Eureka model data so far

[gottahaveahoove]

Although I'm not into Eurekas,

I must tell you that you're doing great book keeping on the name.  I have similar info/details on Hoover. 


But, excellent work on your part!

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Do you have the Eureka

book on cleaning?


 

 

[eurekaprince]

Yes I do! The model line up on one of the inside pages shows the Eureka Precision and Eureka Express….in that nifty dusty rose colour.

Another Eureka colour set: Harvest Gold (HG) and Burnt Orange (BO) used on the second generation Sweet Sixteens and first Power Teams….

 

[huskyvacs]

Coincidentally enough, I just picked up a Eureka 1443 Typ. A at Goodwill this weekend. It was 40% Off $11.99 and I couldn't leave it sit there.

4.0 amps, burgundy or dark maroon color. No headlight. Metal hood. Brushroll is a mix of red rubber beater bars and bristles and is either painted wood or metal.

Whatever model this is, it only exists in text on Vacuumland. There is no other collectors with a photo of theirs on Vacuumland or videos on YouTube at all.

 

[texbodemer]

I'd love to see it!

Can you post a photo?

 

[huskyvacs]

Here it is ! It also came with a half-used pack of bags, 2 new packs of belts (one torn open but not used), and one new generic/no brand belt.

 

[huskyvacs]

Forgot the bottom pic

 

[eurekaprince]

Very nice! The furniture bumper is obviously missing….wonder if someone has a Eureka spec sheet showing the original bumper. I imagine it would have been a burgundy red bumper.

I would date this to early/mid 1980’s according to the non-italicized brand name letters on the front Dial a Nap plate.

 

[huskyvacs]

Thanks!

Oh and the bumper is there, its just very very thin. It's not wide like the older ( newer?) ones. It was actually pulled down and all I did was flip it back up. It's torn on both corners almost totally through so that's how it got all twisted up.

 

[eurekaprince]

Oh...I see the bumper! Because this is a very low end basic model, the bumper is a very thin version. The more deluxe the model, the fancier and taller the bumper. Since it's only got two Dial a Nap settings, this is a very very basic budget model.

 

[huskyvacs]

Ah I see, wow. Yeah I wonder if that's why this is rare? Either nobody bought it, or they all got used up and junked?

There was a Montgomery Ward shampooer paired with this in the store that I also bought, that is from 1978, and I wonder if both of these came from the same house and the person was a real money miser and just bought the bare minimum of everything - as they actually wrote the price of the shampooer on the manual - $38. It was a very cheap shampooer.

Also makes me wonder if these were from the same house, if the Eureka also came from Montgomery Wards too?

 

[texbodemer]

That's absolutely beautiful!

 

[texbodemer]

Added to 1400--I think it's Brandywine?

SERIES MODEL NAME/STYLE FEATURES BODY COLOR OUTER BAG YEARS
1400 INTRO. 1974

1401 CLASSIC BGT WHT/BLK WHT 1974-76
1402 CLASSIC BGT WHT/WHT WHT
1403
1404
1405
1406 CLASSIC 2 POS DAN LB LB 1980-81
1407
1408
1409
1410 CLASSIC 2 POS DAN, HL WHT/GOLD WHT
1411
1412
1413
1414 BICENTENNIAL 6 POS DAN WHT/BRN BICENT. 1976
1415
1416 CLASSIC 4 POS DAN WHT/LB WHT
1417 CLASSIC 4 POS DAN WHT/ LT ORN WHT
1418 CLASSIC 6 POS DAN WHT/RED WHT
1419 CLASSIC 4 POS DAN, HL WHT/GOLD WHT
1420
1421 CLASSIC 6 POS DAN/HL WHT/RED WHT
1422
1423 CLASSIC DAN, HL WHT/LT ORN WHT
1424 CLASSIC 6 POS DAN, HL WHT/RED WHT C. 1980
1425 CLASSIC 4 POS DAN WHT/ORNG WHT V
1426 CLASSIC 4 POS DAN BLK/WHT 1974-75
1427 CLASSIC 4 POS DAN, HL WHT/BLU BLU 1981
1428 CLASSIC 4 POS DAN, HL WHT/DK BLU PL V
1429 CLASSIC 4 POS DAN WHT/RED PL V
1431
1432 CLASSIC 2 POS DAN WHT/RED WHT
1435 MOD CLASSIC 2 POS DAN DK BLU/WHT WHT
1436
1437
1438 VANGUARD 4 POS DAN WHT/RED WHT PL
1439
1440 FLAT HOOD 6 POS DAN WHT/BLU BLU 1975
1441
1442 CLASSIC 4 POS DAN DK GRY/WHT WHT
1443 CLASSIC 2 POS DAN BW/WHT WHT
1444
1446 VANGUARD DAN WHT/DK BLU
1447 4 POS DAN, HL RED/WHT WHT
1448
1450
1452 VANGUARD 6 POS DAN, HL BW/WHT WHT 1984
1453
1454
1455
1456
1457 DAN, HL RED/WHT WHT
1458 VANGUARD 6 POS DAN BLU/WHT BLU 1979-83
1459 VANGUARD RUG, HL WHT/CINN WHT 1986
1462
1463
1466
1469
1470 CLASSIC 6 POS DAN, HL RED/WHT WHT
1471
1473 FLAT HOOD 4 POS DAN, HL DK BLU/WHT WHT
1475 CLASSIC 4 POS DAN BLK/WHT 1984
1476 CLASSIC 4 POS DAN TURQ/WHT WHT V 1986
1485 MOD CLASSIC 4 POS DAN, HL DK BLU/WHT PL V
1486 CLASSIC 4 POS DAN, HL GRN/WHT
1489 FLAT HOOD 6 POS DAN, HL DK BLU/LT BLU LT BLU
1490
1495

 

[paul]

Doesn't the '9003' serial number leader indicate the third week of 1990 or March 1990?

I'm also guessing that the '4' of the 1400 Series indicates its 1974 debut. If so, the 1900 Series would have been introduced in 1989.

You might try getting some information from Eureka and local vacuum shops like I did with Aerus.

Keep up the good work on the model list. You're making progress!

 

[texbodemer]

I'm also curious

I'm also curious about the 200 series.

 

[texbodemer]

Eureka 1415

1415 HL, 4 POS DAN, WHT/DK BLU

 

[eurekaprince]

Hi Paul,

I don't think Eureka's serial numbers worked like that...the font used for that model is definitely from early to mid 1980's. After around 1984 or 1985, the brandname lettering became slanted/italicized.

It is possible that the 1900 series began in 1979, if I remember correctly.

 

[huskyvacs]

Also didn't the "SHAG" selection disappear from the model line after a certain year/period?

 

[huskyvacs]

I might have a lead. I found this article however it is from 1978 but I can't view or enlarge it. It mentions an Eureka Model 1443, but with 6 pos. dial-A-nap and headlight, before the OCR devolves into gibberish. It is a store ad for a place called "Woolco".

 

[paul]

Thanks, Brian.

@huskyvacs Good info. Regarding Woolco, here's a portion of what Wikipedia has posted:

"Woolco was an American-based discount retail chain. It was founded in 1962 in Columbus, Ohio, by the F. W. Woolworth Company. It was a full-line discount department store unlike the five-and-dime Woolworth stores which operated at the time ... "