Never seen one of these before.

[ian88]

Appears to be a clean fan Sears/Kenmore lightweight upright. Looks to be from the 1970s, anyone able to shed some light?

Cheers,

Ian

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-SEARS-K...yZ115993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[petek]

It's actually an example of Sears 70's fullsize lineup that were made by Matsushita using their now begotten Hoover DAM clean air upright patents. Big seller, very common at the time, now hard to find as most have probably been chucked out long ago. Had an optional friction fit plasticy attachment set that plugged into a port on the base near the rear I believe on most models but with poor suction. So it's sort of a precursor to the Jet Flo

 

[petek]

If there was anything negative of a minor nature about them I think it was that the entire base section was slightly too wide and too long for getting in and around coffee and end tables etc easily without banging into something. And the power cord wasn't long enough to cross an average living room without replugging it in. Bags 5025 and 5026 designed for the machine are no longer available.

 

[ian88]

Surprised I didn't notice that was a Panasonic, lol.

But now I look at it, there were a few obvious signs.

 

[arh1953]

Hey Ian, Check This Out

This isn't what you're talking about, but I thought it was neat.

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-PANASON...ryZ20616QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[ian88]

You do realise guys that..i've actually managed to find a Matsushita/Panasonic product without actually looking for one

If that's not some kinda weird sign I dunno what is lol.

 

[ian88]

Damn, how did I miss that Alan? groovy design, like a little powerful egg.

 

[arh1953]

I'll bet that little Panasonic would beat the heck out of those dumb Sharks and their clones. I have a little Shark I paid $3.00 for that couldn't pick up anything heavier than a dust bunny.

 

[ian88]

Well that's cuz back then Panasonic, and other countries made damn good products, powerful motors, INTELLIGENT designs and unbeatable build quality.

Shark? Shark was the name of a rather aggressive fish.

 

[hoover1060]

Not Panasonic...

Thats Whirlpool...

 

[petek]

Good gawd I always thought those were made by Matsushita..when I got parts for mine at Sears and they were looking in believe it or not still a microfiche cause it was so old it said Mfr by Matsushita

 

[ian88]

Oh well, I would presume the microfiche is telling the truth. ;]

 

[petek]

Not necessarily could be that they bought WP's vac line as well.. Anyone know?

 

[ian88]

I have heard that Matsushita did produce some machines for Whirlpool.

Damn this is getting messy ;p