oldappliancenut
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Anyone know how old this is???? I was cleaning the closet and found her again
Eureka Age??????
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oldappliancenut
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I would guess late 1970s.
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wierd
i just saw that exact eureka at a thrift store yesterday that was blue and was about to post about it
i just saw that exact eureka at a thrift store yesterday that was blue and was about to post about it
eurekaprince
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The clue lies in the nifty colour......
I would say early to mid 1970's, when Eureka's Sweet Sixteen (1600 series) canisters were being sold. The gold colour was never used in the 1960's - turquoise and avocado were dominant with Eureka then. In the beginning of the 1970's you started seeing golds and reds and oranges from the folks in Bloomington Illinois. There was even an Empress II in the same harvest gold as this stick vac. But I don't think you saw this gold on Eurekas after the start of the 1980's, when the Ultra Upright and the Express Canister came out.
The nozzle is weird - it certainly is not the standard Eureka carpet nozzle or floor brush. And yes, the Kewl Eureka "E" is absent here - in it's place is a boring Helvetica "e". Maybe this is the very last incarnation of Eureka's "chrome-handled" stick vac before Electrolux started changing the traditional Eureka design.
Just my two amps worth......
Great keeper for a collection though - enjoy!
I would say early to mid 1970's, when Eureka's Sweet Sixteen (1600 series) canisters were being sold. The gold colour was never used in the 1960's - turquoise and avocado were dominant with Eureka then. In the beginning of the 1970's you started seeing golds and reds and oranges from the folks in Bloomington Illinois. There was even an Empress II in the same harvest gold as this stick vac. But I don't think you saw this gold on Eurekas after the start of the 1980's, when the Ultra Upright and the Express Canister came out.
The nozzle is weird - it certainly is not the standard Eureka carpet nozzle or floor brush. And yes, the Kewl Eureka "E" is absent here - in it's place is a boring Helvetica "e". Maybe this is the very last incarnation of Eureka's "chrome-handled" stick vac before Electrolux started changing the traditional Eureka design.
Just my two amps worth......
Great keeper for a collection though - enjoy!
eluxomarty
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floor nozzle
The nozzle on this vacuum was used on Eureka's real bottom of the line cleaners. I once found a bottom of the line JC Penney Eureka Princess "bug" canister with this style nozzle.
The nozzle on this vacuum was used on Eureka's real bottom of the line cleaners. I once found a bottom of the line JC Penney Eureka Princess "bug" canister with this style nozzle.
Eureka logo history
Eureka used the "Electric E" logo alongside their stretched E-U-R-E-K-A lettering from about 1968 until 1983. Their (non-italicized) bold all-caps logo first appeared around 1978, and they used this particular version of the logo on their units themselves around 1983.
They then italicized this same logo around 1986-87, but did not use it on the vacuums themselves until about 1988-89.
Eureka used the "Electric E" logo alongside their stretched E-U-R-E-K-A lettering from about 1968 until 1983. Their (non-italicized) bold all-caps logo first appeared around 1978, and they used this particular version of the logo on their units themselves around 1983.
They then italicized this same logo around 1986-87, but did not use it on the vacuums themselves until about 1988-89.
eurekaprince
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What's the model number on this unit?
We know that the first turquoise or avocado Eureka stick vacs from the late 1960's had model numbers like "100" or "102". If we knew the model number of this one, someone could easily match it to an old catalogue or spec sheet, and we could determine an exact year for it.
We know that the first turquoise or avocado Eureka stick vacs from the late 1960's had model numbers like "100" or "102". If we knew the model number of this one, someone could easily match it to an old catalogue or spec sheet, and we could determine an exact year for it.
oldappliancenut
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model 93 with an A about a half inch away from the model number if that means anything
model 93 with an A about a half inch away from the model number if that means anything
eurekaprince
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Oy...they started re-using model numbers it seems.....
The newish Eureka rechargeable bagless Boss Lite stick vac with rotating brush also was given the model number 93A! That's a surprise - I would have thought your gold one would be something like 145 or 165 or something like that. Hmmmmm.......
The newish Eureka rechargeable bagless Boss Lite stick vac with rotating brush also was given the model number 93A! That's a surprise - I would have thought your gold one would be something like 145 or 165 or something like that. Hmmmmm.......
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serial #
if this helps 14325030
if this helps 14325030
