Never saw a DS80 like this before.

[vintagevaclover]

I saw this on eBay today and thought it was really weird. It's an all blue ds80. It doesn't have an emptor either, probably some f & g convertion. Just thought it was kind of interesting.

 

[vintagevaclover]

Tradition attachements

 

[vintagevaclover]

The model number

 

[marks_here]

That is a piss poor rebuild by something who doesn't know what they are doing. It's not her fault she looks like that & with the wrong attachments.. Her owner must have been out drinking & returned in a drunken stooper & thought I've gig tine let me do this...hahaha

 

[Gr8DaneDad]

Bojack refurb with Tradition parts. the funny thing to me is that the D80 parts in Green are still available, at least many of them are, so why go blue? Or, somebody hated avacado green...


 

 

[marks_here]

It wasn't a factory rebuilt..I'd be embarrassed to claim I did that... Someone help that poor vacuum!!!

 

[gsheen]

I don't see what you guys are going on about. I think it would look lovely once buffed up.


 


I have a tradition and love the blue look. I think this would make a worthy one off addition to any collection.


 


G 

 

[marks_here]

It's not a tradition it's a DS80

 

[vintagevaclover]

Maybe if it had an emptor, bag, & bag topper...

 

[gsheen]

I know its not a Tradition I never said it was, But really It doesnt look as bad as you guys make out. Wow you would have thought from the way you guys carried on that it had been sprayed pink.


 


I have seen a few in this colour scheme on Ebay. 

 

[gsheen]

Austin 


 


Yep that's all it needs It would look great with the emptor and a nice blue bag.

 

[Gr8DaneDad]

I'd actually like it better sprayed pink. I would buy a tradition if I wanted a blue scheme, probably cost less than all those blue parts did.


 

 

[vintagevaclover]

eBay 519

Another odd blue rebuild

 

[marks_here]

I'm not

Saying anything ... Keeping my mouth shut

 

[Gr8DaneDad]

strolling by, whistling a tune.... nothing to say...

 

[vintagevaclover]

Another frankenkirby

Lol

 

[eurekastar]

I think it was DVC that used to make inexpensive rebuild kits in a variety of colors for the 500 series machines, as well as for the Classic line (1CR to 2CB).  There is one online retailer that I've seen who still sells them. 

 

[tase]

Even though those Kirbys have been stripped of their identity, they still beat the crap out of any machine you'd find today that isn't a Riccar; Maytag; Miele; newer, cleaner Kirby; or Rainbow. They still hold to a high standard even though they've been bojackified. (That needs to be a word.)

Though, I don't know how well that Omega would perform with a G3 bag... I'd hope there is a Tradition - Heritage II/Legend fill tube in there with a G3 bag stuck on.

EDIT:

If we're going to go along with Frankenkirbys, let me post some pictures of the Kirby "Classic III" Omega I found at the thrift store.

 

[eurekastar]

I must admit that I once did the same thing -- but I tried to use all original Kirby parts...

 

[vac-o-matic]

That's the one....

After I saw yours years ago, I had to have a Classic Jr. too. I had a couple of extra Kirbys in the cellar, took one out to my friends vac shop, and now it looks like yours did. At the time Kent Oyler of Kirby Needs.com had the trim parts and new cords. I think you told me you let that one go, did you not? I have never put it in my rotation of vacuums I use, so it's like new. I bet if Kirby came back with a small head, non-self propelled model, as a lower tier model, they might be able to recapture some of the commercial business they lost when the self-propelled came out.

 

[eurekastar]

Rick,  I did let it go.  I wish I still had it too.  It was a pimped out Sanitronic 7.  The only problem with it was the worn down lug on the nozzle.  But a bent dime between the latch and the lug did the trick! 

 

[oreck_xl]

I think what irks me more than anything else is when the bojack rebuilder removes the serial number plate in the rebuild process. If the cleaner is say a 516, it's anyone's guess if it was a 516 or 519? Why do they do that?

- Hershel

 

[dysonman1]

There were "trim kits" available to vac shops for rebuilding their own Kirby trade ins. At the time of the Tradition, the kits were in blue. You could rebuild any model Kirby and make it appear to be a Tradition. Same thing with Heritage and Heritage II. I distinctly remember turning a Classic into a Heritage II (with F and G conversion bag), and we also cut the 'wings' off the rug nozzle. It looked great when we were finished.

That's most likely a vac shop rebuild, and at the time it was sold (polished up with brand new blue parts) it probably looked fantastic.

 

[vintagevaclover]

Vac shop rebuid

That does make sense, but why would they get rid of the emptor? I've seen other rebuilds like this that were also missing that piece. I would think the suction wouldn't be as good without that.

 

[Gr8DaneDad]

Tom's answer below is much better than mine... he actually made it clear what I was trying to get at.

[this post was last edited: 6/24/2014-19:22]

 

[dysonman1]

The Kirby is heavier on the right-hand side with the Sani emptor. By converting it to the top filling Eureka type F and G bags, the machine is no longer heavier on one side than the other. It is very much like a royal upright. People never wanted to empty the cloth bag, so the vac shop would also have the possibility of selling the customer new disposable bags as well. There would have been no good reason for a vacuum shop to leave the cloth bag and Sani emptor on

 

[super-sweeper]

you're over-thinking it!

The Tradition used disposable bags, so how would you pass off a rebuild as a Tradition without the disposable bag?

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Alex,

The problem is you can't use the Tradition disposable bag adapter on a 2C/D80 Emtor opening (at least not as far as I know); you'll have to transfer the Tradition's entire Sani Emtor assembly to it.

~Ben

 

[super-sweeper]

exactly!

Cue the F&G bag! Why order a new emptor when it would be easier to order one of those!