Not an Electrolux, but an Electro

[quebecois]

I was given an Arrow ELectro today. The canister is in very good shape, the chrome is lightly pitted, but I think a good paste and elbow grease will get rid of it.

The motor feels very strong, succion is powerful at front end, so is exhaust at the other end. I suspect there was a filter at the rear end, but I may be wrong, I don't know that model at all.

I didn't get any cord with it, I used an ELectrolux cord of the same era to test the motor.

The weak part is the hose. It is cracked at several places.

I will send more pictures shortly.

 

[madman]

Well it's a really good looking machine!

 

[electrolux137]

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I have an identical vacuum cleaner from Norway called the WILFA that friends who live there sent to me. It's an amazingly beautiful machine.

 

[quebecois]

Charles

Yours is awesome !

Do you know if replacement bags are available for these machines ?

 

[quebecois]

Is there actually a filter at the rear end? What does it look like? New replacement filters available?

 

[collector2]

Hi Francois

I picked up the identical machine a couple of months ago. Here's a picture of it with the proper hose and rug/floor nozzle (I didn't get the small parts with it).

Arrow Electro was made by Holland Electro in Holland for the Arrow Sewing Machine Co. in Canada. This model would have been the lower line machine around 1960.

No there wasn't an exhaust filter.

Doug

 

[human]

That's a gorgeous piece of industrial design that just can't be replicated in modern plastic. Get busy with some Mother's and shine that puppy up!

 

[quebecois]

Bought lots of Electrolux accessories today including 15 to 20 floor brushes (some of them are brand new I guess) , the seller also had LOTS of bags of all makes and models for sale, I bought 3-4 Eureka bags with a rubber ring that could fit the Arrow tank, I'll let you know.

 

[electrolux137]

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My Wilfa has a shake-out out cloth bag with a flat filter pad inside the bag chamber behind the bag.

 

[quebecois]

MIne has its original shake-out cloth bag too, but i'm looking for something that could catch more dust.

I'd be curious to see what your flat filter looks like, does it look like factory made?

 

[electrolux137]

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The filter is like those in countless other 1940s & '50s vacuum cleaners - a flat pad made of cotton with a thin layer of cotton batting inside, encased in a metal ring.

 

[kirbyklekter]

Wow! These are gorgeous machines

Are there any differences in appearance between BOL and TOL? The chrome really pops on these. Nice!

 

[collector2]

Hi Bill

This was the Top of the Line model style (This one is actually a couple of years older than the Lower Line model above)