I bought a Kenmore sky blue canister (late jellybean Whispertone body) at Habitat for $10. When I got it home, I realized one of the wheels was missing from the Power Mate. It has the early curved headlight style nozzle where the wheels are on the side mounted on plastic and I didn't look closely enough. And when I removed the wand from the Power Mate, the bottom of it was rusted. Oh well. The canister runs fine.
Plus I got a very early Elite II, gray with the red striped bag. It looked alright, but when I turned it on it sounded terrible. I still have it, mainly kept it because of how early it is for a tools on board model.
Oh, and I got a Dirt Devil Room Mate out of the trash. Plugged it in and smelled a terrible burning and motor was bad. To be expected, going by fact it was in the trash after all.
