Electolux G

[charles~richard]

Z89

Photo 3

btw, you can see the telescoping wand that was referenced in another thread about the 1205-- Fr. Bruce take note!

 

[charles~richard]

Z89

Photo 4

Note the three different styles of power nozzles -- early, middle and late. I also now have the matching shag rug nozzle, but no shag rug to play with it on, alas!

 

[charles~richard]

Z89

Photo 5 (Last)

 

[petek]

Nice..I'm surprised you say it's even quieter, woudn't have guessed that.. I've got the maroon ZB88 as well with some of the attachments somewhere in this mess. I think I posted apic of it with the matching floor polisher awhile back. Then I happened upon a ZB55, just the machine, not too long ago at the thrift store so I drug that home. I always wonder why the attachments seldom seem to make it to the thrift store with the vacuum, a great mystery.

 

[charles~richard]

Yes, the 88 and 89

are considerably quieter than the G owing to the felt filter pad in the rear end that muffles the sound even more. And that's really saying something, since the G is probably the quietest of any other vacuum cleaner.

Interestingly about those filter pads, once the four-layer bags came out, Electrolux salesmen instructed their customers to do away with the filters, but not everyone did. And there is a distinct difference in the sound of an LX, E and AE with the filter and without. With the filter, the motor has a subdued gentle, muted sound; without it there is a strong sound of rushing exhaust air. As a kid I could always tell who had filters in their machines and who did not.

Of course the XXX was always used with a filter owing to the cloth bag. Even with the couple of XXXs I have found that had the after-market paper bag converter (see photo), those machines did still have the filter in place. The sound of a gently humming XXX, especially when there was no cord winder, is very pleasant! (The cord winder, when attached to an XXX, forces open the rear louvres that otherwise soften and diffuse the sound of the exhaust.)

 

[constellation86]

Rebuilt machines

Does Electrolux still rebuild vacuums? If they do what models do they still use?
Thanks for the info Charles. It looks like you got a great gift there!
Nicholas

 

[timborow]

Nice picture Charles

Is that a XXX or a LX in the picture of post #10226.I never knew those had wheels. I would love to find a mint XXX, but would be afraid to use it everyday. Tim

 

[vacuumkid3]

So that is what that funky looking thing on the XXX is! I never knew that was a bag converter! Does it require different bags, or the same Electrolux wrappers we know of most commonly?

~~K~~

 

[charles~richard]

Post 10226

is a Model XXX with an after-market bag converter to allow use of, yes, standard disposable bags with the XXX. You remove the front cover and cloth bag, then the bag converter slips into the round opening and is held in place with two little levers. You open the cover of the bag converter by the two large thumb screws and the cover comes off, then in goes the bag.

I'll post a series of photos showing the bag converter. This was btw a genuine Electrolux aftermarket product that came out some time in the mid 1950s, probably the same time that the Model E came out. They are pretty scarce -- for whatever reason, not very many XXXs were converted.

 

[charles~richard]

Oh, about the wheels

That carriage is not an Electrolux product; it was sold in vac shops and could be attached to several different tank machines. What you got from Electrolux was two little rubber wheels that would bolt onto the rear tips of the runners. I made this particular XXX a "hot rod" with all sorts of tricked-out details, including a Super J motor so believe me, this thing will suck dry paint off the walls! And it does not sound whisper quiet like the standard XXX, it makes quite a racket! But it's fun to use and looks really trippy. I dubbed this my "Souped Up Super Deluxe XXX."

 

[compactelectra]

While I Am In The Process

Of scanning the brochure that came along with the rebuilt machines of this era (1983) I am going to put up a picture of one of my favorite machines of all time. The Electrolux Model G. This one came from the crop that was found and sent to Charles. This is the machine that if I was asked to pick just one (God forbid!) this would be it. And to find the original rebuilt machine in the box the way it came from the factory - be still my foolish heart. These machines are quiet, built like a Sherman tank and do exactly what they were built to do - vacuum very well. You can get high filtration bags and original parts for these machines almost forty years later. Wow!

 

[compactelectra]

The Power Nozzle

Is a PN-4 which would have come around the time of the Super J. The G would have come with a PN-1. But since these machines are not original, I like to mix and match. But the PN-4, the new original Electrolux pigtail hose and the machine go well together.

 

[compactelectra]

The Brochure

These are from the Owner's Manual for the rebuilt machines from Electrolux from 1983. Over the years they rebuilt most of their machines AE - 1205. There were multiple models available at the same time based on the number of trade-ins taken and sent back to the factory. This page shows the three available at the time which would have been in the colors of the new machines sold at the time. In this case-silver - for the Silverado. I believe this was about the time that Electrolux stopped rebuilding the machines for resale.

 

[compactelectra]

The Rebuilt L

Description

 

[compactelectra]

The Rebuilt G

My favorite - I have two silver ones. The rebuilts would have come in multiple colors. I also had a brown one that was sold at the time of the Olympia. The dial description shown is actually a Model AE I believe.

 

[compactelectra]

And Finally

The 1205. What a beauty. I still think the G is better.

 

[compactelectra]

If You Want The Rest of This Brochure

Let me know.

Fred

 

[compactelectra]

Here Are Some Originals

L - B8 - 1205 in their original colors.

 

[luxg]

Yes Fred, please do post the rest of the brochure. I have to agree with you completely, the G is by far Electrolux at its best!!! I have the aqua, tan, and the rebuilt silver G thanks to you and I treasure them. They do what a vacuum is suppose to do and they do it well!! Thanks for sharing. Terry

 

[charles~richard]

Yes, if one had to pick ONE

Electrolux as the best of them all, the G would stand shoulders above the rest of them on just about every count. Except maybe for sheer beauty which of course would go to the XXX.

Thx for the brochure postings. I have a different version of this brochure that shows just the G, AE and L, printed in dark blue ink on white paper.