Discovery II
These were great vacs with 2 motors,gear belt,easy change of 4 ply bag,easy to clean under most furniture,reset and the WORST handle and cord wrap ever.It was a great style and design until it was used in real life cleaning.The salesmen were told shortly after introduction in April 86 to unwrap cord before placing in or out of car to reduce breakage of the fold down hooks.The original handle grip could loosen and wobble.Later it was seen that the notch in the handle for the cord hooks could lead to metal fatigue cracks.All these problems were solved with stronger,better later designs.The opposite of your find is that some otherwise worn Discoverys in thrift store may have had the better(& expensive)handle added.
