Austin Mini Meet April 2013

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sean plays guess the bag! this game was so fun at sean's last year, scott did it this year. was VERY hard since they were all modern bags..

 

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kenny plays guess the bag

 

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sean gives scott a complimentary vintage kenmore twin fan upright bag and installs it on his machine ... this kenmore came from the epic ventures sean kenny and chad had in tennessee in march.

 

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phillip changes the belt on his housekeeper

 

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phillip and kenny discuss reginas

 

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these reginas cleaned alot better than thier repitior gives them credit for.

 

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kenny testing the suction on a rare earl 90's singer cannister

 

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this was the vacuum my mom had until we moved into our current home and had a central vac installed. a kenmore powermate from the late 80's. only mom's was grey and had a headlight. i remember that powerhead sound and it brought back alot of memories...

 

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phillip and i get animated about vacs... about what i cannot recall...

 

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sean and phillip play the wand game. seeing which vac can grab and keep the extension tube from the other machine

 

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my olympia and phillip with a newer canister

 

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time to go back home.. the country squire gets loaded up. about 35 machines crammed in here. times like this i love that i have a wagon...

 

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side view of the "window displays"

 

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group shot. phillip, scott, dougald, sean, kenny , chad, barb.

 

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phillip, scott, me, sean, kenny, chad, barb. we had lots of fun this time. the ride down and up was a hoot. see yall in milwaukee!!!

 

[dysondestijl]

I see a numatic Henry!

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Your meets are always fun to see!

You all get along so well. It's great seeing you all. I look forward to seeing you all in June. Will Wil be going to the convention, too? Will be great to meet him in person.
Thanks for sharing those great pics.
John.

 

[kenmore81]

Love it

Looks like an awesome tome as always! Boy those vac take me back..IIRC the Singer was quite a big seller around here, but hard to find used. They were about $150.00 back then.Am I correct in thinking Eureka Style V can be used in those? Like the older Singer Total Cleaning System.

 

[streakers]

Great pics folks!

Looks like you all had a great time! Please keep posting more pics if you have them!

 

[kirbyvertibles]

Actually Will the Sunbeam pulled 100" of suction lol.
Wow it's been a while since we did this, I had forgot about some of the pics.
My favorite pic is the group shot, I also like the one of the 2 rare early housekeepers together