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[paul]

Oh, good, I didn't know you were still around—thanks for responding!

Not being too familiar with Eureka's commercial uprights, I am rather surprised that some of them, like yours, were the same colors as their contemporaries in the household line. Until now, I've only seen photos of the earlier gray models (248, 2045 & 2055) and some later ones with the black bags and bright yellow hoods. So, I appreciate the education of the C2066's sales sheet, the model number information and the 1975 (?) poster.

I've also seen some of your other photos and posts over time, which reveal your Eureka expertise. So do you happen to know what the differences are among the Model 260 types (-B, -BK, -D, -DK)? It seems that the -A just had a different bag marking than the -B, and I know that the -C was made in Canada, but wonder if there was another Canadian type such as the -D? In addition, from what I can tell Types -E and -EK (chrome) had round 2-section handles.

And, do you know if RJ Vanik is still around? In a 2006 thread, 209, someone named Skip mentioned that he was another Eureka expert.

A VL contributor, Nick, and I have been trying to organize the Eureka model timeline and descriptions of the 200, 2000/2200, 1400, 1900, 4000, and 5000 Series, so we're in need of reliable information. Brian (Eurekaprince) has been an awesome resource so far along with a former Eureka employee who is employed at the McLean County Museum of History and some of her former Eureka coworkers.

Please respond on thread 44972 (linked) if you have any information to add.

https://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?44972

 

[paul]

Karl

I just reread and noticed that you indicated that the poster is from 1976.

 

[paul]

Re: Replies 8 & 9

Eurekaboy's blue Eureka is a 2058-AT according to a YT video. Although its bag cover matches the hood like the 2084's, I doubt that it's original due to the fact that I only located 1983 ads for it with a different bag cover style, and Eureka discontinued that "kaleidoscope" design along with the floral designs at the end of the '70s. The one in the video has a solid white bag, but it may be a replacement.

Interestingly, the blue 2084 (with V-G II) and Brandywine 2087 (with V-G) were nearly the same cleaner except for the color and beater/brush roll, but the 2058 had no contemporaneous Brandywine V-G counterpart with a tip-toe button that I've encountered. There was, however, a mid-to late-1980s Brandywine model 2054 with a V-G II and a tip-toe button switch.

Eureka abandoned its large color line concept in the 1980s typically having instead pairs of the same colors in the 2000 Series—a Rugulator and a Dial-A-Nap—and sometimes a 1400 Series model with the same hood color such as the Brandywine 1443 that matched the 2054; although in the blue 2058's case only the bases of some other 2000 and 1400 series models matched or were similar in appearance.


1983 Nov 1 DESERET NEWS - models 160, 1425, 3320, 2058-AT, and C2036: