My local vacuum shop just threw away a Christian Klinspor Eureka upright, cord cut and in several pieces. Only having seen them in catalogues, I thought it might be something of a rarity so I picked it up. Can anyone tell me about when they were made and if there is anything special about them as compared to the rest of the Eureka lineup at that time?
Christian Klingspor Eureka
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vac-o-matic
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I think he was one of Helen Lawson's throwaway boyfriends!
Those were made around the time I moved my vac shop to NC, late 1990's. I may have sold a few of them. Christian Klingspor is evidently a well known designer of some sort. Forgive me for not being so up on those kind of things. It was a dressed up Eureka Victory.
Attached is a 2004 photo brief of Christian Klingspor, who was Eureka/AB Electrolux's design director beginning in 1985. Along with that I located a 1995 copyrighted article by the McFadden Communications Group LLC that provides vacuum cleaner industry insights as to why Electrolux had him create a signature series of Eureka vacuum cleaners.
I'm unsure how many Eurekas were in the C.K. signature series, but I located different upright models in 1995-1997 newspaper ads along with a magazine ad. I'm thinking there were around a half dozen. Attached is a newspaper ad from the May 25, 1997, edition of the TOLEDO BLADE along with a YT screenshot of EPJunkyard's CK Bravo.
McFadden article link: https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Chan...ac+stores+are+getting+harder+to...-a017480603
C.K. Mighty Mite II thread link: https://vacuumland.org/threads/eureka-christian-klingspor-mighty-mite-ii.43277/
I'm unsure how many Eurekas were in the C.K. signature series, but I located different upright models in 1995-1997 newspaper ads along with a magazine ad. I'm thinking there were around a half dozen. Attached is a newspaper ad from the May 25, 1997, edition of the TOLEDO BLADE along with a YT screenshot of EPJunkyard's CK Bravo.
McFadden article link: https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Chan...ac+stores+are+getting+harder+to...-a017480603
C.K. Mighty Mite II thread link: https://vacuumland.org/threads/eureka-christian-klingspor-mighty-mite-ii.43277/
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cheesewonton
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That's an interesting model to have in a collection. Replacing a cord should not be too hard to do. I think you may have found a gem.
eurekaprince
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If my memory serves me correctly, I think Hoover may have countered this Eureka initiative with a designer series of their own during the same time period. Hoover experts?
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