mark9564
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I just picked up a kirby 505 but it has red trim , handle and bag, did the 505 come in red?
Kirby 505 question
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bikerray
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No it did not.
mark9564
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I guess the the motor is the only part that is a 505.
mark9564
Mark,
No, it was all black when it first left the factory in 1945.
~Ben
Mark,
No, it was all black when it first left the factory in 1945.
~Ben
texaskirbyguy
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Mark,
Yours looks almost as unoriginal as mine, just not as much.
https://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?34158_27
Perhaps they were both rebuilt at about the same timeframe?
Regardless, they are nice little vacs, even in red!
However it does still look like you have the black wheels...
Yours looks almost as unoriginal as mine, just not as much.
https://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?34158_27
Perhaps they were both rebuilt at about the same timeframe?
Regardless, they are nice little vacs, even in red!
However it does still look like you have the black wheels...
oreck_xl
Well-known member
Unfortunately, it would cost a king's ransom to convert it back to how it looked originally, the correct 505 bags are as rare as hen's teeth.
A nice looking machine no doubt but bojacked Kirby's (even a 505) are a dime a dozen. What's more, if the original builder's plate was removed (or replaced with a Kirby rebuild plate) the originality is gone.
A nice looking machine no doubt but bojacked Kirby's (even a 505) are a dime a dozen. What's more, if the original builder's plate was removed (or replaced with a Kirby rebuild plate) the originality is gone.
Oreck xl
I disagree. I have a rebuilt 505. It doesn't make it less desirable. I have it and a 3rd 505 1 or 2 small items being restored back to factory original.
It's the parts not being correct a rebuild plate with fully restored to OEM is just as desirable.
Parts can be found. You have to know what you are looking for. I know exactly what to look for.
Just wishing texaskirbyguy would give up his model C emtor and I'd trade original 505 emtor.
Les
I disagree. I have a rebuilt 505. It doesn't make it less desirable. I have it and a 3rd 505 1 or 2 small items being restored back to factory original.
It's the parts not being correct a rebuild plate with fully restored to OEM is just as desirable.
Parts can be found. You have to know what you are looking for. I know exactly what to look for.
Just wishing texaskirbyguy would give up his model C emtor and I'd trade original 505 emtor.
Les
LesinUtah
Les,
All this talk about 505 and other rebuilt 1930s-early '50s Kirbys reminds me of this rebuilt 1940 Kirby 3C sold on eBay years ago...
~Ben
Les,
All this talk about 505 and other rebuilt 1930s-early '50s Kirbys reminds me of this rebuilt 1940 Kirby 3C sold on eBay years ago...
~Ben
oreck_xl
Well-known member
Lesinutah
So let me ask you then, Les. Do you know where I could find a black duvetyne bag at a FAIR price? I have so many bojacked early 500 series machines and a 1C that's missing a bag. I don't have ANY machines with the original black bag. Sadly, many were lost in the rebuild process.
So let me ask you then, Les. Do you know where I could find a black duvetyne bag at a FAIR price? I have so many bojacked early 500 series machines and a 1C that's missing a bag. I don't have ANY machines with the original black bag. Sadly, many were lost in the rebuild process.
Hmm
Hi
Email me at [email protected].
I can explain but not on public message board.
My model c is no rebuild. I got a super deal on it. My phones getting replaced and pic is on Google Drive.
I'm looking for a 508 bag I can't find anywhere.
Les
Hi
Email me at [email protected].
I can explain but not on public message board.
My model c is no rebuild. I got a super deal on it. My phones getting replaced and pic is on Google Drive.
I'm looking for a 508 bag I can't find anywhere.
Les
