Davy Sprocket is on the Road...

[aeoliandave]

Cord racks on the same side.

 

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Dent free on the wheels side

 

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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.

 

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a block away the same house plan with detail variations.

 

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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?