honestjoe68
Well-known member
Hello!
I have always collected brand new vacuums and 100% of my posts until now have been on the “Contemporary” threads.. but I was feeling nostalgic and bought my first new “vintage” vacuum. Now I cannot guarantee the date it was “New” but I’m hoping someone here might be able to crack the Royal Dirt Devil Manufacture code? Mine is MFG. Code A00A (See Pic 2)
So going strictly by what I could find online, I assume this vacuum is from about 1997.. hence more than 20 years old.
Anyhow, I was checking the Facebook Marketplace and to my shock and delight I found a reasonable good condition Royal Dirt Devil Roommate Upright Vacuum and the other wonderful find was the seller only wanted $15 bucks for it! For a long time, I’d been checking eBay and other online places trying to find one that was in good shape and under $50 bucks! Then when I did find one, some sellers had a few online for sale upwards of $100 so I’d pretty much given up on finding one.
I messaged the seller and picked it up yesterday and it runs beautifully! It took a lot of scrubbing and cleaning as with most vacuum owners, it was not properly taken care of but lucky for me, very lightly used and most likely just stored away and forgotten until now. I ordered replacement filters and belts, but other than that.. it’s in awesome condition. The Brushroll had long hairs wrapped around it but No damage and the bearings are in excellent shape. Other than a few scrapes and scuffs, it is in great shape and the motor sounds like new. I really think this had been stored away for years as the belt it was fitted with, when removed, had a tight bend where it was on the motor shaft and it retained that shape when I took it out.
Well if anyone wants to help me with the Manufacture code, that would be awesome and appreciated. I hope I didn’t ramble on and on too much and if anyone has requests or questions, please let me know. I am excited as this is one of two childhood scores I’m looking to own. If anyone else has a lead on a very clean Royal Dirt Devil Broom Vac 702.. I’m interested. I too would like to eventually replace my favorite Dirt Devil Upright.. my sadly long gone Dirt Devil Ultra MVP Upright!
Thanks, Patrick
I have always collected brand new vacuums and 100% of my posts until now have been on the “Contemporary” threads.. but I was feeling nostalgic and bought my first new “vintage” vacuum. Now I cannot guarantee the date it was “New” but I’m hoping someone here might be able to crack the Royal Dirt Devil Manufacture code? Mine is MFG. Code A00A (See Pic 2)
So going strictly by what I could find online, I assume this vacuum is from about 1997.. hence more than 20 years old.
Anyhow, I was checking the Facebook Marketplace and to my shock and delight I found a reasonable good condition Royal Dirt Devil Roommate Upright Vacuum and the other wonderful find was the seller only wanted $15 bucks for it! For a long time, I’d been checking eBay and other online places trying to find one that was in good shape and under $50 bucks! Then when I did find one, some sellers had a few online for sale upwards of $100 so I’d pretty much given up on finding one.
I messaged the seller and picked it up yesterday and it runs beautifully! It took a lot of scrubbing and cleaning as with most vacuum owners, it was not properly taken care of but lucky for me, very lightly used and most likely just stored away and forgotten until now. I ordered replacement filters and belts, but other than that.. it’s in awesome condition. The Brushroll had long hairs wrapped around it but No damage and the bearings are in excellent shape. Other than a few scrapes and scuffs, it is in great shape and the motor sounds like new. I really think this had been stored away for years as the belt it was fitted with, when removed, had a tight bend where it was on the motor shaft and it retained that shape when I took it out.
Well if anyone wants to help me with the Manufacture code, that would be awesome and appreciated. I hope I didn’t ramble on and on too much and if anyone has requests or questions, please let me know. I am excited as this is one of two childhood scores I’m looking to own. If anyone else has a lead on a very clean Royal Dirt Devil Broom Vac 702.. I’m interested. I too would like to eventually replace my favorite Dirt Devil Upright.. my sadly long gone Dirt Devil Ultra MVP Upright!
Thanks, Patrick
