Family Vacs - which ones do you have?

[turbomaster1984]

Well bugger me.

After double double checking seems I got confused.

It is indeed a 4002 Honey Beige/ Tangerine Freedom with 4006 Green housing.

When we bought it the owners said it has never had a repair since they got married - they were easily late 50's/early 60s.
It was a second hand wedding present so it must of been a reconditioned one.

I still love it despite its hash of machines and at least mine is unique.

The orange really compliments the green in its own clashy way.

Wow in Shropshire eh and all these machines so close!
Another shropshire member that you know of with all these minters you often refer to?

Not so far from you.

The freedom actually came from Market Drayton.
Nice little place to go for a saturday morning drive on the hunt for vacs.

R

 

[junior1975]

Hoover 1354A, and Electrolux Z65.

Hi guys and gals.

I still have the 1354A which I grew up with, albeit extremely battered and yellowed with age, the handle does not stay up and the bearings in the motor are well past their sell by date, but I cannot bear to bring myself to part with the old girl.
I wish I had our old Lux 65 cylinder. I remeber being towed around on that as a toddler.

I have inherited one machine of worth, and that is the U2336 turbopower which belonged to my great aunt. Yes this one is missing chucks from the bag door, as it has the same extremely fragile plastics of the whole U2336 production run. Must have been something they used to colour the plastic, as the U2332 tends to be much more durable!

Oh yes, nearly forgot. My U4014. This is the cleaner our next door neightbour used until she died in 1991. It then sat in my grandfathers garden shed for 15 years (He passed away in 2005, and took year for us to pluck up the courage to clear out his shed), and the U4014 came to light. I quickly resuced the old lady, and after 24 hours in a warm dry room, I fired her up firstly on a 12v car battery charger, and ran the motor for an hour to clear the commutator, then I fired her up on full mains power. She then ran for about 30 seconds before the radio surpressor died spectacularly in a shower of sparks and a very loud bang, although the motor still ran.

I changed this capacitor and now after a couple of hours in the spa she looks pretty darned fine. Runs sweetly and is preserved now for posterity.

Thats my story.

Happy hoovering vacuumland!

Clark.

 

[aussie-plugs]

Toy Hoover 612

Hi Walter (Newport),

Your toy 612 sounds very familiar. The cream colour sounds right, no furniture guard, black PVC bag and perhaps a black platic button in the end of the handle's metal tubing. The box was even printed in the same colour ink (red) and graphic as the real 612 accessories box. Could we have a picture of the machine and its carton?

Cheers, Nick

 

[aussie-plugs]

Walter, Walter, where are you ... ?

Hi Walter,

Your toy 612 sounds very familiar indeed. Could you post a picture?

Cheers,

Nick

 

[turbo500]

Bringing up an old but fun thread.

My Mum had a Hoover Turbopower U2332 that she bought when she moved into our house in 1986. By '92 it was dead - she was extremely rough on her vacuums - and it was replaced with a Panasonic MC-E44. A year later, this was "replaced" by a Kirby Legend 2 following a door to door sales pitch, but Mum never liked it and would avoid using it, although she did get into a strange habit of shampooing the living room carpet every 2 weeks - that didn't last long. The Panasonic went upstairs as the spare vac, but she used it far more than she ever used the Kirby.


 


After my parents split up, Mum got rid of the Kirby after a few years as it was relegated to the shed by then and gathering dust. The Panasonic soldiered on until 2007 when Mum wanted to "upgrade" and I was given it and it's remained with me ever since.

 

[vacuumkid47]

My mom's vacuum......

I actually grew up with Kirbys because my family passed down with Kirby machines, my moms first vac was a Bissell, She HATED it! She ended up getting her first Kirby, and it was a Gsix. 6 years later, A salesman knocks on our door with a Ultimate G Diamond Edition. She then bought it and put the poor Gsix in the basement. In late 2012, we had to move, so we moved to a store with a house connected to it. Her Kirby was completely worn out, like the fan was broke, bag, etc. Then, she just took the Gsix, and left it out for over 3 months! DURING WINTER. I took it inside and I have been cleaning it up ever since.

The End.

 

[beekeyknee]

Grandmother's Kirby

This belonged to my paternal Grandmother.

http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?25594_5~1

 

[citroenbx]

we still use his every day
this is my mums

1998 dyson dc01

 

[nazard]

Would love to have three or four more, but happy to have these three Seniors.
Going to have two more soon.

Doctor, I'm in love with my Hoovers.
Is it serious ? ? ?
Is there a drug for ?

 

[parwaz786]

My family is VERY rough on vacuums.
For example my cousns in Rochdale has a Vax 121, and a Hoover triple wortex in white and had a cable rewind. Both were alright. Vax 121 has in TERRIBLEcondition but still sucked alright so it was still being used till they were gonna gt a new one later they had got the house done up. The hoover was in an OK condition, but despite being cleaned out, the suction was HORRIBLE and the brush never span recently (when I last seen it in about 2007) Then they got those horrible va bagless power range cylinders which Argos sell a lot, they said it was not a good machine! So I gave my Auntie the DC14 Blitz it (Dyson) and two years later... it still works! They said it works so well and picks up LOADS

 

[anthony]

all of these

belonged to various family members even the Hoover commercial machine on the end was given to my gran when she worked in the local ODEON and the toy hoover and washer were my sisters. theirs also a few electrolux and goblin cylinder machines in the boxes they all ended up here when family members died or upgraded to more modern machines

 

[nazard]

What model do you show, the brown one, next to the blue Hoover Senior?

hmmmm.... nice collection

 

[fantomfan]

I have one.

My grandparent's Kenmore Progressive from 2002. They bought it for their new apartment even though they already had a Whispertone 300 canister. My grandmother loves to buy things.

 

[human]

I don't have it anymore, but I used to have my parents' tan and green Hoover Convertible. I gave it to Goodwill almost 20 years ago when I was moving.

I also used to have a late '70s orange Eureka Princess that was my grandmother's. I've told the story of its demise on this list before, so I won't bore you with it again.

My dad bought me my Electrolux 1205 at a Goodwill store about 10 or 12 years ago. They never used it but they had one like it that dad rescued from a neighbor's trash pile when I was in high school. As his memory fades, he swears up and down that's the one I have. He doesn't remember buying mine at Goodwill.

 

[kirbybag]

kirby 560

mothers kirby 560.

 

[vacuumkid47]

Mom's Gsix- UPDATE

Well, just about a week ago, I finally completed mom's Gsix. I ended up having to take the whole thing apart and clean it with my G5. Long story short, I accidently tripped the Tech Drive Power Assist to full gear, because it was smashed in one place. Now, its basically a "Racer Kirby", I call it. The only reason I call it that because now it runs down the hallway at full speed. I just use it as a vac to clean out other vacuums. (I just use the hose with it)

 

[vacuumlad1650]

I have 2 of my gramma's 5 vacuum sweepers. She may have had more, but i only wanted a certain 5. I almost got number 3 (Electrolux), until it was mistakenly thrown out. Number 4 is coming next year when my cousin is done with it at college. I go the Hoover Poewrdrive and the Kenmore Progressive 300. The last one was thrown out when I was 3, i think it was a kenmore whispertone upright.

 

[djub85]

My grandparents purchased an Electrolux 1521 Diamond Jubilee brand new in 1985 as their primary vacuum. They used it for several years before being persuaded by a salesman that Rainbows were better for my grandfather's asthma. Sometime in the late 1980's they purchased a Rainbow and gave the DJ to my parents, who used it as their primary vacuum from approximately 1989 until 2009. In 2009, I bought my first house, and the Diamond Jubilee was given to me to use as my primary vacuum (my mother had been persuaded at this time by a shiny, new Dyson on QVC). And so I've had the DJ from 2009-present, and it's been a reliable performer since day 1. It's pictured with my Epic 6000 and 90th Anniversary Legacy.


 


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As a kid, I remember my grandparents also having a 1205 with a bright blue bag door (I didn't know the name of it then). The DJ replaced it, and the 1205 was sent to their RV/camper, which is where I remember seeing it first. When they sold the camper, they gave the 1205 to my aunt. I remember seeing it a few times at her house and noting how it was like the DJ, but in a different color. My aunt passed away unexpectedly in 2011, and when we were cleaning out her house, I found that she had a blue Simplicity instead of the 1205. Not sure where the old 1205 went. Maybe the motor went bad and she tossed it, or maybe she grew tired of it and wanted something new. Who knows. I was disappointed that I wasn't able to find it though. It reminded me of her and of my camping trips with my grandparents.


 


How I started collecting... Back in 2014, a full bag (aftermarket brand) got stuck in the DJ and wouldn't allow the machine to pop open the front door. Naturally I feared the DJ was dying because it kept losing power without signaling a full bag. I purchased the Epic 6000 as a replacement and then caught vacuum fever and bought a new Legacy. Then I discovered that the cheap-o bag was causing the Diamond Jubilee's problem. I replaced the bag with a genuine Aerus bag and had no further problems--the DJ is a champ! But if the cheap-o bag problem had never happened, I would have never started a vacuum collection (right now, I own a 1205, Golden Jubilee, Silverado, Diamond Jubilee, Ultralux Classic, Epic 6000, White/Gray Legacy (2013--purchased NOS), White/Gray Guardian Ultra (2013), and a black Legacy (2014--purchased new).


 


 

 

[fantomfan]

Some more:

I have my grandma's cordless Dirt Devil Hand Vac and eight gallon Shop Vac. Both from the late 2000's.

 

[elijahch01]

grandma's

my grandma gave me her dirt devil featherlite(light green, direct air model), and her hoover empower(gray with green headlight). i miss the featherlite but it started making a burning smell so we threw it out. the empower lasted a long time but it was soooo mangled by the end that it starred in five nights at freddys lol anyways, she said her favorite vacuum she ever had was her electrolux canister (idk what model)

 

[Deleted member 1090]

the good old compact electra story

Well this is a lonnng over due story to tell time ... My grand mother had a compact c8 i think it was blue had daysy's on the side and i tought that was the holly grail of vacuum cleaners when i was a kid.I have used that particular vacuum cleaner so many times that i care to count . Now i have my own CompactC9 canister vacuum that i have restored and use every single day as my daylly driver primary vacuum . That good old compact was used for yearss in a home whit 7 childrend so it had it share of used and scrape but performe flawlessly throught out the years last i heard the blue c8 is used at the trailler to this day bought new by my uncle who sold em way back its stil retain its charms and all the original pieces a true one owner haha . So i tryed and tryed again to have the compact when she had a central vacuum put it but to no avail so i got my very own compact interstate electra c9 canister vacuum by iec whit all the original peices and made it my one owner.To this day my compact rest in a beige plastic chest when not in used stored away from any thing that could fall onto it i treat like like my rolls royce the compact is what got me into vacuum cleaners . Cant Beat A COMPACT ELECTRA IEC C9 CANISTER VACUUM WHIT CYCLONINC ACTION AND COMPACT TURBO BRUSH i hope you enjoyed my story yall have a good day

http://www.vacuumland.org/COLLECTIONS/COMPACTC9GUY/13@up date on c9 compact @COMPACTC9GUY.jpg