Electrolux 500 series

[juniorsenior]

Sure is and you cant go wrong for 99p
It looks as if the furniture guard is missing off it but i am not too bothered about that i just wanted it.

 

[jmurray01]

Are you actually going to hand her 99P ? Ha ha.

Hopefully you won't have any problems with the transaction. The reason I say that is because a few times when I've won things for super low prices (E.G 99P) the seller has refused to sell it to me because they expected it to go higher.

 

[jmurray01]

Just noticed that it is in Stockport, so I guess you'll be getting it delivered via courier ?

 

[juniorsenior]

I had actualy offered her £20 for a quick sale as i have no paitence and wanted it straight away but she wasnt sure how to add a buy it now price so i just said i would wait till the auction ended and got it for 99p
She probobaly wanted more who wouldnt but i think she is glad its going to a good home and she is sending it via a courier.

 

[collector2]

While we are on the subject of the 500 series I was just wondering if anyone had a spare of the mustard coloured crevice tool or flip over floor/rug tool that came with the Dometic. I took another picture of it to show what I have for parts (the hose, wand and brush were still in the box pictured behind the machine when I got it and I dont think they had ever been used)

Doug

 

[vacbear58]

Doug

To the best of my knowledge this combination was never offered in the UK which came with white hose handle & tools Until the later version with completely different hose, wands & tools. The hose handle looks like that from the 345, so I suppose the tools would be the same. I have never seen either version of the flip over tool of thsi vintage in anything but white, although later versions (such as the basic one used on 303) were also in black, I think I have also seen it in really dark chocolate brown, but never in this colour. I may have a spare crevice tool in brown

Al

 

[tazcatsdad]

@vacbear58 ...

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Hi Al,</span>


 


<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Happy New Year to you also!  Sorry but I don't have the tool kit for either of my machines.  I'm willing to bet that the machine you and I were discussing before was that very Viking cylinder!</span>

 

[collector2]

Hi Al:

Actually its a different colour than the 345. This set is kind of a mustard colour. It matches the bumper on the machine perfectly. I have the sales brochure for this one somewher - I'll scan it when I find it.
Doug

 

[collector2]

Ok - I've been doing a bunch of scanning so here goes:

First the Dometic 503 - Front

 

[collector2]

503 - Back

 

[collector2]

505 - Front

 

[collector2]

505 - Back

 

[collector2]

In the Early 80's my aunt and uncle in England sent me some misc catalogue pages of vacuums. I thought you might find them interesting too.

 

[collector2]

For some reason the scans are showing up on the preview but not on the final upload and it wont let me edit so I guess I have to quit for now.

Doug

 

[collector2]

Since they seem to be coming up now I'll continue. I'd love to find the Goblin 666 - #4 on this page as my Aunt used to have one.

 

[collector2]

and another

 

[collector2]

and another I'd also love to have both 355 and 303 Electrolux Cannisters. The Red and Black colour scheme is really sharp.

 

[collector2]

and yet another

 

[collector2]

last one. The 380 and 390 are really neat tank type machines too.

 

[vacbear58]

Goblin 666

Doug

Thanks for taking the time for scanning and posting the instructions and catalogue pages - very interesting indeed.

We would all like to see an example of the 666 - persoanlly I did not even know of the model's existance until I picked up a Goblin brochure a few years back. I am attaching a scan of that page

I have never seen one of these come up on ebay, although i have just bought something a bit similar, pictures hopefully coming soon.

The hose appears to be simular to the Hoover stretch hose (Hooverflex) that was used here for many years after it was dropped in N America. Some interesting snippets of info in your scans though. Interesting to see the 303 with that version of nozzle - I only associated it with the one shown with the 96 but in black.

Only ever saw an 87 with braided hose not that plastic one, which appears similar to that shown on the 170. By the way the 87/96 are the direct descendents of the Lux 48 as teh BOL model that you wanted copy of the manual cover.

The Lux 380/390 would have been their answer to the Hoover Sensortronic range although never with the PN that some of the Hoovers had. From some other information i have it appears that the bodies are not quite the same colour although they appear the same in teh scans.

Al