Alex Braun's visit to the Vacuum Museum

[Gr8DaneDad]

That Sear's Best Powermate is the vacuum I grew up with. Nice machine except for the power switch, my mom was always catching it on something and broke it off several times. That was the first vacuum I ever worked on.

 

[DesertTortoise]

Oh man, seeing that minty green Sear Best 2.7 with Powermate in pristine condition makes me misty eyed. The Avocado Bomber will never, ever, look that good. Man, is that a sight to see. Ditto the blue one below it. And it confirms what Powermate belongs with that vac (my folks tossed the original when it broke and condemned the A-B to garage duty).

I remember old Plymouths and Chevys painted that same turquoise as the Air-Way Priscilla. It very much is a period color.

I am not a fan of Texas but I have to visit this museum.

 

[poconovacman]

The museum is in Missouri, not Texas.

 

[DesertTortoise]

Ok, why did I think it was Texas? Whew! Missouri has some very good motorcycle riding. It's actually kind of a motorcycle destination, and it isn't Texas.

 

[hydralique]

Compact and Electra . . .

The “Electra” name was added to the Compact logo sometime in the early ‘60s shortly after the introduction of the C-6. I am not an authority on this but to my knowledge Compacts weren’t sold in stores under the Compact name until the early ‘80s right before the name change to Tri-Star, in the ‘50s and ‘60s they used the Revelation name for store sales.