Australian / NZ Pinnock Vacuum Cleaner

[michaelwalter]

Hi Guys

An Australian / NZ version of the Compact/Tristar. This one is known here as the 'Pinnock Princess'. 240volts / 510 watt motor.

Cheers

 

[kenkart]

That would be

The equivalent of a C-5, built in the early 60s..

 

[vacbear58]

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here is an ad for this cleaner - dated as 1964



Al

 

[hydralique]

They're Going Backwards!

The '64 ad looks like a C-4, with front skids instead of casters. The C-5 in the first post with the single front caster is a rare model made for about three years in the early '60s to replace the C-4, by '64 the C-5 had been replaced by the C-6 with the double front casters that remained for the rest of the life of the original design through the TriStar years. I'd love to see the bottom of that C-5, was it made in Anaheim, California or Australia? Maybe they imported the C-5 for a few years and then sent the old C-4 molds over and made that in Australia.


 


Thanks for posting, this is an interesting offshoot of the Compact/TriStar story. TriStar itself seems to have little interest or knowledge of their history so it's nice to fill in some gaps. Was the Pinnock sold exclusively through stores or also by door to door salesmen like Compact? How long were they sold or made in Australia?

 

[michaelwalter]

The Pinnock was sold in stores and was lesser in price to the constellation, senior, pye, GE and electrolux cleaners. In the 60's I don't think the expensive Kirby had hit our shores at that stage. There were also sewing machines branded Pinnock and whilst that brand of sewing machine was very popular I have only seen 2 Pinnock cleaners in 42 years. Back then domestic duties were taken seriously by our mums and in a nutshell your mum either bought Hoover or Electrolux, clearly defined by their preference to upright or cylinder cleaners. I think that's where my preference from Hoover comes from.

Mike