lonely z55 !

[sireluxomatic]

Yesteryear Elegance

Very nice looking vacuum. I love those old manuals too...they really make cleaning with an Electrolux look "elegant". I don't think I've ever seen a storage method like that, though. I'd be afraid it would fall down.

 

[chestermikeuk]

Electrolux z55

Excellent buy there Simon, I`m sure there are bits n bobs around to make a complete set!!! this was my Grans vac, although she upgraded the main floor tool to the pink/cream one from the Z65 when it came out....lovely & quiet..

Hi Doug, those Z90`s are like gold dust, will certainly keep eyes open for spares though, i have the instructions so i`ll start scanning....

 

[collector2]

Hi Mike:

Thanks

That would be great.

Doug

 

[z30soulbrother]

hanging up

yea all the series seemed to have the hanging bracket from z30 right thru to z80/trident. My parents wouldnt risk our 55 when i was a kid, but i hung my "challenge" ( burgundy and grey 65 body) up like that for years! it never came down!!
si

 

[sireluxomatic]

Hi Si. By a strange coincidence, I was looking at pictures of your Challenge a little while ago. I got inspired by this thread to search through the archives for pictures of UK Luxes.

I guess if the wall hook is strong enough, there wouldn't be a problem, and to be absolutely safe, you could always put something soft under the vacuum

 

[z30soulbrother]

55

yes give it a soft landing although theyre tough as old boots! my mom fell from top to bottom of the stairs with ours when i was a baby it never hurt the vac but my mom had a scar on her leg for the rest of her life!
hi Mike
thats a lovely z55 of your Grans, mate, theres a couple of tools there i dont recognise though from our set, the smaller brush and the small silver thing. I take it it origionally had the thick rubber crevice and that it split and was slung away quite early on like ours (and my nans off her z48) they werent the most successful lux tool ever issued were they?!! What year is that 1 Mike? my mom and dad bought ours in 1951 from the coop we had that exact model with that same floor noz, but didnt 55s go on to have a slightly different metal 1 for a while? cheers for posting that , Mike
Si

 

[sireluxomatic]

Good Lord...now that is tough!

Mike, that's a beautiful box there with the z55...really a nice looking set.

 

[z30soulbrother]

arrival

hi guys my 55 came today the bag was corroded into its housig so i took it out and inserted a spare. the end cap was smashed and taped and would leek so i put on a spare i had and attached a spare hose. pluggged in guess what? RUNS LIKE A DREAM!!. It very quite and smooth and i would say a replacement higher wattage motor. Will post some pics

 

[chestermikeuk]

Lux

Si, grans was a 1951 model also, yes she aquired a number of different tools from within the family, they where always kept in an old biscuit box on the pantry shelf under the stairs...and yes the rubber crevice was the first to bite the dust..


Bob, most of the models came with the wooden boxes, also known as the "salesmans" box...they would have needed their iron carrying those from door to door...LOl

I love the motor housings from these old vacs, nothing like bakelite & metal!!! aahhh...

 

[chestermikeuk]

Endcaps

 

[chestermikeuk]

Motor Housing

Z62

 

[chestermikeuk]

Filters

 

[aeoliandave]

Lovely and stately vacuums, guys.

Already pointed out I'm sure but the European Z55 & Z62 are dead ringers for the Canadian Z30 and Z50 series. We call it 'The Loaf'. Save for the runners design - your's have skids - and the choice of leatherette covering and the angled blades for the power cord they look identical. I daresay the hose coupler with the ball bearing catch for 360 rotation is brilliantly simple and spreads the side loads evenly around the connection.

Btw Doug, I really appreciate you posting the Z55 manual. Very informative and I like the British terms, The Lounge and The Hall.

Polished aluminum and baklite - oh yes!

Dave

 

[sireluxomatic]

I didn't realize the machine end of the hose was the same ball bearing style as the Canadian...you really do learn something new every day. The front and rear ends are really a sight to behold.

Now if I could find one of those beautiful storage boxes...

 

[z30soulbrother]

cheers mike

isnt that the z62 there mike, the new central hose port as it now took the paper bag kit and does the filter cover have the outer rim to take the vapouriser? i had an old 55 given to me as a birthday gift off ebay sold for parts it had the central bag end cap like 62 and the filter cover without the outer rim. had the machine been fitted with new parts or did later 55s come like that? it has no itallic crome lettering up the sides either, would love to know these facts... Also im sure our first filter on the 55 had metal on it like a reinforcement? we replaced them later with 1s like youve shown
cheers Si

 

[z30soulbrother]

filter

also i vaguely remember us buying some sort of perfumed solution to put on the filter in the z55 im sure it was bought from the electrical shop and may even been made by lux ... i can bring the fragrance to mind now if i think about it.... and im going back 35 years at least for this anybody remember ? could there still be avintage bottle lurking around now on ebay or something? i can remember my mom putting small droplets of it onto the filter...

 

[z30soulbrother]

canadian luxes

yes Bob
im interested in the canadian versions of these loaf vacuums. until id joined this club id never seen them on sleighs or with the tool caddy or cordwinder, and yes the hose was standard throughout for the loaf with the ballbearings and it wasnt actually airtight with a rubber seal but still worked without leakage. You might hear a bit of a hiss of escaping suction as you pulled the cleaner along, but as you started cleaning it would pull back tight again. i have a feeling your canadian cord connecter was slightly different to ours wouldnt mind seeing some pics of this,along with any others of canadian loaf cleaners as i love them.


Trident
continuing the loaf theme as anyone got or got any pics of a yellow and white Trident I think was in the body of the z80 ijust havent seen 1 for well over 30years and 2 / 3 families in our street owned them back then..... would love to see a pic!
Si

 

[collector2]

Hi:

It appears your 62 had the bayonette cord connection on the machine (2 flat pins on an angle) In Canada the 30 and 50 series machines all still had the two round pins.

I think the scent liquid you were refering to was called T2 by Electrolux - I still have a bottle somewhere.

The Canadian Z30 and Z50 series machines were based on the Swedish design (which is what the English machines are) but with slight modifications (Like the skids)

Doug

 

[sireluxomatic]

Si, I wish I had a few examples of the old Canadian Luxes, but the oldest machine in my collection right now dates from 1965. I do remember my grandparents having a Z55 with a cord winder on it...wish I had been old enough to truly appreciate it back then. Dave has a lovely collection of them, though.

 

[z30soulbrother]

hi folkes

cheers Doug for that i wasnt sure i know our z55 z62 z65 challenge, z80, trident, even the z48 and its successor all had the diagonal flat pin connector the 48 connector albiet the same plugged in the top by the handle, however my z25 (labled 1946) again plugs in by the handle like z48 and its connector looks the same(outer shell) but actually fits onto round pins in the port. i cant answer for the z30 i know the connector goes under the exhaust like later model but does it have round or flat pins? i really never thought i bet mike can tell us i think he has a z30. we are talking 1930s for that 1

and as my 25s 1040s and has the round?
fancy you having a bottle of t2 left
bob
im interested also in wat skins they came in my favorites the aligator!! cheers for yoour help