Goblin 702

[anthony]

found this in Oxfam today and at 4.99 i couldnt resist it although not sure all the tools belong with this machine got it home and plugged it in and away it went very good suction even with an extremely full bag it is noisy and theres a squeaking sound as it slows down after switch off so i will do the usual lube job

 

[anthony]

tools

all washed and drying in the sun

 

[anthony]

dirty hose

hot soapy water works wonders

 

[dysondestijl]

Wow what a great find not seen a vacuum in Oxfam for years

 

[anthony]

motor out

it looks quite big but once the case is removed its tiny the fans are bigger in diamiter than those on an Electrolux but a lot thinner and there seems to be a lot of unnessisary metalmaking the motor heavy its had a lube job and a good clean inside and out ready to go back into the case once its had a bath

 

[anthony]

the bag

has been washed and dryed in one of these another relic from the past .It has a rather odd bag arangement [the bag being permenantly atached to the front cover and an opening in the bottom held shut by velcro [i didnt think velcro was around when thes vac was made]not very safe considering there is no filter between the bag and the motor ok guys more pics of it going back together

 

[anthony]

incidentaly

the Electrolux upholstery /dusting brush isnt black its covered in chip shop grease least i think thats what it is judging by the smell

 

[collector2]

Hey Anthony:

Nice find!!!

The flip over rug tool is from an Electrolux as is the crevice tool with the long hose end and the dual dusting brush. The rest of the parts are from the Goblin. I've included a Catalogue picture (showing the original rug and floor nozzle) that Al sent me some time back.

Doug

 

[anthony]

thanks for that

colector2 nice to know what belongs with what

 

[vintagerepairer]

The motor

Anthony, I mentioned recently that the Goblin 702 had a by-pass motor, the likes of which are completely unnecessary on a dry vacuum cleaner. Why they had it I have never been able to find out, unless as I suggested before it was part of a bigger plan to trail such a motor in normal use before the launch a wet & dry machine at a later date.

 

[sebo_fan]

Great find!

 

[collector2]

One more piece of information about it. Also courtesy of Al. It states in the write up that it had the small nozzle, dusting brush and crevice tool with it but only the crevice tool is in the picture.

Doug

 

[eurekaprince]

I love all white attachments! They seem so much "cleaner" to use on household furnishings! Even though you need to wash them every so often, they seem much nicer for home cleaning than the ubiquitous black tools that come with almost every vac today. I remember how one of the black dusting brushes I once owned literally left crayon-like black stripes on a white ceiling when I used it to dust a curtain rod! :-(

 

[vintagerepairer]

In the 1950's and 60's, many parts were the same colour as the cleaner, but by the 70's white led the way as it was cheaper and easier to have one generic colour. By the 80's, black was looking more up to date. When I was ordering spares back in the day, non genuine pattern parts like tools and hoses were always available in black, white, or brown to suit the customer, but that was as good as it got.

Colours always go in and out of fashion on anything in life, but on vacuum cleaners it strikes me that the manufacturers always seem to forget that making just one colour for all tools across all of it's ranges is still the cheapest way to do it. Look at Dyson. Even they eventually latched onto this and began making everything in grey. Took them long enough, mind you.

 

[sebo_fan]

Dont know about Miele but due to the popularity of SEBO, you can still pick up the cream tools and grey tools either from SEBO UK or online auction sites either down to stripping down old models and thus have an excess of cream tools as well as the ones that go mysteriously missing when old commercial uprights are passed around.

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Hi,

Hi, Great find. I'm sure it will look wonderful once it's all cleaned up.
Be nice to see a after pic once he whole machine is finished.

James)

 

[anthony]

the odd bag

heres a pic of the bag arangement the velcro was worn out so i got the singer out and put some new on i can imagine this would be really awkward to empty because you cant turn it inside out and give it a good bang on somthing [i usually do it on the hedge at the back of the garden]i have managed to fit a Hoover paper bag so that will save the cloth bag somewhat god forbid that velcro comes undone everything would go straight into the motor i thought the little pocket was a repair but its not maybe it was for some kind of air freshener

 

[anthony]

all done

here it is all put back together and nice and clean inside and out it was in really good condition under all the dirt the blue rexine was coming off in various places so i decided to pull it off and reglue it with carpet glue although its noisy its extremely powefull if you put your hand over the hose end is shrinks till its only about 3 feet long and yes there is a small upholstery toolvery similar to an Electrolux one the only thing missing is the proper floor tool the one that came with it is from an Electrolux the one age old problem with Goblin machines was the push in hose that comes out when dragging the machine around as i said its a good powerfull machine but in my opinion its a very clumsy and hasnt got the good looks or streamlining of an Electrolux i still like it though

 

[anthony]

last one

here it is with the wands and floor tool i think it would have had blue flex when it was new