godfreys gulper tool

[centralsweeper63]

I know there is already a few posts out there about this. BUT I have a few different versions of the godfreys gulper. I thought I would share. They made a fully plastic version with no bearings in the wheels, they just snapped into a hole with a ring. Then there was the supa gulper with rubber coated wheels. Next there was the gulper advance and gulper pro which are the same expect the gulper advance was sold with the pullman commander pv900 and the battery version of the same machine. The only difference I can notice is that the advance has a clip for the tool belt on the backpack vacuum. These two have rubberized edges and add lint pickers. They also add ball bearings to the wheels. They are great for water pickup with a wet and dry vacuum because of their dual squeegees. There was always a 32, 35 and a 36mm tool fitting option available in two sizes, standard and xl. The xl was 38cm wide while the standard was 28 cm wide.

 

[centralsweeper63]

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[cheesewonton]

Godfrey's is an Australian appliance store chain if I'm not mistaken. I wonder if a version of this is sold outside of Australia ?

 

[centralsweeper63]

Godfrey's closed last year, therefore I could show you paperwork on these tools.

 

[cheesewonton]

Godfrey's closed last year, therefore I could show you paperwork on these tools.

I thought they were going through a reorganization and would re-open? Wow, they were kind of an institution in Oz, weren't they? Didn't Godfrey's own the rights to the Hoover name in Oz? So that brand dies with them in Oz?