Rivstg1
Kelton,
Your 886 was manufactured in June 1991.
No hubcaps (1-889712-000) were ever used on this model; they were reserved for those equivalent models sold by Royal dealers who did excellently; among them were models 6103, 9100 and 9700.
You are correct, also, that the deluxe attachment sets Royal once offered (kits 303 and 305G) are now tough finds, especially a complete set. For many years, these kits could be had in the color that matched up with the model (i.e. light blue for models 790, 870, 880, 886, 887, 888, 893, 895 and 990, and red for models 786, 787, 880EH, 890, 903 and 980, etc.), but by 1991 they were produced only in gray. The holy grail of all Royal tool kits today would be the 268 and 368 Extra Equipment Kits, which include a spray gun, a lifter grip, a small shake-out bag, a special cord and switch assembly for operation with the lifter grip, and a floor polishing brush!
~Ben[this post was last edited: 7/28/2018-22:19]
