Kirby model 508

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David,

What a great looking 508 one of my favorite Kirby's. I noticed the handle fork is different from other early Kirby's. I have the same fork from a 508 I restored and had never seen another until now...very cool. Here are the before and after pics of the 508 note the handle fork.

Side note: I gave this Kirby 508 to my brother as one of my Kirby lamps, that now sits in his living room. I hope to add another 508 to my collection someday.

Jim

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David,

Beautiful 508! I was just thinking about how fun it would have been to be a collector and in a club with others back when Jim Kirby was alive and still designing Kirby's. I don't know how accessible he'd of been but I can imagine some of the questions,comments and suggestions he'd receive from collectors.

I wonder how often his neighbor actually used his 508 as opposed to someone who did the house cleaning for them? I've seen photos of where Mr. Kirby resided and if his
neighbor's place is similar I wouldn't be surprised if there were multiple Kirby's through out the house...just saying!
 
Kirby lamp

David,

I have two lamp assemblies done at this time. One with the early Kirby fork at the bottom and a 516-DS50 fork style at the top. I would be more than happy to send you one of these if you would like.

Send me an email with an address you would like me to send it to, and let me know which one you would like and I'll send it out to you. Here are pictures also of other Kirby lamps I have done.

Jim

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2011hoover700

Hi Damien ,
You can see pics of the cord and plug on my website
Collectingdust.com
There were 2 different cords , early light gray with black ends and ann all dark gray that was also featured on the 509 .
 

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