Eureka & Sears Brands Wide Track 4000 Series & 5085 Upright Data

[paul]

Located Marketing on Newspaper Database

1977-1978 4050-A
1978-1980 4050-B
1978 4053-A (replacement bag shown in photo)
1978-1981 4040-A/B
1978-1981 4060-A
1981 5085-A/B
1984 4036-A/B
1989 4034-B Sears Brand (unsure if Type A is Sears as online parts stores list only 4034-B)
1989-1992 4038-A/B "Samson"

Updates invited.

 

[paul]

Oops - not Sears brand, but Sears model

 

[cheesewonton]

Oops - not Sears brand, but Sears model

Sears also sold a version of the Eureka Ironsides canister and Vibragroomer power nozzle with Kenmore Heavy Duty branding. I have one but haven't taken purdy pictures of it yet.

 

[samir]

I wish I would have kept all our old American Hotel register catalogs--I still remember as a kid drooling at the wide models. More because I wanted to take one apart and see how it worked versus actually use it.

 

[paul]

Sears also sold a version of the Eureka Ironsides canister and Vibragroomer power nozzle with Kenmore Heavy Duty branding. I have one but haven't taken purdy pictures of it yet.

Must've been sold in 1990, because the Ironsides were only marketed from 1989 to 1992; Sears catalog uploads are available during that span except for that year. The Kenmore canisters at the time were much more modern-looking than the Ironsides, whose styling originated with the Sweet Sixteens in 1971, so it surprises me that they would have one among their selections.

 

[paul]

Found a 1991 Sears Catalog with what appears to be the model-type 4034-B, and a 1980 Montgomery Wards catalog with its "Wide-stroke" model SP8880 in Hot Fudge & Frosted White.