I landed the mother load with Vintage Electrolux cylinders

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View from the rear of the two 

 

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So Here they are individually


 


The Z 32  

 

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The motor 


Wow imagine today you could just unclip a cover and get to a motors inner workings on a modern vacuum, The lawsuits would be incredible 

 

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Badge 

 

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Rating plate 

 

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The z 32 on the left and the 1230 on the right 

 

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The 1230 

 

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The badge 

 

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The rating plate 

 

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Another 1230 


 

 

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The badge 

 

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Rating plate 

 

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The Z32 left and 1320 right 

 

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Hi Gareth

This would be my take on it. Both the 1230 and the 32 appear to be versions of the model XII. The 1230 is made in England so I would suspect the designation just means it was a model 12 made for an foreign market. The 32 was made in the USA but is not a model that was sold there so it, again was a special version for export. The hose connection (non threaded) on the 32 is for the US style hose and was only used on the last of the machines they made so I would put its date at being late 1930's. (Incidentally they wouldn't have come with connectors on both ends of the machine. The bakalite connector unscrews and was made to be threaded into either end as necessary)
Doug

 

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I'm thinking that the model 1230 should have the same parts as the model XII from England (pic from web)

 

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And the model 32 should have the same parts as this US model XII from my collection.

 

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I am trying to find out exactly when they started manufacturing Electrolux's in SA, and if any of these were made In SA models.


 


 

 

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If you look on the top plate of each of them it says where they were manufactured

 

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Another arrival, a Volta, Missing its handle, still runs sweet. Made in the UK. First one I have ever seen  

 

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3 Lug hose fitting.