A Very Rare Find I Believe....

[vacman117]

Well, as I said in the last thread, me and Davis went to his work today. This one is very rare I think. It is called the Anser. No "W" in it either. It is all original, just needs a new Brushroll and headlight lens. It runs very nicely though. This must be very hard to find, a few other collectors nor I have seen one before. One of the guys there said it was made to compete with the Hoover 28, and it is very similar to it in many ways.

 

[bagintheback]

Cool! I don't know anything about it though.

 

[kirbfan94]

mmm, I almost brought that home.

 

[luxlife]

A very long time ago (1985), I worked for a large vacuum shop in Raleigh NC. They had one of these in the basement. It was identified with the Silver King name/logo. I don't know if S.K. actually made it themselves or of this could have been re-branded, but I do remember the look of it. Very distinctive.

 

[normvac]

Universal ?

It's motor and chrome houseing looks like a mold of the 1950's
Universal upright vacuums. Like the one on the back of the current news letter ?
Norm

 

[hygiene903]

I Was Thinking The Same Thing, Norm!

Maybe Universal, or possibly something Birtman (BeeVac or Kenmore) might have produced during that time period.
Jeff

 

[kirbyvertibles]

could we see more pictures of it, like the brushroll?

 

[kenkart]

Anser

The anser is indeed nothing more than the old Universal upright with a Hoover brushroll...

 

[ohio_tuec]

But aren't Universal uprights difficult to find? I'd love to have the Kenmore version. I would think finding a lens for this model will be rarer than hen's teeth.