aeoliandave
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And not just any Christmas vacuum. This is the actual 1967 Electrolux 89 Dad bought for Mom!!! Most of it anyway.
Decades ago when I asked Mom about this vacuum she told me it was long gone. As far as she knew it was. Got the full story over Christmas dinner tonight.
When I left home in 1974 she was still using this with the green hose and green PN and all the tools. Some time after that she replaced it with an AP model and assumed Dad tossed it out. Nope, as related by my brother, Dad took it out to the garage, where Mom would never set foot, and as the years passed when bits broke, the hose deteriorated and the PN busted he got replacement parts from the local vacuum shop, rather than pay for new matching parts. After all , it was his beater shop vac.
After Dad died, brother Jim took it to his basement as you see it now and stored it in a back corner, where it has stayed for the past 15 years. His Shop Vac is 1982-4 Electrolux Model E he bought when he got married so he didn't bother to use it. Thisnk my house is cluttered? So is brother Jim's. LOL
Anyway this all came about as I was waxing enthusiastic about vacuums and how many and why I collect them.To say they were speechless about yet another hobby Dave has on the go is an understatement. I mentioned how it was Moms Green Electrolux that sorta got me started and Jim says "Do ya want it?"
"Huh? Mom tossed that out years ago"
"Nope, I have it in the basement but it's had a few changes. Still works, tho"
I couldn't get to the basement fast enough...and there she was in all her multi-coloured battle-scarred glory...
A red Model 86 bumperless rear end cordwinder, a pale yellow PN from the Model AP200, a beige replacement hose for the 80 Series and the original green sheathed telescopic wand. he thinks he has the floor nozzles stashed away somewhere and will search them out. Oh yeah, when the green hose gave out and then the beige replacement Dad wrapped the leaking hose in red plastic bags, probably to match the red end.
He called this vacuum, that was used mainly for vacuuming sawdust from his woodworking projects, the Baboon...wait for it...because the rear end reminded him of a Baboon's Butt with the red cheeks and the large round 'orifice'.
Decades ago when I asked Mom about this vacuum she told me it was long gone. As far as she knew it was. Got the full story over Christmas dinner tonight.
When I left home in 1974 she was still using this with the green hose and green PN and all the tools. Some time after that she replaced it with an AP model and assumed Dad tossed it out. Nope, as related by my brother, Dad took it out to the garage, where Mom would never set foot, and as the years passed when bits broke, the hose deteriorated and the PN busted he got replacement parts from the local vacuum shop, rather than pay for new matching parts. After all , it was his beater shop vac.
After Dad died, brother Jim took it to his basement as you see it now and stored it in a back corner, where it has stayed for the past 15 years. His Shop Vac is 1982-4 Electrolux Model E he bought when he got married so he didn't bother to use it. Thisnk my house is cluttered? So is brother Jim's. LOL
Anyway this all came about as I was waxing enthusiastic about vacuums and how many and why I collect them.To say they were speechless about yet another hobby Dave has on the go is an understatement. I mentioned how it was Moms Green Electrolux that sorta got me started and Jim says "Do ya want it?"
"Huh? Mom tossed that out years ago"
"Nope, I have it in the basement but it's had a few changes. Still works, tho"
I couldn't get to the basement fast enough...and there she was in all her multi-coloured battle-scarred glory...
A red Model 86 bumperless rear end cordwinder, a pale yellow PN from the Model AP200, a beige replacement hose for the 80 Series and the original green sheathed telescopic wand. he thinks he has the floor nozzles stashed away somewhere and will search them out. Oh yeah, when the green hose gave out and then the beige replacement Dad wrapped the leaking hose in red plastic bags, probably to match the red end.
He called this vacuum, that was used mainly for vacuuming sawdust from his woodworking projects, the Baboon...wait for it...because the rear end reminded him of a Baboon's Butt with the red cheeks and the large round 'orifice'.
and they work flawlessly tho they are a bit disconcerting if you're not used to them.
