue, and green, the tan ones being the oldest if I'm not mistaken.
And Alan, it was actually the other way around--they had been making the Sunbeams for quite a few years before production began on the Celebrity.
Jeff

 

[arh1953]

Ooops!

Maybe Sunbeam's success prompted Hoover to create the Celebrity then. Either way, it's a great design. I'm partial to the Celebrity.

 

[ge1969]

Hey Jimmy! I love the Hamilton Beech! Did you get any of the hose and tools with it? I also have a similar Sunbeam, but in blue and chrome. Later, Trg

 

[vibrabeat]

Unfortunately I only got the braided hose with the Hamilton Beach.....