gmerkt
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... but some of you old hands probably have. It's a "Modernage DeLuxe." I had to stop and think about that one for a while. That's, "Modern Age." I suppose with the original spelling, one might be pretentious and give the pronunciation a French twist, and say, "Modernajh", you know, with a "ahzsch" or "ahzj" using a very soft G/J sound. Scholars of linquistics have their own little standardized symbols for describing sounds but I'm not hip to it.
Anyway, I found this thing today and lying there at first I thought it was an old Kenmore rocket-type. Then I took a closer look and found that not to be so. The side says Modernage, but on the bottom is says "Motor manufactured by Landey, Frary and Clark, Makers of Universal Quality Home Goods for over 100 Years" and a serial number, plus Model Number VC6030 (any guess that VC = vacuum cleaner?).
Well, this thing is somewhat like a Hamilton-Beach Model 26 except that it has skids like an older Electrolux, rather than little casters like the H-B. The cloth dirt sacks are pretty much the same between the two.
The on/off switch is a button at the back but deeply set and a bit hard to actuate. I turned it on and the motor sounded good; takes a long time to spin down when shut off like older canister vacs often do.
It came with a somewhat nasty hose and two wand sections. The metal tubing has a design on it that kinda resembles engine turning, but it isn't scribed on rather is stamped into the metal. No attachments.
I looked on the internet a bit and couldn't come up with anything using the combination of words "modernage vacuum" nor "modern age vacuum." Strange one to me.
Anyway, I found this thing today and lying there at first I thought it was an old Kenmore rocket-type. Then I took a closer look and found that not to be so. The side says Modernage, but on the bottom is says "Motor manufactured by Landey, Frary and Clark, Makers of Universal Quality Home Goods for over 100 Years" and a serial number, plus Model Number VC6030 (any guess that VC = vacuum cleaner?).
Well, this thing is somewhat like a Hamilton-Beach Model 26 except that it has skids like an older Electrolux, rather than little casters like the H-B. The cloth dirt sacks are pretty much the same between the two.
The on/off switch is a button at the back but deeply set and a bit hard to actuate. I turned it on and the motor sounded good; takes a long time to spin down when shut off like older canister vacs often do.
It came with a somewhat nasty hose and two wand sections. The metal tubing has a design on it that kinda resembles engine turning, but it isn't scribed on rather is stamped into the metal. No attachments.
I looked on the internet a bit and couldn't come up with anything using the combination of words "modernage vacuum" nor "modern age vacuum." Strange one to me.
