Dating An Old Bag

[kirbyvertibles]

Oh Charles omg that is the best movie ever made!!!! Ms.Kahn was such a fox in her day as well as Teri Garr

 

[electrolux~137]

I agree! I have never laughed so hard during a movie in all my life than the first time I saw this (in the theater). And every time I watch it again, I laugh even harder!

Check YouTube for outtakes and bloopers -- the cast had a very hard time keeping straight faces and not laughing themselves! They had to do some takes over and over and over, including the "get the bags" bit!!

 

[dualsanitronic]

The 562s and the Sanitronic VII both had tight circles on the bag itself. The 562 introduced many new photos in its book which will verify that. The oval logo DID begin with the Sanitronic VII but did not end up on the bag itself until the Dual Sanitronic 50.

 

[eurekastar]

Gregor

That is such a subtle change in the manuals that I would have never noticed it. You have a good eye! I was looking through my Model 510 manual the other day and noticed how they had recycled a couple of photos that date to the 505. You have to look VERY carefully to notice that too.

 

[electrolux~137]

Actually, there are photos in the 505-515 manual that go back to the 2C!

Look at the Kirby on the page "know the names of important points of operation" (page 7 in the 514 manual), and "tilting the rug cleaner nozzle" (page 15) -- look closely at the rear axle...

 

[eurekastar]

Charles

I looked at that photo in my 510 manual when I went home for lunch. The rear axle is noticeably different. Another thing I noticed is the fan case is more squared (less rounded) suggesting that it is a 2C in the photo.

 

[sukething]

This is an amazing thread...I love it.

In my past, Charles and I have discussed this before stating that the Kirby manuels were not always correct, passing pictures on to the next manuel, so in a way who knows which was right.
The really early 562's had a model that had the darker bronzish, irradesent like the plastic piece on the top and on and off button all were this darker broanziah color. Did it not also have the white cord with the tan ends? I do have one of these crods and yes it is a true Kirby cord not a fake or a replacement cord it came with one of the Kirbys. I know I also had this same discussion with Michael Pletcher he was a huge Kirby fan and had many, many of the models and manuels.

Also notice that in the 562 book I beleive (I do not have the manuel infront of me) have a pic of the white cord, there is only one picture closer to the back of the book.
Kirby actually made to replace this tan bag on these machines was tan bag that Kirby logos on it but looked like the spaces between the logos on a Dual 80 bag, anyway it had a slider on the top. I also saw one of the bags on a Classic Omega. I also think I still have one of these bags in my box of bags somewhere.
The grey ones you all are talking about is yes the true Kirby replacements. I agree with Bill and Charlie I hated them at first but now well I like them as well. Later on Kirby did make a grey replacement bag for the older machines. I know I had this particular grey bag was on my 509 when I first got it back from being buffed. I really did not like it. It was grey but looked like the tan slider bag I had just discussed, yes it had a slider on top. Both the tan and grey later ones did not blow up like the older original bags nor the older grey replacent bag as well as the replacement Dual 80 bag did not blow up like the original. Somehow I have a disliking if the bag does blow up correctly. Humm...go figure.


To tell you what I have done if the spring is shot in an older bag, and I can save it, I used the spring out of the older grey replacement bag. It would not be easy but I did get the spring sewed back in there. As Charles knows I try as hard as I can to fix, re logo, repaint, those older bags as best I can.

This was a fun thread, has anyone seen my youtube video of me when I was a little tike pushing our brand new Kirby Dual 80 and when I got my Royal Handvac Model 501 brand new? The video is really short and silent becasue that is what we had when I was a kid, well some of us when we were kids..

David

 

[sukething]

Oh I remember one more thing...

The only slight difference between the 562, S VII, and the Dual 50 was the small diamond shaped peice between the Kirby circles, the Dual 50 was darkened and the others 562 and S VII were clear, they were not painted brown. Now this I had asked my local Kirby dealer who has been selling them since the 514 and his dad had the distributorship. But again my memory and his memory mabye be failing.