First power nozzel invented?
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Thanks, perhaps once I organize things alittle better I will share pictures. I am just starting to restore some. I am still learning what to use to restore and polish and clean them. If anyone wants to share the best products to use and what not to use I would be interested in learning. I already know how to buff Kirbys, and how to rebuild them, Restoring other brands is rather new to me.
Thanks, perhaps once I organize things alittle better I will share pictures. I am just starting to restore some. I am still learning what to use to restore and polish and clean them. If anyone wants to share the best products to use and what not to use I would be interested in learning. I already know how to buff Kirbys, and how to rebuild them, Restoring other brands is rather new to me.
thevacuumguy96
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Kirbee,
For polishing aluminum machines such as Kirby's, I use Mother's Magand Aluminum Polish. It works great! For polishing chrome, I use Turtle Wax Chrome Polish which also works great! To polish the head, if your talking about the powernozzle, I would just get a damp cloth and wipe it down.
For polishing aluminum machines such as Kirby's, I use Mother's Magand Aluminum Polish. It works great! For polishing chrome, I use Turtle Wax Chrome Polish which also works great! To polish the head, if your talking about the powernozzle, I would just get a damp cloth and wipe it down.
fan-of-fans
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Powermate1970, do you know what year the two left-most vacuums in your photo are from? It's a little confusing to me as Sears sold a few different canister styles at the same time in the 1970s.
That rounded 1964 canister above must have been a lower end model. A relative gave us a similar one that was from 1983. It was brown and tan and didn't have the handle on the front. It was straight suction and had generic brown plastic tools and also a brown Sears plastic carpet nozzle.
That rounded 1964 canister above must have been a lower end model. A relative gave us a similar one that was from 1983. It was brown and tan and didn't have the handle on the front. It was straight suction and had generic brown plastic tools and also a brown Sears plastic carpet nozzle.
briankirbyclass
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Powermate 1970, thanks so much for the pics. Your blue Kenmore PowerMate vac with the woodgrain panel on top is a dream vac from my childhood and im still drooling over it. You are sooo lucky!
We had a large shopping mall with a large Sears store where i lived in the 1970s to early 80s.
Everytime we went to the mall, (which was often as there wasnt much else to do) i would always visit the vacuum center at Sears.
I was on a first name bases with salesmen!
( i was just a dumb kid with not even a penny to my name)
The salesmen would let me run the vacuums (if they werent busy with customers) as they were always kept plugged in and ready to show. I often thought i knew more and cared more about them than they did!
Anyway, i clearly remember when Kenmore changed over from the green machines to the blue,,and i was absolutely IN LOVE with the "Sears Best" machine with the woodgrain top,,and its Power Nozzle. The fact that the tool pack could be stored on top or inside the vac was just sooo awsome to me. And that PN,,,WOW.
The green machine was nice, but the blue was just that much fancier,,i thought.
I dreamed MANY a night of owning one, and asked Santa Clause MANY times for one!
(all we had at home was a clunky old Hoover Connie the spewed dust all over,was missing most of its attachments, and my parents were NOT sympathetic or interested in anything vacuum related)
And, afterall, there was no comparison from a brand new SEARS BEST Kenmore with a WOODGRAIN top and nifty new Power Nozzle to a clunky old worn out Hoover Connie!
Nope, never did get my Sears Best Kenmore with the woodgrain top,long hose, and nifty PN,,,but i did get all the other vacs i dreamed of owning.
Funny that ONE vac is THE one i never owned. Have come across a few over the yrs, but they were so beat up, taped up, and in such bad shape they werent worth saving.
Oh well, maybe someday!
We had a large shopping mall with a large Sears store where i lived in the 1970s to early 80s.
Everytime we went to the mall, (which was often as there wasnt much else to do) i would always visit the vacuum center at Sears.
I was on a first name bases with salesmen!
( i was just a dumb kid with not even a penny to my name)
The salesmen would let me run the vacuums (if they werent busy with customers) as they were always kept plugged in and ready to show. I often thought i knew more and cared more about them than they did!
Anyway, i clearly remember when Kenmore changed over from the green machines to the blue,,and i was absolutely IN LOVE with the "Sears Best" machine with the woodgrain top,,and its Power Nozzle. The fact that the tool pack could be stored on top or inside the vac was just sooo awsome to me. And that PN,,,WOW.
The green machine was nice, but the blue was just that much fancier,,i thought.
I dreamed MANY a night of owning one, and asked Santa Clause MANY times for one!
(all we had at home was a clunky old Hoover Connie the spewed dust all over,was missing most of its attachments, and my parents were NOT sympathetic or interested in anything vacuum related)
And, afterall, there was no comparison from a brand new SEARS BEST Kenmore with a WOODGRAIN top and nifty new Power Nozzle to a clunky old worn out Hoover Connie!
Nope, never did get my Sears Best Kenmore with the woodgrain top,long hose, and nifty PN,,,but i did get all the other vacs i dreamed of owning.
Funny that ONE vac is THE one i never owned. Have come across a few over the yrs, but they were so beat up, taped up, and in such bad shape they werent worth saving.
Oh well, maybe someday!
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Cole, the canister on the far left(gray/blue) is a 1969, I believe. The second from the left,(avacado green) is a 1972, mid line model. Brian, you are welcome. I actually have 2 sears best canisters in the blue woodgrain! Both 2899's from 1977. One is in pretty good shape. The other is in very good shape. They are awesome vacs! My quest is for a 1974 sears best. Same as the blue but in avacado green. My all time dream is to find a 1972 sears best model 2299.(I think that was the model) That was avacado green, woodgrain, but it had a 12 inch (old style) powermate with a headlight and GREEN WANDS! I just got a 1973 avacado green kenmore economy in the mail tonight. I will have to post a pic when I get it cleaned up.
briankirbyclass
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AARRGGG! Your killing me here! lol Oh man, i wanted one of those blue ones so badly back then. Just thought they were about the coolest vac ever. They really are awsome. There is just something about the Whirlpool made Kenmores that makes them unique. (If you should ever want to sell one of your blue ones, let me know!
I did have a chance on E-BAY once to buy a white one with the orange rim,,and i think had the woodgrain top to the vac itself and the PN (not sure on that),,but it definatly was the same style vac,with the step on switch, same type of PN,,and had the 10 foot hose,,ect. BUT,,someone outbid me at the last minute.
Oh well,,i did get a Panisonic made Kenmore PN at a garage sale for a dollar,,just like the one in the pic with the carpet shampooer/vac,,,and i use it with a Compact ,,works great. Love how that PN digs in and grooms the carpet.
I did have a chance on E-BAY once to buy a white one with the orange rim,,and i think had the woodgrain top to the vac itself and the PN (not sure on that),,but it definatly was the same style vac,with the step on switch, same type of PN,,and had the 10 foot hose,,ect. BUT,,someone outbid me at the last minute.
Oh well,,i did get a Panisonic made Kenmore PN at a garage sale for a dollar,,just like the one in the pic with the carpet shampooer/vac,,,and i use it with a Compact ,,works great. Love how that PN digs in and grooms the carpet.
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Brian
Don't want to kill ya,LOL but something like this?(my daily driver)
Don't want to kill ya,LOL but something like this?(my daily driver)
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or....maybe this?
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Ann:
Any chance one of those TriStar PNs is for sale?
Thanks in advance!
Any chance one of those TriStar PNs is for sale?
Thanks in advance!
tri star pn
Which style do you need I have the black with the stretch belt, a black with the geared belt, and the red one, I have not plugged them in yet, but the housings on the black ones appear to be good, I haven't drug the red ones out yet to tell. they are known to warp where they hold the brush in. I also have not cleaned them up yet. How complete do you want it? email me the details if you like.
Ann
Which style do you need I have the black with the stretch belt, a black with the geared belt, and the red one, I have not plugged them in yet, but the housings on the black ones appear to be good, I haven't drug the red ones out yet to tell. they are known to warp where they hold the brush in. I also have not cleaned them up yet. How complete do you want it? email me the details if you like.
Ann
briankirbyclass
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Powermate1970,,Yes!!! the first one, with the woodgrain,,thats the one!
Thanks for the pics,,brings back fond memories.
If you should ever want to sell one of the woodgrain Powermate vacs, please let me know!
Thanks for the pics,,brings back fond memories.
If you should ever want to sell one of the woodgrain Powermate vacs, please let me know!
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Brian
shoot me an email. I don't really need 2 2899's LOL
shoot me an email. I don't really need 2 2899's LOL
fan-of-fans
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Powermate1970, can't wait to see the new one. Someone here though I forget who, has one of those top of the line 2299 with the headlight and green wands. I like the blue but really like the avocado. Other than the one my parents had, I've only seen two older Kenmores when I was young. One was metal with a raised top for tool storage, which was at a yard sale. The other was avocado with woodgrain, which was in the trash, but missing the wands and Powermate. I asked my mom if we could stop and pick it up, but she didn't want to as a friend lived next door to where it was, and the house where it was looked dirty so it was probably broken.
We also had one similar to the last pic you posted, but instead of the removable tool storage, it had a compartment with lid on top in the front. It still worked okay when my parents threw it away. Now I never see any of these around.
We also had one similar to the last pic you posted, but instead of the removable tool storage, it had a compartment with lid on top in the front. It still worked okay when my parents threw it away. Now I never see any of these around.
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like this maybe?
found this, by chance,on the curb last week.
found this, by chance,on the curb last week.
fan-of-fans
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No, sorry I meant a front hose unit in beige with black bumpers, very similar to the right most one in your photo of the four vacuums above. The difference was it had a tool compartment with a hinged lid instead of the removable caddy. The tool lids broke easily as they had just little tabs for hinges.
We did have a 1987 swivel hose machine too but ours was a lower end 3.9 model with only an on/off pedal, otherwise looked like the one you just found. It too was a good machine.
We did have a 1987 swivel hose machine too but ours was a lower end 3.9 model with only an on/off pedal, otherwise looked like the one you just found. It too was a good machine.
part of my collection before display changes
Decided to go ahead and post some pictures of some of my collection as well as parts of my supply room. Not the clearest picture what doesn't show up is the Kirby Heritage beach towels, the Kirby song book, 1957 Kirby demo book,Heritage demo book,The Royal chalkboard eraser cleaner. The Tri star proto type.
Decided to go ahead and post some pictures of some of my collection as well as parts of my supply room. Not the clearest picture what doesn't show up is the Kirby Heritage beach towels, the Kirby song book, 1957 Kirby demo book,Heritage demo book,The Royal chalkboard eraser cleaner. The Tri star proto type.
oreck_xl
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Is that a Eureka Precision I see in the second to last photo?
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cleaningbuff
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kirby parts
Hi,
Wow what a collection, would you have a 13 inch front head for an heritage, legend two vac? I have been looking for one for a really long time.
I would pay a fair price for it and shipping.
Thank You
Robert
Hi,
Wow what a collection, would you have a 13 inch front head for an heritage, legend two vac? I have been looking for one for a really long time.
I would pay a fair price for it and shipping.
Thank You
Robert
Robert,
I don't think so But I have so much that I am sorting through I may come across some, if I do I would be happy to let you know.
Is there any use for the old 50's model powerplants that the nameplate that was riveted onto the fan case is missing? It is frustrating but I have come across quite a few like that.
I don't think so But I have so much that I am sorting through I may come across some, if I do I would be happy to let you know.
Is there any use for the old 50's model powerplants that the nameplate that was riveted onto the fan case is missing? It is frustrating but I have come across quite a few like that.
