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<blockquote data-quote="3rdgenvacguy" data-source="post: 326068" data-attributes="member: 2360">I found a 913 on our upper floor under a pile of my cousins&#039;s stuff to be recycled.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t even know it was there.&nbsp; I pulled it out, and it was pretty hit. The paint was peeling so bad, I decided to sandblast and respray the whole vac.&nbsp; I added NOS agitator holders and the front belt guard, NOS wheels, bag guard, and added a u7037 bag that I got off of ebay. I knew the original bag was black, but also knew it would be much harder to find.&nbsp; I was showing it to my brother and cousin at our vac shop, and we started talking about how you never see them anymore.&nbsp; Well today a customer came in with a Sanitaire SC887 that needed the fan replaced.&nbsp; Their company is literally 200 yards from our shop.&nbsp; He said his boss was wondering if we would take a vacuum in on trade in exchange for the repair on the sanitaire.&nbsp; I went outside to look at the vac.&nbsp; The customer opened the sliding door on his sprinter van and I had to almost laugh.&nbsp; Keeping cool, I said yea, I don&#039;t normally take trade ins, but we could work something out.&nbsp; Well it turned out to be a 918 so clean and original, it looks better than my resto.&nbsp; The first pic is the hit 913, the second the restored 913 and the third, the time capsule 918.[ATTACH=full]84903[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]84904[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]84905[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="3rdgenvacguy, post: 326068, member: 2360"] I found a 913 on our upper floor under a pile of my cousins's stuff to be recycled. I didn't even know it was there. I pulled it out, and it was pretty hit. The paint was peeling so bad, I decided to sandblast and respray the whole vac. I added NOS agitator holders and the front belt guard, NOS wheels, bag guard, and added a u7037 bag that I got off of ebay. I knew the original bag was black, but also knew it would be much harder to find. I was showing it to my brother and cousin at our vac shop, and we started talking about how you never see them anymore. Well today a customer came in with a Sanitaire SC887 that needed the fan replaced. Their company is literally 200 yards from our shop. He said his boss was wondering if we would take a vacuum in on trade in exchange for the repair on the sanitaire. I went outside to look at the vac. The customer opened the sliding door on his sprinter van and I had to almost laugh. Keeping cool, I said yea, I don't normally take trade ins, but we could work something out. Well it turned out to be a 918 so clean and original, it looks better than my resto. The first pic is the hit 913, the second the restored 913 and the third, the time capsule 918. [ATTACH=full]84903[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]84904[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]84905[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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