My Latest Finds-Deluxe Convertible and Panasonic Jet-Flo!

[ian88]

This is what I always say; If I want a Chinese Vacuum Cleaner, it'll be from a Chinese company.

The same with Japan, Russia, Eastern Europe, Germany, Britain or any country you can name, none of this outsourcing rubbish..

 

[petek]

Most strange in the one picture it looks green in the other it looks blue, to me anyways. Never seen green or blue ones, just the cream/burgandys, the all reds, all blacks, all burgandies. If you go to toss it out try and save the motor. I'm looking for one for that red commercial of mine.

 

[arh1953]

The Panasonic in reality is dark/light blue combo, dirt and age turned it green. The inside of the panel shows light blue, since it was never exposed to sunlight. No matter what, colors seldom come up right with a lot of these cameras.

 

[crevicetool]

Great Jet99 Alan!!!

Looks like a keeper!!!

Rick

 

[crevicetool]

STALE....

huh?

 

[arh1953]

You're never stale Crevicetool.

 

[ian88]

So you gonna keep the Jetflo, Alan? the colour scheme really is lovely in my opinion.

Just needs a bit of hard work and perserverance, maybe get the dodgy brown stuff off the cleaning head label. ;p

Progress pics if you can mate, lol.

Ian

 

[hoovercelebrity]

Rick~

The hood on that convertible is correct; it's the bag that's wrong.

I'll snap a picture of mine later.



~Fred

 

[arh1953]

Hoover bag, Panasonic badges

Thanks Fred, I think the mostly white color scheme is interesting though. Ian, the dodgy brown stuff unfortunately is rust. There is a celophane film or something on both of the labels, I had hoped maybe the brown crud was dirt instead. The rust will come off, but so will the painted logos. I'll excercise care. Pete, I think I'll keep this thing, but I'll peel my eyes for a parts or complete unit for you.

 

[ian88]

I thought it was rust but I was like "nahhh"

I guess you could find a donor badge, lol.

 

[arh1953]

That would be a project. I keep turning down a 5 inch Emerson Color tv-radio because the stick on escutcheon trimwork is peeling off. They never look the same when you correct them. When I look for the bags I'll see if they might have any old machines laying around.

 

[ian88]

Of course you should try to get a matching badge, although from what i've seen the writing on them is all the same, it's only the colours that are different.

I guess a brown and white/cream one wouldn't make much difference.

Hehe, you live in another country Alan and yet I really want this Jetflo to work out.

 

[arh1953]

You're just that kinda guy Ian. I want to see all my pals in this club make good too. And speaking of colors, the handle is brown, as is the cord. Whatever I might end up with may be complementary to the strange scheme. And I bought the "green" vacuum on St. Patrick's Day. Too bad it's really blue, although I love blues.

 

[ian88]

It's such a cute little thing, and imo it's one the coolest colour schemes ever along with the Lux 504 and 500.

I presume it does actually fire up? I imagine so it being old Panasonic.

 

[arh1953]

Hadn't tried it yet, but I bought it from a place that is notorious for chucking out things that don't meet their standards. I haven't been disappointed yet, but I'll try it today when I come out of my nap.

 

[ian88]

Well this man, for one, will be crossing his fingers.

 

[arh1953]

Well, I just tried it out, and it had a really good tone, rather quiet, compared to other products of that vintage. It pushed easily, and picked up the nap on the rug. It cleans pretty well, but definitely needs bags. I hope I can still get them here. I'll be checking the internet also.

 

[petek]

Here's my little Jet Flo ensemble. The little one on the left is probably my fave

 

[arh1953]

Fabulous Pete! Nice looking trio! I love the Dial-A-Matic clone especially.

 

[arh1953]

MV1 General Electric

This might show up in another thread, I messed up the picture of the actual item.