Coronado Upright Vacuum Cleaner ??

[chicagomike]

Can anyone provide any information on the Coronado Upright vac shown in the pics? When I search VL for Coronado the only matches were for canister vacs.

 

[kenkart]

That is a

Cadillac , built by Clements Manufacturing Chicago, they still make Cadillac industrial blowers.

 

[bvac6]

Very nice!

 

[chicagomike]

Fantastic!! Thanks for the information and I would have never guessed it was a Cadillac/Clemens vac.

 

[chicagomike]

The only part it appears to be missing is a headlight socket under the headlight cover - there are not any holes in metal where it would have fastened too, do you have any knowledge on what the socket would have looked like or where/how it fastened as maybe I can find something to make the headlight work as I am restoring the machine.

 

[tolivac]

Wasn't "Coronado" the appliance brand for Western Auto?

 

[kenkart]

No

That was Wizard, I think it was a company called Gambles Gimbles????Not a Southern store, at least I never heard of it as a kid.

 

[tolivac]

Yes,maybe Coronado was for Gambles.They had one in Rapid City,S.Dak.Downtown.

 

[chicagomike]

So is it a Gamble's product or a Cadillac product, built by Clements Manufacturing Chicago. Gamble's was like an Ace Hardware, correct?

 

[kenkart]

Its a private label

Built by Clements for Gambles.

 

[tolivac]

Gambles was kind of a small dept store and auto type store.I remember them as being out West and Midwest.The farming areas of the country.

 

[portable]

<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I think that switch on the motor housing is to switch on the headlight power. Cadillac uprights were known for that. But, you're saying that there is no socket to attach a bulb to?</span>

 

[chicagomike]

Correct, there was no socket under the housing - nothing was inside for woring either.

 

[brando_husky]

Fascinating vacuum. Beautiful design. All machines of this era were designed so well. I love these more obscure machines, to pull away sometimes from the more common hoovers and such of the time.

 

[madman]

Necropost!

Do you still want to know what the light socket looked like?

Do you even still have the machine?

Am I too late?

Will I stop asking questions?

 

[lesinutah]

Meh

Chicago Mike exists. I don't believe he posts here anymore. I'm pretty sure the vacuum in question is long gone.

 

[hoover300]

It prolly is, but I do know he has more Clements uprights in storage.