Nifty Thrifting through Wyoming

[collector2]

There is also a matching floor polisher that you're going to have to look for now (just for the sake of having the set)

 

[chestermikeuk]

Golden Gong Award....

Goes to Dave for his vac collecting skills...!!!...LOL, well done Dave, very interesting finds especially when then come from overseas!!! The Vactric was our first "new" family vac, produced from the mid 50`s...it was also called the "National" as well as it was sold by local Electricity Board shops under their own label...

Yours looks like new, is the hose supple or dried hard??

cheers, Mike

 

[compactelectra]

Wow Dave!

That is beautiful. Isn't it fabulous when you come across something like that? You definitely have the VCCC "Find of The Year" award for 2009 so far. That thing is a beauty. Definitely worth considering bringing to the convention for "Best Original." You would be hard to beat.

Fred

 

[aeoliandave]

Thanks Mike, for your picture & info - only the 'European' style ankle joint nozzle is different and is the same style that came with my Progress cylinder.

As for the hose, it has taken on a memory set from being folded in the carton beside the vacuum but is otherwise supple and virtually air-tight - suction test loss difference is only 4" after 50+ years in a closet. There is no stiffness, it just settles into those bends & straights at rest.

I say a closet on the main floor because the cloth weave has absolutely no faded spots or stains and the cotton threads are still vibrantly coloured. The Carton has lost it's top flaps to dry rot but the rest of the box is more or less unspoiled.

 

[aeoliandave]

Yes indeed Fred, it is a warm shock to open a deteriorating carton to find something like this inside in such super condition. However well cared for it surely didn't see much use but some - the brown paint it worn off the bottoms of the skid skates wheree they contract the floor...and that's it for scuffs scrapes or tarnish other than the unfortunate small rust blemishes on the bag cover.

 

[aeoliandave]

As is usual on any older machine that has never had cause to be serviced every nut and screw on the vactric needed tightening 1/4 turn. Due to temperature fluctuations and metal expansion/contraction over decades of storage.

Inside the dust bag chamber - leading to triple fans - with the motor filter removed, before wiping clean with a dry rag...