Comvac 1600

[ultralux88]

Well I made it here after the hour and a half long drive I wonder if it was year or not.

 

[super-sweeper]

Bring it home, Ultra-Lux!

 

[tase]

Yep, that's the store. I go there a lot.

That store has brought me so many items. A NOS iMac G3, Kirby Heritage, PowerMac G4, PowerMac G3, Performa 630CD, many video game consoles, Flip video camera, many Palm devices.

 

[ultralux88]

What I wouldn't give to find more old Macs at thrift stores on this end of town! I've found a nice thing there once or twice, I found a NIB Vacuflo RugRat and a nice barely used Kenmore Powermate JR as well.

But I've tortured everyone long enough, the machine was there and I left with it! I've got part one of the reiteration video recorded, the looking it over before tearing it apart part. One thing you didn't show is that this, along with the instruction sheet, in the back pouch still has the original belt lifter tool! I nearly passed out when I pulled that little gem out!

 

[ultralux88]

Once I get this one all cleaned up and taken home I'll do a comparison video, I'll show a D80, a Heritage, the SuperVac (American Lincoln), ComVac 1300 and this beast. Should make for an interesting video, showing the similarities and differences and where they got the idea and what parts they based them on.

 

[tase]

Take some pictures of it once it's cleaned up! I think I mentioned the belt lifter in an earlier post. 


 


EDIT:


 


Yep, on the third post


 


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"The instructions inside the bag (There was also a spare belt and a little Royal-esk rod to dis-engage the belt)"


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[gottahaveahoove]

That little pouch looks like something you'd

put your lunch in. Sorry, I HAD to do it.
Yes, it looks like a Kirby that went through a rough time.

 

[hoovercelebrity]

That's a cool machine; I would have brought that home with me, for sure.  Curious how the handle-release works?  Is that what that big pedal is?

 

[craig_1982]

I love these Kirby ComVac's would love to own one at some point. I wonder though why Kirby felt they needed to alter the design of what is basically a Heritage model so much for commercial use, The bog standard machines aren't exactly Cheap/nasty and easy to break. Around where I live I know some Business's, pub's and working men's clubs who have Kirby's to clean their premises, Most are Heritage-Legend two Models although I know one place that has a G6. I know off one particular WMC that has six Kirby's three Heritage's and three Legend two Models and they all have the sani-emtor fitted to them, I happened to be in my local Kirby repair shop (which is now closed) when I got talking to the owner of these six machines and I asked the chap why he had the larger sani-emtor on his L2 Kirby's and he replied "because they are ideal for places like what I run the amount of crap that is picked up in them is unbelievable" so I wonder why Kirby did away with the emtor's on the ComVac versions, Makes me think Commercially used machines would probably be picking up more dirt on a day to day basis than household machines so if Kirby felt they didn't need a emtor on a commercial machine then why have them on the H2 and L2 models and I suppose the Generation series models.

 

[ultralux88]

I'll post a new thread with the full restoration video and other videos, I'll be showing off all the weird little things about it. I really need to find some kind of solution to the problem of the gaping hole in the front of it!

 

[tase]

Ultralux, I've seen people find a rubber gasket that fits, and then glue a Heritage wheel cap on it as a temporary fix.

 

[dustin]

Would a standard Heritage/II/Legend belt lifter not fit? I know it wouldn't be original, but functional...

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Dustin,

No it wouldn't, obviously. The (16" long) belt and brush roll from the Heritage/Legend series will, though.

~Ben

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Dustin,

Pardon me: I meant to say: The (16" long) brush roll and belt from the Heritage/Legend series will, though.

~Ben

 

[Bagman75]

Turned on?

I've seen a few pics of this Comvac, but I've never seen one turned on. The bag looks enormous....does it inflate bigger than a normal Kirby Heritage bag does?

 

[ultralux88]

A belt lifter would not work because the nozzle is bolted to the fan housing. Like a royal you must remove the cover to get access to the belt to change it.