Kenmore Canister find at the sales today

[DesertTortoise]

It just dawned on my that this vacuum was found in Minneapolis. There is another blue one just like this one being offered on Craigslist in Minneapolis that I have been e-mailing the seller of hoping I could convince them to let me pay them to ship it out to California. They are asking $31 which I would gladly pay along with whatever shipping would cost. Under $50 I expect for the least costly ground shipping. They never reply, which might be why it has sat on Craigslist for so long. Man I would love to add one of these to brighten up the collection.

 

[danemodsandy]

Phil:

I know how tough those vacs' bodies were, but what I think you're forgetting is how many people there are out there who could tear up an anvil.

I used to see broken Sears vacs in thrifts with fair regularity - in fact, my local Salvation Army had the Sears Best model recently with a broken handle, which is about the thickest, toughest portion of that vac's body.

I don't see so many today, but that is more because a Sears vac from that era is a rare find after this many years.

 

[unimatic1140]

That is just about enough DT

Listen up DesertTortoise, you were told quite clearly to drop it, you are doing nothing more than trying to pick a fight here. It certainly isn't the first time you've done this and we are quite over some of your posts being marked as offensive in other threads for that very reason.

I want you to take a posting break from VL for one full week, after that if you wish to continue posting you'll need to be extra careful with your posts. I don't want any more threads unnecessary hijacked with nonsense that adds absolutely nothing but drama.

Sorry for the interruption everyone.

 

[magic-clean]

Here is

a historical document that tells the vacuum story in brief. The details are sprinkled about the 1950's (1957) through 1990's(1994) era.

L.P.

http://assets.whirlpoolcorp.com/wp-content/uploads/history_100years_factsheet.pdf

 

[bnsd60m9200]

nice kenmore Fred, that would be from 1979 due to the tall bumper. ill post a pic of that exact vacuum from my 79 sears spring/ summer catalog when i get home tonite.

 

[bnsd60m9200]

Fred

and to answer your question about hepa bags. NO. no from sears or any after market, i use vintage bags and increase the filtering by getting rid of the crappy foam filters for the pre and post motor filters and replace them with merv 10 a/c filter from home depot. ill throw up a thread about how i did that on my 1979 2997 sears best tonite.

 

[marks_here]

Are those a/c filters the ones with the waves & wires on them Will?

 

[jrkiszla]

Great find! I love the wood grain -it matches my '70s Lincoln Continental!

In your photo I noticed that you were vacuuming with a Convertible -I am looking for a headlight lens for a Hoover convertible 1070, should you come across one!

All the Best,

John

 

[eurekastar]

Those are some nice finds and great looking vacuums!  Congratulations!

 

[vacuumlad1650]

Being as they dont make Hepa bags for these, maybe i need to take t off your hands!
Andy Rousonelos
[email protected]

 

[fantomfan]

Actually.....

There IS a way to use Hepa bags in these. I've been using Kenmore U bags in my Magicord for a couple years now. When you have so many machines, you have to find substitutes for bags whenever you can. Almost any vintage vacuum that uses regular disposable bags with a collar can have a substitute.