mystery AirWay hose!

super-sweeper · Nov 18, 2015

Found it in a thrift shop today for $4, looked to be in PERFECT shape so I snatched it up!

It's green with red stripping, any ideas? I don't have an AirWay, so I guess it can double as a Christmas decoration

kenkart · Nov 18, 2015

Green with red

Would be for a 77, made 1955-1958..The last AirWay with their own motor, and the last made in the Toledo factory, the 88 had a Lamb motor and was built for them by Eureka.I may be off a year or two but I think the dates are correct.

super-sweeper · Nov 18, 2015

Thanks! Now to find the matching canister

electrolux137 · Nov 18, 2015

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Here's an ad for the model--

electrolux137 · Nov 18, 2015

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And another one...

electrolux137 · Nov 18, 2015

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And here's a mess o' photos of my 77 which has an optional wheeled cart that makes the machine look like it's on a launching pad ready to take off into outer space! It had the original hose when I found it but it was shot, so I cut off and saved the green nozzle cuffs and grafted them onto a red Kirby hose. I've always liked the way it makes this machine look so "Christmassy!"

Note that I also have the very rare suction-powered polisher attachment which I am certain was made for Air-Way by Electrolux -- there are just too many similarities to the Electrolux model; had Air-Way come out with this machine on their own they surely would have been sued by Electrolux for patent infringement!