gj3476
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Hi everybody, I was wondering if anybody knows ALOT about the jet flos like what year the different models were made in and what was the very last model of the jet flo? Thank you!
History of the Panasonic Jet Flo
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kirbyvertibles
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I wish I could tell you!
I know the first Panasonic upright was about 1968ish and was much like the Regina brush n beat upright. about 1980ish was when they really got into the vacuum market with their first clean air uprights and I think some of those were called jet flo, as for when the jet flo ended. I don't remember them after the mid 90's but I could be very wrong on this. Hopefully someone with some actual Panasonic knowledge will chime in.
I know the first Panasonic upright was about 1968ish and was much like the Regina brush n beat upright. about 1980ish was when they really got into the vacuum market with their first clean air uprights and I think some of those were called jet flo, as for when the jet flo ended. I don't remember them after the mid 90's but I could be very wrong on this. Hopefully someone with some actual Panasonic knowledge will chime in.
eurekaprince
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I think you’d be able to determine the start date for Panasonic Jet-Flo uprights from the date Hoover sold their Dial-a-Matic patent to it’s parent company Matsushita of Japan. If I remember correctly, this was in the mid-1970’s. By that time, the Japanese company had already started selling uprights and canisters in North America - though in very limited numbers. But the purchase of the DAM patent really launched their successful position in North America’s floor care market.
