Eureka 632

[vinvac]

Steven,

Great Pictures! In my opinion, Euerka's were some of the best work horses on the market. I don't think any other upright (sold in department stores) cleaned as well as the Eureka.

Now that Sanitaire has added the ST Bag to the line...I don't think you can beat it for cleaning and improved filtration.

Morgan

 

[isufan11]

Stephen, Beautiful collection. My grandparent would only buy Eureka, so many of those cleaners look familiar to me. I one day hope to go up in there attic and take all of there old machines for myself. My favorite machine of there was a 16" wide stroke which I think may have been called a samson. Thanks for the pictures - Jon

 

[eurekaprince]

OMG....how beautiful.

Thanks for these photos Stephen! Love the green Cordaway upright.

Now, time to search Mapquest for a nice summer drive down to Falls Church, Virginia! I'm inviting myself!!!!

Eurekaprince Brian in Toronto

 

[kirbyg4]

absolute beauty.

that has to be one of the very finer, collection of Eureka's i have ever seen, when i saw them. one thing came to my mind, my uncles 630, absolutely wonderful cleaner, i believe that a eureka he had, yes in fact a few of them were the only vacuums he ever bought to compare to his wal-mart bought dirt devil[forgot model] and for that purpose only, and he fell in love with it the first day, he tossed the dd, and said" where has this cleaner been all my life", wife looked over with a glare, and they both laughed. but that 630 has outperformed so many cleaners in the past, it was one of the few i was actually jealous of. anyway take care, and enjoy that marvelous machine.

 

[bagintheback]

OOHHH

I LOVE THOSE EUREKAS! I will never forget my grandparents Eureka 1931, which is still my favorite cleaner ever. I am still searching for one, but one day I shall find one! Apparently the story about the cleaner was that my grandma had had Hoover's all her life, so when her brown Convertible died, she deiced she wanted to try another brand. So she bought the Eureka. She had it until 2001 when my Grandpa bought her a Hoover Caddy Vac for Christmas and then she (evilly) donated it to the Goodwill. So for my 5th birthday (2002) I asked for a Eureka vacuum, not knowing that there was more than one model LOL! And I got a Eureka Boss, with a hard-cover bag in the fount!

So every since I have been obsessed with F&G Eurekas and I grab every one in good shape at Goodwills.

 

[normvac]

Eureka ! I have found it !!!

Stephen, I too love your Eureka collection. It is very colorfull seeing the many decades standing all together.
I remember the "Chrome Dome" upright as we sales folks refurred to them
back in the day! I started as rep. with Eureka in Feb. of 79.
There were a few of those still in the furniture stores on
the country Roads in Southern Ohio. The ESP line had just
become available. So I just had to have the 2087, of which you
have a beautiful example of. The white and the dark Burgandy
color was awesome, sitting next to any of the Hoovers of the day. Then to turn it up on end to show the customer the Aero
dynamic styled beater bar, was usually a sure sale.

Brian, if you ever do make the Drive from Tronto. Know that
you are more then welcome to stop in Columbus ohio to see my
mixes of decades and brands. I can swap stories about being
a Eureka rep. in 1979-1983, before opening my own vacuum sales
and service here in Columbus.
Norm

 

[normvac]

Eureka, 3 digit models ! with a letter after !

These for sure, were K mart models. Some were also catalog
models. As in the 1980's there was a burst of catalog hardlines catalogs. In fact, the Electrolux I have from the
80's. Say's made in Canada ! It was one of the earlier budget type models, in plastic. That came out in the 80's
Norm

 

[eurekaprince]

Thanks Norm - much appreciate the invite! I'll let you know if this trip becomes a possibility....

These pics have put me in a bit of Eu-reka-phoria!

EPB

 

[Eureka1458A]

Eurekaprince Brian....You are more than welcome to come down to Falls Church anytime! There are plenty of Eureka's in my collection to try out.

Norm...Thanks for the imput on the Eureka model numbers. As much as I love Eureka, I have found it difficult to find information on Eureka's. I had to go to Bloomington, IL last summer to see what kind of info I could research and to see the old Eureka HQ too!

Stephen

 

[vintagehoover]

Stephen, where do you find all these immaculate cleaners?! I can't see a single scuff or scratch; they look like new! How long has it taken you to accumilate so many pristine machines?

 

[eurekaprince]

Thanks for the invite Stephen.......

I look forward to visiting one day soon!

By the way, the other two uprights I think are stunning are the gold 2072 Rugulator, and the blue Dial-A-Nap version next to it. Top rated by Consumer Reports in 1974, the blue version was originally Model 2042 and was a Best Buy. These two models are the design basis for the successful line of Sanitaire uprights still being sold on the market to this very day!

 

[vac-o-matic]

Samson?

Nice pics and vacs Stephen! Where's the Samson widetrack? I could've sworn you left St. Louis with one!

 

[a007kirbyman]

Stephen (eurekaboy) & collection...

I concur with Jack, you have a collection that is in very wonderful condition.

Congrats.

hagd all

Bill

 

[kirbyultimateg]

EurekaBoy:
You have a wonderful collection of Eurekas! I think that I might come and see your collection sometime this year!

 

[Eureka1458A]

Thanks Guys for the many compliments!

Jack(VintageHoover)All of the Eureka's in my collection were either ebay finds, thift store finds and the generosity of some great friends! I started collecting back in 2004 and it has taken me a good 5-6 years to find all of these great machines. The first vacuum in my collection is the blue/white Eureka 1428A that is between a two tone blue Eureka 1416 and a red/white Eureka 1470.

Stephen