April Curb Finds

[jodan3399]

Sorry picture isn't the greatest, shot from the cellphone...since someone forgot to charge the batteries in the camera.

The Aptitude has been on my list of "wants" for awhile, I just love the look of them (I even have a pile of new bags and belts stashed away for this model I found at a tag sale), it's the second one I've found, the first one thought sadly looked like it was thrown down a flight of stairs and the motor was really loud. This one I almost passed up, just caught a glimpse of a handle poking out of a black trash bag, quickly threw it in back of the truck hoping it was what I though it was from the color of the handle. The motor is quiet and sounds like it has a lot of life in it, and it appears to be in pretty nice shape overall.

Dirt Devil sounds and looks pretty good too.

 

[dysondestijl]

Cool finds
We have the dirt devils in the UK as the vax swift, not one of my favourites by all means lol!!!
Still, hope you enjoy them!

 

[tazcatsdad]

Don't know if anyone knew this, but ...

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">... the Electrolux Aptitude was sold in the UK as the Electrolux PowerSystem Z1720.  The only differences were that the Aptitude had a headlight, manual carpet height adjustment, and no full bag indicator whereas the PowerSystem had automatic height adjustment (called a "flexihead" by Electrolux UK), a full bag indicator (below the power switch), and no headlight.  Apart from these differences and the different colour schemes, the machines were identical.  I've attached a picture of my Z1720 as proof.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">--Bill W.</span>