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Tom!!!! You have the identical Eureka Automatic Upright that I grew up with in Montreal.....it is the exact model down to the correct graphic on the bag and the silver headlight frame. I have been desperate to find out the exact model number. Is the nameplate intact on the underside? Can you give me the model number? Is it 260 or 265 or something close to that? I'd be ever so grateful to finally get a model number for the vacuum that started it all for me!!! :-)

Eurekaprince Brian in Canada
 
Hey Brian,
Mine is a 260 according to the serial plate. The light surround is pale gold (missing the lens) and the access plate is gold and ivory. Kinda beat up and only 1 speed works but it's like the one my Aunt had when I was a kid (say 1955-57) so here it is. Enjoy yours
Tom
 
Hey Tom - thanks for the information......I was kind of hoping it had a chrome silver headlight frame and silver accents on the hose-port cover....I think that Eureka added gold features to the Automatic upright and Roto-Matic canister in 1957 for the golden 50th anniversary of the company (Eureka started in 1907 in Detroit).

But I always thought that the model numbers somehow matched the year the particular vac was put on the market (Upright 260 = 1960, Upright 2070 = 1970, Upright 2072 = 1972, etc.) So I'm still not sure which model number we had on a silver-trimmed "Automatic" upright (I no longer have the vac....*sniffle, sniffle, boo-hoo*) Unless your 260 originally had silver accents and the headlight frame and hose port cover was replaced at some point.

I can't tell from the picture - is your 260 a turquoise/aqua blue colour, or green colour? Ours was definitely blue - I think the golden anniversary edition was more greenish in tone....
 
Tom, that trio is fabulous!  Seeing all 3 of those vacuums I remember from my childhood is a treat, but the 260 especially.  Our next door neighbor had that one and I had all but given up hope of ever seeing another one.  I just might have to take a side trip next time I'm up north at the farm. 
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Eurekaprince.....There were several versions of the 260, the green one like Tom's and a couple variations that were blue.


 


Neil
 
Thanks for the added info Neil...it was also nice to find out years later that the 260 was rated quite well by Consumer Reports - as good as the Hoover uprights that were competing with it!
 
Brian (and Neil)
A bit more looking and all 3 have gold trim against a paint scheme of soft green and cream. The Mobilaire ( the canned ham) has a 50th Anniversary sticker on it so I'm thinking they are all from 1957? The Rotomatic i got at an antique shop near Rogers and the other 2 from ebay back when things were cheaper. Need a dusting brush and crevice tool still (rotomatic came with just the hose so like good siblings, they have to share).
Neil - love to have you visit - drop me line if you're coming to the farm.
Cheers to both,
Tom
 
Just received my Singer Rotomatic, in better shape than the pictures on ebay. But I am looking forward to cleaning it up and improving its looks!
 
Ben and Greg

Ben , The little white upholstery nozzle is actually a Singer nozzle for a later model. There is a brown upholstery nozzle on ebay right now in case you want to make your C-1 complete. But save that white nozzle, you never know when you'll get a later model Singer canister.

Greg, The hose on your vacuum is rubber/vinyl! I've only seen the cloth covered hoses for that particular model. Of course they now leak air so I'm sure yours is better.

Nice Super Rotomatics everyone. I do have the tattered Golden Crown, well most of it anyway that I was once going to get rid of until I turned it on to clean and decided it worked too well to get rid of so back in the collection it went :-)
 
Thanks for the info! But can you provide a link to that nozzle on ebay? I would appreciate it. I have to admit, the vacuum itself is in great shape, even the woven hose is still functional and looks good too. But all the tools are in very poor shape, the carpet nozzle needs a new metal plate for the bottom, the dusting brush needs new bristles,  so does the bare floor brush, and the crevise tool was broke in half when I opened the box!
 
Marty!

My Singer book talks about the new lightweight vinyl hose. Even the Eureka POD that pops up now and then talks about the vinyl hose
How about a picture of your singer version in it's hassock?
 
Ben, your Singer cleaned up nice. You can use brushes off any Eureka tool and the bottom plate from any Eureka rug nozzle will work as well. I don't know how to put a link here ( I'm going to try ) but it's listed as Vintage Vacuum Mini Brush Tool.

Greg, that vacuum is in storage at the moment. I don't have the room here in PS to keep displayed. it will get switched out with one of the vacuums here so I can use it for awhile. Don't know when though.

http://ebay #180716760033
 
Brian, this is the model you're looking for the 260C canadian ? It looks worse in the pic than it actually is

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