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<blockquote data-quote="caligula" data-source="post: 225877" data-attributes="member: 380">Hi Kirby Classic111I was in the Oak Park, Illinois office when the Tradition came out. I don&#039;t recall the usual cardboard attatchment box, but do remember that blue plastic thing. It was a witch to work with at first. In September of that year I was sent to San Diego to fill in for the training manager who took a stroke. The Distributor in San Diego knew my boss Will Hart, and a few days later I was off to sunny Califoria for three months. The best thing that ever happened to me. In fact I retired there in 1995.&nbsp; What I remember of the Tradition was the floodlight hood from hell! For those who don&#039;t know, the salesman had to squeeze a bar, or something like that to lift the hood. It was a beast to operate and you couldn&#039;t get to the attatchment lever without it. Kirby lost hundreds of sales, and finally did away with the damned thing. Personally I was not fond of the blue color, and neither were a lot of prospects. Fortunately our office still had a huge stock of the Classic 111&#039;s and they sold like hotcakes. We actually went into the house with both Classic 111, and Tradition giving the buyer their choice. The Classic 111 won hands down. The only other disaster was the D-80. A great machine, but most people didn&#039;t like the color. So why green?, the country was in a color craze back then it was harvest gold and avadago green. Most people love what we call Kirby red!There was also the option of disposable filter bags, or the old stand by the Sani-Em-Tor. Back in Oak Park before I got the call to &quot;go west young man&quot; I went to all the people who&#039;d said &quot;if it only had paper bags--.&quot; I sold a Tradition to all but one of them.Post Tradition they went back to the cardboard box, repackaged things in sections, like &#039;the Super Renovator group.&#039; Then came the turbo tools instead of the Handi-Butler and that turbo hand tool I called &#039;the rug rat.&#039; Tomorrow I&#039;ll pick up on the Handi-Butler segment of the demo, took today off to post elsewhere.Oh my God, I just thought of this, tomorrow&#039;s April Fool&#039;s Day. Hopefully the members of the club will behave.Alex Taber.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="caligula, post: 225877, member: 380"] [b]Hi Kirby Classic111[/b] I was in the Oak Park, Illinois office when the Tradition came out. I don't recall the usual cardboard attatchment box, but do remember that blue plastic thing. It was a witch to work with at first. In September of that year I was sent to San Diego to fill in for the training manager who took a stroke. The Distributor in San Diego knew my boss Will Hart, and a few days later I was off to sunny Califoria for three months. The best thing that ever happened to me. In fact I retired there in 1995. What I remember of the Tradition was the floodlight hood from hell! For those who don't know, the salesman had to squeeze a bar, or something like that to lift the hood. It was a beast to operate and you couldn't get to the attatchment lever without it. Kirby lost hundreds of sales, and finally did away with the damned thing. Personally I was not fond of the blue color, and neither were a lot of prospects. Fortunately our office still had a huge stock of the Classic 111's and they sold like hotcakes. We actually went into the house with both Classic 111, and Tradition giving the buyer their choice. The Classic 111 won hands down. The only other disaster was the D-80. A great machine, but most people didn't like the color. So why green?, the country was in a color craze back then it was harvest gold and avadago green. Most people love what we call Kirby red! There was also the option of disposable filter bags, or the old stand by the Sani-Em-Tor. Back in Oak Park before I got the call to "go west young man" I went to all the people who'd said "if it only had paper bags--." I sold a Tradition to all but one of them. Post Tradition they went back to the cardboard box, repackaged things in sections, like 'the Super Renovator group.' Then came the turbo tools instead of the Handi-Butler and that turbo hand tool I called 'the rug rat.' Tomorrow I'll pick up on the Handi-Butler segment of the demo, took today off to post elsewhere. Oh my God, I just thought of this, tomorrow's April Fool's Day. Hopefully the members of the club will behave. Alex Taber. [/QUOTE]

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