We always had an extension cord hooked up to our old Eureka upright (Golden Cordaway Rugulator 2083). It gave Mom an extra 6 feet that actually allowed her to plug in only once to do our entire main floor of our small bungalow. Though it bugged me to have it destroy the aesthetics of Old Goldie when stored in the closet, it indeed helped Mom do her daily run through the house. She just hung the extra length of extension cord over the handle near the box top of the bag.
Would be interesting to know what were the lengths of the cord stored in 1960's cord reels.
