Kirby G5

[bebring]

This week-end, I bought this Kirby for 20$ in a garage sale. It's my first Kirby. I have some work to do to make it shine. I bought some wool steel #0000 and Mother mag & aluminum polish and I wish he will be shiny after that.

 

[Gr8DaneDad]

Nice find!!

 

[super-sweeper]

also nice find!

Looking forward to that Kirby shine!

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Hi,

<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">Hi, Yep it sure is a great buy! We look forward to seeing it all cleaned and shined up.</span>


<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">Make sure you treat it to a new genuine bag and belt!!</span>


 


<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">James

</span>

 

[eurekastar]

I really like the G5 color too!  Nice find!

 

[bebring]

I started polishing it. This is the result, only the center is polished. Anyone had remove the mechanism to put and remove the belt? Did the screw in under the sticker? It is easy to remove the sticker and put it back?

 

[eurekastar]

Sticker

You can actually buy a replacement sticker for the belt lifter.  Contact club member a007kirbyman (Bill Edstrom) for all your Kirby needs. 

 

[bebring]

This is the result for the head. I didn't remove the mechanism finaly, maybe later.

 

[eurekastar]

You're doing a great job!  That's hard work too!

 

[kirbymaster15]

Nice find hows the bearings and motor doing?

 

[bebring]

The motor and the bearing seem fine, I never used a Kirby before.
This is the last pictures of it.

 

[sonnyndad]

Very Very Nice!

Compared to that, my Franken-G5 looks like crap. I will be making it look as spiffy as yours as soon as I get a new drive, handle back, and cord.

 

[eurekastar]

You've done an outstanding job!!!

 

[VacTime87]

Nice Job!

It looks great! The G5 is my favorite of all Kirbys...so far haha. I'm dying to see what the new model will look like.

 

[bebring]

Thanks all

sonnyndad, give it some TLC and it will be nice.

 

[sonnyndad]

TLC

If I could afford parts, I sure would.....