Electrolux model 65.

[watsonw]

Hi Doug, thanks for posting the post 1965 info it certainly jolted my memory !

Si, that 'Challenge' must be very rare.

Mike, Love your 'Aussie Lux'. When it comes to finding beautiful vacs the High Priestess of Electric Suckers is certainly looking after you !!!!....wish my 62 hose was as good as that, it looks almost ivory in colour ?

 

[z30soulbrother]

luxes

hi guys
i found my challenge on a skip 10 yrs ago it came only with hose and cord so i never saw the tools. i made a set up for it from junk shops with i think z65 bits mainly, yes it is apparently very rare. i still dont know the story behind the challenge name, and has anyone remembered the yellow trident? werent these special brand names on the vacs sold door to door for some reason?
si

 

[z30soulbrother]

luxes

hi mike luv the aussi lux, must have a paper bag option according to the central hose port on the end cap, and the badge looks like 62/65 yes?


doug
luv that canadian sweeper, but what is the red gadget on the back? is it a cord store that screws into the the vapouriser port? do you know we never knew what that thresd was for as we never had a mothemiser or vapouriser and we had the machine 53 years!!
si

 

[collector2]

Hi Si - yep the item on the back is a halo for wrapping the cord around. It was an optional part (which the salesmen could throw in to close the deal) I have one in grey for the 55 thats still in the original box as well. It screws into the threaded rear cap same as the vaporizer. To my knowledge the vaporizer and sprayer were also optional parts with this machine but I've never found one of the instruction sheets to confirm this.

I find it rather ammusing that in the US they considered the dual attahments (comb rug/floor and comb dust/small) to be delux where as the Canadians considered them to be lower line.

 

[z30soulbrother]

cheers doug

Cheers Doug for that, what an exciting thread this has turned out to be! Well, for me anyway , as "the loaf" is my favourite series of vac ever, from the z30 right through to the yellow trident/z80, Ive really enjoyed tracing there quirky gadgets and modifications over the decades they were in production. There always seems to be something new to learn About them like the cord halo! yes your right about the dual tool. By the way doug, I do believe here in the uk the spray jar came as standard, well everyone i know , even my nan with her 48, had the sprayer as standard, but we didnt get the rad brush! We couldnt really for as long as we had rubber crevice tools, unless they made one to fit them too . Well mate i hope this carries on a bit longer and i can discover more loaf cylinder info! God bless

Si

 

[paul]

I am wondering if anyone has information on AB Electrolux's uprights and canisters since the mid- to late-1970s? If so , please post them. I am wondering when the new styles of each were launched--that looked so different from the longer squarish canisters and uprights.

Are the vacuum cleaners that are sold in the U. S. the same as those that are sold in other parts of the world (besides being wired for different voltage)?

What are the internal differences of Electrolux and Eureka machines, if any? I've heard people that Electroluxes are really Eurekas or that Eurekas are really Electroluxes.

I just read on AB Electrolux's website that their U. S. market is larger than their European one. I find that quite interesting and surprising!