My new kirby 518

[brandon_w_t]

Thank you David Morris! I love your machine. It runs great.

The bag is a little brownish. But it is fine with me. It shows the Kirby logo perfectly.

The metal will get polished up by me. The cord, I will stick with the CIII cord as it is much longer, and I do not want to have to change outlets every once in a while.

Runs like a champ. I do not think I will be able to use anything else.


The bag scares me though! It puffs up sooo much! I did not know these did it that much! It is huge when fully puffed!

 

[brandon_w_t]

pictures!

Look at that lil' box! I never thought a vacuum could fit in there!

David, I blurred out our address for safety!

 

[brandon_w_t]

more

Lots o' tape!

 

[brandon_w_t]

pictures!

All out of the box and ready to go!

 

[brandon_w_t]

kirby 518

its been all cleaned up since this picture. But is nice anyways!

 

[brandon_w_t]

kirby

The CIII cord was in because I was testing it.

I found it interesting that the vacuum starts when the switch is up. but on new ones, it is when the switch is down!

 

[brandon_w_t]

kirby again

the rear.

HELP!!!- what is that little red screw on the back of the sani emptor?

 

[brandon_w_t]

hmm.... more!

Oh what a perfect logo! Totally intact.

Notice the bag is sun faded. Its fine, but I was wondering if I can wash it.

 

[brandon_w_t]

lol- more again! (I am running out of things to say up here)

Nice original attachment box too!

This vacuum could not be more perfect!


You can see my other love in the house, my sweet full sized electronic pipe organ!

 

[brandon_w_t]

well- what can I say? More!

Original cord.

But its green?

 

[brandon_w_t]

last for now!

oh well!

Yes that is a white hose. Who cares! I dont! Looks fine to me.

 

[vacfanatic]

Looks very nice Brandon! If you have never tried it before, I like Mothers aluminum metal polish. You can find it at Wal-Mart in the auto section. I also like to use microfiber cloths for polishing. Wear gloves, and I would not recommend doing this indoors. It's very messy!

 

[brandon_w_t]

hey

I was actually wondering if you would be interested in doing it for me. I want it to be really nice, I polished my HII and well... it was not very good, and I cant get a good shine on it

I need a buffing wheel. Saw your Sani, i emailed you too.

 

[jdinstl]

Brandon...

...that little red thing on the back of the emptor is your Sweet-Aire port, I do believe.

And yes, the switch these was a Kirby quirk. Earlier ones you'd depress the switch, and the vacuum would fire on release of the switch. Later on, the vacuum would fire when the switch was pressed. And the cord is original -- yes, they were grey with red plugs.

Lastly....I've got a nice red hose that will look just lovely with that vac -- drop me an email with your addy, and I'll send it to you. You can have it.

John

(and I'm envious of your gray wheels. My 560 has 3 gray wheels and one brown one....grrrrr)

 

[brandon_w_t]

more pictures

yay

thats my 800 next to it. The thing is like 5 inches taller than the kirby. yet quite similar.

 

[brandon_w_t]

more

head on head.

the kirby does not have a light bulb. Ill get one on ebay.

You will be seeing some videos when the 800 is running right.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Glad to See You Finally Got It ...

Brandon,

I am delighted that you finally got your 518! This vac was sold from the spring of 1958 to the winter of 1959 (April 1958 to March 1959, to be exact).

The bag seems to be a later version, which means this is probably one of the later 518s (summer 1958 sales start). On models 519 to the Legend II, pressing the motor switch will instantly run the motor.

~Ben Edge

http://www.137.com/kirby/page3.html

 

[brandon_w_t]

again more pictures

base of each vac

 

[brandon_w_t]

kirby and attachments!

Look at that beautiful box! Its got little straps on it too!