Sorry that is not the original hose
Hello,
That is not an original hose to the Electrolux XXX but those are the original hose ends. In the 70's and 80's we could get really sharp looking aqua vinyl hoses, not the swimming pool type hoses, and off white vinyl cuffs that adapted the hose to the hose ends. I know you can still get the cuffs but I have not been able to find the type of hoses we used back then. You could check with "The Henry Company" which is also "VacPartsPlus" and see what they have. I buy a number of vintage parts from them for old machines I work on. We sold so many in store refurbished Lux XXX back then it is not funny. They were great machines. I know we sold paper bags the fit inside the cloth bag and I think it fit many other tank type vacuums. As for the cord winder for me that is the only way to go. The cord is always there when you want to use the XXX.
There was a chrome one on eBay still with the original Belden cord but it was $60.00 I think. I have the chrome one on my XXX and a blue hammer tone on the XL.
Good luck with your XXX.
Thank you for looking,
Pete
