<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">"A thing of beauty is a joy forever." Nice job! The hose does look great. It looks to be the same one that I got for my Grand Marquise and it's a Most Excellent hose!</span>
I really like these vacuums and am a bit OCD about how fresh and clean they are so I replace wheels, hose, wands, elbows, brushrolls, etc. My OCD is a good thing here. Tyler
Fortunately my 1205 (1205 #2) didn't need so much; everything was tip-top shape. I wish I had time to restore the other one (the one my parents had when I was younger; now its my sister's 1205) but with kids, they sure "drain" my energy to do my side projects.
That is very similar to the one I grew up with exept yours has the PN2. The actual 1205 I grew up with was in my grandmother's garage and she gave away or let people take different pieces of it and the tank was badly dented and rusted the last time I saw it. Such a shame. Nice 1205 you have there! Tyler