Eureka Gold CRown Cannister

[eurekaprince]

Pete - your 260C is really close, but it is not the exact version I grew up with. The hose and hose port cover are an exact match, but the bag on my childhood Eureka had the vertical rectangle graphic that Tom's Automatic has. Can't tell if Tom's bag is green or blue, but our blue one had that graphic.

Always wondered how they shipped these Eureka uprights.....in the 1970's they split the handle in two pieces and so the whole vac assembly fit in a small square box. But these older Eurekas had a single piece handle.....wonder if the handle came in a separate box.....hmmmmmm.....

 

[1926700]

brian....

prehaps mine is the one......the bag is not orginal....but everything else is

 

[massagemiracle]

a quick story of the Grey/yellow rotomatic on ebay this week

I'm sure that everyone saw the rotomatics on ebay this week. The grey/yellow sold for $202.50. I emailed the seller and ask him if he ever found another like it to please email me.


He was on his way home and happened to be at a stoplight and saw a man put that hassock out at the curb with a free sign! He parked


 


and went over to look at it and there was the rotomatic in it! He put it into his trunk and the rest was history! I would never find


 


anything that nice driving home!!

 

[eurekaprince]

Yes Jason!!!! That's the one! Eureka!!! You found it!!! (Yup - the bag and cord are not original, but everything else is.)

What's the model number on the bottom plate?

Thanks for the pic -

EP Brian

 

[countryguy]

Here's some pics of my rotomatic including the storage chest.

Gary

 

[countryguy]

Pic #2

 

[countryguy]

Pic #3

 

[1926700]

brian....

that cord is orginal......and its a model 260, but i cant remember the letter off the top of my crown...=)

 

[massagemiracle]

I love that  vacuum ! It is so much like the original  my mother got for christmas back in '63!

 

[countryguy]

Thanks! Can you just imagine what a woman would say today if she got a vacuum for Xmas? LOL

Gary

 

[massagemiracle]

Move out?

 

[eurekaprince]

Gary!!!! Nice Roto-Matic, buddy!!!

Jason - now I know that we had a 260 of some sort! I thought the cord looked like a replacement because it seems so much darker than the blue base of the vac. I remember our Eureka Automatic 260 had a turquoise/aqua electric cord that was very close in colour to the blue on the rest of machine and on the attachments. But I guess the vinyl could get discoloured with the years.....

I'm now convinced that our 260 was circa 1958/1959 (the year I was born). It was not green with gold accents like the 1957 Golden Anniversary edition, and yet it was before the production of the blue bags with the letters for E.U.R.E.K.A. emblazoned in large letters down the front of the bag. Ours had the little vertical rectangle up at the top - similar to earlier Eureka uprights.

Thanks again for that great display of the 3 260's!!!

 

[massagemiracle]

3 of a kind....

 

[massagemiracle]

I just made arrangements to purchase a Gold Crown! And its in excellent shape!

 

[massagemiracle]

I got today from Ken, Kitchenaid1

 

[massagemiracle]

My Rotomatics!

All lined up!

 

[massagemiracle]

Pic 2

 

[massagemiracle]

Cool find on ebay that I bought.....