collector2
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I was given a couple of interesting machines today. A Eureka and a Coronado.
Eureka and Coronado
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collector2
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The Eureka cleaned up very nicely
collector2
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As did the Coronado. Add an appropriate hose and a couple of parts and it looks very good.
collector2
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Incidentally from what I can find out the Coronado was made for the MacLeods stores from about 1955 to 57 (possibly a bit earlier but I cant confirm that) This is a 1956 Ad for it. I assume from the difference in the logo on it that mine is an earlier model as the logo shown in this ad is also in the 1957 ad.
vacbear58
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Great job Doug
You do enjoy cleaning up and detailing your cleaners
That Eureka style was around in one form or another for a long time wasn't it? Like from the mid 1950s with the first vibra beat models? Or was the first one called the 10/10?
I think this design was surprisingly futuristic as it foretold the basic design of many other cleaners right up to the present day.
Al
You do enjoy cleaning up and detailing your cleaners
That Eureka style was around in one form or another for a long time wasn't it? Like from the mid 1950s with the first vibra beat models? Or was the first one called the 10/10?
I think this design was surprisingly futuristic as it foretold the basic design of many other cleaners right up to the present day.
Al
collector2
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Hey Al, Hans:
Thanks.
The Canned Ham style Eurekas were around for about 20 years. I think this is one of the last versions put out. (Or at least very late) Definitely in the 1970's.
Doug
Thanks.
The Canned Ham style Eurekas were around for about 20 years. I think this is one of the last versions put out. (Or at least very late) Definitely in the 1970's.
Doug
collector2
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Incidentally, the Coronado name plate says made by Emco. Inc. Bloomington, Il. The design of the machine looks a lot like the Royal/Kingston/Firestone machines with the exception of the top but it also has some elements that look like Eureka as well. Makes you wonder who that company was associated with.
eurekaprince
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If Emco was in Bloomington, Illinois, then chances are it was somehow connected to the Eureka Williams Company which was headquartered in that town.
That Eureka canister was known as the Empress II, a more modern and improved version of the famous Empress canister from the late 1960's. It took on the 1800 Series model numbers, with 1820 being the low end, and 1880 being the top of the line. I would date this around 1970.
Eureka used a "sports car" metaphor for marketing this beautiful vac. Trade advertisements called it the "FastVac" and touted it's large "Mag Wheels" for easy movement over all terrain, racing stripes down the sides (yours seems to be rubbed out), "easy on" push pedal designed like a car's accelerator pedal, and even "radio push buttons" on top to adjust the suction. Yours seems to be a middle of the line: The low end version had no suction buttons (1820), and the high end version had 7 buttons (1880).
This was the Eureka canister that came before the boxier "Sweet Sixteen" 1600 series (Ironside, Quiet Kleen, etc.), and the design survived into the 1980's when it was enhanced by a power nozzle to become a deluxe Roto Matic Power Team canister vac. Store brand versions of this include Eaton Viking in Canada, and JCPenney and Wards in the USA. Not sure if there ever was a commercial Sanitaire version though.
Love the fact it came with all those duplicate Eureka attachments!
That Eureka canister was known as the Empress II, a more modern and improved version of the famous Empress canister from the late 1960's. It took on the 1800 Series model numbers, with 1820 being the low end, and 1880 being the top of the line. I would date this around 1970.
Eureka used a "sports car" metaphor for marketing this beautiful vac. Trade advertisements called it the "FastVac" and touted it's large "Mag Wheels" for easy movement over all terrain, racing stripes down the sides (yours seems to be rubbed out), "easy on" push pedal designed like a car's accelerator pedal, and even "radio push buttons" on top to adjust the suction. Yours seems to be a middle of the line: The low end version had no suction buttons (1820), and the high end version had 7 buttons (1880).
This was the Eureka canister that came before the boxier "Sweet Sixteen" 1600 series (Ironside, Quiet Kleen, etc.), and the design survived into the 1980's when it was enhanced by a power nozzle to become a deluxe Roto Matic Power Team canister vac. Store brand versions of this include Eaton Viking in Canada, and JCPenney and Wards in the USA. Not sure if there ever was a commercial Sanitaire version though.
Love the fact it came with all those duplicate Eureka attachments!
collector2
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Hey Hans
I used a spare hose from a Viking vacuum cleaner that is the same as the Atlas. The original one for this machine would have been the same colour but with a black tracer. This was as close as I could come.
MacLeods, like many other stores, bought stuff from many companies and put their house brand name - Coronado - on them
Hey Brian:
I believe this is a model 1860. Looked at that yesterday and forgot to put it down. There were also two Singer versions of this machine, which I have too (Thanks again for the one pictured here Dave). One with power nozzle one without.
I used a spare hose from a Viking vacuum cleaner that is the same as the Atlas. The original one for this machine would have been the same colour but with a black tracer. This was as close as I could come.
MacLeods, like many other stores, bought stuff from many companies and put their house brand name - Coronado - on them
Hey Brian:
I believe this is a model 1860. Looked at that yesterday and forgot to put it down. There were also two Singer versions of this machine, which I have too (Thanks again for the one pictured here Dave). One with power nozzle one without.
eurekaprince
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Wow!!
Never knew that there was a Singer version! Kewlllllll! I know Eureka made some of the Singer canisters of the 1960's, but who woulda thunk they relabelled a "FastVac Power Team" as a Singer.
Aren't Eureka William's classic attachments beyoooooootiful? Love that upholstery nozzle and horsehair dusting brush.
Never knew that there was a Singer version! Kewlllllll! I know Eureka made some of the Singer canisters of the 1960's, but who woulda thunk they relabelled a "FastVac Power Team" as a Singer.
Aren't Eureka William's classic attachments beyoooooootiful?
Love that upholstery nozzle and horsehair dusting brush.
eurekaprince
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Correction - Doug's Singer shows the full "Control Panel Dashboard" with 6 "radio buttons" - not 7 as I described above. It also has the racing stripe down the side.
Eureka's Empress II Power Team was given a model number in the 1200 Series, like all of their first Power Teams. I believe the deluxe model was 1280. First versions were "Not Recommended" by Consumer Reports in 1974, as they did not like the fact that the 360 degree hose connector at the canister could rip out the power nozzle cord from the main unit. I think subsequent models restricted the rotation to 200 degrees or something like that....
Eureka's Empress II Power Team was given a model number in the 1200 Series, like all of their first Power Teams. I believe the deluxe model was 1280. First versions were "Not Recommended" by Consumer Reports in 1974, as they did not like the fact that the 360 degree hose connector at the canister could rip out the power nozzle cord from the main unit. I think subsequent models restricted the rotation to 200 degrees or something like that....
collector2
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The singer without the PN
collector2
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Oh the Singer without the PN is the model C21 and the one with the PN is the model C23
I have..
A blue one somewhere, but I have a Singer complete with the box and Singer re badged Preco power brush! it turned up at the Re Store in Greensboro!I also have a 1010 Eureka that is about the same thing, the problem is you cant get bags anywhere, I search the old hardware stores anytime I travel.
A blue one somewhere, but I have a Singer complete with the box and Singer re badged Preco power brush! it turned up at the Re Store in Greensboro!I also have a 1010 Eureka that is about the same thing, the problem is you cant get bags anywhere, I search the old hardware stores anytime I travel.
