Keither: Thanks for taking the time to look for the date on that remanufactured model L. Interesting they were still remanufacturing L’s that late...at that point they were at least 10 years old or older. Likely the best of the trade ins were used for this purpose.
Since you mention the manual shows a choice of rebuilt models....the 1205 was not an economy model originally since it had the automatic control feature, this was the top of the line but as a remanufactured machine I guess pricing would have been lower than even a 2100 LE which was the lowest level model in 1988. One of our members who was an Electrolux rep at that time would likely be able to best answer this question as they would know the pricing levels. What I do know is that I didn’t see much “push” of remanufactured models by salesmen or the stores that I ever visited. Never saw one in the store or talk of them, though my Aunt did have a remanufactured one which I think was an L, but I know it was replaced some years later by a Miele.
I also stayed in a summer rental home on Nantucket once, and the owners had equipped the house with a remanufactured Electrolux...not sure if it was a G or an AF....I just can’t remember but it was one of the two as I remember it was the automatic model for sure.
Another time When I was just a teenager we arrived at a vacation rental house my parents rented from a friend and a cleaning crew was there using a remanufactured 1205 in the Silverado era gray coloring. It had to have been a recent purchase because we stayed there in the summers of 1982 and 1984 and the Silverado gray coloring was from 82-84. I thought that it was a nice looking unit.
I often wonder what the specifications were for remanufacturing these machines...did they replace or recondition the motors? What parts were replaced if any by default. I wonder what their cost was to actually do this process versus just make a new machine. If they kept the old motors but cleaned them thoroughly and replaced motor brushes, it could see that lowering production cost and therefore being a profitable procedure.
Maybe someone knows more detail on these...though it seems we might be getting off topic to remanufactured machines versus economy models.
Back on topic though...my Brother sent his 1453 Olympia brown era special model off to the town dump...it was beat to hell...had a cordwinder but with no cord end and he said the motor wailed horribly upon start up and shut off when it was usable. It was something he picked up from somewhere free long ago. I brought him a nice Aerus Lux Classic I picked up at Goodwill last May that was in excellent condition to replace it and I suggested he just delete the 1453 because it was so far gone. Apparently it seems the special models were sold with or without power nozzles or electric hoses. My Brother’s did not have the electric hose nor does the nearly unused one Charles has pictured here. I think by this time in the 80s the top of the line included the power nozzle and electric hose as standard equipment in the box. If you didn’t want it you had to get the 1453 but it seems the 1453 was sold with or without the electric hose and power nozzle as I’ve seen many with the hose and power nozzle included.
Not sure why Electrolux suddenly decided to manufacture a new single sided floor brush to include with their less than top of the line models. The double sided flip over combination rug and floor tool seemed to always be a standard then suddenly, primarily with the introduction of the plastic bodied canisters they went to the single sided brush only option. I’ve noticed the plastic bodied canisters were derived from Canadian models and essentially were the current Canadian models but once the US and Candadian Electrolux companies merged some of the Canadian models and features were kept...perhaps the Canadian models had the single sided floor brush pre merge and that’s where that came from...I’ve derived this info about the Canadian models because after careful observation of pre merge 1980’s Canadian models the end of the hose where it attaches to the front of the canister body is the exact design the plastic body canisters use, and is still in use today on the Aerus Lux Classic and Lux Legacy models. Pre merge, the US Electrolux’s only used the hose end started with the model XXX and adapted it to fit for a direct electric connection with the addition of the two slot pins to fit the 1205, Golden Jubilee, Olympia, Silverado, Diamond Jubilee and the Ultralux models...and all 1453s. This way these models could use either the standard non electric hose or the direct electrical connecting power hose...(braided ones had the word TOP marked on them but it could be inserted and work either way...eventually the word top was removed I believe when they discontinued the braided hose design and went to the rubber hoses.
I’m desperate to get a rubber pigtail electric hose to work with the power nozzle optioned economy models. Might have to break down and just order it from Aerus. I’d like it to make my model G nicer.
Speaking of hoses and electrics... It seems these economy models had three hose options...a non electric hose if one opted for no power nozzle...a non electric hose with an external wire clamped and wrapped around if one opted for the power nozzle, or finally...the full electric hose with pigtail cord on the canister end to plug the wire into the canister outlet. My Mother opted for the full electric hose when she bought her L and never liked the wire wrap around “lash up” but others opted for that. I wonder if this was a cheaper option than the full electric hose with built in wiring. Clearly the wire wrap was invented to help people who wanted to add the power nozzle at a later date... not have to replace their hose to get the power out to the power nozzle wand once the G era power nozzle with solid wand and the one long cord coming from the power nozzle long enough to go all the way to the canister was discontinued. (I have one of those long cords, and fitted it on a pn1 so I can use my AF without an electric hose or special power nozzle wands...I just take the rug and floor tool off the wands put the power nozzle on the standard wands and plug the long power nozzle cord into the canister outlet. It works...but the power nozzle cord is always getting in the way as I don’t aphabe any of the plastic quick clamps that were originally included to clamp the cord to the hose...I think three were included originally as shown on the cover of Model G manuals.
Jon
