Eureka Automatic Data so far

[texbodemer]

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EUREKA AUTOMATIC UPRIGHTS
Compiled by Nick Bodemer
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MODEL BREAKDOWN:
238 Basic economy upright. No attachment port.
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258 Mid-range upright. Hose port. Single-speed
motor.
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260 Top of the line. Attachment port, headlight,
and two-speed motor.
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200 Series

MODEL START END
258 ---------- 1961
258 -- A ----- 1961 ----------- 1965?
258 -- B -----
258 -- C -----
258 -- D -----
258 -- E -----

259 -- A ----- 1963
MODEL START END
238 ---------- 1964 ----------- 1974
238 -- A ----- 1964?
238 -- AK ---- 1965 ----------- 1966
238 -- B -----
238 -- C -----
238 -- D ----- 1967 ----------- 1969
238 -- E -----
238 -- F ----- 1971 ----------- 1974
238 -- K ----- 1970

260 ---------- 1958 ----------- 1970
260 -- A
260 -- B ----- 1962 ----------- 1967
260 -- BK ---- 1966
260 -- C -----
260 -- D ----- 1965
260 -- E ----- 1966 ----------- 1970
260 -- EK ---- 1966 ----------- 1970
*NOTE*
Suffix "K" indicates chrome hood.

 

[eurekaprince]

Thanks for this! I may be wrong, but I think there also was a Eureka Automatic 250 sold in the 1950’s. This was the predecessor to the 260 that matched up with the year 1960 along with the Super Rotomatic 960 canister.

You can get an indication of timing by the decade number: the 1950’s model numbers had 5’s (250) the 1960’s model numbers had 6’s (260) and as we got closer to 1970, Eureka started introducing a 270.

 

[paul]

Here is the "Color-Pak" list by series from my research (see replies 16, 17, & 18), which includes the 200-Series:

https://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?44230