It sounds pretty cool.
Filter Queen Parts Haul. Does anybody else buy parts when they find them before needed?
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I do that too when I know I'll need parts for a vacuum I havent even started restoration on yet. Because it likely wont exist anymore by the time I start! I was jumping up and down when someone listed a full set of Modern Hygiene canister attachments on eBay last year AND they were the correct ones for the model I had. I grabbed them very fast. All I need to find now is a hose (probably impossible) and I'll have a complete machine.
Vacuumland could do it, I bet. I would presume there might be some kind of way to add a Marketplace tab that creates a gallery section for each user, and you can just post a pic with what you have and then add your text below for item/price/etc. It would be kind of boojie but it would work. Then you can just PM people for payment.
That would be cool. I
Could you take the ends and add them to another hose to make one custom for your machine ???
Probably, though his Modern Hygiene is very valuable, so the correct hose would be important.
i hear ya i want proper parts for my compact electra c8 c9 cxl
yep. Some things can be dodged and modified, though some need original.
true that i prefer factory but will make custom to MAKE DO for the time being
The vacuum has a twist-lock fitting of some kind on the vacuum side, so the hose has to be a special kind, but I think the connection type is not proprietary and other makers used it, I am not 100% certain. The OEM hose looks virtually identical to the old Kirby 500 series hoses that are red, so that might be a good stand-in.
I'm fine with bodging a hose to it, or using a rubber shop-vac push-on hose for now, but would be nice to have it fully completed.
Because of the story with it from what happened to the seller, and the model it is being of legendary stature, it's one I'll never get rid of. Would never find one again in all my life.
the wands and tools reminds me of filter queen
Yep. they are kind of similar.
I love my Royal tanks so any time I find NOS parts I buy them even though I currently don’t need them. With Royal being defunct there won’t be any new parts made and much of it hasn’t been made for decades. I even have probably at least 200 genuine Type J bags!
Is that the "Lawsuit Lewyt" that uses a cone filter? They built a machine that used a paper cone filter like a Filter Queen, and they got sued for patent infringement. Needless to say, Filter Queen won the suit, and Lewyt went to a bag.
Some of the early 90s Power Tank power nozzles are a Filter Queen CA-96 which was introduced on the Triple Crown in 1995 the AN-96 was released in 1988 with the 95X Majestic. The AN-96 looks like a K88 but has a faster motor other than that they take the same parts. CA's are wider than the 88/AN-96 but many parts are interchangeable. Other than the hookups and cover the Royal and FQ power nozzles are the same mechanically. Have seen an 88/AN96 in Royal Blue before also. Royal built the 200 and 350 Filter Queens for Health-Mor and the Health-Mor upright was a rebranded Royal they marketed. They have a lot of history together.
No. He had those too. This is a Shetland Lewyt, after the old man sold out to Smith-Corona. I believe it's a 1970s product.
Since they were actually built by P.A. Geier (Royal), I would think a non-electric hose for a Royal tank should be a perfect fit. Might not be a close match color-wise, but the machine end would fit and the attachment end would be compatible with your attachments. A non-electric Filter Queen hose would also fit, and one in brown would probably go good with your Modern Hygiene.
Jeff
The first Lewyt, model 40, was the one that Lewyt was sued over by Health-Mor for patent infringement and used the cones like Filter Queen. It was the biggest settlement of its kind up to that time, and Health-Mor (Filter Queen) used the proceeds to build their own manufacturing plant. Before that, P.A. Geier (Royal) had been building their machines for them. Here's my model 40 Lewyt.
Jeff
Thanks Jeff. When I get more money I'll look around and see what's available.
"--never find one(Modern Hygiene)again--" You could find 2 here.
Jimmy, tell us about those two strange Lewyts you had in the window above the door in your store.
That's a nice machine! No wonder they sued because other than a few things, you would swear it is a Filter Queen! And Filter Queen is a very unique design that is unmistakeable! Whoever is the golden boy with a unique or superior design will always get copied regardless of industry. Kirby and Electrolux had many similar machines competing with them.
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But now, there is dozens of copies that are all made in chine.
"-two strange Lewyts-" -- Only the 2 or the 3rd one in the back?!
