Electrolux Model S - CHECK THIS OUT!!

[charles~richard]

Logan, I assume this has the heavy steel wands, right? All the Ss I have seen have --

btw, have you ever seen the other S hose? Same color combination, difference is that the weaving pattern is pairs of stripes in straight lines instead of the chevron pattern.

 

[andy]

Wow Logan! I can't get over how nice that machine is. And the colors on the box are still so vivid! Big congrats

 

[logan]

Andy: I am going to bring it with me to St. Louis/Springfield next week. We can try it out against one of your new Mieles! Of course the Miele will win, but it will still be fun...!

Charlie: Yep it has the heavy steel wands. I don't like using them, they are just too heavy. I used the lighweight aluminum wands off a Model G when I used it today. Much easier to use. No I have not seen the other S hose. Do you have a picture of one?

 

[danemodsandy]

Congrats and Question for Charlie

Logan:

That is a seriously nice machine, and I'm glad it found such a perfect owner!

Charlie:

Since you're more hands-on familiar with every Lux model than I am, maybe you'll know the answer to something that crosses my mind every time I see a Model S. Was that body re-used for the L, with a different bag door setup and the addition of the halo? Looks awfully close to me, but you're the expert.

 

[charles~richard]

LOGAN:

I'll have to get the S hose out - it's stored in one of my half-dozen leatherette hampers, which I use for hose storage. As I said, it has the same colors as the one you have there, but instead of the v-shaped "chevron" pattern in the weaving, it stripes in pairs about 1/4" apart then each pair about 1 in. from its neighbors. It's same spacing and configuration as the R, G, 1205, L, etc., but different colors.


SANDY:

While the S body is somewhat similar to the L, it is different. It's a bit shorter for one thing. Same for the R, which -is- the same as the S with the re-addition of a halo or optional cord winder.

If you saw the S/R and L side by side you'd see the differences.

 

[watsonw]

Hello Logan from the UK,

what a lovely 'complete' find............I have only ever once seen one of those substantial and ingenious carpet/floor of what I only assume is an exclusive American design.....I bet it works very well with that design of machine.....congrats.....finding a 'cardboard boxed' box & machine together in the UK is now very rare !!!

Regards, Walter.

 

[scott55405]

Logan that rocks! Another great find! Thanks for the awesome pix and I'll drop you a line later!

 

[logan]

Sandy

Here is a Model S and Model L side by side comparison. You can see they are very similar, but the L is longer.

 

[arh1953]

Your L is a carbon copy of my mom's vacuum. It had its motor changed because she used off brand bags in it, according to the Electrolux man. I'm still surprised she bought the model with the cord reel.

 

[logan]

Yeah Electrolux would say the motor went bad from not using "their" bags. The off brand 4 ply Electrolux bags are just as good as the genuine bags. Regardless of what Electrolux says. They just want you to buy from them not anyone else!

 

[arh1953]

That's what I believe Logan, but we never had the problem again after the motor change. I have some "off brand" bags I'm going to try on my 1453.

 

[logan]

1453? Is that the Silverado? Sorry, I'm not really that good with the model numbers.

 

[elux89]

I think the Silverado is a 1505. The 1453 is the special edition (economy model) of the silverado????

 

[arh1953]

Here's the 1453

This is an old shot of 1453:

 

[logan]

Oh ok, it's the Olympia Special! Thanks for the photo.

 

[elux89]

The 1453 also came in the gray color like the silverado. From my repair manual, the 1453 had a motor more similar to the 1205 than a SJ

 

[elux89]

See thread 2907 under contemporary vacs "electrolux special edition cannister" for pics of the gray colored version.

 

[logan]

elux89:

You are right! The economy or "special" model came in 3 colors and is the vacuum the replaced the Model L:

Brown (like the Olympia)
Gray (like the Silverado)
Off-White (like the Diamond Jubilee).

Electrolux discontinued the vacuum after the Diamond Jubilee. They used the same smaller motor as the 1205 and 1205-J (less suction than the top of the line cleaners).

 

[laspirateur]

Unbelievable!!!

I love those machines. I have 3 of them and they are so perfect in their own bizarre short-sheeted little way. Thank you so much for posting pictures from the manual. I've never seen an S manual before.

I keep an Electrolux moth-ball vaporizer on the front of my S just to wrap the cord around. Ain't Kosher, but it works.

 

[tom798]

Electrolux Model S

Hi Logan- I have a Model S I use regularly for the past approximately 40+ years! My parents gave it to me & they bought it brand new! I'm wondering if ANYONE out there knows where I can find the motor number to hopefully purchase a new set of brushes. I'm seeing on Google Searches there is a tag somewhere on the vacuum. There are no tags of any kind on the vacuum cleaner.