My Newest Royal and the Family Reunion!

[crevicetool]

Great shots of your machines Morgan!! Thanks for posting. I have never seen your machines before. (At least not all together like this). The Royals look fantastic!

Nice!!!

Rick

 

[vinvac]

Rick, Drake, Dave and Sam,


Thanks! I probably should not have posted the pictures until I had cleaned. The winter has kept me busy and so the basement has not been getting it weekly cleaning.

Morgan

 

[luxg]

I agree Morgan, thanks for posting the pictures. I believe this is the first time I have ever seen your collection all together. I happened to be talking to Roger on your birthday and he wondered if i thought you still wanted the machine. I was sure that you did!!! That was a wonderful birthday present!!!

Terry

 

[beerad]

beautiful

beautiful vacs.... can you take a close up pik of the baby blue and chrome Eureka canister or Shetland on the top shelf beside the green and chrome vac?

Thanks.

 

[vac-o-matic]

The Royal Family

Those are gorgeous Royals! They all look like they've been professionally buffed. Who do you send them to for their "spa treatment"? I was just in Kansas visiting Phillip and he gifted me a model 8000 Royal and have been using it as a daily driver, I love it! The one in the pic with the black/red bag is my favorite. I have childhood memories of vacuuming my uncle's supper club in Schiller Park with one, was always enamored with the colors and of course, the crown!

Rick
Still "livin' the dream!"

 

[vinvac]

Rick,

None of my vacuums other than my mom's 508 Kirby have been professionally buffed. I just use a little elbow grease, steel wool and mothers mag.

I love the Black and Red Royal as well. If memory serves me correctly the motor is less than 3 amps on that machine and it still will out clean most of the modern junk on the market today. Even using tools, it has good air flow, better than any of the Hoovers of that time or later. (that direct connect makes all the difference in the world) Talk about being green, if they still made products like that...think of the energy, materials that would be saved. That is why Kirby gets credit for being an enviromently safe product...all parts are fixable, buff them out and they are ready to go again.

My collection is at it's limit. Close to sixty vacuums and the allowed space is now full. There are no vacuums upstairs on the main level and it will stay that way. I am to much of the neat freak to let it go further.

For me it would not be fun if I could not just go grab a vacuum and use it. Now, on occasion I can just walk through the crowd, use a swiffer and keep them looking good. I can pull one down, plug it in, and keep the bearings and motors in good shape. I am a firm believer that they need to be ran to keep them in good shape.

Morgan

 

[vinvac]

Model Numbers

The black and red machine is a model 189 with a 2.8 amp motor. My oldest Royal.

The Royal Machines:

Model 880 400 Watt motor removable head machine
Model 888 400 Watt motor
New Royal model 8300 with a 10 amp drop in motor

Electo Hygiene machines:

Model 903 3 amp motor
Model 980 4 amp motor removable head machine

Certified Electric:

Model 606 3 amp

Stark:

Model 5700 with 7 amp (non-drop in motor)

 

[bagintheback]

vinvac

Do you know that model number for that Eureka in 10th picture of yours. Post# 90297

I think that might my grandma's old Eureka, but it's been so long since I've seen it! Thanks

 

[crevicetool]

O M G !!!!!!!

The Royal Family!!!


I get it now!


Rick

PS......the basement looks fine.......

 

[hygiene903]

Great Pix Morgan!

You have a nice collection that is very well displayed. You have some fine machines.
As for the mystery attachment, it is a crystal chamber and goes back to the days when they first started building Electro-Hygienes with a revolving brush. The deodorizing crystal chamber was an exclusive feature with Electro-Hygiene since the beginning. On the straight suction models it was positioned where the nozzle connected to the fan case. Although the Royal had a revolving brush for many years, Electro-Hygiene remained a straight suction machine until 1955, simply because they didn't know what to do with the crystal chamber. As sales began to drop due to the lack of a revolving brush, someone came up with the idea of making a crystal chamber that would snap on in place of the adjust-o-rite cover, and the model 285 was introduced, the first Electro-Hygiene with a revolving brush.
A similar, but larger version of this chamber was also sold with Royal models of the time as a demother. Later models with the swing-up headlight, such as the 903, had the crystal chamber built in the nozzle below the headlight.
Here's a picture of my model 94 Electro-Hygiene so you can see where the chamber was on the earlier models.
Jeff

 

[airwaylady]

Morgan,

Thanks for posting your pictures of your Royals and others, they all look pristine!
I just won a Royal Tank cleaner on E-Bay which is a model 775.
looks like a thermos bottle but really nice condition.
Does anyone know the year of this particular model?
Have not seen any of them before and thought it was a rare one. It is hammertone green in color, looks like the "pony Tank" but smaller.

H

 

[hygiene903]

Tania,

You've got me puzzled--I always thought the Pony Tank WAS the smallest Royal tank. I've got to see this, so please post a picture when you get a chance. The hammertone green doesn't surprise me though, I have seen Royals in that color, and my Royalaire 260 is hammertone green. Here's a picture of it with all the attachments.
Jeff

 

[vinvac]

Tania,

I wish my machines were as mint as some of yours!

Most of the vacuums in my collection have special meaning,,,either gifted to me by a friend or something I remember using in my youth.

It is a lot of fun no matter how you look at it.

Morgan

 

[airwaylady]

"Royal Tank"

Jeff:

That Royalaire of yours is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!
Looks like NEW!
The Royal 775 I won was on E-Bay and you can look it up, Item # 280456621522. Let me know what you think! It caught my eye!

Tania

 

[hygiene903]

Thank You, Tania!

It was in good shape when I got it, but I did have to do some cleanup and polishing. The suction power is amazing, and also the fact that the original hose does not leak. Everything in the photo came with it except the crevice tool, demother, and sprayer, and I just happened to have them on hand.
Had a look at the ebay posting for your 775, looks like a nice machine. The hose looks original, and looks like the attachments are all there except the crevice tool and floor brush (I think the sprayer, demother, and polisher pad would have been optional for that model). And I think when it arrives you will be amazed at how powerful it is.
I'm thinking at this point that your 775 was probably from the early 60's, as it looks like a "little brother" to my 260. When it arrives, have a look at the data plate on the bottom. If it says Royal Appliance Mfg. Co., early 60's would be right, but if it says P.A. Geier Co., that would date it back to the 50's. As for size, I think it's about the same size as the pony tank, but the handle looks a bit long.
Jeff

 

[sireluxomatic]

Nice looking display, Morgan. The olive green Eureka (?) canister in picture #9 looks quite like a Singer my great-aunt used to have. Does anyone know anything about this model?

 

[beerad]

Morgan.

Hi Morgan.. can you tell me what that beautiful light blue and chrome canister is on the shelf beside the green vac?

 

[vinvac]

Brad,

That would be my Shetland/Lewyt. I will try to take close up pictures later. The machine is not complete, I don't have all the proper attachements, but it has a great motor.

Bob,

If my memory is still working, Eureka made the vacuums for Singer, so it very well could have looked the same. I will also try to get a close up picture of that vacuum. Perhaps even a Eureka vacuum shot as Eureka would be one of my favorites. Hoover was not a popular here as Eureka and my personal opinion is that they cleaned much better. (running from John) Perhaps because Eurkeka was built in Illinois just across the boarder from WI and IA.

Morgan

 

[hamiltonbeachbo]

Morgan,
Have to chime in and say your collection is amazing.
I didn't realize you have such a diverse selection of machines.
Love your Royal family!!
The Royal upright is one of my favorite uprights.
Personally, I think they're much more balanced than the Kirbys, and I grew up with a Dual 80.
Slow but sure I'm getting a few Royals in my collection, machines that have some meaning and represent the lines.
Thanks for sharing the photos
Pat

 

[beerad]

Thanks

Thanks Morgan...I look forward to viewing your p[ics of the Shetland..