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NIB Vintage Kirby
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compactelectra
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If That Is A NIB Omega
I am a natural blonde!
I am a natural blonde!
mattshaver
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I am a natural blonde. LOL.
It's like someone selling a car from the mid-70s saying it has only 23 miles on it. I remember a guy selling a Lincoln Mark V with less than 100 miles on it for some outrageous amount. His story was he bought it, brought it home from the dealer and parked it lo these many years waiting for a time to sell it.
This just reminds me of a similar situation.
Matt
Spfld, IL.
It's like someone selling a car from the mid-70s saying it has only 23 miles on it. I remember a guy selling a Lincoln Mark V with less than 100 miles on it for some outrageous amount. His story was he bought it, brought it home from the dealer and parked it lo these many years waiting for a time to sell it.
This just reminds me of a similar situation.
Matt
Spfld, IL.
vacuumkid3
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Wow...he must think we are all completely unintelligent in the ways of vacuums! Oh, well! 
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It's shiny enough though. The thing is you could never really verify it, although you could rip it apart and check the wear on the internals. I think it does not matter too much because a collector can still take a classic III that has been used every day for 30 years and make it look that good in just a few hours of work. That's the cool thing about Kirbys.
That story about the Lincoln is interesting. The thing that stikes me about that story is owning a car like that for that long and never driving it. Now that is insane!
That story about the Lincoln is interesting. The thing that stikes me about that story is owning a car like that for that long and never driving it. Now that is insane!
hoover1060
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Thats REBUILD
a bojack at that... at one time you could buy those from Hesco for under $150
a bojack at that... at one time you could buy those from Hesco for under $150
Karl,
Some vac suppliers may have contracted with Kirby and others to sell trade-ins that were "re-furbed". The idea is to use the overstock of parts (and colors) that have a limited life span and put them together to make a useful, working, new machine. Most people wouldn't know the difference and much less care. A number of factors could come into play here. As mentioned above, Hesco sold the LIKENESS of a Classic III for $149 just a few years back. I am willing to bet that they weren't all Classic IIIs from the start. I guess it's kind of like a "trans-vac" LOL!!
Simply stated, a Hoover convertible is a Hoover convertible just as a Kirby is a Kirby is a Kirby. (no, this is not a miss type). Regardless of trim and color, it's the same machine and performs the same. One can take any two brand new(exact same models)Kirbys or Hoovers (or any other brand for that matter) right off of the assembly line and no two would be exactly alike and/or would have the same cleaning efficiency. In the manufacturing world these is a term that is used, called "manufacturing tolerances" which is an acceptable percentage of variances between units. And as I am writing this I may be wrong but I believe that I seem to recall Hoover using this word on some of their ad spec sheets years back. I have bought vacs in boxes a few years back and when I opened them and tested them, no two motors particularly sounded exactly alike - irregardless of brand! Some armatures are wound tighter than others as is evident by the motor pitch. Try it yourself! Buy two hand mixers and critically compare them. You'll see! Trust me!
Louis
Some vac suppliers may have contracted with Kirby and others to sell trade-ins that were "re-furbed". The idea is to use the overstock of parts (and colors) that have a limited life span and put them together to make a useful, working, new machine. Most people wouldn't know the difference and much less care. A number of factors could come into play here. As mentioned above, Hesco sold the LIKENESS of a Classic III for $149 just a few years back. I am willing to bet that they weren't all Classic IIIs from the start. I guess it's kind of like a "trans-vac" LOL!!
Simply stated, a Hoover convertible is a Hoover convertible just as a Kirby is a Kirby is a Kirby. (no, this is not a miss type). Regardless of trim and color, it's the same machine and performs the same. One can take any two brand new(exact same models)Kirbys or Hoovers (or any other brand for that matter) right off of the assembly line and no two would be exactly alike and/or would have the same cleaning efficiency. In the manufacturing world these is a term that is used, called "manufacturing tolerances" which is an acceptable percentage of variances between units. And as I am writing this I may be wrong but I believe that I seem to recall Hoover using this word on some of their ad spec sheets years back. I have bought vacs in boxes a few years back and when I opened them and tested them, no two motors particularly sounded exactly alike - irregardless of brand! Some armatures are wound tighter than others as is evident by the motor pitch. Try it yourself! Buy two hand mixers and critically compare them. You'll see! Trust me!
Louis
I just got home and signed onto my own computer to see that Kirby mentioned above. It is the same version that was offered by Hesco a few years back. They advertise it as a Rebuilt Kirby Upright with a bottom notation stating, "This Kirby upright was rebuilt by "Prfoessional Rebuff". And the price in 2002 was $199.69. Model number K-1000
Thanks for the info, Louis. Perhaps someday in the not too distant future, Hesco will be selling "franken-vac" Generation 3's, as the Classic III already looks pretty dated. Still, $199. for a professionally buffed Kirby isn't too bad....
