Austin Mini Meet April 2013

bnsd60m9200 · May 7, 2013

Sean Curry, Phillip Muller, Kenny Loveland. Chad Cunningham and myself get together with scott and barbra mcmillan for a wonderful vac meet

bnsd60m9200 · May 7, 2013

of course the play began the night before we left at sean's. phillip brought a water lift gauge and we tested the suction of many machines. this little sunbeam shocked the crap out of all of us . it pulled 90 inches

bnsd60m9200 · May 7, 2013

kenny tests the suction of sean's westinghouse stratovac which for some reason seemed camera shy

bnsd60m9200 · May 7, 2013

sean with the stratovac

bnsd60m9200 · May 7, 2013

phillip oogling a first generation Eureka empress with power head ca 1973. he REALLY wanted this machine.

bnsd60m9200 · May 7, 2013

in the morning we loaded up my country squire and drove to austin. in jarell, the odometer rolled over to 0 so i had to stop and take a photo. it was really fun to watch it roll over.

bnsd60m9200 · May 7, 2013

while at scott's part of the trip was to help him organize his vacs. this was about 1/2 of the garage at this point

bnsd60m9200 · May 7, 2013

sean helping scott sort vacs into the "save" or "toss" piles

bnsd60m9200 · May 7, 2013

looking at the vast array of machines!

bnsd60m9200 · May 7, 2013

almost done sorting! but then rain threatens, and the pace picks up..

bnsd60m9200 · May 7, 2013

display/play machines unloaded from towanda we brought from euless and beyond to show scott, ready to be taken inside. mr mcmillan also checks out my wagon..

bnsd60m9200 · May 7, 2013

all sorted! took about another 20 mins to categorize and just in time, as a spring storm rained not too long after we got everything in the garage again... but organized better.