Attention Canadian Electrolux Fans!

[real1shep]

Brian...

you're right....I never thought of that! Long, severe winters would have been an extra burden on the typical door-to-door salesman. Maybe it was a combination of stores, postcards and some door-to-door in reasonable weather.


 


Kevin

 

[compactelectra]

Tracked down the post

When I obtained this machine, Interesting Provenanace.

http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?12009

 

[petek]

$149 in 1965 wasn't cheap.. I see he bought it on the monthly installment plan $10 and got a $25 trade in allowance.

One of our neighbors dad was a part-time Elux salesman back then (worked fulltime at Dow) and they had the green model 89. I don't know how well he did because it wasn't long and he was later selling Amway in the evenings.

What I most love about the 88 & 89 is how hushed they are. You can vacuum away and still carry on a normal conversation without raising your voice or shouting.

 

[real1shep]

I have a friend looking at an 86 in Canada....is it possible to put that ring & hose on so that you could run a Sidekick? I did that to my G yrs ago....sure cleaned things up from that external power cord to the PN.

Kevin

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

EurekaPrince

Brian,

Of the Canadian subsidiaries that had Canadian manufacturing plants at the time, don't forget Continental Royal Appliance Ltd. (the Canadian arm of Royal Appliance Mfg. Co., which was known as Continental Electric Co. Ltd. until 1953), with their plant in Scarborough, Ontario and I think that was also closed down as a result of the original FTA (Free Trade Agreement).

Kirby also had a Canadian plant in Whitby, Ontario, and I think it too got caught in the FTA crosshairs.

~Ben[this post was last edited: 5/8/2025-20:21]

 

[paul]

Re: Reply #9

1. Actually, Electrolux Corporation became the principal shareholder of Electrolux (Canada) Ltd. in late 1961 (see attachments of the 1961 Annual Report of AB Electrolux and the December 9, 1961, news brief in the edition of THE FINANCIAL POST; albeit management and production was separate.

2. Electrolux Corporation made 535W/4.7A/115V motors, while Electrolux (Canada) Ltd.'s motors were rated at 5.0A/550W/110V (see attachment of the Z89's specifications. The US began using its motors in 1949 (presumed connection to the new air-powered polisher) increased from its previous 475W/4.1A/115V motors. Canada had upped its motor power from 3.8A/418W/110V in its new 80 Series launched in 1958.

3. The US shored up the ratings difference in 1968 by equipping its model 1205 with a 600W/5A/115V motor (sans its pn); then added even more power with its 996W/8.3A/120V Super J 1401 motor in 1975. Next came the HP motors in 1990 after the US & CA Electrolux companies had merged production (Ultralux 1521, Diplomat 1677, Ambassador Plus 1676, Genesis 1572F, Prolux 1572G).