Eureka Retrovac

[eurekastar]

Just to prove that I'm not all about vintage Kirby, I present this recent Ebay find! I've been wanting one of these for a long time. Thanks to a tip from Rick Asquith, I scored! Other than the beat up brush roll, it is very good condition.

 

[eurekastar]

Made in China?

I haven't yet discovered where it is made. But I'm sure it comes from China or (most likely) Mexico.

 

[eurekastar]

While the F&G bag system was a great advance back in the day, I felt compelled to upgrade to the ST bag system and its advanced filtration.

 

[eurekastar]

Brush Roll

The brush roll was beat up, so I installed a VGII model. I really like the way it grooms the carpet.

 

[marks_here]

They have them on overstock.com still.

 

[eurekastar]

As much as I love my Kirbys, it's hard to beat the old Eureka uprights!

 

[vac-o-matic]

Congrats!

Glad you're the one who won it, especially since it was on your wish list! It looks to be in great condition too. Those ST conversions are great, have a couple on mine as well. I would guess Mexico, if that's where the Sanitaires are coming from. I want to say these came out about '05 or '06, but not sure. I think someone had one of those at the '06 convention here in St. Louis, IIRC. Enjoy!

 

[super-sweeper]

Those came out in 2003, I think! If only they still made this, all we have now is the 1934A for household F&G-ness! You've gotta love that bag!

 

[marks_here]

Was pointed out

That's it's out of stock on overstock.com sorry about the above thread mentioning this.

 

[eurekastar]

From what I can glean, Eureka stopped production of the Retrovac in 2005. Not a very long production run.