Davy Sprocket is on the Road...

[aeoliandave]

Cord racks on the same side.

 

[aeoliandave]

Dent free on the wheels side

 

[aeoliandave]

Horizontal Attach-a-Carrier position.

 

[aeoliandave]

Vertical Attach-a-Carrier on carry handle. There is a hand cut-out so you can still pick up the vacuum and carry it upstairs with the hose and wands slung around your neck...

Du to all that necesary dissaembly this job took 5.5 hours, with Magic Erasing when appropriate...

...and that's it. On to the next client so the new old vacuums can be moved all purty-fied one by one up to the Attic Lounge ready for action.

 

[westingman123]

are you kidding me?

Two Airways and a perfect Lewyt in one trip? Truly, the vacuum Gods have smiled upon you.

 

[aeoliandave]

Had another Doctor's appointment on Wednesday but this time in Listowel about an hour's northwest drive. Naturally I had to stop at the Mennonite Thrift Store in Milverton. Two crappy No-Name-worth-mentioning Pod Vacs but then I spotted this Hoover Runabout Carpet Sweeper for $2.

 

[aeoliandave]

After the good news appointment I drove around Listowel snapping some large homes and neat buildings.

 

[aeoliandave]

a block away the same house plan with detail variations.

 

[aeoliandave]

house 3

 

[aeoliandave]

house 4.

The back porch railing on the far left is the exact same pattern I intend to duplicate when I rebuild my side porch, with luck, in 2010, fingers crossed. My posts will be more Arts & Crafts square section with corner chamfers. This is the first one I've seen in my travels in perfect original condition. I stopped and photographed it from all angles.

 

[aeoliandave]

House 6. A perfect brick gem set sideways on it's long narrow lot.

The street elevation, a study in calm symmetry.

 

[aeoliandave]

From the side, this is the front entrance.

 

[aeoliandave]

from the back. This really shows off the sleeping porch over the generous back veranda and note the triple arch arbor leading to the back yard. The garage is accessed from a back lane.

 

[arh1953]

What beautiful houses

And congratulations for wanting to work with your house instead of against it. You ought to see some of the abominations here.

 

[aeoliandave]

Fabulous late 1940s modernistic Bank Building. I asked and yes, it has always been a Bank Of Nova Scotia branch.

 

[aeoliandave]

imposing church

 

[aeoliandave]

Great looking yacht on blocks. I'd love to have this.

 

[aeoliandave]

The Listowel Giant Tiger aka Big Pussy discount store (Giant Tiger is a Canadian Chain across Ontario that caters and stocks to the precise needs of the region in which they are located) has a fantastic hand painted mural along its street wall.

It really looks like a billboard photograph but when you get up close you see it is not printed 'wallpaper'.

 

[aeoliandave]

Closeup showing the technique.

 

[aeoliandave]

When I got home I decided the give the Mark V the once over spa. All it needed was a good scrubbing with Magic Eraser and a polish on the aluminum castings and the pn socket had been pushed in. In this shot the left side has been cleaned.

The differences I noticed between the Mark II and V are the cheapening of manufacturing assembly choices. The Mark II pn socket snaps flush into place securely. The Mark V rubber socket is riveted visually right through the body skin and protrudes a good 3/4". It had simply been pushed off the rivet posts inside because there were no washers to hold it on. The yellow paintjob is rather sloppy and pitted but I do like the re-introduction of the four decorative 'Sputnik' side rails. I wonder if they brought these back because the aluminum skin is so prone to denting when pulled around in horizontal mode?

 

[aeoliandave]

The Power Nozzle was more of a chore. I've not seen this PN style before, with it's plastic bottom pan and different top shape. I'm assuming it is the original pale yellow Air-Way pn?

Reminds me of the Electrolux type PN with only wheels in the back - the PN floats over the carpet - and the central intake.

 

[aeoliandave]

Inside cleaned up but a few tufts missing from the brushroll.

 

[aeoliandave]

All done. The PN wands have chrome clips holding yellow plastic channels to hold the cord in place. Nice touch. The PN does NOT have a swivel action where the button latch wand connects.
Since all the other Air-Ways are arranged on top of the Luxious towers downstairs I'm going to have to shift some vacuums around to fit these two new Air-Ways in the room. The Kenmore Challenger on Cart will have to find a new location, as are all the Electrolux PNs - maybe a wall rack with hooks?

 

[aeoliandave]

Oh yeah, the Mark V foot switch is plain metal, not chrome plated. What a shame, visually.

Now, where or when am I gonna come across the yellow Mark V tools and Attach-a-Carrier?????

Dave

 

[shag]

Dave, the first picture of the red brick house is owned by a little lady name Mary. She is close to 90 and still drives and looks after the whole house. The hardwood floors go right up to the attic. She is the second owner of the house since it was built.
The Beetle Juice looking house I believe belonged to the mayor of Listowel. At one time there was a ballroom on the second floor. I think its the square looking bit with the door coming out to the roof. The house has been carved into apartments.
There is a funky second hand store close to Giant Tiger. I have found some great deals in there. Its usually piled high on the curb in front of the store.

 

[aeoliandave]

Thanks for the info, Brian. Stanley told me about the Listowel junk store after I got home. On my driving around I was looking for something like that but missed it, probably because I was so entranced with the Giant Tiger mural and it was late in the afternoon at that point. Next time.

Dave.

 

[eurekaprince]

The Eureka Automatic Model 260

Hi Norm and Dave,

How exciting to finally see the exact Eureka upright with whom I grew up! Now I finally have the exact model number also - 260. Norm's version has the exact same graphic on the bag that we had in Montreal in the early 1960's. The graphic does not spell out the name "EUREKA" in a vertical line as on many versions I have seen. The one Norm has shows the cool curvey "E" in a box, with the word "Automatic" running downwards in the same box.

If I had the room and the cash, I would pay a pretty price to have that beautiful Eureka back in my hands! Interesting story: The handle-holder on our 260 starting wearing out by the late 1960's, and so the handle would not stay in the locked upright storage position. We gave the vac into our largest vac repair shop in Montreal at the time - Vacuum Rebuilders on St. Lawrence Avenue. When our blue Eureka came back, it sported an avocado green handle holder!!!! I was appalled! It must have been difficult finding a replacement part at the time - these Eureka uprights had handles which were square in profile (not round).

That great Eureka kept our wall-to-wall turquoise carpeting spotless up until 1974, when it got replaced by that wonderful golden Rugulator upright Model 2083, with the Cordaway and box-top gold brocade bag.

Thanks for the memories guys!

Brian

 

[normvac]

Brian
Shoot your email addy to me at [email protected]
Glad you enjoy the memory trip those couple of pictures
gave you.
Norm