Another Dream machine Found !!!! Thanks Aeoliandave!!!!!

[electroluxxxx]

when I had the micromeet with dave I asked him if he had any Dirt Devil vacs from the 90's and he told me that he had a canister. well last night at about 8:30 pm I decided that I was bored and wanted to rebuild this little machine, upon taking it apart I found that the motor was the same motor as A c bag Dirt Devil Deluxe upright, the motor in the Unit was blown due to a bad commutator and the Carbon brushed were no where in sight. so I decided to tear in to a eureka Maxima, one of the $40 ones at Kmart and retrieve the motor. Although the motor diamater was a little small I used both rubber seals and some cardboard to seal the motor airtight. I then cushioned it so that it was balanced with the machine so the motor is not throwing itself throughout the machine. with a little clean up and a new cord on both the powerhead and the main vacuum I have to say that this little machine has a lot of power, as a matter of fact the powerhead sticks to the floor. so I just wanted to say thank you Dave for making another Dream machine happen

 

[electroluxxxx]

here is the blown motor, it is not an Ametek motor I think if I can remember it is made by GS electric and dated for 2/22/98

 

[kirbyvertibles]

I have one of those too. I like it to play with from time to time. Mine is the burgandy one but I have the red power head with it ( thanks Andy Weder) I also have the electric hose with it.
It is a powerful little vac with 1400 watts of power but it's downfall is the bags are way to small and for some reason it will NOT stay on it's wheels. Every tile I vacuum with it the thing stays on it's side or upside down. I used to fight it but I gave up, so when I use it it's always being drug around upside down ( only on carpet) I would never let it get scratched.

 

[kirbyvertibles]

Sorry, I meant every TIME not every tile

 

[aeoliandave]

You could not be more Welcome, Mike.

You've done a super job getting that DD in running order and I am so pleased you found the way to have a Vacuum Room. It's a nice small sized PN, eh?

Dave

 

[electroluxxxx]

thanks Dave
that power head is great for its size and the best thing is that it really deep cleans my carpets.
and yes philip it feels great to have a vac room and I have your number so I think I will run you a call sometime

 

[lux1521]

Nice vacuum there. Seeing it next to that Lux model G really gives a good impression of its small size. I always figured they were a bit larger than that.

Phillip: I think your lucky to have found a burgandy version. I'm always looking for the Dirt Devil pro series cleaners and other interesting variants. If I had to guess, I'd say they made at least one pro series variant of every standard model line in the 90s. I know that as late as the 2000s there were a few different pro series can vacs, one was blue, and one was burgandy. There may have even been a green one.

 

[kenmore81]

Congratulations on getting one of your dream machines Mike!!!Dave is such a good guy =). Congrats on your vacroom also.Its nice to have a home for the little guys lol.

Erik, long time no talk, your right about the DD Can-vac pro series. they did have burgandy And and green,they also had a blue Royal version in the early to mid 90's.
Hope school is goin good for ya =)

 

[electroluxxxx]

I did not know that they had a green version... hmm something tells me that the green version must be rare. now that is something I got to look for

 

[eurekaprince]

Now why didn't DD add that nice little power nozzle to their stick vacs?

 

[aeoliandave]

Before any of these vacuums leave the staging room for the big room you must give all their rubber bumpers and bodies a going over with Magic Eraser.

I really like the idea of uprights two deep with the back ones on a raised platform. Or three rows if you can manage it.

I do understand how plans change as the dream takes hold and just about anything is possible.

Dave

 

[kenmore81]

IIRC the green was a pretty hunter green.
Prince-I agree they should have put that PN on some stick vacs. Simple operation tho

 

[rainbowkid107]

My grammie had one of the straight suction ones in her trailer! I got to use it every time I went to New Hampshire! AHHHHHHHHHHHH SWEET MEMORIES!!!

 

[lux1521]

Speaking of green Dirt Devils, I found this on craigslist in California. I didn't have the money, and they probably would not ship it anyway, so I didn't get it.

 

[kenmore81]

Thats it

Thats the nice shade of green I was talking about. That was't a bad vacuum either aside it being a screamer.

 

[electroluxxxx]

I really wish that they would bring back the old Soft bag machines and the Deluxe models as they were great cleaners, I use my Deluxe daily and love the way it grooms and cleans my carpets. as for my soft bag last I remembered it needed a new Brushroll

 

[kenmore81]

Yes...

They did groom nicely,I found one in the trash with nothing wrong but a full bag and dirty,hardly a scratch,it really groomed my carpets good for about a year b4 it found a quarter I dint see. I found a MVP in black in the trash the handle had a crack right at the base where it screwd into the main body. I glued and screwd the bast I could and gave it to my aunt and her plush carpets fluffed up nicely too.

 

[kirbyvertibles]

hey on the classic hard body upright was the red a Classic, the green an Extra, and the black a Deluxe??? I have the red and the matching soft body. The hard body is dated 1994.

 

[kirbyvertibles]

I have never herd of the pro series upright before. That is a nice shade of green. The one I remember was a brighter green but it wasn't a pro.