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.

 

[cheesewonton]

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.

The Kenmore Heavy Duty line as interesting. They were sold 1988 ish to maybe 1990. Aside from a couple of Heavy Duty branded Singer Twin Fan models and a Whirlpool soft bag upright, they brought back the old square canister body from 1974 with the lid that had an attachment cubby molded in and a hinged lid on top. They had black lids, gray lower bodies and a red furniture guard. There was also a Heavy Duty version of the Power Spray and their little Oreck Ironman vacuum.
This is the resurrected 1970 Kenmore sold as the Heavy Duty 3.9 circa 1988-ish to maybe 1990. The hose is also gray like the attachments. The Eureka Ironsides based model is also labeled a Kenmore Heavy Duty 3.9. I have since found a correct gray dusting brush. The one in the images is a Hayden attachment with the neck cut down a little bit to fit the slot in the lid. You can have a nice chuckle at how I back up the thin piece of open cell foam in the OEM pre-motor "filter". It is Electrolux EF-1 media held in place with some 1/4 inch wire mesh to keep it out of the motor opening. Works good. The bag is a Nacecare synthetic HEPA dust bag for Numatic vacuums.