Dave 'n Petes Micro Meet avec pictures
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Here we were comparing newest z88 to the one I found last week. Seems the one from last week is a trace weak on the suction side but it's Daves now and he can further investigate the innards later. Sounds fine, runs well, probably needs some cleaning in there somewhere. Oh if notice on the carpet in front of the white chair. That's a lovely pile of used coffee grounds conveniently dropped there by my little Ben while we were out vacuum hunting. You know it's true what they say about Border collies being the smartest dogs. He dug that out of the garbage in the kitchen.
aeoliandave
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See, it all began like this...
As you all know from the Red 86/88 & red hose thread Pete kindly offered me his 88 bargain that came with the red tools he wanted. I had an extremely rare Sunday/Monday off and proposed to come over & pick it up. Yes, yes & yes and a done deal. Figured I haul along a few vacs he's not seen before. Weather forcasts Saturday night were for overcast with high rain threat. We had no inkling it was going to be a Sunny & hideously hot muggy weekend. As you've seen, the Gawds were smiling on us. A wee bit of pain for humungous gain. Seems fair in the end.
Besides the blue Monitor canister probably the object that almost blew the brains out my ears is that TURQUOISE HOSE!!!!!
You may have noticed it?
I swear it was blazing at me far across the room with an inner light & homing beacon. More to come...and how you too may locate one!
As you all know from the Red 86/88 & red hose thread Pete kindly offered me his 88 bargain that came with the red tools he wanted. I had an extremely rare Sunday/Monday off and proposed to come over & pick it up. Yes, yes & yes and a done deal. Figured I haul along a few vacs he's not seen before. Weather forcasts Saturday night were for overcast with high rain threat. We had no inkling it was going to be a Sunny & hideously hot muggy weekend. As you've seen, the Gawds were smiling on us. A wee bit of pain for humungous gain. Seems fair in the end.
Besides the blue Monitor canister probably the object that almost blew the brains out my ears is that TURQUOISE HOSE!!!!!
You may have noticed it?
I swear it was blazing at me far across the room with an inner light & homing beacon. More to come...and how you too may locate one!vacuumkid3
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I think it's called a Vibro-Groom...or is it Vibra-Broom...? It is a Eureka attachment for cleaning carpet. It vibrates the carpet which loosens the grit and dirt. Nice finds, too!!
~~K~~
It is a Eureka attachment for cleaning carpet. It vibrates the carpet which loosens the grit and dirt. Nice finds, too!!~~K~~
aeoliandave
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Surprise, surprise!
Its a FLOWBEE INT'L Hair Cutting hose. The human cutting head in this case has been modified with large nasty looking hedge clipper type reciprocating blades and is labeled a Pet Groomer. Runs on a plug in 15VDC AC adapter and makes a hell of a racket. The hose itself easily detaches from the head unit and yields a respectable 7.5 foot length. Obviously destined to grace the Roll-Easy, its a 1.5" OD plastic vacuum hose. (insert maniacal chortling)
Here's the Flowbee website headquartered in San Diego.
Yes, it vibrantly hued but with all the shades of turquoise on a Roll-Easy, its as perfect as yer gonna get, one thinks.
Turquoise Gentlemen and Ladies, let the friendly pestering of Flowbee Pet Division begin...
http://www.flowbee.com/
Its a FLOWBEE INT'L Hair Cutting hose. The human cutting head in this case has been modified with large nasty looking hedge clipper type reciprocating blades and is labeled a Pet Groomer. Runs on a plug in 15VDC AC adapter and makes a hell of a racket. The hose itself easily detaches from the head unit and yields a respectable 7.5 foot length. Obviously destined to grace the Roll-Easy, its a 1.5" OD plastic vacuum hose. (insert maniacal chortling)
Here's the Flowbee website headquartered in San Diego.
Yes, it vibrantly hued but with all the shades of turquoise on a Roll-Easy, its as perfect as yer gonna get, one thinks.
Turquoise Gentlemen and Ladies, let the friendly pestering of Flowbee Pet Division begin...
http://www.flowbee.com/
crevicetool
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Dave...Glad to see you are
o.k. hadn't seen you posting for a while. Looks like you had a great time. I've had a few micro meets and they are quite fun! Had one mini meet in Ohio...a blast!!!
o.k. hadn't seen you posting for a while. Looks like you had a great time. I've had a few micro meets and they are quite fun! Had one mini meet in Ohio...a blast!!!
beerad
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YES
Great pics... I have the same two filterqueens... very kooland alll the attatchments including the hair dryer...
Great pics... I have the same two filterqueens... very kooland alll the attatchments including the hair dryer...
hoover1060
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wow!
are there any vacuums left to be had in that part of Canada?
My favorite is the Kenmore Twin fan!
are there any vacuums left to be had in that part of Canada?
My favorite is the Kenmore Twin fan!
Oh there's more I'm sure Jeff. Being Sunday and a holiday Monday all the thrift stores were closed so we didn't get to any of them. You'll just have to get your butt heading east one of these days. The twin fans nice isn't it if only for the bag, they're ok cleaners though but not my fave. That blue/turquoisey Viking Eureka though was "the" catch because it's still in such excellent condition.
eluxomarty
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Pete
The rug tool that has the rubber bands is teh Eureka Vibra Beat. The air rushing through the bands caused them to vibrate in order to loosen dirt from the rug. Sounds great in theory but it didn't work in reality. It was just noisy and the bands would sometimes stop if something large got stuck in them. Oh. and it was LOUD!!!!
I can't believe all those finds! What a great day!!!I do like the Eaton's Blue canister! The Monitor vacuum looks like a Kingston tank that we had here in the US.
Marty
The rug tool that has the rubber bands is teh Eureka Vibra Beat. The air rushing through the bands caused them to vibrate in order to loosen dirt from the rug. Sounds great in theory but it didn't work in reality. It was just noisy and the bands would sometimes stop if something large got stuck in them. Oh. and it was LOUD!!!!
I can't believe all those finds! What a great day!!!I do like the Eaton's Blue canister! The Monitor vacuum looks like a Kingston tank that we had here in the US.
Marty
Hooray for mini meets!
Looks like the Canadian chapter of VCCC is up and running hehehe.
Blimey, what a lot of great finds! That must be some store. Looks like you both had an excellent time together, it's always brilliant fun to meet up with like-minded individuals!
Si
Looks like the Canadian chapter of VCCC is up and running hehehe.
Blimey, what a lot of great finds! That must be some store. Looks like you both had an excellent time together, it's always brilliant fun to meet up with like-minded individuals!
Si
lol
Pete/Dave
Looks like you had a great time with great vac finds! What is the model of the Eureka Rotomatic?
Gary
Looks like you had a great time with great vac finds! What is the model of the Eureka Rotomatic?
Gary
Darn I wished we tried that Eureka Vibra beat nozzle while it was here. I think we were both exhausted the next day from the unbearable humidity outside. I think I lost 5 lbs from sweating alone it was that awful. We hit a record 90 degs for Oct 8 and while that wasn't even the hottest day of the year I think it was the muggiest we had. The time sure went fast though and I think we stretched the Sunday night into the wee hours of 3 a.m. ish Monday morning and still never tried every machine.
The place we got all the stuff from is a treasure trove and you could spend hours, I have, poring through massive amounts of items, probably anything you can think of all in a semi structured jumble. We never even got to the thousands of books and old magazines, newspapers etc. I'm debating going back to grab an old 3 head Hamilton Beach Multimixer that weighs a ton. And there was a not bad looking Hoover apartment sized "Automatic" washer there as well, not the run of the mill washer/spin dryer and also a not bad looking small sized rotary iron
The place we got all the stuff from is a treasure trove and you could spend hours, I have, poring through massive amounts of items, probably anything you can think of all in a semi structured jumble. We never even got to the thousands of books and old magazines, newspapers etc. I'm debating going back to grab an old 3 head Hamilton Beach Multimixer that weighs a ton. And there was a not bad looking Hoover apartment sized "Automatic" washer there as well, not the run of the mill washer/spin dryer and also a not bad looking small sized rotary iron
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Wow great photos! I really like the 438 Connie! That one is a more rare model. It is kin to our 434 in the same colors of Canton red and white. The Canadian version, 438, was made later from 10.23.63 to 10.21.64 in the Hamilton plant. So this machine was only made for a year making it a harder model to find. Our version was painted differently (the bottom was Canton red and the top was white with white trim) and was only made from 8.9.61 to 10.20.61 here in North Canton.
Looks like you guys had a great time! You gotta love those mini meets!
--Tom
Looks like you guys had a great time! You gotta love those mini meets!
--Tom
